(JOURNAL OF HEALTH BREEZE) FAMILY HEALTH
Year:2014 | Volume:2 | Issue:4|Papers Count:10

Background and abjective: Adolescence is the period during which special attention should be paid to. Especially adolescents who live under the supervision of a single parent are exposed to numerous damages. Thus the aim of current research is to investigate the relationship between parental monitoring and companionship with delinquent peers in high risk behaviors of single parent adolescents.Methods: This study is descriptive - correlation. The population of this study consisted 90 single parent adolescent of Kermanshah city in 2012-13 who have been selected by available sampling method. To collect data, parental monitoring questionnaire, companionship with delinquent peer’s questionnaire and Iranian risk taking scale were used. Also the gathered data were analyzed by Pearson correlation coefficient and regression analysis.Results: The results of Pearson correlation coefficient showed that there exist negative correlation between parental monitoring and high risk behaviors. Also there exist positive correlation between companionship with delinquent peers and high risk behaviors. Also according to regression analysis, parental monitoring and companionship with delinquent peers could predict 43.5 percent of variance of high risk behaviors.Conclusions: poor parental monitoring and companionship with delinquent peers play an important role in high-risk behaviors of single parent adolescents. So considering these factors as predisposing factors for high-risk behavior in this population appears to be essential.

Background and Objective: In most cases, marital dissatisfaction occurs due to lack of good communication skills in some of couples. One of the affecting factors on Couples communication patterns is the level of health. Therefore the present study aimed to investigate the role of spiritual health dimension in predicting marital communication patterns.Methods: The sample consisted of 361 women primary school teachers in Karaj city who are teaching in the 92-93 school year, which completed marital communication patterns Christensen & Sullaway (CPQ) and spiritual health Ellison and Pvlvtzyn (SWBS) questionnaires. Data analysis using descriptive statistics and multivariate regression analysis was performed using SPSS 20.Results: The findings show that the spiritual health (total) have positive and significant relationship with marital constructive communication pattern (p< 0.01), but have negative significant relationship with avoidance communication patterns and demand / retiring, The results also showed that spiritual health dimension can predict marital communication patterns (manufacturer, avoidance and demand / retiring). The results of the regression analysis showed that the religious health in compared with existential health have greatest role and partnership to predicting the positive and significant (p<0.01) constructive communication pattern and predicting the negative and significant (p<0.01) communication patterns avoidance and demand / retiring Conclusions: Based on this finding, we can understand the role of religious belief and spirituality in marriage and couple relationships in primary school women teachers of Karaj city as an important factor to combat with disputes and conflicts on the communication patterns.

Background and Objective: experiencing infertility can have a negative effect on relationships between couples. According to research reports, some features may help to people in dealing with marital problems that have been less studied in infertile women. So the aim of the present research was to compare marital burnout in infertile women and fertile women, to study the relationship between marital burnout with religiosity and resilience in fertile and infertile women and to predict marital burnout through religiosity and resilient.Methods: Method of this research was ex post facto and correlation. The statistical population of the present research comprised fertile and infertile women referred to Infertility Centers and gynecologists' private offices in Tehran in 2012.The research sample consisted of 100 infertile and 100 fertile women who were selected by available sampling method. Pines Marital Burnout Scale, Conner-Davidson Resilience Scale and religiosity assessment scale were used to gather data. Data analysis was carried out by SPSS software (version 16) using t-tests, Multivariable regression analyses and Pearson correlation coefficient.Results: The results indicated that infertile women experienced higher levels of marital burnout compared to fertile cases (p<0.01). There was a negative correlation between religiosity and resilience with marital burnout in infertile women (p<0.05). Also there was a negative relationship between religiosity and marital burnout in fertile women but no relationship between resilience and marital burnout was found in fertile women. The results of multiple regression analyses in the scores of infertile women indicated that religiosity and resilience can predict marital burnout inversely (p<0.05).Conclusion: Based on these results it can be concluded that infertility affect marital burnout. Also the level of religiosity and resilience can reduce marital burnout in infertile women. Resilience components training and emphasis on increasing religiosity can help to reduce marital burnout.

Background and Objective: Quality of Work Life program, includs any improvements in organizational culture containing the growth and development of employees in the organization. The purpose of this study was to determine the relationship between personality dimensions and fatigue and quality of life at health care workers in Taleshcity.Methods: The study was conducted within the framework of correlation. Sample of 196 subjects (50 males and 146 females) who were selected through random sampling and completed Walton quality of work life questionnaire and McCrae and Costa 5 personality factors Questionnaire and fatigue scale Chalder. For Data analysis werea test of correlation coefficient and regression analysis were used.Results: The results showed that personality dimensions of neuroticism (p<0.05, r=0.235) and flexibility with (p<0.05, r=0.213) showed a significant positive correlation with the quality of working life respectively. between score of fatigue and quality of working life (p<0.01, r=-0.26) there is a negative and a significant correlation was obtained. On the other hand, the correlation between mental fatigue (p<0.01, r=0.238) and physical fatigue (p<0.01, r=-0.214) were positive with the quality of working life. The results of stepwise regression analysis showed that 18 % of the quality of working life by a linear combination of the three variables are fatigue, flexibility and neuroticism were predicted.Conclusion: Personality traits and fatigue can be important factors affecting the quality of working life, Therefore, attention to these criteria, the application and implementation of training programs, can affect the quality of life.

