Mohadeseh Alsadat Hamidi; Mehdi Khakzand; Mohsen Faizi
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Objective: Architecture is not the mere construction of an inanimate building, a housing is the first built environment associated with humans. Using the term "humans" unites the works of designers, psychologists, and doctors. Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs is one of the psychological theories that ...
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Objective: Architecture is not the mere construction of an inanimate building, a housing is the first built environment associated with humans. Using the term "humans" unites the works of designers, psychologists, and doctors. Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs is one of the psychological theories that deal with human evolution. According to this theory, wellness is one of the primary needs of each individual. This research aims to introduce an effective strategy to improve the wellness of humans and achieve the ultimate aim of Maslow’s theory. Furthermore, to achieve these goals, the Salutogenic Approach is applied as a bridge to link the wellness and the man-made environment. Method: Hence, this research has deployed mixed methods to achieve the desired results. In this regard, a semantic differential technique and content analysis have been employed for component differentiation, and Ghoodosi-Gharbi (district 1) of Shiraz has been selected as the case study using a survey method. Findings: Afterward, using SPSS, users' preferences were determined and the factors affecting wellness were prioritized. Conclusion: According to the results and the analyses conducted, sense of cohesion and Maslow’s theory are related and it is possible to enhance the mental and physical condition of people residing in this neighborhood through Salutogenic design. In order to improve the wellness of residents of Ghoodosi-Gharbi, strategies have been introduced to reduce illnesses (such-as: palpitations, vitamin-D deficiency, headaches, joint-disorders,etc.) including designs with long and dynamic circulation, increased daylight in spaces, and so on.
Delara laghusi; ALI boudaghi; mohammad abbaszadeh; davood qasemzadeh
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Objective: In the contemporary world, the study of health has transition from biological to social and cultural studies. Many scholars believe that understanding and defining health is a reflection of one's cultural and social background. The purpose of the present study is to analyze cultural determinants ...
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Objective: In the contemporary world, the study of health has transition from biological to social and cultural studies. Many scholars believe that understanding and defining health is a reflection of one's cultural and social background. The purpose of the present study is to analyze cultural determinants of health. Method: The research method is qualitative and has been done by structural analysis approach. the method of data collection was interviews with 40 key informants of East Azarbaijan province using purposeful sampling method and theoretical saturation criterion. The data from the interviews were analyzed by Mic Mac software. Findings: The coding of the interview findings revealed that categories such as health nutrition culture, health literacy, consumption pattern modification, sport lifestyle, medical stereotypes, hidden media pressure, the preference of materialistic values to non-materialistic, cultural contradictions, seeking differentiation, and paying to diseases are one of the most important cultural determinants of health in terms of prevalence. Conclusion: Structural analysis results show that key informants respectively have allocated the highest and lowest priority to health literacy and disease-based rates
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Tahereh Pourkamali; Fariba Yazdkhasti; Hamid Reza Oreizi; Ahmad Chitsaz
Volume 6, Issue 22 , September 2017, , Pages 145-162
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Introduction: he purpose of this study was to compare the effectiveness of Dosah-hou treatment and Massage Therapy on improvement of happiness, social adjustment, hope, mental health and quality of life in patients with Parkinson's disease. Methods: The research was quasi-experimental. The statistical ...
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Introduction: he purpose of this study was to compare the effectiveness of Dosah-hou treatment and Massage Therapy on improvement of happiness, social adjustment, hope, mental health and quality of life in patients with Parkinson's disease. Methods: The research was quasi-experimental. The statistical population of this study were all of patients with Parkinson's disease who were clients of therapeutic centers in Isfahan City in 2015. Among this population 28 patients were selected through convenience sampling as the sample of the study that Randomly assigned to two groups Dosah-hou and massage therapy (n = 14 per group). Oxford Happiness Questionnaire, Social Adjustment Scale, Adult Hope Scale (AHS), General Health Questionnaire, and Word Health Quality of Life Questionnaire, were used as the instruments of the study. Data analyzed by Mixed ANOVA. Results: The results showed that both interventions of this study can improve happiness, hope and mental health significantly in patients with Parkinson's disease (P<0/05) , but Dosah-hou is more effective than Massage Therapy in improvement of happiness and hope (P<0/05).Conclusion: Based on the results of this study, Dosah-hou treatment and Massage Therapy are effective interventions in promotion of happiness, hope and mental health in patients with Parkinson's disease.
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Zoha Saeedi; Hadi Bahrami; Ahmad Alipour
Volume 5, Issue 19 , October 2016, , Pages 85-98
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Objective: Many health problems arise directly from people`s behavioral choices, but people often do not behave in ways that could improve their health and extend their lives. The purpose of this study is to explore how self-compassion may play a role in relationship between self-control and health. ...
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Objective: Many health problems arise directly from people`s behavioral choices, but people often do not behave in ways that could improve their health and extend their lives. The purpose of this study is to explore how self-compassion may play a role in relationship between self-control and health. Methods: To do so, 127 students (45 males and 82 females) of the university of Tehran filled four-dimensional measure of health questionnaire and short form of self-compassion and self-control scales. Findings: The results revealed that self-compassion and self-control were correlated positively with health and the result of hierarchical regression analysis showed the moderating effect of self-compassion on the relationship between self-control and health. So that, in the higher level of self-compassion, self-control was a better predictor of health. Conclusion: These results are discussed in terms of the role of self-compassion in the stages of self-control (setting goals, taking action, evaluation and emotion regulation).
Fatemeh Dehgani Arani; Mohammad Ali Beshart
Volume 3, Issue 12 , December 2015, , Pages 42-57
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Objective: Pediatric disease affects the health condition of their mothers. The present study conducted with the aim of examining the effectiveness of a mother-child attachment-based intervention on health indices in mothers of children with a chronic disease. Method: Method of the present study was ...
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Objective: Pediatric disease affects the health condition of their mothers. The present study conducted with the aim of examining the effectiveness of a mother-child attachment-based intervention on health indices in mothers of children with a chronic disease. Method: Method of the present study was experimental with a pre/post-test design. The subjects were twenty-two mothers who volunteered for this randomized controlled trial and had a child undergoing medical treatment for their chronic disease. After being evaluated by a battery of questionnaires that included Parenting Stress Index (PSI; Abidin, 1990) and 28-form General Health Questionnaire (GHQ-28; Goldberg & Hillier, 1979) mothers were paired on the basis of health subscales scores, age, the number of family children, and the kind of their child’s disease. Each one of paired mothers was then randomly assigned to an experimental or a control group. Mothers in experimental group received ten sessions of mother-child attachment-based intervention over a 5-weeks period with their children. Meanwhile, mothers and children in control group received 10 simple conversational sessions without any psychological intervention, as a dummy intervention. Both groups were evaluated again after completing their respective treatment regimens. Results: Multivariate analysis of covariance (MANCOVA) showed significant differences between two groups after treatment and revealed significant changes in mothers’ health indices including competency, social isolation, attachment to child, health, physical syndrome, anxiety and depression, in experimental group in pre-post-treatment stages comparison. Conclusion: It can be concluded that mother-child attachment-based intervention would improve quality of health in mothers of children with chronic disease.
