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Dr. Akbar Ghodratnama, Dr. Mohammad Hasan Abdollahi, Dr. Dariush Khajavi,
Volume 4, Issue 4 (Winter 2021)
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Background: The widespread outbreak of COVID-19 virus worldwide has increased concerns about health-related behaviors. The purpose of this study was to assess social factors influencing sports participation and women's health during the coronavirus period.
Methods: The descriptive-correlation and target research method was used. The sample consisted of 313 women who used open areas in city of Shiraz for exercise as selected by random sampling. Data was collected by a researcher-made questionnaire in three parts, social factors, physical and mental health. Data was analyzed by Smart PLS software.
Results: The results showed that social factors have direct effect on sport participation (0.773), physical (0.504) and mental health (0.612). The beneficial role of sports participation on physical and mental health was observed.
Conclusion: Despite the coronavirus epidemic, the outcomes of exercising are far greater and outdoor physical activity with complete observance of health guidelines are stressed
Dr. Mohammad Jafar Kandi, Dr. Hamid Reza Arasteh, Dr. Bijan Abdollahi, Dr. Abdorahim Nave-Ebrahim, Dr. Fateme Rajabi,
Volume 5, Issue 2 (Summer 2021)
Abstract
Background: Attention to human resource management leads to more qualitative educational, research and medical services. The purpose of this study was to investigate the factors affecting the retention of faculty members for whom the universities have invested an enormous sum of money for recruiting, employment and training.
Methods: Five medical science universities were purposefully chosen. Using data triangulation and semi-structured in-depth interviews, 25 faculty members were interviewed. Coding was done using ATLAS.ti software. Adhering to all standards and protocols, open, axial and selective coding were used. Following 5 stages of refining codes and designing the initial model, the reliability and validity of the model were measured.
Results: Using open and axial and selective coding, a model with 60 components in 12 categories and 3 dimensions was developed. Based on the findings of the content analysis, personal motivation was the most important reason for faculty members to stay and external work environment was the most important factor that influenced their intentions to leave their jobs/the country.
Conclusion: The findings of this study showed strategic planning with special attention to intra and extra-organizational motivating factors can enhance the retention of faculty members.
Mr Majid Reza Ketabdar, Dr Hamid Reza Arasteh, Dr Bijan Abdollahi, Dr. Hasan Reza Zeinabadi,
Volume 6, Issue 1 (Spring 2022)
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Background: Accountibility is one of necessities of an efficient and serving system. Due to the unemployment wave, especially in higher educated graduates in Iran, universities are accused of insufficiency in responding to the labor market, which should be identified and presented accordingly by studying different dimesions of the issue.
Methods: This study was designed to investigate dimensions of accountability of universities to labor market by using a metasynthesis method, with applicable goal and metasynthesis data collection. Primary literature review consisted of 343 related studies. After initial screening, 201 articles and documents were selected to extract findings.
Results: Nineteen elements in three dimensions were extracted in this study: educational, skill and research dimension (eight elements), curriculum dimension (seven elements), management and structural dimension (four elements).
Conclusion: The components presented as results of this research include: providing skills training based on the labor market, formulating practical curricula according to the needs of the labor market, attentiveness of the heads and board of trustees of the university to accountability in the labor market, stakeholder participation in curriculum design, motivation and capacity building of faculty members in training graduates suitable for the labor market in each field and moving towards applied, and demand-oriented education and research. Consideration of these elements by higher education policy-makers and planners can reduce the gap between the current situation and the favorable situation of universities and provides a stepping stone in responding to the labor market, especially reducing unemployment and increasing the satisfaction of graduates, business owners and the labor market.
Dr. Hamid Reza Arasteh, Mr Majid Reza Ketabdar, Dr. Bijan Abdollahi, Dr. Hasan Reza Zainabadi,
Volume 6, Issue 2 (summer 2022)
Abstract
Background: Accountability is regarded as one of the necessities performance measurement, evaluation, and providing an effective and serving democratic system. Universities were accused of being ineffective in responding to the labor market after the 1990s unemployment wave, particularly among highly-educated individuals. Various dimensions of this issue should be investigated in order to identify and define the problem. This research aimed to offer a conceptual framework for universities' responses to the market.
Methods: This study is a qualitative investigation built on an interpretative paradigm that employs thematic research to evaluate information. The data were collected through a semi-structured interview with 15 higher education experts, and sampling was performed according to the chain sampling and criteria-based method.
Results: There are four dimensions consisting of 17 components, which include: 1) policy-making, structural, and managerial dimension (8 components); 2) educational, skill, and research aspects (5 components); 3) cultural dimension (2 components); and 4) laws and regulations dimension (2 components).
Conclusion: Policymakers, particularly higher education planners, should pay special attention to the components of this research to reduce the gap between current and desired situation. The status should be improved in terms of responding to the labor market needs, mainly by reducing unemployment and increasing satisfaction of graduates, building trust between university and the labor market, and increasing university popularity in this regard. The main components are as follows: interaction of universities with the labor market, providing curriculums and offering practical and skill training based on the labor market conditions, paying more attention to designation of university managers who are responsive to the labor market, providing demand-oriented courses and student admission, providing statistics on the state of the labor market, the number of students, and graduates, confronting credentialism and educational inflation, amending the labor market laws and regulations for the recruitment and promotion of faculty members.