Background and Objective: There are several contraceptive methods that Depomedroxyprogestron and cyclofem ampoule are hormonal injection way. In this study we investigated the comparison of complications and marital satisfaction between the women taking Cyclofem contraceptive ampoule and DMPA.Methods: This study was a descriptive, analytical and convenience sampling that performed on 300 married women in two group. Data collection tools included two types of questionnaires; one for studying the complications and the other for examining the marital satisfaction (Enrich Couple Questionnaire).Results: Increased days of menstrual bleeding in DepoMedroxy consumers were more than those of Cyclofem consumers (p=0.004). Furthermore, both groups are similar in terms of weight changes, mood disorders, libido changes and all other complications and there was no significant difference. The continued use of depomedroxy progesterone injections consumers is more than Cyclofem consumers. (p=0.02). There was no significant relationship between marital satisfaction and age, education, number of children and job. Average marital satisfaction in women using DepoMedroxy progesterone contraceptive method was more than the average marital satisfaction in women using Cyclofem contraceptive method (p=0.01).Conclusions: The complications occurred by Cyclofem and DepoMedroxy progesterone ampoules are similar and they have no significant difference, and these complications are not fatal and irreversible.

Background and Objective: The present research was done by aiming comparison of family function and parent's mental health of children with stuttering and normal children parents.Methods: This research is past incident (causal-comparative). The present research population included all parents of children with stuttering and normal children in Bojnourd city, at years of 2012-2013 A Sample of 120 parents, studied group sample 60 parents' of children with stuttering and witness group sample 60 parents of normal children, were selected by simple random sampling method. For gathering data, we used two questionnaires: 1- family function (FAD) 2- mental health (SCL-90-R). The obtaind data were analyzed by using Software SPSS 18 and MANOVA test.Results: Results of MANOVA showed meaning different between two groups in family function in components; solution, relations, manner control, in level of p< 0/01, and mental health in two groups in components; depression, anxiety, obsession, aggression, in level of p<0/01; there is a relation between family function and mental health.Conclusion: Results research showed that family function and mental health of children parents with stuttering is lower than normal children parents.

Background and Objective: Increasing attention to the causes of health disparities in communities, has made of people pay more attentions to social health. Social and medical sciences could also promot understanding of the disease to higher levels. The main objective of this study is to investigate the relationship between social stratification and physical diseases prevalent in Shahrekord.Methods: The research performed by correlation descriptive survey and as sectional on people who are having cardiovascular, digestive, respiratory, blood pressure, diabetes and cancer diseases, referred to Hajar hospital during Khordad in 1392. The sample of research included 381 patients who were hospitalizing at Hajar hospital which were selected by simple sampling. tools of data collect on are including questionnaire which made by researcher for measuring reliability of questionnaire, and it used for measuring validity of a primary study, In this primary study (Alpha coefficient) was having high reliability.Results: The findings of this research indicate that there is a significant relationship between social stratification and prevalent physical illnesses and most people who are infected have been belong to the middle class and the largest number of patients has suffered from heart disease.Conclusion: Regarding spread of physical diseases among different economic social groups some proceedings need to be done.

Background and Objective: Environment, hygiene and human health are the most considered issues and challenges of human society. So public knowledge and community training about worth and importance of environment are important for human life continuing. Therefor this study aim to evaluate the training role in knowledge and attitude changes connected to environmental issues in rural students of first-grade high school in countryside of Mahidasht city in Kermanshah province.Methods: This is analytical – descriptive study that 50 rural students of countryside of Mahidasht city were selected classical- randomly. Based on researcher made questionnaire, their knowledge and attitude in connection to (environmental issues) were tested before and after verbal training and through fascicle (2 days after training).Results: Results showed that there are significant difference between knowledge and attitude levels of students in connection to environmental issues before and after training (P<0.001), so that after training, their mean knowledge and attitude were increased 6.64 and 11.44% respectively. Also, after training, the abundance of students’ knowledge and attitude in Likert scale with excellent criterion increased from 50 to 94% and 32 to 88% respectively.Conclusion: According to the results, the training has significant role in the increasing of knowledge and attitude of students, therefor it is essential that responsible organizations such as Health Center, Education etc. to be emprise into periodical training of students and incept of environmental issues.