Social Welfare
Year:2016 | Volume:16 | Issue:62 |Papers Count:12

Introduction: Healthy lifestyle asone of the most important measures toachieve health and wellbeing, is influencedby various factors, among which, having access to variety of health-relatedcapitals, especially “ health-relatedcultural capital” is particularlyimportant. “ Health-related culturalcapital” refers to all culture-based resourcesthat are available to people inorder to employ in favor of their health. These recourses have a determiningrole in preventing and fighting chronicdiseases. This study aimed to investigatethe effects of health-related culturalcapital and its various aspects onhealthy lifestyle among coronary arterypatients. ...

introduction: Family physician programis one of the most important policies thathas been proposed in the past decadein the field of health system. Hence theimportance and necessity of studying itoriginate from the importance and the statusof health in development and welfareof a society. Therefore, this study aims toinvestigate the status and the process ofthe implementation of the Family PhysicianProgram in Iran’ s health system. This study answers these questions thatwhat is the historical, legal and executionbackground of family physician program? ...

Introduction: The number of decedentsof road accidents within a year in Iran isequal to the population of one or somesmall cities. In these accidents, besideslosing a large number of people and occurringserious injuries and disabilitiesfor many individuals, other negativeeconomic, social and psychologicalconsequences will happen. Consideringthe frequency and the intensity of accidentsoccurred in Iran’ s road transportation, thisstudy investigated the effect oftransportation development indicatorson frequency of road accidents in provincesof Iran. ...

Introduction: The family studiesconducted worldwide revealed an increasein female headed families. Inthe current situation, the increase infemale headed families will lead to theincrease in poverty and social vulnerabilityas well as a high prevalence ofpsychological pressure in the society. The increase in the number of workingwomen, particularly those of femaleheaded families who make a living bypeddling their wares around the subways, can have an impact on changingthe family patterns on the onehand, and reflects the changed patternscaused by the structural transformationin the family which is manifested in thesocial relations, on the other hand. ...

Introduction: This article examinespatterns and determinants associatedwith childbearing desires and specificallyfocus on religious dimensions. Although in our society, religious considerationsstrongly influence life andpersonal and social behaviour in variousaspects such as childbearing desires, few studies have been conductedin this area. This lack of study is morevisible with regard to comparativestudies between two groups of Shia andSunni. ...

Introduction: Lifestye is one of thecontemporary concepts that is veryimportant. It is a part of life that isactually realized and includes the fullrange of activities that people do ineveryday life. A person’ s lifestyle canbe a series of routine activities such asEating, socializing, dressing, leisure, grooming, how to feed. So we havea complete package of lifestyle in ourlife. There are many definitions associatedwith lifestyle. ....

Introduction: The prevalence ofchildhood obesity has increased indeveloped and developing countries. Obesity is a metabolic disorder thatis related to many diseases and can becaused by one factor or a chain of factors. Moreover, childhood obesity willmost probably turn into adult obesity. Various research indicates that obesityis caused by the interaction of genes, psycho-social factors and environmentalvariables. Regardless of the true beliefthat obesity is caused by a mixtureof factors, health viewpoints merelystudy individuals. ...

Introduction: The most importantproblem of Iran’ s economy in 2010swas decline in financial strength of governmentfor continuing economic subsidies, which led to failure to start andcontinue infrastructural and vital projects. Also, it changed the optimum socialconsumption habit. These reasonscaused the government to start economicreform (such as liberalization of energyconduit prices ), which was calledeconomic evolution plan, from the winterof 2010. ...

Introduction: Desirable transitionof contemporary society of Iran fromtraditional to modern order requirespolitical participation of citizens. Toachieve this participation, importantprerequisites including social capitalare required. In this regard, socialcapital is an important factor which determinationof its role andeffects on politicalparticipation and activating itspotential force are being considered inscientific communities recently. Recognitionof social capital is importantto provide political participation andto facilitate political development andpromotion of democracy. ...