Dr Zahra Abdollahi, Mis Elnaz Jafarvand, Dr Mina Minayi, Mrs Farzaneh Sadeghi Ghotabadi, Mr Shirin Seyedhamzeh, Dr Abolghasem Jazayeri, Dr Hedayat Hosseini, Dr. Majid Hajifaraji,
Volume 6, Issue 3 (Autumn 2022)
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Background: The objective of this study was to determine the strategies and actions required to promote food and nutrition security and accessibility of the population to an adequate, equitable, healthy and desirable food basket.
Methods: This was a qualitative study. The data were collected through literature review and individual interviews with policy-makers, planners and managers involved in food and nutrition security. The most important determinants of food insecurity in the country were determined using the Delphi method. MAXQDA10 software was used for data analysis.
Results: Based on the views of the interviewees, the most important factor influencing food and nutrition security was found to be economic access to food. This was followed by four other factors, namely, income gap; lack of a specific authority responsible for food and nutrition security at the national level; poverty and low family incomes; and not paying sufficient attention to sustainability in food production. Strategies suggested to promote food and nutrition security included physical access to food, economic access to food, food safety, access to micronutrients, promoting nutrition culture and literacy, access to food and nutrition services, and sustainable food production.
Conclusion: Economic access to food, i.e., sufficient purchasing power of the people, is currently an important factor in determining food and nutrition security in a population. Food and nutrition policies should be developed in a way as to ensure increased economic access to food, sustainability in food production, production of healthy foods, and promoting the population’s food and nutrition culture and literacy.
Miss Elnaz Jafarvand, Dr. Zahra Abdollahi, Mrs Sareh Edalati, Dr. Mohammad Hossein Niknam, Dr. Mohsen Jalali,
Volume 6, Issue 3 (Autumn 2022)
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Background: Ensuring food security is one of the main pillars of sustainable development and combating it should be considered as one of the major goals of a country’s economic and social development plans. This study aimed to review the current threats to food security in Iran and globally.
Methods: This study is a review article based on reviewing scientific literature about food security and food and nutrition policy through reviewing resources available in internal and foreign databases using appropriate keywords ‘food security’, ‘Iran’, ‘world’, ‘food insecurity’, and ‘challenges’.
Results: The coronavirus 2019 epidemic, climate change, drought and water scarcity, food loss and waste, hot and cold wars and conflicts (types of sanctions), economic crises, and the global increase in food prices all increase the risk of food insecurity worldwide, especially in low-income countries. The government’s economic and supportive policies can directly affect the food basket of low-income households, needed to meet physiological and nutritional needs. Subsidies and government food aid programs can strongly affect food security. It is important to allocate subsidies to vulnerable groups; however, it should be targeted to meet the basic needs of low-income groups.
Conclusion: In recent years, when the toughest sanctions were imposed on Iran, the Supreme Leader of Iran emphasized on paying attention to “resistance economy”. A resilient economy approach should be taken to ensure national food security through creating sustainable food and nutrition system with the cooperation of all development sectors, and more effective cooperation of the capacity of the Supreme Council of Health and Food Security. In this regard, environmental factors such as domestic water and soil capacities, reducing food loss, waste, and promotion of the production and consumption of local and traditional food, as well as supporting rural agriculture should be taken into consideration.
Dr. Mona Pourghaderi, Dr. Morteza Abdollahi, Mrs Anahita Houshiarrad,
Volume 7, Issue 3 (Autumn 2023)
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Dr. Parviz Norouzmehr, Dr. Mohammad Esmaeil Motlagh, Dr. Zahra Abdollahi, Mrs Mozhgan Eynollahi, Mrs Fatemeh Taheri, Dr. Fariba Khalili, Dr. Hamid Akhavan,
Volume 8, Issue 4 (winter 2025)
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Background: Governance in environmental health is a crucial issue for promoting public health. This governance encompasses the management and monitoring of environmental factors that can influence human health. As a key institution in this domain, the Supreme Council of Health and Food Security (SCHFS) plays a significant role.
Method: This study was conducted through a survey of the documents and approvals of the SCHFS (2003-2023) and their quantitative and qualitative analysis in the field of environmental health engineering.
Results: The results indicate that out of a total of 140 clauses approved over the twenty-year period, 22% are dedicated to various aspects of environmental health. The highest percentage of approvals pertains to food safety and hygiene (29%). Additionally, 7% of the approvals relate to air pollution, while 26% concern water quality and wastewater management. Among other significant approvals in the realm of environmental health are the establishment of the country's comprehensive environmental health information system and the endorsement of Health Impact Assessment standards. The majority of approvals are associated with the 9th and 10th governments. A total of 18 meetings have been held during the reviewed period, highlighting a lack of meeting frequency.
Conclusion: This statistic is directly linked to the importance of environmental health engineering in health policies and its impact on public health, quality of life, and food security. By formulating comprehensive policies and programs and enhancing inter-sector coordination, this council can contribute to improving environmental health and addressing its challenges.
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