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Introduction: Accidents caused by children’s play equipment are considered a serious threat to children’s health. The aim of this study was to design slide, swing and see-saw based on national standards and children’s anthropometric data. Material and Methods: The present study is an applied research, in which the design of children’s play equipment, including slides, swing and see-saw was done according to national standards No. 6436-2, 6436-3 and 6436-6, as well as measuring the anthropometric dimensions. All anthropometric data of 385 children aged 2 to 12 years were measured and equipment design was performed using Minitab software. Results: In the national standards No. 6436-2, 6436-3 and 6436-6, the size of more dimensions required for the design of the slides, swing, and see-saw is not stated. In the present study, the ergonomic and standard design of these types of equipment is shown. Comparison of designed see-saw with see-saw available in parks showed that the length and width of the see-saw should be 0.37 and 0.25 meters, respectively. In the current study, however, they were 0.24 and 0.35 meters, respectively. Also, the height, width and depth of the swing chair should be 0.2, 0.35 and 0.37 meters, while their actual size in the studied parks was 0.25, 0.42 and 0.31 meters, respectively. Conclusion: The result of this study is helpful for standard and ergonomic designing of children’s play equipment and is very useful for urban planning. This study emphasizes the revision of national standards.

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE: One of the most important components of the educational system is the professors who have a decisive role in achieving educational goals. Evaluation is one of the most important bases for improving the quality of education. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the evaluation priorities of professors from the perspective of students of Neyshabur University of Medical Sciences. METHODS: This cross-sectional descriptive and analytical study was conducted at Neyshabur University of Medical Sciences in 2013. All students of Neyshabur School of Medical Sciences (140) were enrolled in the census. Data were collected using a questionnaire whose reliability was 0.83. Data were then analyzed by SPSS20 software. Significance level was set at 0.05. FINDINGS: The study population was 59 females and 60 males with a mean age of 20.58 ± 1.13 years. According to the students, the most important factors of a good teacher are mastery of the subject (84.2%) in teaching skills, expressing and conveying concepts (70%) in personal characteristics, respect for students (71.7%). In the communication skills section, the precise start and end times of the class (51.7%) were in the area of ​​observing the rules and regulations and a comprehensive and precise exam at the end of the semester (37.5%) in the assessment skills section. There was no significant difference between the 5 areas of study. There was no significant relationship between GPA and none of the evaluation domains. There was a significant difference between gender and the two domains of observance of rules and teaching skills. CONCLUSION: The results of the present study showed two areas: teaching skills and evaluation skills are more important for students. Therefore, university professors and faculty and universities should plan and strive to improve the quality of these two areas

Sound is an effective exogenous factors which affecting human brain processing mechanisms. This research was quasi experimental study that was carried out among 70 students to evaluate the effect of sound frequency on human noise annoyance. Noise annoyance degree was measured during exposure to sound at various frequencies of 500, 1000, 2000, 4000 and 8000 Hz. Sound.exe software was used to determine the sound with different frequencies and noise annoyance was determined based on the acoustic questionnaire “Acoustics Assessment of noise annoyance by means of social and socio-acoustic surveys”. According to the results of this study, in female participants, the maximum degree of noise annoyance is at 4000 Hz and in male subjects, the highest degree of noise annoyance is at 8000 Hz and from 500 to 8000 Hz, the frequency of noise annoyance increases, respectively. There was significant relationship between noise annoyances with different frequencies. The highest level of noise annoyance was at 8000 Hz and the lowest level was at 500. There was significant difference between male and female dissonance. In this study, the gender variable as one of the factors affecting anxiety was studied. The results of this study showed that the frequency with maximum noise annoyance is different in men and women and the maximum degree of noise annoyance is at 4000 and 8000 Hz.

Background: Job stress is one of the most hazardous factors in workplace that endangers the workers’ public health physically and psychologically. Aims: This study was conducted to investigate the general health status and occupational stress of workers in an electrical tablet production industry in Iran. Methods: This cross-sectional study was carried out amongst 110 workers employed in electrical industry. The data were gathered by using demographic features questionnaire, general health questionnaire (GHQ), and job stress questionnaire (OSIPOW). The questionnaires were completed by interview to minimize the error in the data collection stage. Data were analyzed using SPSS (ver.20). A pResults: 63.6% of the participants in this study were in inappropriate general health status. There was a significant difference between the total score of general health and education level (P=0.04). Also, there was a significant difference (PPConclusions: Education and job stress are effective factors on the workers working in this industry.

