Shahla Kazemipour's research while affiliated with Institute For Trade Studies and Research, Iran and other places

... The behvarzan in the rural health house, as well as in the urban health house, are an important component of the HIS that was developed to collect detailed information on the community and the population served by the PHC Network and to evaluate the effectiveness and impact of its interventions. [38] The main instrument for data registration and collection in rural areas is vital horoscope. This instrument is a data source used by community health workers (Behvarz). ...

... They also began to emphasize their right to engage in other activities such as higher education and the pursuit of a career. Such perceptions are, in Iran as, throughout much of the world, indications of the strive towards individualism, autonomy, and self-actualization [22]. To conclude about this cultural and value change as: "….these days everybody wants to find her or his own way. ...

... They were more likely to be older, primiparous, with lower gestational age, and have newborns with LBW or macrosomia. Higher maternal age [6,18] and primiparity [33,34] as factors influencing the C-section rate have been reported in previous research. There is a general consensus that the reported rise in C-section rates is often due to the presence of comorbidities either underlying or induced by pregnancy, such as diabetes, and hypertension [33]. ...

... Fear of side effects and adverse health consequences from modern contraceptives, as well as preference for a natural, convenient, and free method are often cited 4,[9][10][11][12][13] . Other researchers highlight cultural norms including interpretation of withdrawal as a mark of discipline and self-control in certain communities and the belief that withdrawal is as effective as modern methods 11,14,15 one study in Iran found that younger, well educated women in urban areas were more likely to use withdrawal, another study also in Iran showed that wealthier, more educated, older women with lower parity preferred withdrawal 14,16,17 . In Turkey, withdrawal use was highest among poorer, less educated, older women with lower parity in rural areas 17 . ...

... The findings of this study revealed that less than half of the study population who used contraceptives were approved by their spouses. This finding is at variance with previous studies (Mehryar, Nia, & Kazemipour, 2007). This could be explained by the fact that the Kalahari people are of a matrilineal society and traditionally polygamous, therefore, each mother is saliently expected to take care of her child to the height she wants. ...

... As a result, community health professionals are recruited from the community they live. This approach contributed enormously to the positive interpersonal relationship between health professionals and clients at the PHC level (Aghajanian et al., 2007;Javanparast et al., 2011a). In Cambodia, China, and Vietnam, socio-economic development provided personal and professional support to attract and retain rural health workers (Zhu et al., 2019). ...