The aim of this study was to determine the effect of health education on the knowledge and attitude regarding family planning and contraception’s method among the women who obligatory attended the Premarital Counseling Center in Yasouj city, Iran. An experimental study was carried out and a total of 200 women were selected for the study using convenience sampling method among women who attended in the health centre in order to utilize the necessary premarital actions. Respondents were divided by two experimental and control groups randomly. A pre-evaluation was done on the knowledge and attitude on family planning using a structured questionnaire. After which, the health education for experimental group was done within four educational sessions during 4 consecutive weeks and control group underwent traditional education method.Post evaluation was utilized for any changes regarding their knowledge and attitude among the respondents immediately after the intervention. Independent and paired t-test was used to evaluate the mean knowledge and attitude scores differences among both groups. Results showed that there was a significant improvement in respondents’ knowledge and attitude after educational program in experimental group (p<0.001), while no significant difference was observed in knowledge and attitude of control group. The finding also indicated that age was significantly associated with the level of respondents’ knowledge. These results deal the effectiveness of the educational method. In conclusion, the educational method is effective in increasing the knowledge and improving the attitude of women regarding family planning in Yasouj compared to current used educational method. Future educational programs need to incorporate the features that have been associated with successful interventions in the past, as well as including their own evaluation procedures.

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This paper reports an independent epidemiological study to evaluate the validity of the results of an official investigation into an outbreak of gastroenteritis at a university campus in Yasuj, central-south Islamic Republic of Iran. The official report of the outbreak by the Department for Disease Control at the provincial health centre found only 65 cases over a 5-day period, all females, living in the student halls of residence. This contrasts with a questionnaire survey of 963 students at the same university, which found 395 students (192 males and 203 females), living in residences and at home, who reported at least 1 gastrointestinal symptom over a 12-week period. Within this period at least 2 outbreaks occurred. Such a large discrepancy between the official report and the current study suggests that the health services and the public may have been misled about the proper response to the outbreak.

Background: Polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) are toxic xenobiotic compounds that are extremely persistent in the environment. Use of plants for the treatment of polluted sites, has been used successfully to removal of variety of organic compounds, including PCBs. In this study the effects of polychlorinated biphenyls evaluated on bacterial populations of two plants onobrychis.s and sorghum single and mixed plants cultivation. Materials and methods: The soil samples were collected from ranges (0-20cm Depth) of Yasuj city, province of Kohqiluyeh & Buyerahmad and then polluted with different concentrations of PCBs (0, 100, 200,400,800 ppm). Soil bacterial population was measure than dilution series (Serial method), and, expressed as cfu g-1 dry soil. At the end of the study (120 days after planting), plants were separated from the soil. Result: According to the results, average bacterial population in the soil with plant in compare by soil without the plant had a significant difference (p <0.05) between of different modes have the greatest impact on the population of bacteria mix culture> sorghum> onobrychis. S. root/shoot ratios have the greatest amount in mix culture (90%) and after onobrychis.s (72%) and sorghum (63 percent) Conclusion: According to the results of mix culture to single it caused more stimulate of bacteria and increase their numbers in the rhizosphere zone. In generally mix culture + surfactant (Tween80) were as the best mod.

The present study aims to investigate wastewater treatment of hormones by oak jaft and tea waste adsorbents. Various factors were used to evaluate the adsorption process, such as the initial pollutant concentration, adsorbent concentration, contact time, and pH. The results showed that both adsorbents, jaft, and tea waste, can adsorb 17β-estradiol. Maximum adsorption was 82.4% for jaft adsorbent and 81.5% for tea waste at 85 min, 7 g/L of adsorbent dose, and pH = 4.5, respectively. The adsorption equilibrium was performed using Langmuir, Freundlich, and Liu models, based on the results, Freundlich model with R2 values >0.97 demonstrated better agreement with the adsorption experimental data. To obtain information on adsorption velocity, three models of pseudo-first-order, pseudo-second-order, and Elovich were used. The findings revealed that the pseudo-second-order model with R2 > 0.98 is a better fit for the experimental data. Therefore, the jaft adsorbent and tea waste can be used as effective and economical adsorbents for the removal of organic pollutants in wastewater treatment plants.