Ladan Fata; Sheida Azari; Hamid Baradaran
Volume 10, Issue 2 , August 2013, , Pages 150-157
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Background & Objective: Students academic decline is one of the major problems of higher education institute in the country For this reason many studies have been performed on this subject but they have achieved different results This study aims to collect and compare researches carried out nationwide ...
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Background & Objective: Students academic decline is one of the major problems of higher education institute in the country For this reason many studies have been performed on this subject but they have achieved different results This study aims to collect and compare researches carried out nationwide on this subject Methods: Using the information on online systems and databases such as Iranmedex Sid Magiran PubMed Web of Science Google Scholar and Science Direct Eric the keywords Medical students educational failure academic growth and academic achievement were searched The papers were divided into two categories of related and unrelated Results: From the total of 152 papers the irrelevant articles were eliminated and from the 32 remaining papers only 9 articles had the required criteria for the study In terms of content analysis sex accommodating in dormitory employment marital status age pass rate noticeable gap between acquiring diploma and university entrance were considered as affecting factors on academic decline Conclusion: These factors can be considered as effective factors in academic decline since they are common in previous published articles However in these articles academic decline determinants are different and no specific cut point has been defined Due to the importance of the subject and its effects on academic decline it is recommended that it be specified
Seyed-Arash Tehrani Banihashemi; Ali Akbar Haghdoost; Mohammed Amir Amirkhani; Ali Akbar Haghdoost; Seyed-Moayed Alavian; Homa Asgharifard; Hamid Baradaran; Mozhgan Barghamdi; Saeid Parsinia; Sahar Fathi Ranjbar
Volume 4, Issue 1 , July 2007, , Pages 1-9
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Background & Objective: Health literacy is defined as the degree to which individuals have the capacity to obtain process and understand basic health information and services required for making appropriate health decisions The aim of this study was to estimate the level of health literacy and to ...
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Background & Objective: Health literacy is defined as the degree to which individuals have the capacity to obtain process and understand basic health information and services required for making appropriate health decisions The aim of this study was to estimate the level of health literacy and to determine the factors influencing it using valid instrument Methods: In a Populationbased household survey in 5 cities and 5 villages of Boushehr Mazandaran Kermanshah Ghazvin and Tehran provinces 1086 adults aged 18 and older were enrolled into the study Health literacy was measured by the questionnaire designed for test of Functional Health Literacy in Adults (TOFHLA) after validation Regression analysis was used to determine the association of demographic factors and level of health literacy Results: The average response rate was 708% in the studied clusters From all participants 614% were female and the rest were male Mean age of participants was 381 years Seventeen percent of the study population was illiterate and 36% had diploma or higher education The level of health literacy was adequate in 281% borderline in 15 3% and inadequate in 565% of the subjects Mean score of health literacy was 453 in males and 411 in females (P=0057) However after adjustment for educational level in the regression model health literacy was found to be higher in females (P=014) Limited health literacy was also associated with lower economic status (P=0004) Conclusion: This study indicates that the level of health literacy is low in Iran Educational level was the most important determinant of health literacy and the most increase was seen in subjects with more than 8 years education Lower health literacy in women older people and rural inhabitants was mainly due to lower educational levels in these groups
