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Correlates of physical activity in adolescence: a study from a developing country

By Behjat Shokrvash, Fereshteh Majlessi, Ali Montazeri, Saharnaz Nadjat, Abbas Rahimi, Abolgasem Djazayeri, Davoud Shojaeezadeh Background: Physical activity is important for adolescent health. The current study aimed to explore factors that predict physical activity among adolescents. Methods: This was a cross-sectional study of physical activity among a sample of adolescents in Tabriz, Iran. Information on physical activity was collected using a modified version of the Adolescent Physical more...

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International Funding for Drug Control and Gross Violations of Human Rights

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Human rights abuses related to drug enforcement are well documented. This report focuses on the intersection of human rights abuses, funding from donor states and UN assistance. It asks a question that has received far too little attention in both human rights and drug policy discussions: When does cooperation against the drug trade and drug dependence become complicity in human rights abuses?

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Sonia Hossain on September 4, 2012

Environmental and Health Impacts of Canada's Oil Sands Industry

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Oil sands production has become increasingly controversial because of several widely publicized environmental and health issues. The oil sands deposits in northern Alberta have become a focus of intense development in recent years. For this issue, the authors focused only on the contribution of the oil sands industry to the collective GHG emissions, the sources of those emissions and control options for reducing them, whether these emissions are increasing, and what implications oil sands GHG more...

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Sonia Hossain on December 27, 2011

Frequency of HIV Infection among Sailors in South of Iran

Some studies have shown that sailors who arrived from abroad and spent at least one night in ports and most of their time traveling in different countries far from their family and sexual partners are at high risk of HIV infection through high risk sexual contacts with sex workers and have been used as a sentinel population in surveillance programs. This study assessed the frequency of HIV infection among sailors in south of Iran as a sentinel population for HIV/AIDS using the rapid HIV test.

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Sonia Hossain on June 27, 2011

Assessment Of The Nutritional Status And Affecting Factors Of Elderly People Living in Iran

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This study was carried out on elderly people (106 cases; ages > 65), living at nursing homes in Urmia, Iran. The aim was to determine the socio-economic and health factors affecting on nutritional statistics among elderly people living at nursing home in Urmia, Iran. This study confirmed that malnutrition remains a common problem among older people living in nursing homes in Urmia, Iran. Malnutrition is an increasing hazard especially for women, for people having a disease, psychological more...

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Sonia Hossain on March 15, 2011

Iodine Deficiency Disorders: Silent Pandemic (April 2009)

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Iodine deficiency is the greatest, yet most preventable cause of mental retardation in the world. It is the intent of this paper to discuss the practical aspects of control and elimination of iodine deficiency disorders, using the Iranian experience as an example.

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Sonia Hossain on October 20, 2009

Differential Mortality in Iran

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Among the available data provided by health information systems, data on mortality are commonly used not only as health indicators but also as socioeconomic development indices. Recognizing that in Iran accurate data on causes of death were not available, the Deputy of Health in the Ministry of Health and Medical Education (MOH more...

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Maribeth Lovegrove on September 14, 2007

Reproductive Knowledge, Attitudes and Behavior Among Adolescent Males in Tehran, Iran

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Young people in Iran may be waiting longer before getting married—high rates of both inflation and youth unemployment make it difficult for young men to move out of their parents’ homes, and young women are increasingly postponing marriage to attend university—but not all of them are postponing sex. Nevertheless, according to a recent survey among nearly 1,400 15–18 year old boys in Tehran, many lack knowledge about contraceptives and how a woman can become pregnant. For example, only one in more...

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Lauren Alexander on August 30, 2006

HIV Prevention with especially vulnerable Young People

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This study presents successful and innovative projects with young people aimed at preventing HIV and promoting sexual health. It illustrates practical lessons of how community groups use a bottom-up approach in the fight against HIV/AIDS especially among vulnerable young people. These innovative grass-root strategies are illustrated in a joint publication of the World Health Organization (WHO), Safe Passages to Adulthood and the UK Department for International Development (DfID) titled “HIV more...

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Chijioke Evoh on August 23, 2006

The State of Food Insecurity in The World 2003

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Worldwide, FAO estimates that 842 million people were undernourished in 1999-2001, the most recent years for which figures are available. This includes 10 million in industrialized countries, 34 million in countries in transition and 798 million in developing countries. Regionally, only Latin America and the Caribbean had a decline in the number of hungry since the mid-1990s. Only 19 countries, including China, succeeded in reducing the number of undernourished throughout the 1990s, says the more...

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Jean-Charles Le... on November 26, 2003

2003 Assessment of the World Food Security Situation (FAO)

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Document summarises the main developments in the past year that have a bearing on the current world food security situation. Report of the FAO Committee on World Food Security prepared for the 29th session of the CFS. Also available in word from the CFS homepage.

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Jean-Charles Le... on April 29, 2003

FAO Food Outlook (April 2003)

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FAO's first forecast of world cereal production in 2003 is 1 895 million tonnes (MT), 62 MT up from the poor 2002 harvest and above the average of the past five years. The outputs of both wheat and coarse grains are forecast to increase by about 4 percent to 591.5 MT and 908 MT respectively, while the rice crop (milled basis) is anticipated to recover by 2 percent to about 395 MT. Other results and statistics such as utilization forecast, food aid shipments, prices and more also available. The more...

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Jean-Charles Le... on April 27, 2003

The Double Burden of Malnutrition in Asia: Causes, Consequences, and Solutions

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The greatest number of malnourished children in the world reside in Asia. The book describes the main driving forces behind the groundswell of undernutrition, while shedding light on the emerging ‘double burden’ of co-existing underweight and overweight, and the linkages between these two different forms of malnutrition. Following detailed analyses of causes and consequences, the authors provide clear evidence-based options for remedial action in differing contexts, all based on the use of a more...

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Jean-Charles Le... on April 22, 2003

Aid for Iraq: UN Humanitarian Briefing (UN DPI, 28 Mar 2003)

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This is a transcript of UN Briefing in Amman, Jordan by representatives of several UN agencies followed by a Q more...

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Oleg Petrov on March 28, 2003

Malnutrition continues to plague Asia

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CHENNAI, INDIA, 12 March 2003 - Asia lives in two extremes - one in every two children is born underweight and, at the other end of the life spectrum, millions die from overweight and problems related thereto. Stuart Gillespie and Lawrence J Haddad, authors of 'Double Burden of Malnutrition in Asia', say the two problems are inter-linked. The observation has basis in 'Parker's hypothesis' that children born with low birth weight are most often the ones dying of heart attack or diabetes more...

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Jean-Charles Le... on March 13, 2003

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