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Introduction Radon and its decay products may cause substantial health damage after long-term exposure. The aim of the study was to perform a spatial analysis of radon concentration in the Salento peninsula, province of Lecce (South-eastern Italy) in order to better characterize possible risk for human health, with specific focus on lung cancer. Methods Based on previous radon monitoring campaigns carried out in 2006 on behalf of the Local Health Authority (ASL Lecce) involving 419 schools and through the application of kriging estimation method, a radon risk map was obtained for the province of Lecce, in order to determine if areas with higher radon concentrations were overlapping with those characterized by the highest pulmonary cancer incidence and mortality rates. Results According to our data, areas at higher radon concentrations seem to overlap with those characterized by the highest pulmonary cancer mortality and incidence rates, thus indicating that human exposure to radon could possibly enhance other individual or environmental pro-carcinogenic risk factors (i.e. cigarette smoking, air pollution and other exposures). Conclusions The radon risk should be further assessed in the evaluation of the causes resulting in higher mortality and incidence rates for pulmonary cancer in Salento area vs Italian average national data. For these reasons, ASL Lecce in cooperation with ARPA Puglia and CNR-IFC has included the monitoring of individual indoor radon concentrations in the protocol of PROTOS case-control Study, aimed at investigating the role of different personal and environmental risk factors for lung cancer in Salento.Background To determine the effect of student's empowerment program using the extended health belief model on the brucellosis prevention in rural high school in Divandarreh, Kurdistan province, Iran. Materials and methods Quasi-experimental study with repeated measure (pre-test, post-test and at 2-month follow-up). In all 220 rural high school students were selected using a cluster sampling method. The data collection tool was a questionnaire based on the Health Belief Model (HBM). Five 1.5 hours sessions using lecture, group discussion, inquiry method, leaflet delivery, and the use of slides with Overhead projector and PowerPoints slide show, designed according to the Systematic Comprehensive Health Education and Promotion Model (SHEP), was presented for intervention group twice a week in schools. Data were analyzed by SPSS 18, using descriptive statistics as well as Chi-square, independent t-test and repeated measures at a significant level less than 0.05. Results The total mean age of participants was 14.6 ± 2.3. The intervention and control groups had no significant differences in terms of age, gender, and other demographic variables. selleck kinase inhibitor There was no significant differences in the intervention and control groups before the intervention in terms of awareness, severity, benefits, barriers and self-efficacy. After educational program scores of awareness, severity, susceptibility, benefits, barriers and self-efficacy, and performance were higher in the intervention group compared to the control group. Conclusion Overall, implementation of the educational intervention based on theories and models had good effects on people that are in the risk of infection and zoonotic disease.Objective Personality traits can affect humans' mental health. In the present study, we aimed to assess the relation of loneliness to personality traits and also to inequality in socio-economic status in girl students. Methods In a cross-sectional study, investigated the relations of personality traits to loneliness in girl students in Ilam from 2014 to 2015. A multistage cluster random sampling method was used to select the participants. The NEO-FFI and University of California, and Los Angeles questionnaires were used for data collection. Data were analyzed by IBM SPSS and Distributive Analysis Stata Package (DASP). Results Among 400 recruited participants, 149 (37.2%) were categorized as having loneliness. The concentration index (CI) for loneliness was 0.19 (95 % confidence interval CI] 0.07, 0.27), which indicated that loneliness was observed more in persons with high socioeconomic status. The risk of loneliness was 38% lower in persons with higher scores in neuroticism (adjusted odds ratio (AOR) = 0.62, 95% CI 0.48, 0.91). Conclusion We found that socio-economic inequality was observed in relation to loneliness with girls of higher socioeconomic status reporting more loneliness. Therefore, more attention should be directed by policymakers to determining the main contributors to inequality contributors and loneliness in advantaged societies.Background High epidemiology of influenza in the world and Indonesia causes some groups to have high risk for getting infected with influenza, one of which is healthcare workers. The low rates of influenza vaccination among healthcare workers, especially in nurses, raise the need for an educational strategy to prevent influenza. This study aimed to measure the level of knowledge, attitude and practice among nurses in suburban hospital in West Java. Method This was a cross-sectional study with a random sampling method which started on July-August 2018 at Annisa Medical Center General Hospital. Knowledge, attitude, and practice of research subjects were measured using questionnaire containing 37 items. The questionnaire was the result of adaptation of several questionnaires and a validity test has been was conducted. The data obtained was then analyzed descriptively by the proportion of the score of knowledge, attitude, and practice. Results Of 104 respondents, 19% respondents had a low level, 74% respondents had a moderate level and 7% had a high level of knowledge toward influenza vaccination. For attitude, 67% of the respondents had a positive attitude and 33% respondents had a negative attitude. The study also showed that 58% of the respondents had a positive practice and 42% respondents had negative attitude. Conclusions Nurses possess adequate knowledge and showed a positive attitude and practice toward influenza vaccination. A continous educational strategy was needed to improve nurses' knowledge, attitude and practice about influenza vaccination.