{"title":"Estimating willingness to pay for the Covid-19 vaccine using the conditional valuation method","authors":"O. Adeli, Sanaz Rahimi kah kashi","doi":"10.52547/PAYESH.20.2.223","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.52547/PAYESH.20.2.223","url":null,"abstract":"Objective: Conditional valuation method is one of the methods of estimating the willingness to pay and is a cost-benefit analysis. The aim of the present study was to estimate the average willingness of individuals to pay for the Covid-19 vaccine with a one-year and long-term protection period and to assess its contributing factors. Methods: The present study was a descriptive research. The required data were collected from 370 two-dimensional online questionnaires at the end of November 2020 from Iranians. Conditional valuation method and logit model were used to estimate peoples’ willingness to pay. Results: The results showed that 65.67 percent of people are willing to pay for the vaccine. The household income, age, history of having chronic disease, history of Covid-19, attitude, recommended amount and having an elderly person in the family had a positive and significant effect on long-term vaccination and age, household income, history of having chronic disease, attitude and the amount offered had a positive and significant effect on annual vaccination. Also, the average willingness to pay was 3,750,000 Rials per person for long-term vaccination, and 1,130,000 Rials per year. Conclusion: In conditional valuation studies, individuals typically offer a lower bid for the policy under study. However, this study indicated that people are willing to pay more for vaccinations. The findings might have some implications for policy","PeriodicalId":235399,"journal":{"name":"Health Monitor Journal of the Iranian Institute for Health Sciences Research","volume":"33 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-04-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"128759179","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Medical tourism: Reasons for choosing Iran","authors":"A. Mosadeghrad, Mehregan Sadeghi","doi":"10.52547/PAYESH.20.2.145","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.52547/PAYESH.20.2.145","url":null,"abstract":"Objective(s): Medical tourism is the process of traveling to another country for the purpose of promoting, restoring, and maintaining health along with recreation and pleasure. Iran has a high potential to attract medical tourists due to its special geographical location, abundant natural resources and quality and cheap medical services. The aim of this study was to identify reasons for choosing Iran by medical tourists to receive medical services. Methods: This qualitative study was conducted in 2020 using semi-structured interviews with 18 medical tourists and 23 physicians, nurses and medical tourism experts (Pluralistic evaluations) in Tehran city, Iran. Thematic analysis method was used to analyse data. Results: In this study, overall 22 reasons for choosing Iran to receive medical services were identified, which were divided into seven groups: type of service (type and severity of illness and availability and comprehensiveness of service), quality of service (specialized and committed physicians and staff, advanced equipment, amenities, fast and easy service delivery process and effective result), service cost (medical service tariff and health insurance coverage), patient previous experience, advertising (hospital and tourism company advertising, word of mouth, and the internet), contextual factors (cultural affinity, tourist attractions, and political climate) and patient socio-economic factors. Finally, a conceptual model of medical tourists’ reasons for choosing Iran to receive medical services was designed. Health tourists who evaluate the value of a country's medical services well, choose that country, and if they are satisfied with the services, they come again or recommend it to","PeriodicalId":235399,"journal":{"name":"Health Monitor Journal of the Iranian Institute for Health Sciences Research","volume":"40 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-04-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"133202304","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Fatemeh Ahmadi, Susan Taghizadeh, Somayeh Esmaeeli, Tehran Iran Planning
{"title":"Evaluating the quality of Covid-19 related information on the website of the Iran Ministry of Health and Medical Education","authors":"Fatemeh Ahmadi, Susan Taghizadeh, Somayeh Esmaeeli, Tehran Iran Planning","doi":"10.52547/PAYESH.20.2.213","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.52547/PAYESH.20.2.213","url":null,"abstract":"Objective (s): Limited health literacy is a common problem in many countries worldwide. In Iran, about half of Iranian has limited health literacy. They have problems in understanding health information and making healthy decisions in critical situations such as Covid-19 pandemic. Thus it is necessary to make health information understandable to intended audiences. This quantitative study aimed to evaluate the quality of Covid-19 related information appeared on the website of Iran Ministry of Health and Medical Education. Methods: We searched the term covid-19 on the website of Iran Ministry of Health and Medical Education. Once inter-coder reliability was established between two researchers, we evaluated the quality of each COvid-19 related information using the Clear Communication Index (CCI). Results: The mean CCI score for the evaluated information was 38.87 (SD = 9.72) none achieved a score higher than 90. The findings showed that the quality of included information were not desirable according to the criteria for designing instructional material for people with limited health literacy. In the subsections, the main message, the call to action for action and language were lower than