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Self- care includes all activities related to health care, prevention and treatment of disease by themselves people and greatly affect by their self-efficacy. Doing it requires adopt behaviors that are influenced by knowledge, perceptions and beliefs of the people towards self care. The purpose of this study was to determine the attitude and practice towards self-care in women referred to health centers in Dezful. In this descriptive-analytic study, 550 women aged 18-55 years old participated. They were selected through random-quota sampling. The research data were collected using demographic characteristics, attitude and practice towards self-care. The validity and reliability of the questionnaire were provided by content and face validity and internal consistency. The mean [S.D] age of participants was 28.06[8.89] years. The mean [S.D] scores of attitude and practice towards self-care in women were 15.78[2.33] and 15.78[2.66], respectively. The majority of women [61.4% and 71.1%] had attitude and practice scores more than total mean. Correlation test showed that there is a significant relationship between the mean of attitude score towards self-care and age [r=0.14], marriage duration [r=0.12] and number of children [r=0.11] [p<0.05]. The findings indicated that although most people were interested in self-care activities, but they did not have appropriate practice towards Self-care
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The health indicator of maternal mortality is as one of the most important of development indicators in the community. The third Millennium Development Goal is to reduce maternal mortality by 75 percent from 2015 compared to 1990 levels. The aim of this study was to Evaluation of Achievement to the fifth millennium development goal [improving maternal health] in Dezful University of Medical Sciences. This study was descriptive - analysis and cross sectional study, the study population consisted of mothers who had died from April 1386 to March 1390 at cities of Dezful University of Medical Sciences. The research data were collected using a completed questionnaire of maternal mortality surveillance system. Data using SPSS statistics software and descriptive statistics, one way ANOVA and Chi-square analyzes were performed. The p-value of less than 0.05 was considered significant. The results showed that the subjects were age range of 18-43 years with a mean age of 28/2+/-6.7, and the mean average of mortality rate were 34.9 person per hundred thousand live births. Most causes of maternal mortality rate in this study were related to indirect causes of maternal mortality. The most common causes of death in 5-year periods, respectively, were including the previous medical diseases, hemorrhage, embolism, and preeclampsia. Based on our findings, the cause of maternal mortality and maternal age [P =0.02] were significantly. Provide quality services for high-risk mothers during pregnancy results in achieving the third millennium development goal and improving maternal health
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Sexual function is associated with emotional-physiological, cultural and personal factors. World Health Organization recently defined sexual health as the experience of the ongoing process of physical, psychological and sociocultural well-being related to sexuality. Sexual dysfunctions are particularly prevalent among women seeking routine gynecological care. Addressing sexual problems is an essential part of health care standards. The Aim of this study was to determine sexual satisfaction, sexual function disorders and associated factors in women of reproductive age who attended to Dezful health centers, Iran in 1387. A descriptive-cross-sectional design was used. The sample of the study consisted of 250 women of reproductive age who attended to health centers in Dezful, Iran. Data were collected by demographic questionnaire, and sexual function questionnaire. The validity of questionnaire was determined by content validity. Reliability was confirmed by test re-test. Mean score of total sexual function was 27/4 +/- 7/3. The study findings showed that 64/6% of respondents had sexual dysfunction. There was also a significant correlation between sexual satisfaction and sexual function [p<0.001]. The results of this study indicated that the majority of participations [78/6%] experienced good sexual satisfaction. Domain of sexual desire and sexual function indicated significant correlation with age, marriage age and educational- level [p<0.05]. The findings of this study indicated that inability at induce a healthy communication and pleasure with sexual partner can result in physical, psychological and social problems. Young couple education can improve their recognition of sexual relation and should be a part of pre marriage consultation. The findings of this study indicated that sexual dysfunction is prevalent