The treatments used by most doctors are considered conventional medicine. Complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) consists of a group of HEALTH care practices and products that are considered out of the mainstream. An “out-of-the-mainstream” treatment is considered complementary if you use it along with conventional medicine. Research shows that 40 percent of women in the United States use some form of CAM. People try CAM for a variety of reasons, including: conventional medicine has not helped solve their medical problem. They believe that products derived from nature are HEALTHier and safer than prescription drugs, even though they may not be. They like the holistic approach taken by CAM therapists. A holistic approach involves paying attention to all of a client’s needs to help her regain and maintain her HEALTH. These include not just physical but also emotional, social, and spiritual needs. In this review we summarize some indications of herbal medicine in WOMEN'S HEALTH.

Dear Editor, HEALTH is considered as one of the fundamental values and requirements of human development, emphasized in divine religions and international documents. Therefore, all governments are obliged to mobilize all their resources to meet the HEALTH needs and provide quality and affordable HEALTH care at all levels of public HEALTH, medical, and rehabilitation services for each member of the society. This responsibility has been devoted to the HEALTH system (1). In addition, the HEALTH systems have tried to properly do their responsibilities to ensure the HEALTH of communities, move towards universal HEALTH coverage (UHC), and achieve the sustainable development goals (SDG) by establishing various mechanisms (2). One of the essential factors that should be considered by policy-makers, planners, and economists of the HEALTH system in this regard is HEALTH equity. . .

Objective: This article focuses on major WOMEN'S HEALTH issues and challenges in policy making, planning, and implementation in Iran.Methods: This qualitative research involved focus group discussions with experts from both academic and administrative bodies. Data were collected, coded and analyzed after 2 sessions of 4 different focus groups.Results: The most important identified HEALTH issues were: malnutrition, high prevalence of chronic disorders such as osteoporosis, poor mobility, lack of reproductive HEALTH education and inappropriate use of contraceptive methods, high prevalence of mental disorders and conflicts generated by the transition from a traditional to a modern lifestyle: The main challenges were: lack of interdisciplinary research, and efficient HEALTH information system, inadequate access to reliable statistics or research data, poor need assessment at various levels, poor data analysis and limited applicability of research knowledge, lack of effective communication between researchers and planners, and budgetary restrictions. Strategies proposed included: identification of the existing information gaps, greater support for research in priority areas, creation of appropriate system to collect research data, and setting up a network of communication to promote optimal use of research-generated knowledge in policy making and planning.Conclusion: The findings from this study can serve as guidelines for HEALTH managers and planners in their efforts to identify current priorities for WOMEN'S HEALTH in Iran. Promotion of effective cooperation between various government agencies (notably those within the HEALTH Ministry), research and academic institutions, and other organizations concerned with issues of WOMEN'S HEALTH is recommended.

Introduction: WOMEN'S HEALTH is one of the most important public HEALTH priorities and one of the Millennium Development Goals. In the life course approach, various factors can influence WOMEN'S HEALTH. This paper reviews is the historical background of WOMEN'S HEALTH managerial activities in policy making and planning, and considers some important issues such as WOMEN'S HEALTH needs and services, WOMEN'S HEALTH indicators, WOMEN'S HEALTH information and researches. It also focuses on their role in improving HEALTH system performance and responsiveness for WOMEN'S HEALTH promotion.Methods: This review study is done by literatures got from international and national databases, journals, books and reports using selected keywords. Also in some parts of the article we used the statistics and reports on international sites like WHO and UN at the international level and also some data from Department of HEALTH and Medical Education of Iran.Findings: WOMEN'S research could be helpful for providing community based on information and result in eradicating the WOMEN'S HEALTH obstacles. Additionally, continue the monitoring of WOMEN'S HEALTH and mutual interactions of academicals, managerial and planning organizations could be suitable in identification of needs and removing the information gap in this field.Discussion: Despite of holding many conferences and also revolutions took place in this area, there are still several deficiencies. Data shows the remarkable gap between different geographical regions and social classes in various countries especially in developing countries. The aim of this paper is to discuss all aspects of WOMEN'S HEALTH, and review policies and HEALTH situation of women, in order to provide suggestion for WOMEN'S HEALTH promotion in all aspects, especially in WOMEN'S HEALTH care management, research and monitoring.

The main purpose of this study was to determine the relationship between coping skills and mental HEALTH among Teacher students’ of the Boushehr University, Iran. The sample (N=170) was randomly selected from the teacher of university in Bousher, Iran. Two validated instruments (Proactive Coping Inventory & General HEALTH Questionnaire) were used in collecting data. Pearson product moment correlation coefficient and multiple regression were utilized to analyze data. Correlation analyses showed a significant reverse relationship between the various scales of Proactive Coping Inventory and mental HEALTH and its sub-scales. Also, the regression analysis revealed that proactive coping skill was the most important factor which predicted mental HEALTH and the sub-scales physical symptoms, anxiety and insomnia; reflective coping skill was the most important factor which predicted social dysfunction; and preventive coping skill was the most important factor which predicted depression.

The research purpose is to investigate the impact of group logotherapy on the WOMEN'S HEALTH improvement. Therefore 25 women among from Tehran's 22nd region were selected through availability mode and underwent the treatment. The research findings proved the impact of logotherapy on WOMEN'S general HEALTH and also the reduction in depression and anxiety.