expected. Adherence to information design, tips and behavioral recommendations was significantly higher","PeriodicalId":235399,"journal":{"name":"Health Monitor Journal of the Iranian Institute for Health Sciences Research","volume":"83 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"132861744","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"The Effect of Communication Skills Training for parents on Adolescent Female Students' Self-Esteem","authors":"Narges Nasirinia, R. Memarian, A. Rasekhi","doi":"10.52547/PAYESH.20.2.191","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.52547/PAYESH.20.2.191","url":null,"abstract":"Objective (s): The association between self-esteem and the process of mental development of individuals and mental health is well established. In adolescence, the role of parents and their skills in communicating is very sensitive and vital. The purpose of this study was to assess the effect of parents' communication skills training on the self -esteem of adolescent female students. Methods: This was a quasi-experimental study that conducted in one of the state high schools in Damavand, Iran in 2019. The sample consisted of 77 adolescent girls and their parents who were assigned to two groups: intervention and control. Parents in the intervention group received 16 training sessions in a group pf 10 participants. The control group received nothing. In both groups students completed a self-esteem questionnaire (Cooper-Smith questionnaire) at two points in time: before intervention and three months after the intervention. The data were analyzed by Wilcoxon, Mann-Whitney and analysis of covariance using SPSS22 software. Results: Both groups were similar in most characteristics and at baseline self-esteem score did not differ significantly between two groups (p=0.49). However, after the intervention, there was a significant difference between the experimental and control groups according to analysis of covariance (p=0.001). Conclusion The findings suggest parents' communication skills training could be effective in improving adolescents’ selfesteem.","PeriodicalId":235399,"journal":{"name":"Health Monitor Journal of the Iranian Institute for Health Sciences Research","volume":"33 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"122480821","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Control policies in Iran, South Korea, China and Germany against Covid-19: A cross country investigation","authors":"مهدی امرائی, فرزاد فرجی خیاوی","doi":"10.29252/payesh.19.6.633","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.29252/payesh.19.6.633","url":null,"abstract":"2020] Objective (s ) : Since the rapid expansion of Covid 19, a series of precise prevention and control measures have been taken place to reduce the prevalence of this pandemic in China and other countries worldwide. The aim of this study was to compare the policies of selected countries to combat the corona virus disease 2019. Methods: This comparative review study conducted in 2020. Required information (demographic information, statistical information, control policies and their results) extracted from articles from official and valid databases and sites. Results: The selected countries have more and less implemented these policies: quarantining infected patients, the restrictions, health education, disease detection, punishing for defecting Covid-19 laws, and recessing schools and universities. South Korea and China have also implemented quarantine policies for contaminated cities and geographical tracking. Conclusion: A set of comprehensive, coordinated and integrated policies and measures was implemented by successful countries for controlling Covid-19 spread including: quarantine of patients and cities, extensive disease detection, geographical tracking, penalties for violating protocols, health education. Countries in where the policies were implemented more strictly were more successful in controlling this","PeriodicalId":235399,"journal":{"name":"Health Monitor Journal of the Iranian Institute for Health Sciences Research","volume":"66 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"126956285","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
B. Damari, A. Heidari, A. Rashidian, A. V. Moghaddam, A. Khosravi, S. Alikhani, Brain
{"title":"Designing a health observatory system for the Islamic Republic of Iran","authors":"B. Damari, A. Heidari, A. Rashidian, A. V. Moghaddam, A. Khosravi, S. Alikhani, Brain","doi":"10.29252/payesh.19.5.499","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.29252/payesh.19.5.499","url":null,"abstract":"Designing a health observatory system for the Islamic Republic of Iran Behzad Damari 1 , Alireza Heidari 2 , Arash Rashidian 3 , Abbas Vosoogh Moghaddam 4 , Ardeshir Khosravi 5 , Siamak Alikhani 6 1. Brain and Spinal Cord Injury Research Center, Neuroscience Institute, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran 2. Health Management and Social Development Research Center, Golestan University of Medical Sciences, Gorgan, Iran 3. School of Public Health, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran 4. Secretariat of the High Council for Health and Food Security, ministry of Health, Tehran, Iran 5. Centre for Health Network Management, Deputy of Health, Ministry of Health and Medical Education, Tehran, Iran 6. Secretariat of the Applied Research Coordination Council, ministry of Health, Tehran, Iran Payesh 2020; 19 (5): 499 – 509 Accepted for publication: 28 September 2020 [EPub a head of print-10 October 2020] Objective (s): Health surveillance systems provide regular and continuous monitoring and analysis of health issues, coordination of information production collections and ensuring the use of information. Strategic guidance to the (2025) prospect requires precise, comprehensive and timely information. According to the rules of the fifth and sixth