Volume 4 Issue 1

Published: 2025-06-25

Contents


Original Articles
Assessment of Health Issues that Encountered by Street Children in Kirkuk City

Nazar Ahmed Mahmood

Background and aim: Street children used to refer to children who experience homelessness and live on streets. They are the most vulnerable group to political and economic changes. We conducted...

Pages: 1-6
Assessment of Postpartum Depression among Mothers at Maternity Teaching Hospital in Erbil City-Iraq

Awaz Aziz, Mosleh S. Kareem, Abdulqadir Hussan Gardi

Background and aim: Postpartum period is the period that is associated with intense physical and emotional changes leading to anxiety and mood disturbances. The study aimed to assess the level of...

Pages: 7-12
Impact of a Dietary Education Program upon Hypertensive Patient Knowledge in Kirkuk City

Younis Khider Baez

Background and aim: Hypertension is a systolic blood pressure greater than 140 mmHg and a diastolic pressure greater than 90 mmHg based on the average of two or more accurate blood pressure...

Pages: 13-19
Evaluation of Socio-Economic Factors Related to Helicobacter Pylori Infection in Duhok City

Mohammed Haydar Musa, Jihan Noori Hussein

Background and aim: Helicobacter pylori (Hp) are found in half the population of the world. Its prevalence is highly variable in relation to geography, ethnicity, age, and socioeconomic...

Pages: 20-25
Knowledge of Fourth Stage Students of Nursing Colleges in Iraqi Kurdistan Region Concerning Nursing Process (NANDA)

Samir Y. Lafi

Background and aim: North American Nursing Diagnosis Association (NANDA) is one of Organizations of Nursing in the world to developed nursing process, NANDA began in 1973 by Kristine Gebbie and...

Pages: 26-34
Effect of Nutritional Health Program in Improving the Quality of Life-of Patients with Chronic Renal Failure in Hemodialysis Center of Duhok City

Miaad Hussein Kadhim, Alaa Noori Sarkees, Khalida Elias Georgies

Background and aim: Patients with chronic kidney failure are vulnerable of cognitive impairment. That's why they become more users of pharmacological products and develop comorbidities such as...

Pages: 35-40
Relation of Socio-Economic Status of Parents and Peers on Cigarette Smoking Behavior of Teenagers in Secondary Schools for Boys in Bnaslawa District

Kareem F. Aziz, Baktyar Hosman, Dara Abdulla

Background and aim: cigarette smoking is the main cause for preventable diseases and early death, so the economic status of parents and peers may affect smoking habit for adolescent. Smoking habit...

Pages: 41-48
Assessment of Hematological parameters of Young Male with Hookah Smoking in Rania City

Osamah Awad Ahmed, Barzan Mohammed Mohammed Ameen, Riyadh Zainadin Mawlood

Background and aim: Hookah smoking is one of the major causes of cancer and cardiovascular diseases leading to millions of premature deaths each year all over the world. Scientists have identified...

Pages: 49-55