Hossein Safari: As Far As I Can Go
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Canada has provided a safe haven for Hossein Safari and his family from Afghanistan — his wife Nazir, and two children, Fahad, 6, and Shahab, 9. In 2001 they arrived in Halifax for what he calls a chance to live in peace.
Hossein is not confident about his English skills and shares his thoughts through an interpreter. “I read about Canada, but what you hear and read are a totally different experience. Traditions and culture – everything is different than what we had.” In his homeland Hossein worked as a baker and a painter. He and his family waited three years in a refugee camp in Turkey before coming here. “We were very lucky. Lots of people waited longer.” They did not have the luxury of making a choice. “Life was very hard. We had to leave.”
In Turkey, he worked in a recycling depot and also washed dishes. It was not an easy life, but better than Afghanistan. When they flew to Canada, the view from the airplane caused worry. “It was sea after sea; water after water; I wondered where we were going!”
After an exhausting flight to Germany, Toronto, and then Halifax, they were thrilled to be met by Immigrant Services Association of Nova Scotia and taken to a hotel. All they wanted to do was sleep. Later Immigrant Services Association of Nova Scotia provided assistance through their many programs – Settlement Support , Life Skills Link , Family Counselling , Health Services , Interpretation and Community Connections . Hossein says Immigrant Services Association of Nova Scotia is very special. “Everything we asked, our counselor had already had done it. One by one our problems were solved.”
Everything we asked, our counsellor had already had done it. One by one our problems were solved.
He took a computer course at the library with an instructor who spoke Farsi, his native tongue. Both Hossein and Nazar have been studying English and she also cares for their boys. Hossein is determined to conquer the language. “My first goal is to learn English so well that I can talk about anything I want!” Their two boys go to Duc d’Anville School; the younger son speaks English perfectly and helps his parents.
Hossein wants to complete his education “as far as I can go” and ultimately study nursing – a career he has chosen because his son Shahab is disabled and he believes he’ll be able to help him more. Hossein says it will take him six years to meet his goal.
Life is challenging for the Safari family. They know many people but haven’t yet built strong friendships. They admire Canadians. “What you see is what you get. Canadians are genuine and kind. If they can help you, they will.” He says he and his wife feel comfortable. “I’m so calm here. I had anxiety before; I was so afraid.”
Hossein will continue to study the language, learn new skills and work toward becoming a nurse. His mother always provided great motivation to study. “I feel happiness in my heart when I think of this.” He’ll use his determination, organization and spirit to get there.
“What you see is what you get. Canadians are genuine and kind. If they can help you, they will.”
Health Belief Model-based Intervention on Women's Knowledge and Perceived Beliefs about Warning Signs of Cancer
Affiliations.
- 1 Student Research Committee, School of Nursing and Midwifery, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
- 2 Department of Community Health Nursing, School of Nursing and Midwifery, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
- 3 Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Faculty of Health, Birjand University of Medical Sciences, Birjand, Iran.
- 4 Department of Nursing, School of Nursing and Midwifery, Bushehr University of Medical Sciences, Bushehr, Iran.
- PMID: 31572765
- PMCID: PMC6696815
- DOI: 10.4103/apjon.apjon_32_19
Objective: Early detection of cancers essentially depends on knowledge of the warning signs. This study, therefore, aimed at investigating the effect of Health Belief Model (HBM)-based educational intervention on the knowledge and perceived beliefs of women about the warning signs of cancer.
Methods: This experimental study with intervention ( n = 80) and control ( n = 80) groups was performed at four urban health centers affiliated to the university. Data collection was done in two phases, before and one month after the educational intervention, using three instruments, a demographic-clinical information questionnaire, the awareness questionnaire on cancer warning signs, and the cancer warning signs-HBM questionnaire.
Results: The results of the multivariate repeated-measures analyses of variance indicated that the hypothesis of this study was confirmed. It means that "women's knowledge and their perceived beliefs of cancer warning signs" improved after HBM-based educational intervention in the intervention group, compared to the controls over time. Thus, the "level of knowledge" and perceived beliefs of the women in the intervention group compared to the controls increased, in terms of perceived "sensitivity," "severity," "benefits," "barriers," "cue to action," and "self-efficacy" over time ( P < 0.001).
