Stress at work place is one of the growing public health threats worldwide. WRS is negatively associated with individual and organizational level outcomes. Major risk factors of WRS described in the literature are: work ...

A vast majority of unintended pregnancies are due to contraceptive nonuse, inconsistent use and reliance on ineffective methods of contraception. Among barriers to contraceptive use worldwide are: lack of a method of choice; ...

It is estimated that more than 1.8 billion people in the world are between 10 – 24 years of age called adolescents and young people, out of which 90% lives in low- and middle-income countries. Studies show that adolescents ...

Background: Hypertension is one of the preventable leading risk factors for cardio vascular disease (CVD) and mortality worldwide. The prevalence of hypertension continues to increase in low- and middleincome countries ...

Dental caries causes teeth loss, aesthetic problems, inflammation of the gums and periodonteum and affects chewing. Many factors such as lack of oral hygiene and proper nutrition skills are responsible for dental caries ...

Executive summary Tuberculosis (TB) is one of the dangerous communicable diseases in the world and is a serious health and social problem for many countries, including Armenia. By the World Health Organization (WHO) ...

Introduction. Local coalitions can advance public health initiatives such as smoke-free air but have not been widely used or well-studied in low-income and middle-income countries. Methods. We conducted a matched-pairs ...

Background: Armenia implemented several major health care reforms in the last 20 years. The main reform efforts aimed to establish a balance between hospital and primary care and to make those services accessible and reduce ...

Introduction. Heavy metals and sulfur dioxide can adversely influence reproductive health of women. The main aim of the study was to find out the prevalence of reproductive health problems, particularly infertility, ...