The Effect of an educational Intervention on Anxiety of Pregnant Women: A Quasi-Experimental Study.

Objectives: The aim of study is the effect of educational intervention on anxiety of pregnant women.

Methods: This quasi-experimental study is done on the pregnant women referring to family physicians offices in Gerash City, Iran. 62 women were selected and divided into 2 groups (control and intervention).

Prevalence of Toxocara eggs in the soil of public parks of Khorramshahr city, southwest Iran.

Human toxocarosis is a chronic zoonotic disease, which creates various syndromes in humans such as visceral larva migrans, ocular larva migrans, and neurological toxocarosis. This disease is commonly contracted through ingestion of eggs from the Toxocara species. The eggs are transmitted to humans through contact with soil that contaminated with feces of infected animals by Toxocara species worm.

Prevalence of food addiction among Iranian children and adolescents: Associations with sociodemographic and anthropometric indices.

Food addiction has been defined as consuming palatable foods leading to addictive-like behaviors. Little studies have assayed food addiction in children and adolescents. Thus, we aimed at identifying the prevalence of food addiction and the relationship between food addiction, sociodemographic and anthropometric indicators among children and adolescents in southwestern Iran.