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Introduction: Puberty and sex education always is one of concerning issues in child training, as many of parents are not easy in discussing it with their children. Traditionally, mothers have the main responsibility of child health training are and care health decisions. The aim of this study was to explain the mothers' experiences with sex and puberty informal education for their own children
Materials and Methods: This qualitative study, conducted in 2012 over 24 mothers with 6-18 year old children. The sampling method was purposeful with maximum variation. To evaluate reliability and dependability, the credibility, transferability and conformability were used. The data was gathered by individual semi-structured interactive interviews, recorded, transcribed and was analyzed according to Morse' content analysis method
Findings: One of the analyzed data was [motherhood tasks and girls preparation for the puberty]. Sub-themes were [menstrual hygiene training], [respect for religious issues], [gender roles] and [hidden training of sex issues. The last category consists of two sub-themes. [In preparation for the role of gender] and [vulnerability of the opposite sex]
Conclusion: Formal adult education in the nation's health care system is essential. Despite the cultural changes puberty on Iran, the dominant secular culture of family and community, the puberty are discreet and quiet
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Although iodine supply has reached to adequate levels in the recent years in Iran, it is evidently lower than the amount in western countries and USA. Some studies indicate that the quantity of iodine supplies present in food substances is effective in the recurrence of Graves' disease. To determine the prevalence of Graves' recurrence and related factors following dicontinuation of antithyroid agents. In a cross-sectional study based on easy sampling, 204 euthyroid out patients with Graves' disease, treated with methimazole for 12-59 months, were selected and evaluated for the reccurence of disease a year later following the continuation of therapy. Parameters likes age, goiter size at the beginning and end of the treatment, severity of disease [T4 value], drug maintenance dose and the duration of treatment were studied. T test and X[2] were used to analysis the data statistically. The one-year prevalence of disease recurrence following the medicine withdrawal was 44.6%, with a duration of 1-12 months [mean=7]. There was no significant relation between the recurrence of disease and the age, sex, maintenance dose, goiter size before and after the treatment and also the T4 value at the beginning and the duration of treatment. The one-year prevalence of Graves' disease recurrence following antithyroids withdrawal was significantly lower than the values in countries with rich iodine supplies. This finding is in accord with studies indicating that the level of iodine intake is effective in the recurrence of Graves' disease