five-year development plans of the I.R. of Iran and the original features of the health policy system, it is necessary to design a health monitoring system. This study aimed to design a health observatory system in Iran. Methods: This was a system design study. Initially, the principles for designing this system were formulated by reviewing the experiences of other countries, the history of the subject in the country, documents, analyzing the status of production and managing health information, and studying the platforms for deploying the observatory system. Then, prepared draft was reviewed and finalized in three stages by experts, and representatives of data and information producers using a written letter and a focused group discussion. Results: In this proposed model, principles of observatory system, observation functions, types of reporting methods, added outputs and value, observatory system products, main dimensions of observatory system, processes, procedures and standards, financial resources, information security and executive guarantee was considered that can be implemented and deployed in one of the organizational units. Conclusion: The system designed with the approval of the High Council of Health and Food Security can lead to obtaining the budget line of national surveys in the parliament or the program organization and facilitate its establishment in one of the universities or the headquarters of the Ministry of Health.","PeriodicalId":235399,"journal":{"name":"Health Monitor Journal of the Iranian Institute for Health Sciences Research","volume":"13 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"115509374","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Zahra naghizadeh moghary, A. A. pour, Saeed Ghiasi Nodooshan, M. Feiz, J. Kuhpayehzadeh
{"title":"Psychometric evaluation of the Medical Science Graduates' Cultural Competency Questionnaire","authors":"Zahra naghizadeh moghary, A. A. pour, Saeed Ghiasi Nodooshan, M. Feiz, J. Kuhpayehzadeh","doi":"10.29252/payesh.19.4.423","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.29252/payesh.19.4.423","url":null,"abstract":"2020] Objective (s ) : Since cultural competency is an important issue for health care professionals. The aim of this study was to develop and validate a questionnaire to assess the cultural competency for medical graduates . Methods: first an item pool was s generated. Then the content and face validity was assessed by a panel of 15 experts familiar with clinical education and cultural competence. The structural validity of the questionnaire was assessed using the information obtained from 542 medical students working in medical centers in Tehran by exploratory factor analysis. The reliability of the questionnaire was assessed by examining internal consistency. Data were analyzed using SPSS software version 24. Results: Out of 103 items generated after content validity 64 items remained. The structural validity of the questionnaire as assessed by the exploratory factor analysis led to removing 14 items. The final version of the questionnaire contained 50 items tapping into 8 factors that jointly explained 53.45% of variance observed. The Cronbach's alpha coefficient for the whole questionnaire was 0.96 and for the 8 factors ranged from 0.88 to 0.89 . Conclusion: The findings suggest that the Medical Science Graduates' Cultural Competency Questionnaire is a valid and reliable measure that can be used as an instrument to assess the cultural competency of medical","PeriodicalId":235399,"journal":{"name":"Health Monitor Journal of the Iranian Institute for Health Sciences Research","volume":"15 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-08-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"122015632","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Reliability and validity of the Persian version of Work-Family Conflict Scale","authors":"غلامرضا رجبی, عنایت مکی, خالد اصلانی","doi":"10.29252/payesh.19.4.435","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.29252/payesh.19.4.435","url":null,"abstract":"2020] Objective (s ) : The work-family conflict is a form of conflict that a person feels inconsistency between the demands of his or her role and the demands of the family role. The aim of the current research was to translate and assess reliability and validity of the Persian version of Work-Family Conflict Scale. Methods: Forward-backward procedure was applied to translate the Carlson's Work-Family Conflict Scale from eglish into Persian. 146 participants from Shahid Chamran University and 132 participants from Jondi Shapour Medical Sciences University of Ahvaz (278 in total) were selected and completed the questionnaire. The data were analyzed using the exploratory factor analysis. Results: The results obtained from exploratory factor analysis using principal components (varimax rotation) identified three factors: work-family and family-work conflict based on time, work-family and family-work conflict based on strain, and work-family and family-work conflict based on behavior. The Cronbach's α coefficients for the entire scale and the factors obtained 0.86, 0.85, 0.84, and 0.88, respectively. The correlation coefficients between each item and the entire scale ranged from 0.40 to 0.65 (p < 0.001) and the divergent validity coefficients of the scale with the Multidimensional Perceived Social Support and the Marital Satisfaction Scales were negatively significant - 0.72 and - 0.62, respectively. Conclusion: The findings suggest that the Persian Work-Family Conflict Scale is valid and can be used in future","PeriodicalId":235399,"journal":{"name":"Health Monitor Journal of the Iranian Institute for Health Sciences Research","volume":"23 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-08-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"117294655","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}