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Sexual dysfunction is the most common disorder in women. According to the WHO, sexual education programs are considered as a need. Therefore, this study was designed to investigate the effect of educational program on sexual function in women with sexual dysfunction. This randomized trial, was conducted in 2013 on 90 married women by convenient sampling in Qazvin, central Iran. The demographic, Female Sexual Function Index [FSFI], and Beck's Depression Inventory [BDI] questionnaires were completed during structured interviews. After completing the sample size, subjects were divided randomly into two groups by using the table of random numbers [educational and control groups], then respectively received an educational intervention in the four sessions with one week interval and routine program offered by the center and following-up was done with refilling questionnaires 8 weeks after intervention. Sexual function improved after sex educational programs in all dimensions [sexual desire [P=0.006], sexual exciting [P=0.006], vaginal moisture [P=0.002], sexual satisfaction [P=0.011], and total score of sexual function [P=0.001]. Considering the importance role of sexual function in family strength, health, and development, it can be claimed that educational sex programs can help practitioners to improve sexual function of married women with sexual dysfunction
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Postpartum care at home is a post delivery care method that can be provided by public health nurses, trained health workers, or midwifery nurses. A study conducted to compare effect of two midwife visits at home to usual postpartum care on the healthy behaviors of low-risk Iranian mothers. A randomized controlled trial conducted on 200 mothers at a reference center for screening for infant hypothyroidism in Tehran. Mothers were randomized to either home-based [n =100] or routine-based postpartum care [n= 100]. Each mother and her neonate received two cares. Home-based cares were provided by a midwife in the intervention group. Postpartum cares in the control group were provided by care providers of primary health care system. Healthy behavior was measured using a validated and reliable researcher made instrument. The data were analyzed using independent sample t-tests, paired t-test, and chi[2]-test. The data showed that a significant number of subjects in the control group did not receive their postpartum care [P< 0.001]. The mean score of maternal healthy behaviors in the intervention group increased from 120.5 [SE= 0.76] to 148.9 [SE= 1.02] [P< 0.001] and in the control group from 119.9 [SE= 1.06] to 140.9 [SE= 1.08][P< 0.001]. The mean score of maternal healthy behaviors in the intervention group had significant differences with that in the control group at the end of study [P< 0.001]. Early postpartum care at home by trained midwives can be positively effective for improving maternal healthy behaviors in less developed countries