Conclusions: It could be hoped that this intervention would be effective for improving the performance of women in health-promoting behaviors of cancer prevention. It is recommended that health-care providers plan for HBM-based educational interventions, based on educational needs of the target groups at different community levels.
Keywords: Education; health belief model; intervention; warning signs of cancer; women.
Copyright: © 2019 Ann & Joshua Medical Publishing Co. Ltd.
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Hossein Safari. University of Zanjan, IR Iran. Verified email at znu.ac.ir. Astrophysics Solar Physics Complex systems. Articles Cited by Public access Co-authors. Title. ... S Arish, M Javaherian, H Safari, A Amiri. Solar Physics 291, 1209-1224, 2016. 22: 2016: The system can't perform the operation now. Try again later. Articles 1-20.
Biography. Hossein Safari is an Iranian Architect, born in 1976. He has obtained his Ph.D. degree from Universiti Teknologi Malaysia (UTM), Faculty of Built Environment in 2014. He is currently an Assistant Professor at Islamic Azad University of Rasht Branch. He joined faculty of School of Graduate Studies and Technical Complex Since 2014.
Head of the Iranian Chamber of Commerce residing in East China, Hossein Nejad Safari, also appreciated the efforts and services of the managers and personnel of IRISL to provide the merchants and members of the Chamber of Commerce with services and also provided suggestions on resolving businessmen problems in Chinese ports and shipping between ...
Hossein Nejad Safari called for resuming flights in order for thousands of Iranian businessmen and passengers to be able to return to their work and to normalize trade ties between two countries. Since the outbreak of coronavirus in China, Mahan Airlines has conducted successful operation in transferring passengers and students who were ...
KS Elham Mehrinejad Khotbehsara, Hossein Safari, Reza Askarizad. Facilities, 2022. 5: 2022: Evaluation of the wayfinding process in kashef al-saltaneh tea museum and tomb in lahijan city using the space syntax method. SF Miralami, H Safari. Armanshahr Architecture & Urban Development 13 (31), 169-179, 2020. 5:
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Read Hossein's Story Here. Canada has provided a safe haven for Hossein Safari and his family from Afghanistan — his wife Nazir, and two children, Fahad, 6, and Shahab, 9. In 2001 they arrived in Halifax for what he calls a chance to live in peace. Hossein is not confident about his English skills and shares his thoughts through an interpreter.
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Hossein Safari Farhad Zamani We study the properties of the complex network for solar proton flux (SPF) at six integral energy channels (>1, >5, >10, >30, >50, and >100 MeV).
It could be hoped that this intervention would be effective for improving the performance of women in health-promoting behaviors of cancer prevention. It is recommended that health-care providers plan for HBM-based educational interventions, based on educational needs of the target groups at differe …
Zahra Hossein-Nejad was born in Shiraz, Iran on January 6, 1991. She received the B.Sc. in Electrical Engineering from Islamic Azad University, Jahrom branch, Jahrom, Iran, in 2013 and the M.Sc. in Electrical Engineering from Islamic Azad University, Sirjan branch, Sirjan, Iran, in 2016. Her research interests include image processing and ...
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DOI: 10.52547/jsdp.18.2.147 Corpus ID: 257171999; Natural Image Mosaicing based on Redundant Keypoint Elimination Method in SIFT algorithm and Adaptive RANSAC method @article{HosseinNejad2021NaturalIM, title={Natural Image Mosaicing based on Redundant Keypoint Elimination Method in SIFT algorithm and Adaptive RANSAC method}, author={Zahra Hossein-Nejad and Mehdi Nasri}, journal={Signal and ...
DOI: 10.1016/j.compeleceng.2016.11.034 Corpus ID: 21249473; An adaptive image registration method based on SIFT features and RANSAC transform @article{HosseinNejad2017AnAI, title={An adaptive image registration method based on SIFT features and RANSAC transform}, author={Zahra Hossein-Nejad and Mehdi Nasri}, journal={Comput.
DOI: 10.1007/s10044-020-00938-w Corpus ID: 228920613; Image matching based on the adaptive redundant keypoint elimination method in the SIFT algorithm @article{HosseinNejad2020ImageMB, title={Image matching based on the adaptive redundant keypoint elimination method in the SIFT algorithm}, author={Zahra Hossein-Nejad and Hamed Agahi and Azar Mahmoodzadeh}, journal={Pattern Analysis and ...
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