Introduction: Abundance of human resource cannot singly guarantee good performance in achieving h... more Introduction: Abundance of human resource cannot singly guarantee good performance in achieving health tourism goals, rather, theoretical knowledge and familiarity with professional skills are also crucial. Therefore, this research was conducted to determine the relationship between human capital and the quality of services provided in health tourism in Mashhad. Methodology: This applied study was carried out in 2016-2017 on the heads, managers, and experts of hospitals in five regions (north, south, east, west, and center) of Mashhad, as the statistical population, from which a total of 120 persons were selected as samples. In addition, 384 individuals were selected for the second part (health tourism) according to the Cochran sampling formula given the infinity of society. Structural validity of the questionnaire was verified by confirmatory factor analysis and its reliability was confirmed with Cronbach’s alpha of >0.7. The data were analyzed with SPSS-18 and Lisrel-8.50, usin...
Background: It is essential to improve the quality of services to satisfy health tourists. Thus, ... more Background: It is essential to improve the quality of services to satisfy health tourists. Thus, the present study was conducted to determine the relationship between quality of health services and tourism in Mashhad.Methods: In this descriptive study, there were 120 subjects from the first population and 384 from the second. They completed a standard questionnaire with items related to demographic characteristics and tourism facilities in the five districts (north, south, east, west, and center) of Mashhad from 2017 to 2018. Data was analyzed using confirmatory factor analysis (CFA) and structural equation modeling (SEM). Spss21 and LISREL8.50 were used as the software. Results: t-test results showed that the factor loadings were more than 1.96, so there was a correlation between the quality of services provided and health tourism in Mashhad. Conclusion: According to the results, the importance of health tourism is so high that efforts for its development it in the region will lead...
Journal of Research in Medical and Dental Science, 2018
Background and Objectives : Diversity, high quality, and low price of medical services in Iran, a... more Background and Objectives : Diversity, high quality, and low price of medical services in Iran, and its geographic locations and situation in the region are among the factors that contribute to attracting medical tourism in Iran. This study aimed to examine the impact of medical tourism on the development of Iran. Methods : This applied study was conducted in 2017 with the statistical population of health tourists in a year. Considering the unlimited population, Cochran's sampling formula was used to select 384 subjects. For this purpose, Iran was divided into five regions, and sampling was performed using the multi-stage cluster random sampling method. The construct validity of the questionnaire was confirmed using confirmatory factor analysis, and its reliability was confirmed using Cronbach's alpha of greater than 0.7. Data were analyzed using factor analysis by SPSS 18 and LISREL 8.50, and the final model was developed using mathematical models. The model was validated u...
Background: It is essential to improve the quality of services to satisfy health tourists. Thus, ... more Background: It is essential to improve the quality of services to satisfy health tourists. Thus, the present study was conducted to determine the relationship between quality of health services and tourism in Mashhad.Methods: In this descriptive study, there were 120 subjects from the first population and 384 from the second. They completed a standard questionnaire with items related to demographic characteristics and tourism facilities in the five districts (north, south, east, west, and center) of Mashhad from 2017 to 2018. Data was analyzed using confirmatory factor analysis (CFA) and structural equation modeling (SEM). Spss21 and LISREL8.50 were used as the software. Results: t-test results showed that the factor loadings were more than 1.96, so there was a correlation between the quality of services provided and health tourism in Mashhad. Conclusion: According to the results, the importance of health tourism is so high that efforts for its development it in the region will lead...
The impact of information and communication technology (ICT) and tourism industry on economic gro... more The impact of information and communication technology (ICT) and tourism industry on economic growth is on obvious fact. This study investigated the relationship between information technology (IT) and the status of health tourism in Mashhad. This applied study was conducted during 2016-2017. The first population included all the hospital heads, managers and experts in five regions (north, south, east, west and center) of Mashhad, among which 120 individuals were selected. The second population was an infinite one; thus, Cochran's sample size formula was used and 384 individuals were selected as sample. The construct validity of the questionnaire was confirmed using confirmatory factor analysis and its reliability was confirmed with a high (> 0.7) Cronbach's alpha coefficient. The data were analyzed using confirmatory factor analysis and mathematical models in SPSS 21 and LISREL 8.50. The factor analysis results showed that there was a relationship between IT and the stat...
