Background and Objectives: Life style is composed of a chain of active parameters in all dimensions of human life and has a substantial impression on health of population. Since vast majority of health problems has a strong relationship to life style, occurrence of many somatic and psychological disorders would be prevented provided that life style rectified. Blood pressure is one of the most important health criteria moderated when life style has been changed. The aim of this investigation was to study the cause_ effect relationship of life style and blood pressure in administrative employees in Bojnurd rural areas. Materials and Methods: In this descriptive-analytical (cross sectional) study 380 cases of governmental administrative employees were selected on a stratified random sampling with proportional allocation basis. The Study was conducted on 2012 in Bojnourd city of Iran. Primary data gathering tools were data recording sheet and lifestyle questionnaire. BP ≥ 90/140 were considered as hypertensive. The data analyzed in SPSS software. (V18) Results: The life style in 3 levels of desirable ,relatively desirable and undesirable estimated to be 4.58, 52.48 and 42.94 respectively. 7.4% of those studied suffered from high systolic blood pressure and 15.2% had diastolic hypertension. Blood pressure was significantly related to age, weight, height, marital status, exercise, nutrition, stress and body mass index. Conclusions: stress, malnutrition and obesity are among the factors influencing the incidence of hypertension. The essence of implementation of ongoing intervention programs by official bodies to change individual behaviors and lifestyle seems to be required.

Introduction: one of the most important periods of life is adolescence and puberty because it is associated with drastic physical, sexual, psychological and social changes .Teen unfamiliarity with these issues can be the foundation of many health problems and behavioral disorders. This study aimed to determine the level of knowledge and performance of girls attending high school about menstrual hygiene in Bojnurd, Iran. Material: This was a cross-sectional study of 450 female high school students were selected by a multistage sampling method. The data collection instrument was validated through consultation with a faculty researcher and reliability was assessed using Cronbach's alpha coefficient. Awareness and performance levels were rated as poor ,average and good. Data collected were analyzed using software SPSS.18. Results: The mean age of students was 14/98±1/2 and age at menarche 11/36±1/09,346 (77/9%) of students had poor, 88 patients (19/8%) moderate and 10 (2/3%) had good knowledge. Of the 184 patients (41/4%), poor performance, 232 patients (52/3%) moderate and 28 (6/3%) had a good performance level. Between parental education, mother's occupation and source of knowledge and practice, a significant relationship (p<0.05) was observed. Conclusion: Based on the results drawn from the conducted research ,there was a correlation between the awareness of participants about the menstrual hygiene and the level of education and the occupation of mothers. Thus, continuous training programs for teachers, educators, mothers and daughters is a priority to maintain an acceptable , healthy behavior and perspective before ,during and after menstrual days ,in addition to eliminating the prevalent related misconceptions.