مجله تصویر سلامت
سال پنجم شماره 2 (تابستان 1393)

In the 1960s، psychologists began to investigate the relationship between the work environment and individuals’ tolerance. Since the first harm of burnout is suffering from physical exhaustion، people who suffer from this disorder feel severe fatigue. There are several ways to confront burnout syndrome and try to reduce work-related musculoskeletal disorders: educational planning to the principles of working properly، job rotation، resting and information exchanging related to burnout and musculoskeletal injuries among employees. This study investigated the correlation of musculoskeletal disorders and burnout of librarians working in public libraries in Hamadan.

This is a descriptive - analytical study. The study population consisted of librarians working in public libraries in Hamadan. The census number was 112. Data collecting tools included two Nordic and burnout questionnaires. The validity of questionnaire was confirmed by the opinions of subject specialists. The questionnaire was distributed among librarians. SPSS13 software was used for statistical analysis. P<0. 05 was considered significant.

A significant correlations between burnout and musculoskeletal disorders (74%) has been observed. The relationship between burnout dimensions and musculoskeletal areas were examined.

Given the apparent relationship between burnout and musculoskeletal disorders، organization managers need to improve working conditions، reduce stress، working tools and training to work properly.

Consanguineous marriage is a global health problem with several health-related and social adverse outcomes. The aim of this study was identifying the prevalence and epidemiologic features of consanguineous marriage. This case-control study was carried out at the premarital advisory centers in Tabriz city in the North-West of Iran. The participants consisted of 1532 subjects (766 couples) with166 couples as the case group. The one year occurrence rate of consanguineous marriage was 13. 80%. After adjustment for other variables، age at marriage for both women (OR=0. 90، 95%CI=0. 86-0. 94) and men (OR=0. 87، 95%CI=0. 82-0. 93)، and level of knowledge for both women and men were significantly related to consanguineous marriage. Father’s profession، participant''s level of income، and parents’ consanguinity were independent predictors of consanguineous marriage in men but not in women. The frequency of consanguineous marriage is still high، so it seems necessary to design and implement special preventive interventions including multi-level educational programs in order to address the problem.

Medication errors can be a threat to the safety of patients. Preventing medication errors requires reporting and investigating such errors. The present study was conducted with the purpose of investigating medication errors in educational health centers of Kermanshah. The present research is an applied، descriptive-analytical study and is done as a survey. Error Report of Ministry of Health and Medical Education was used for data collection. The population of the study included all the personnel (nurses، doctors، paramedics) of educational health centers of Kermanshah. Among them، those who reported the committed errors were selected as the sample of the study. The data analysis was done using descriptive statistics and Chi 2 Test using SPSS version 18. The findings of the study showed that most errors were related to not using medication properly، the least number of errors were related to improper dose، and the majority of errors occurred in the morning. The most frequent reason for errors was staff negligence and the least frequent was the lack of knowledge. The health care system should create an environment for detecting and reporting errors by the personnel، recognizing related factors causing errors، training the personnel and create a good working environment and standard workload.

In order to deliver pleasant and qualified services، a secure environment for the staff in hospitals is needed. Investigations show that violence، which is a threatening factor for the staff safety، decreases the quality of services and makes a lot of expenditure for the hospital. In order to explore the factors of violence against the hospital staff and its consequences، this study aims to investigate the existing situation of emergency rooms among five hospitals in Tabriz city.

This is a cross-sectional study. Data were collected using a researcher-made questionnaire that was made based on the previous studies. The reliability of the questionnaire was confirmed by consulting experts. The questionnaires were distributed to 250 staff from different hospitals. Among them، 110 persons participated in the study.

The results showed that 84. 5% had faced with violence. Among them، 26. 7% were physical violence and 73. 3% were verbal abuse، threats and insults. The patients’ relatives made the most amount of violence (85%) and the reporting was done by 53 people (50. 5%). Data analysis showed that there is no relationship between demographic characteristics and facing with violence but it showed a significant relationship between the staff’s position (e. g.، security guards) and the times of facing with violence.

The results were in line with the previous studies regarding investigating the rate of violence، the causing factors and the kinds of violence، but they were against them regarding the relationship between the violence and people’s occupation. Because there is a high degree of violence-facing in emergency sectors of hospitals and based on the consequences this study recommends that the staff needs to be instructed and greater studies are needed to be done.

The quality of physicians’ work life is one of the important issues in human resource management in healthcare. This study aimed to investigate the QWL of physicians of Tabriz district health centers in 2013.

This is a cross-sectional descriptive study which was conducted in 2013 among physicians of Tabriz district health centers. Walton’s standard questionnaire was used which has 8 dimensions: fair payment، safe workplace، growth opportunity، law abiding، social dependency، total space of work and life، integrity، and development capabilities.

Mean scores of QWL of studied physicians was below average and is not in a suitable situation. Among the 8 dimensions، total space of work and life had a better mean score while fair payment had the worst situation. Results showed that single and native physicians have better mean scores. There was no significant relationship between the rest of demographic variables and the level of physicians QWL (p=0. 05).

Results of this study indicated low levels of QWL among physicians which show a need for more attention of managers and policy makers about the QWL of physicians and health care staff.

Considering the importance of public health and its key role in reducing treatment costs، new ways can be established to promote the public health knowledge. The aim of this study is identifying the capabilities of digital libraries to promote health literacy in the community.

This is a non-systematic review. Related articles in English and Persian databases were reviewed according to the purpose of the study. The results were presented in a categorized report.

Digital Library has several benefits listed in this article. A considerable attention to this information carrier as a perfect opportunity for the development of health literacy in the community by policy makers and public is suggested.