According to the reports of world health organization (WHO), 80 percent of human diseases are due... more According to the reports of world health organization (WHO), 80 percent of human diseases are due to contaminated water either for drinking or sanitation. International water sanitation program says that 50 percent of people across the world have no access to healthy water and 75 percent of the third world population do not have water for sanitation. The present semi experimental study aims at determining factors relevant to the chlorination in the families under the coverage of health houses of Sistan and Baluchestan province. Research sample was composed of 2100 households which were under the coverage of health houses of the province. They were investigated in two groups (case and control) on the basis of stratified and random sampling. The findings indicated that 37.5. Percent of households who used 1% chlorine for chlorination, had a comprehensive knowledge about it and of which 23.5 percent belonged to the control group. The results of logestic regression indicated that those ...
The 21 century is the era of continuous changes in the way modern medical and scientific world fu... more The 21 century is the era of continuous changes in the way modern medical and scientific world functions, thus the need for adaptation in complex systems becomes paramount. In such a dynamic society optimum standard of survival may depend on the ability of individuals and groups to investigate multiple alternatives or choices and finally make wise decisions. Therefore, the need for critical thinking skills is an absolute vitality for today’s health science professionals. Education is the most powerful tool in developing learning skills; and the main aim of every educational institution is to assist students and trainees to achieve such end. Besides professional competency, the main aim of medical sciences education is to develop students’ ability in decision making ability and problem solving, and leading them to become efficient critical thinkers. Critical thinking skills are vital in coping with the unprecedented rapid changes occurring in health care field. In order to cope with ...
Background: International travelers are one of those groups who are in danger of affecting with A... more Background: International travelers are one of those groups who are in danger of affecting with AIDS. They should be informed about it's risk factors. It is not important where the travelers intend to go, but it is important that they have information about ways of transmission and prevention of AIDS. Objective: To determine knowledge of non pilgrims international travelers about the ways of transmissions and prevention of AIDS. Design: This was a crosssectional study. Data were collected through questionnaire. Samples : 200 non pilgrims travelers were selected randomly. Results: The findings indicated that the knowledge of non pilgrims travelers about ways of transmissions and prevention of AIDS was in middle range. Conclusion: Research findings showed that the knowledge of travelers intending to go abroad are not enough about transmission and prevention of AIDS. In order to protect their health their knowledge should be increased through education.
Abstract There has been rapidly growing demand for manufacturing structural lightweight concrete ... more Abstract There has been rapidly growing demand for manufacturing structural lightweight concrete (LWC) owing to its reduced gravity and seismic loads. Concrete is required to meet increasingly more stringent eco-efficiency and sustainability requirements. Therefore, an experimental study on 30 LWC mixtures (S1 to S30) was conducted. The experimental variables included the percentage of lightweight expanded clay aggregate (LECA), water-to-cement ratio, cement content, and silica fume dosage. The effects of the test variables on the compressive and tensile strengths of LWC were assessed. The resulting experimental database was used to train and test deep belief network models for accurate prediction of the mechanical properties of LWC. Moreover, life cycle assessment based multi-objective optimization was deployed for optimizing sustainable LWC mixture proportions with minimized environmental footprint and life cycle cost, while maximizing the mechanical strength. The genetic algorithms approach was furtherly used to determine optimal LECA replacement levels for natural aggregates by minimizing the economic cost and environmental life cycle impact and maximizing the compressive and tensile strengths. The compressive and tensile strengths of LWC specimens ranged from 14.9 to 50.1 MPa and from 1.62 to 3.9 MPa, respectively, with the lowest and highest values belonging to mixtures S23 and S7, respectively. The LWC mixture S9 achieved the least environmental impact, while mixture S18 induced the highest environmental burden. The cost increased with increasing mechanical strength, life cycle, and LECA replacement level. Overall, the computational approach allows the user to accurately predict the mechanical strength of LWC and optimize sustainable LWC mixtures for specific target performance objectives, tailored economic cost, and eco-efficiency performance.
