Publications by authors named "Abolhasan Afkar"
Article Synopsis
- Smokeless tobacco use is a major public health issue, and understanding consumption patterns is vital to effectively address it. The study focuses on this issue within the adult population of Chabahar, Iran.
- Using a grounded theory approach, researchers conducted qualitative interviews with 30 adults, analyzing the data to identify key themes related to starting, continuing, and attempting to quit smokeless tobacco.
- The findings resulted in a Dependency Cycle Model that outlines the contextual factors and consequences of smokeless tobacco use, providing a framework for future research and intervention development.
Background: Smokeless tobacco use is a public health problem. This study explored students' beliefs about smokeless tobacco use in Chabahar, Iran.
Materials And Methods: The qualitative study was conducted using three Focused Group Discussions among 24 students aged 12-14 years in Chabahar City.
Backgrounds: Breast cancer is the most prevalent cancer among women. Breast cancer imposes a considerable economic burden on the health system. This study aimed to compare the cost of breast cancer among patients who referred to private and public hospitals in Iran (2017).
View Article and Find Full Text PDFCorrigendum to "The relationship between knowledge of leadership and knowledge management practices in the food industry in Kurdistan province, Iran" [Data Brief 15 (2017) 155-159].
Data Brief
October 2019
[This corrects the article DOI: 10.1016/j.dib.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFThe aim of this study was to identify the relationship between the knowledge of leadership and knowledge management practices. This research strategy, in terms of quantity, procedure and obtain information, is descriptive and correlational. Statistical population, consist of all employees of a food industry in Kurdistan province of Iran, who were engaged in 2016 and their total number is about 1800 people.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFObjectives: The health transformation program was a recent reform in the health system of Iran that was implemented in early 2014. Some of the program's important goals were to improve the equity of payments and to reduce out-of-pocket (OOP) payments and catastrophic health expenditures (CHE). In this study, these goals were evaluated using a before-and-after analysis.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFPreparedness of hospitals in north of iran to deal with disasters.
Iran Red Crescent Med J
June 2013
Introduction: Preparedness of hospital has a major impact on their optimal and satisfactory performance. This study aimed to investigate the preparedness of the hospitals to deal with disasters.
Case Presentation: This cross-sectional study was carried in 2011 and all of the hospitals which were located in the northern areas of Iran were investigated through the census method.