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  a Study on the relationship between mental health and internal factors among public health students in Urmia university of Medical Sciences   Azizi Nejad B [1] * , Porheydar R [2] , Soltani P [3]      Received: 22 Nov , 201 4 Accepted: 23 Jun , 201 5   Abstract   Background & Aim: This s tudy tries to investigate the relationship between mental health and internal factors among public health students in Urmia Medical Sciences University . Internal factors of the university are studied in three dimensions as cultural, educational and welfare factors.   Materials & Methods: The statistical population included all BSc. degree female students of Public Health faculty in Urmia Medical Sciences University . From 5 00 individuals , 220 students were chosen based on Morgan table and random sampling . The research method is descriptive – correlation al one . For data collection, two types of questionnaires on Goldberg general health and internal factors of university have been used . T heir reliabilities were estimated by Cronbach's alpha to be 0.84 and 0.82. Data analysis is performed by SPSS software , using descriptive and inferential statistics such as Pearson correlation and regression.   Results: The results show that between the quality of work life and optimized performance is a positive correlation ( qua Fair pay with r=0.117 ) , Safe working environment with r=0.119, Provid ing promotion opportunities with r= 0.279 , and Social ties with r= 0.223 which are related to improvement of performance. Therefore , it is recommended to the administrators of the universities to pay more attention to the quality of employees working life in order to achieve optimal performance . The main findings include d that there are significant correlation between the cultural, educational and mental health among female students.   Conclusion: Also, results of the regression test show ed that only counseling facilities could estimate mental health , so administers should pay more attention to the cultural, educational and welfare factors .   Keywords: Cultural factors, Welfare factors, Educational factors, Inte r nal factors in university , Mental Health     Address : Department of Educational Science, Payame Noor University, I.R. of IRAN   Tel: 09143885393   Email: Bahareh19@gmail.com   [1] Assistant Professor, Ph.D of Educational Administration, Department of Educational Science, Payame Noor University, I.R. of IRAN(Corresponding Author)   [2] M.A. degree of Educational Administration, Teacher of PNU University   [3] Bachelor of Midwifery

Keywords: Cultural factors, Welfare factors, Educational factors, Inte r nal factors in university, Mental Health

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