Introduction: Abundance of human resource cannot singly guarantee good performance in achieving h... more Introduction: Abundance of human resource cannot singly guarantee good performance in achieving health tourism goals, rather, theoretical knowledge and familiarity with professional skills are also crucial. Therefore, this research was conducted to determine the relationship between human capital and the quality of services provided in health tourism in Mashhad. Methodology: This applied study was carried out in 2016-2017 on the heads, managers, and experts of hospitals in five regions (north, south, east, west, and center) of Mashhad, as the statistical population, from which a total of 120 persons were selected as samples. In addition, 384 individuals were selected for the second part (health tourism) according to the Cochran sampling formula given the infinity of society. Structural validity of the questionnaire was verified by confirmatory factor analysis and its reliability was confirmed with Cronbach’s alpha of >0.7. The data were analyzed with SPSS-18 and Lisrel-8.50, usin...
Background: It is essential to improve the quality of services to satisfy health tourists. Thus, ... more Background: It is essential to improve the quality of services to satisfy health tourists. Thus, the present study was conducted to determine the relationship between quality of health services and tourism in Mashhad.Methods: In this descriptive study, there were 120 subjects from the first population and 384 from the second. They completed a standard questionnaire with items related to demographic characteristics and tourism facilities in the five districts (north, south, east, west, and center) of Mashhad from 2017 to 2018. Data was analyzed using confirmatory factor analysis (CFA) and structural equation modeling (SEM). Spss21 and LISREL8.50 were used as the software. Results: t-test results showed that the factor loadings were more than 1.96, so there was a correlation between the quality of services provided and health tourism in Mashhad. Conclusion: According to the results, the importance of health tourism is so high that efforts for its development it in the region will lead...
Journal of Research in Medical and Dental Science, 2018
Background and Objectives : Diversity, high quality, and low price of medical services in Iran, a... more Background and Objectives : Diversity, high quality, and low price of medical services in Iran, and its geographic locations and situation in the region are among the factors that contribute to attracting medical tourism in Iran. This study aimed to examine the impact of medical tourism on the development of Iran. Methods : This applied study was conducted in 2017 with the statistical population of health tourists in a year. Considering the unlimited population, Cochran's sampling formula was used to select 384 subjects. For this purpose, Iran was divided into five regions, and sampling was performed using the multi-stage cluster random sampling method. The construct validity of the questionnaire was confirmed using confirmatory factor analysis, and its reliability was confirmed using Cronbach's alpha of greater than 0.7. Data were analyzed using factor analysis by SPSS 18 and LISREL 8.50, and the final model was developed using mathematical models. The model was validated u...
Background: It is essential to improve the quality of services to satisfy health tourists. Thus, ... more Background: It is essential to improve the quality of services to satisfy health tourists. Thus, the present study was conducted to determine the relationship between quality of health services and tourism in Mashhad.Methods: In this descriptive study, there were 120 subjects from the first population and 384 from the second. They completed a standard questionnaire with items related to demographic characteristics and tourism facilities in the five districts (north, south, east, west, and center) of Mashhad from 2017 to 2018. Data was analyzed using confirmatory factor analysis (CFA) and structural equation modeling (SEM). Spss21 and LISREL8.50 were used as the software. Results: t-test results showed that the factor loadings were more than 1.96, so there was a correlation between the quality of services provided and health tourism in Mashhad. Conclusion: According to the results, the importance of health tourism is so high that efforts for its development it in the region will lead...
The impact of information and communication technology (ICT) and tourism industry on economic gro... more The impact of information and communication technology (ICT) and tourism industry on economic growth is on obvious fact. This study investigated the relationship between information technology (IT) and the status of health tourism in Mashhad. This applied study was conducted during 2016-2017. The first population included all the hospital heads, managers and experts in five regions (north, south, east, west and center) of Mashhad, among which 120 individuals were selected. The second population was an infinite one; thus, Cochran's sample size formula was used and 384 individuals were selected as sample. The construct validity of the questionnaire was confirmed using confirmatory factor analysis and its reliability was confirmed with a high (> 0.7) Cronbach's alpha coefficient. The data were analyzed using confirmatory factor analysis and mathematical models in SPSS 21 and LISREL 8.50. The factor analysis results showed that there was a relationship between IT and the stat...
