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  •  About Health and Development Journal (JHAD): The journal of "Health and Development" (JHAD) is the official publication of the School of Public Health, Kerman University of Medical Sciences, Kerman, Iran. This journal publishes original research and review papers in the fields of Public Health, Health Promotion, Health Education, Environmental Health, Occupational Health, Health Management, Social Medicine, Epidemiology, Biostatistics and Nutrition.

    All submissions to the Health and Development Journal (JHAD) undergo a fair, supportive and double-blind peer-review process and our acceptance rate is about 7%. We follow the Uniform Requirements for Manuscripts Submitted to Biomedical Journals, issued by International Committee for Medical Journal Editors (ICMJE), as well as the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE) code of conduct for editors.

  • The Journal of Health and Development (JHAD) is Open Access and does not charge publication fees.

  •   All authors have to sign both pages of the journal's "Ethical Statement", in the same order listed in the article, and send the signed form either by Fax or Email to the journal office. The article will not be reviewed by the editorial board unless the ethical statement has been signed by all authors and sent to the journal office beforehand.


  •   The Health and Development Journal (JHAD) changed language from Farsi to English, in the winter of 2021. Therefore authors are kindly requested to submit articles in English.

    Articles may also be submitted in Farsi (Persian).


Current Issue: Volume 13, Issue 4, December 2024 

Original Article

Factors Influencing Perceived Stress Among Informal Caregivers of Older Adults in Kerman in 2023

Pages 150-156

10.34172/jhad.1169

Mahsa Ehsani Nasab; Seyed Vahid Ahmadi Tabatabaei; Ali Karamoozian; Vahid Reza Borhani Nejad


The Relationship Between Absenteeism, Musculoskeletal Disorders, and Noise Annoyance Among Hospital Employees

Pages 164-170

10.34172/jhad.1176

Fereshteh Sadavipour; Vahideh Abolhasannejad; Mahmoud Sadeghi Khorashad; Elaheh Allahyari


Investigating the Effect of Four Different Washing and Disinfection Methods on Parasitic Contamination of Vegetables

Pages 171-178

10.34172/jhad.1175

Mohammad Rayani; Shokufeh MoghaniRahimi; Zahra Jampour; Ammar Doustkam; Fatemeh Najafi Sharjabad; Masoumeh Ravanipour


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