Maryam Sahami; Sajad Amini-Manesh
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Introduction: The bibliotherapy is to use the technique of reading to guide the individual and the group. The aim of this study was to determine the effectiveness of the bibliotherapy on stress, anxiety, and depression in women in Shiraz City, Iran.Method: This was a semi-experimental study with pretest-posttest ...
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Introduction: The bibliotherapy is to use the technique of reading to guide the individual and the group. The aim of this study was to determine the effectiveness of the bibliotherapy on stress, anxiety, and depression in women in Shiraz City, Iran.Method: This was a semi-experimental study with pretest-posttest design and control group. The statistical population included all women clients (60) referred to Shiraz Municipality Cultural Center in the first six months of the year 2018, and the statistical sample included women who said they had anxiety, stress, or depression. The Depression, Anxiety and Stress Scale-21 items (DASS-21) was completed by participants. Among the women who had a stress, anxiety, and depression score of higher than the normal (score of 7), 30 were selected and then randomly divided into two groups of 15 (experimental and control). The experimental group, received educations for 8 weeks, and then the questionnaire was implemented in both groups.Results: Group therapy significantly reduced depression, stress, and anxiety in women referring to Shiraz Municipality Cultural Center.Conclusion: Librarians and psychologists together with the use of bibliotherapy techniques can be used not only to treat depression, stress and anxiety, but also to treat other diseases.
Mahdi Mohammadi; Zeynab Sepidnameh; Jafar Ebadollah-Amoughin
Volume 14, Issue 1 , May 2017, , Pages 26-30
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Introduction: Due to the importance of women in nomad communities and their roles in family health and hygiene, it is vital to study their familiarity with and resources in this field. The aim of this study was to identify the information needs of nomad women of Kohgiluyeh, Iran, in the field of health ...
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Introduction: Due to the importance of women in nomad communities and their roles in family health and hygiene, it is vital to study their familiarity with and resources in this field. The aim of this study was to identify the information needs of nomad women of Kohgiluyeh, Iran, in the field of health and hygiene and how they use resources in this field.Methods: This applied research was conducted through survey method and using a researcher-made questionnaire and oral interviews with 235 nomad women.Results: The results showed that more than 60% of the studied individuals had elementary education and their most important motivation for accessing information was “helping their family to create a healthier life”. Respondents had high inclination toward accessing essential health information and about 56% of them reported their motivation to be very high. Moreover, about 34.9% of participants stated that the role of health centers in increasing their health information was low or very low. The findings also showed that about 59% of nomad women used more traditional sources of information (personal experience and the experience of others).Conclusion: Due to lack of access to necessary information resources among nomad women and the important role of women in nomad communities as a social and economic pillar of the family, it is vital that relevant authorities provide the necessary facilities to meet the information needs of these women.
Masoumeh Latifi; Nilofar Barahmand; Fatemeh Fahimnia
Volume 13, Issue 5 , October 2016, , Pages 326-332
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Introduction: Women experience many challenges post mastectomy. Information seeking plays a key role in empowering them to do self-care, improving their quality of life and improving their health. However, individual and contextual barriers hinder their access to needed information. This research aimed ...
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Introduction: Women experience many challenges post mastectomy. Information seeking plays a key role in empowering them to do self-care, improving their quality of life and improving their health. However, individual and contextual barriers hinder their access to needed information. This research aimed to identify those barriers.Methods: This was a qualitative research using conventional content analysis. 17 women were recruited through purposive sampling in Bandar Abbas, Hormozgan Province, Iran, and semi-structured interviews were conducted among them.Results: Seven central themes were emerged to explain women's experiences of barriers in information seeking post mastectomy among which fear, shame, and inadequate literacy were individual; and economic status, physicians and healthcare personnel, lack of access to information resources and others’ behavior were contextual barriers.Conclusion: Despite the necessity of access to health information for women post mastectomy, results showed individual and contextual information seeking barriers. Hence, necessary actions should be taken by health authorities especially institutions for women health to reform and revise heath system in order to tackle information seeking barriers for women post mastectomy.
Nooshin Zarei; Aliyar Ahmadi; Nasrin Motazedian
Volume 12, Issue 3 , June 2015, , Pages 328-337
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Introduction: Inherent capabilities of the mass media in cultural changes, and their effect on behavior and public taste and its position as the dominant source for providing subjective images of cultural expression is undeniable. International media as the new challenges of globalization in various ...
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Introduction: Inherent capabilities of the mass media in cultural changes, and their effect on behavior and public taste and its position as the dominant source for providing subjective images of cultural expression is undeniable. International media as the new challenges of globalization in various fields, has been involved many health policymakers.Therefore, this study aimed to investigate the role of transnational media in nutrition health among women.Methods: The study is a cross-sectional survey. The sample of study includes 618 women in Shiraz city which were selected through Simple random sampling. Data analysis is carried out using the SPSS 21 software.Results: The findings show a significant difference in dietary habits of girls in comparison with their mothers. The mean score of dietary habits of girls is 11.54 while of moders is 8.86, Which is a confirmation of the girls' tendency towards more modern food habits. The mean score of daily use of the Internet and satellite among girls is 1.99 and 2.4 hours, respectively, while of mothers is 0.17 and 2.66 hours a day.Conclusion: The use of mass media, especially internet and satellite as an indicator of globalization can encourage the consumption of unhealthy food.