According to the reports of world health organization (WHO), 80 percent of human diseases are due... more According to the reports of world health organization (WHO), 80 percent of human diseases are due to contaminated water either for drinking or sanitation. International water sanitation program says that 50 percent of people across the world have no access to healthy water and 75 percent of the third world population do not have water for sanitation. The present semi experimental study aims at determining factors relevant to the chlorination in the families under the coverage of health houses of Sistan and Baluchestan province. Research sample was composed of 2100 households which were under the coverage of health houses of the province. They were investigated in two groups (case and control) on the basis of stratified and random sampling. The findings indicated that 37.5. Percent of households who used 1% chlorine for chlorination, had a comprehensive knowledge about it and of which 23.5 percent belonged to the control group. The results of logestic regression indicated that those ...
The 21 century is the era of continuous changes in the way modern medical and scientific world fu... more The 21 century is the era of continuous changes in the way modern medical and scientific world functions, thus the need for adaptation in complex systems becomes paramount. In such a dynamic society optimum standard of survival may depend on the ability of individuals and groups to investigate multiple alternatives or choices and finally make wise decisions. Therefore, the need for critical thinking skills is an absolute vitality for today’s health science professionals. Education is the most powerful tool in developing learning skills; and the main aim of every educational institution is to assist students and trainees to achieve such end. Besides professional competency, the main aim of medical sciences education is to develop students’ ability in decision making ability and problem solving, and leading them to become efficient critical thinkers. Critical thinking skills are vital in coping with the unprecedented rapid changes occurring in health care field. In order to cope with ...
Background: International travelers are one of those groups who are in danger of affecting with A... more Background: International travelers are one of those groups who are in danger of affecting with AIDS. They should be informed about it's risk factors. It is not important where the travelers intend to go, but it is important that they have information about ways of transmission and prevention of AIDS. Objective: To determine knowledge of non pilgrims international travelers about the ways of transmissions and prevention of AIDS. Design: This was a crosssectional study. Data were collected through questionnaire. Samples : 200 non pilgrims travelers were selected randomly. Results: The findings indicated that the knowledge of non pilgrims travelers about ways of transmissions and prevention of AIDS was in middle range. Conclusion: Research findings showed that the knowledge of travelers intending to go abroad are not enough about transmission and prevention of AIDS. In order to protect their health their knowledge should be increased through education.
Abstract There has been rapidly growing demand for manufacturing structural lightweight concrete ... more Abstract There has been rapidly growing demand for manufacturing structural lightweight concrete (LWC) owing to its reduced gravity and seismic loads. Concrete is required to meet increasingly more stringent eco-efficiency and sustainability requirements. Therefore, an experimental study on 30 LWC mixtures (S1 to S30) was conducted. The experimental variables included the percentage of lightweight expanded clay aggregate (LECA), water-to-cement ratio, cement content, and silica fume dosage. The effects of the test variables on the compressive and tensile strengths of LWC were assessed. The resulting experimental database was used to train and test deep belief network models for accurate prediction of the mechanical properties of LWC. Moreover, life cycle assessment based multi-objective optimization was deployed for optimizing sustainable LWC mixture proportions with minimized environmental footprint and life cycle cost, while maximizing the mechanical strength. The genetic algorithms approach was furtherly used to determine optimal LECA replacement levels for natural aggregates by minimizing the economic cost and environmental life cycle impact and maximizing the compressive and tensile strengths. The compressive and tensile strengths of LWC specimens ranged from 14.9 to 50.1 MPa and from 1.62 to 3.9 MPa, respectively, with the lowest and highest values belonging to mixtures S23 and S7, respectively. The LWC mixture S9 achieved the least environmental impact, while mixture S18 induced the highest environmental burden. The cost increased with increasing mechanical strength, life cycle, and LECA replacement level. Overall, the computational approach allows the user to accurately predict the mechanical strength of LWC and optimize sustainable LWC mixtures for specific target performance objectives, tailored economic cost, and eco-efficiency performance.
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