Vibration can disrupt comfort, decrease effective labour and adversely affect peoples’ health and safety. This study aimed to evaluate vibration and its relationship with lower-back pain in drivers of heavy vehicles in the mines of Sirjan Gol Gohar Complex. This cross-sectional study was conducted on drivers of heavy vehicles in mines of Sirjan Gol-e-Gohar Complex, Kerman Province, Iran in 2013. The statistical population consisted of 432 (216 cases and 216 controls) people. Data were collected using Nordic questionnaire. Data were analyzed using SPSS20 software and statistical tests including t-test, ANOVA, chi-square and logistic regression test. Moreover, P

The incidence of occupational stress in midwives may lead to increase in the prevalence of musculoskeletal disorders (MSDs) and decreased work efficiency and quality of care. This study was conducted to determine the rate of MSDs in different body parts and its relation with stress in midwives. This was a cross-sectional (descriptive and analytical) study. The population under study was midwives working in governmental and private hospitals in Nayshabur, Khorasan Razavi Province, Iran, in 2015. All eligible midwives (78 women) entered the study. The standard Nordic Questionnaire and the Altmaier occupational stress questionnaire were used. Data was analyzed by descriptive statistics, correlation, t-test and chi-square. In this population, 67.6% had at least one musculoskeletal disorder. The highest prevalence in the last year was in the shoulder region with 44% and the lowest prevalence was in the elbow (8%). Furthermore, 54% of the midwives had average and 46% had severe occupational stress. There was a significant association between MSDs in some body parts and midwives occupational stress (P

Occupational stress and employee's health status can affect their productiveness and quality of services. This study was conducted in order to evaluate the relation between psychological health and occupational stress among midwives employed at the governmental and private hospitals of Neyshabur, Iran. In this cross-sectional (descriptive and analytical) study conducted in 2015, all of the employed midwives in the governmental and private hospitals of Neyshabur (78 people) were enrolled. Data were gathered through the Goldberg General Health and the Altmaier's Occupational Stress Questionnaire. Data analysis was done with SPSS 20. Only 14% of the midwives were psychologically healthy, and 86% had some degrees of psychological disorders. In addition, 54% of them were averagely stressed and 46% suffered from severe stress. The results of this research showed an opposite and significant association between psychological health and occupational stress in midwives (P=0.049). Most midwives working in these hospitals suffered from psychological disorders. Probably occupational stress was involved in deteriorating their psychological health.

Introduction & Aims: From World Health Organization’s point of view, health is well-being in terms of physical, social and mental not merely the absence of disease. Public health is the very important factor in the industries if neglecting, its effects on both individuals and organization would be irreparable. This study aimed to assess the general health condition and its effective factors in an industry staff. Methods: This was across sectional study and all employees in this industry were recurred or collected by census (n= 110). The demographic questionnaire and the General Health Questionnaire (GHQ) was used for data collection. Data analysis was performed by using SPSS software (Ver.20) and the independent t-tests, ANOVA and Spearman correlation coefficient test.Results: Based on the results, the average score for general health in sub-groups of physical disorders was 6.06±2.78, anxiety was 4.01±2.64, social disorder was 11.97±3.98 and depression was 3.30 ±3.74. In these sub-groups 67.3%, 82.7%, 7.3% and 85.5% of the subjects were in healthy group. There was no statistically significant difference between the variables of age and work history, and score of public health sub-groups whereas there was a statistically significant difference between the total score of general health and education.Conclusion: Factors such as education can be named as effective factor on the general health condition of employees in this industry. In the present study, a very small percentage of individuals in social disorder sub-groups, were normal. Therefore, by conducting survey and focus in this area and executive decisions positively, we can contribute to increase general health condition.*Corresponding Author: Emkani Mojtaba, Master of Science, department of occupational health engineering, School of Public Health, Kerman University of Medical Sciences, Kerman, Iran.Email: mojtabaemkani@gmail.com