Armaghane Danesh
Year:2001 | Volume:6 | Issue:21-22|Papers Count:10

This study is an attempt to determine the prevalence of iron deficiency anemia in primary school students who are between 9-11 years old in Yasuj in order to familiarize the health authorities in the region with this disease and thereby help treat and prevent it.The study is a descriptive cross-sectional type carried out on 260 primary school students between 9-11 years of age in 1378 in Yasuj. From each student 5ml of blood was taken of which, 1ml was for CBC test (with EDTA 20% anticoagulant) and 4ml was for serum iron and TIBC (using Zist Shimi kit). The mean "of blood indices were as follows: Hemoglobin: 14.2±1.05 gr/dl; Hematocrit: 44.5 ± 2.28% ; Iron: 9S±7S.4 microgr/dl; TIBC : 320 ±60 microgrldl ; Transferrin saturation percentage: 30±5.5%; MCV: 82.7±2.5 fl; MCH : 2S.5±l.5 picogrldl. 7.5% (21 cases) with hemoglobin less than 12 gr/dl were referred to as anemic and 6% (17 cases) with Transferrin saturation percentage less than l5% were referred to as case with iron deficiency anemia. Considering the above mentioned results, it can be said that this disease is still prevalent among primary school children in Yasuj. Since the persistance of this disease may cause learning impairments, speech disturbances, behavioral abnormalities and reduced IQ, treatment and prevention seems to be of utmost importance

This study was designed to determine the fauna and sex ratio of scorpions from villages and suburbs of Kohgilouieh and Boirahmad (K.B.) province in 1379 .The type of st1;1dy was descriptive -practical and the method of sampling was random-cluster .791 alive scorpions were captured from 30 villages around three cities of K.B. province (10 villages in each city). Eight species from two families (Buthidae and Scorpionidae) were found as the fauna of the province and Mesobuthus eupeus with 43.6% (345 specimens) was the dominant species. 71.5% of all specimens were female and 28.5% were male. A diagnostic collection and a binaural key was provided for these species .Our searching activity for nesting sites was unsuccessful .All species were captrued from areas which were 4000 meters above sea leve1.It is important to note that antibody of only two species of this fauna (M.eupeus and Androctonus crssicauda) exist in the antiscorpion serum of Razi Institute. The preparation of Hemiscorpius Zepturus antibody is very important since it is believed that this species is the main cause of scorpion sting death in K.B. province and other southern provinces of Iran.

The Cases included in this study were health and medical students of Yasuj University of Medical Sciences in one semester of 1377-1378.241 students were selected by class random sampling. The measurments were based on the standard test of Beck. The findings showed that the incidence of depesson (in terms of percentage) was 69.2% that included 41.2% mild, 17.3% moderate, 6.4% relatively severe and 4.2% severe cases of depession. The majority of cases with depression were observed in paramedical students (74.5%) and the least cases of depression were seen in medical students (60.8% ).The maximum average of depression rate related to paramedical students was 17.7 and the minimum average of depression in medical students was 13.7.There was a significant difference in the rate of depression in students with or without extra-curricular activites. 73.6% of students who had no extra-curricular activities had depression while 66.1 % of students who had extra-curricular activities suffered from depression. 75.3% of students who had a poor job outlook suffered from depression while 63.2% of the students with a very good job outlook, had depression. 74% of students, with a moderate job outlook suffered from depression.

Prevalence of head lice in primary school students in Yasuj was determined by examination of 12247 students. Lice or nits in hair were seen in 11% (21.8%in girls and 1.6% in boys). Infestation was seen In all of the girl schools and in 51.4% of boy schools. Infestation increased by grade (1 to 5) in girls, thus in fifth grade, prevalence was highest (26.37%). Presence of health care staff, private or governmental, presence of bathrooms in homes, alow family number, and the use of shared bedc1oth, had a statistically significant relationship with infestation rate (P<0.05). 72.57% of students were not aware of their infestation.

One of the complex issues in modern training, is achievement and factors which effect it .The most important factor is intelligence. It seems that the intelligence of parents, and their literacy and occupation have a direct relation to achievement. This research project was a scientific reply to this observation. The population which was chosen in this study was 397 students in the fifth grade at primary schools in Yasuj. ( 205 girls and 192 boys, chosen by random sampling ). In the second stage of the study, I.Q (intelligence quotient) was obtuihed. The basis for evaluating achierement was the average of the first, second and third, quarter grades. The grades for discipline and sports were eliminated. The results showed that student"s I.Q had a direct and significant effect with their achievement. Furthermore, other factors such as parent"s level of education and occupation also had a significant statistical relationship to achievement.

In a descriptive-analytic study, 1998 individuals over 15 years of age were selectedrandomly from 17 townships of Fars province and were subjected to interview, physical examination, and certain laboratory studies. Males constituted 42.5% and females 57.5% of the subject whose mean age was 35.8±1.8 years. In the sample, 55% lived in urban and 45% in rural areas. The majority (62.8% )were married and most (41.8%) were housekeepers. The highest level of official education received by most was elementary school education(25.4%); there was a significant difference in the average level of official education between subjects living in urban and rural areas (P<0.05). 19.7% of the sample were smokers of cigarettes (10%), hookah (8.4%) or both (1.3% ).The prevalence of cigarette and hookah use was 114.6 and 96.6 per 1000 respectively. The average number of cigarettes smoked daily was 13.3±10.5, and most cigarette smokers were married. No significant difference was found regarding the systolic and diastolic blood pressure and serum cholesterol between the smoker and nonsmoker groups (P>0.05); however, hookah smokers had a significantly higher systolic blood pressure than nonsmokers (P < 0.05). The level of hemoglobin and hematocrit was significantly higher in the smoker group compared to the nonsmoker one; also, the smoker group had a significantly higher prevalence of lip cyanosis, harsh breathing, and chronic cough, both in their past history and present physica1. examination (P<0.05).-Unfortunately, smokers had a higher level of official education than nonsmokers (P<0.05). Regarding the fact that 53% of the population in this province are above 15 years, of age it can be estimated that 3,231,262 cigarettes are smoked per day, which is approximately equal to 387,751,392 rials daily or 141,529,285,000 rials annually; obviously, the ,cost of tobacco used in hookahs must be addeq to these figures.

After the Iranian population census in 1996 , female mortality rate (from 10to50 years of age) for the previous year 1995 was calculated and a study was done to. determine the cause and place of death. Female mortality rate was 0.61 for the total province and in rural areas it was two folds of urban areas. The most frequent cause of death was accidents and the second was cancer. Fasa( county) had the lowest mortality rate and Mamasani had the highest. Maternal mortality rate was 33.07 per 100000(rural 38.05 vs. urban 29.24). Mean age of death was 31.4(SD=12.26).