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Dariush D. Farhud, MD, Ph.D., MG.
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Vol 7 No 3 (1978)
Articles
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The control of cigarette smoking can do more to improve health and prolong life than any other single action in the whole field of preventive medicine. Many smokers desire to stop but need instructions and support. Beside nicotine and carbon monoxide, there are a lot of carcion-genous materials in cigarettes. A positive relationship exists between cigarette smoking and lung cancer, bronchitis, emphysema, ischeamic heart disease, peptic ulcer and so on. Preventive measures should be planned along the following lines: - Not to smoke in factories while working - If to stop smoking is impossible, not to inhale, to decrease numbers and so on - The health education of children must stat early, teachers, parents and all health members should co-operate and at best not to smoke among children - Special training should be given to the adolescent not to start and if started not to continue smoking - The right of non-smokers should be emphasized and smoking must be prohibited in public places specially hospitals and health clinics
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In this study the iron status of pregnant women in two different socio-economic groups and also the effect of multigravidity on iron status of the mothers were investigated. Blood samples were with drawn from 165 mothers (91 from Farah and 74 from Missaghieh maternity hospital) immediately after delivery and hemoglobin, hematocrit, serum iron, total iron-binding capacity (TIBC) and total protein levels were determined. The level of hematocrit and serum iron was significantly lower and TIBC was significantly higher in the mothers from Farah Maternity Hospital. No significant differences were found between the total protein levels between the two groups. In the mothers from Farah Maternity Hospital, the levels of hemoglobin, serum iron and total protein were decreased and TIBC was increased from primigravidas to multigravidas (three or more pregnancies).
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EVALUATION OF THE COST OF MEDICAL CARE IN THE SOCIAL SECURITY ORGANIZATION IN RESPECT TO FAMILY SIZEThis study was carried out to discover: 1) Whether provision of medical care and social welfare affected the size of the family among laborers. 2) Compare laborers family size with that of the total population of Isfahan. 3) Since Social Security receives its premium on the basis of salary rather than the number of dependents, then what is the cost of medical care for groups of single and married persons with various family sizes. Out of 70,171 laborers, about 1,158 records were selected on a random basis. The sample consisted of 144 singles (group I), 131 married persons with no children (group II), 601 married persons with 1-3 children (group III), and 282 persons with 4 or more children (group IV). The hospital days, periods of illnesses, indemnity, medical care costs were investigated for each group. It was found that: a) group IV used the outpatient clinic more than all the other groups, b)almost always group I had occupied hospital beds more often than group II, and group IV used the benefits of hospital care more than other groups, c) the medical care utilization was found to be highest among group IV), d) the amount of indemnity received by laborers was more in groups I and IV than in others, and e) the KAP survey results showed that laborers acknowledged receiving pensions, believed that children mortality had reduced, knew about family planning programs, around one third claimed that their last child was unwanted, expected children to help them in later life and knew some children were apparently unwanted. It is recommended that 1) premium payments should be based on the number of dependents rather than on salary alone, 2) large families are not economically feasible since their needs are excessive and their contribution is less, at present, proper family planning and preventive programs, especially tubal ligations, should be implemented, 3) the pension allocated for families should be raised to eliminate the need for the benefits received from children in old-age.
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The ABO and Rh Blood groups of 9753 pregnant women were determined in the Amin Maternity Hospital, Isfahan, Iran, from March 23, 1976 to July 11, 1977. Their ABO blood group frequencies were calculated as follows: 0=38.20%, A=30.67%, B=23.84% and AB=7.26%. Also, 90.02% of the women were Rh positive and the rest, namely, 9.98% were Rh negative.
