Najmeh Hamzavi Zarghani

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Faculty of Health Education
Department of Health Education and Health Promotion, Faculty of Medical Science, Tarbiat Modares University, Tehran, Iran,



        

https://researchid.co/najmehhamzavizarghani

EDUCATION

Ph.D. in Health Education and Health Promotion

RESEARCH INTERESTS

Children's health. Mothers' health.

198

Scholar Citations

6

Scholar h-index

5

Scholar i10-index

RECENT SCHOLAR PUBLICATIONS

  • Parental Perceptions of Environmental Factors on Preschoolers’ Outdoor Play in 19 Low-Income, Middle-Income, and High-Income Countries
    CI Maddren, G Dhamrait, M Ghogho, A Juregui, E Engberg, ...
    Journal of Physical Activity and Health 1 (aop), 1-11 2025

  • Pooled analysis of physical activity, sedentary behavior, and sleep among children from 33 countries
    KH Chong, T Suesse, PL Cross, ST Ryan, E Aadland, O Aoko, ...
    JAMA pediatrics 178 (11), 1199-1207 2024

  • International study of 24‐h movement behaviors of the early years (SUNRISE): A pilot study from Iran
    NH Zarghani, Z Jafari, F Amini, SZ Marashi, S Ghaffarifar, F Ghofranipour, ...
    Child: Care, Health and Development 50 (3), e13269 2024

  • An internet-based educational intervention for mothers targeting preschoolers’ weight management promotion (PWMP): a pilot study
    F Ghofranipour, N Hamzavi Zarghani, E Mohammadi, AAH Mehrizi, ...
    BMC Public Health 22 (1), 2220 2022

  • Understanding the perceptions of parents and preschool principals on the determinants of weight management among Iranian preschoolers: A directed qualitative content analysis
    GC Najmeh Hamzavi Zarghani, Fazlollah GhofranipourID, Eesa Mohammadi
    Plos One 17 (6), e0270244 2022

  • Weight management promotion among preschoolers: A protocol for a pilot study using mixed methods
    N Hamzavi Zarghani, F Ghofranipour, AA Haeri Mehrizi, G Cardon
    Health Education and Health Promotion 9 (3), 221-227 2021

  • Trends of low physical activity among Iranian adolescents across urban and rural areas during 2006–2011
    P Amiri, P Naseri, G Vahedi-Notash, S Jalali-Farahani, Y Mehrabi, ...
    Scientific reports 10 (1), 21318 2020

  • Can an educational intervention improve iodine nutrition status in pregnant women? A randomized controlled trial
    P Amiri, N Hamzavi Zarghani, P Nazeri, F Ghofranipour, M Karimi, ...
    Thyroid 27 (3), 418-425 2017

  • Iodine status in pregnant women, lactating mothers, and newborns in an area with more than two decades of successful iodine nutrition
    P Nazeri, NH Zarghani, P Mirmiran, M Hedayati, Y Mehrabi, F Azizi
    Biological trace element research 172, 79-85 2016

  • Iodine intake knowledge, attitude and practice in pregnant women and its relation to iodine status during pregnancy.
    NH Zarghani, F Ghofranipour, P Amiri, A Amouzegar, P Nazeri, ...
     2016

  • Iodine Intake Knowledge, Attitude and Practice in Pregnant Women and its Relation to Iodine Status During Pregnancy
    N Hamzavi Zarghani, F Ghofranipour, P Amiri, A Amouzegar, P Nazeri, ...
    Iranian journal of endocrinology and metabolism 17 (6), 469-476 2016

  • Social support in the pregnant and non-pregnant women and its associated dimensions
    ZN HAMZAVI, M Nazari, Z Shayeghian, S Shahmohammadi
    Journal of Nursing and Midwifery Sciences 3 (2), 11-18 2016

  • Designation and psychometric assessment of a comprehensive spiritual health questionnaire for Iranian populations.
    AF Amiri P, Abbasi M, Gharibzadeh S, Zarghani NH
    Medical Ethics Journal. 9 (30), 25-56 2015

MOST CITED SCHOLAR PUBLICATIONS

  • Designation and psychometric assessment of a comprehensive spiritual health questionnaire for Iranian populations.
    AF Amiri P, Abbasi M, Gharibzadeh S, Zarghani NH
    Medical Ethics Journal. 9 (30), 25-56 2015
    Citations: 96

  • Trends of low physical activity among Iranian adolescents across urban and rural areas during 2006–2011
    P Amiri, P Naseri, G Vahedi-Notash, S Jalali-Farahani, Y Mehrabi, ...
    Scientific reports 10 (1), 21318 2020
    Citations: 25

  • Iodine status in pregnant women, lactating mothers, and newborns in an area with more than two decades of successful iodine nutrition
    P Nazeri, NH Zarghani, P Mirmiran, M Hedayati, Y Mehrabi, F Azizi
    Biological trace element research 172, 79-85 2016
    Citations: 21

  • Can an educational intervention improve iodine nutrition status in pregnant women? A randomized controlled trial
    P Amiri, N Hamzavi Zarghani, P Nazeri, F Ghofranipour, M Karimi, ...
    Thyroid 27 (3), 418-425 2017
    Citations: 19

  • Pooled analysis of physical activity, sedentary behavior, and sleep among children from 33 countries
    KH Chong, T Suesse, PL Cross, ST Ryan, E Aadland, O Aoko, ...
    JAMA pediatrics 178 (11), 1199-1207 2024
    Citations: 16

  • Social support in the pregnant and non-pregnant women and its associated dimensions
    ZN HAMZAVI, M Nazari, Z Shayeghian, S Shahmohammadi
    Journal of Nursing and Midwifery Sciences 3 (2), 11-18 2016
    Citations: 9

  • International study of 24‐h movement behaviors of the early years (SUNRISE): A pilot study from Iran
    NH Zarghani, Z Jafari, F Amini, SZ Marashi, S Ghaffarifar, F Ghofranipour, ...
    Child: Care, Health and Development 50 (3), e13269 2024
    Citations: 3

  • Understanding the perceptions of parents and preschool principals on the determinants of weight management among Iranian preschoolers: A directed qualitative content analysis
    GC Najmeh Hamzavi Zarghani, Fazlollah GhofranipourID, Eesa Mohammadi
    Plos One 17 (6), e0270244 2022
    Citations: 3

  • Iodine Intake Knowledge, Attitude and Practice in Pregnant Women and its Relation to Iodine Status During Pregnancy
    N Hamzavi Zarghani, F Ghofranipour, P Amiri, A Amouzegar, P Nazeri, ...
    Iranian journal of endocrinology and metabolism 17 (6), 469-476 2016
    Citations: 3

  • An internet-based educational intervention for mothers targeting preschoolers’ weight management promotion (PWMP): a pilot study
    F Ghofranipour, N Hamzavi Zarghani, E Mohammadi, AAH Mehrizi, ...
    BMC Public Health 22 (1), 2220 2022
    Citations: 2

  • Weight management promotion among preschoolers: A protocol for a pilot study using mixed methods
    N Hamzavi Zarghani, F Ghofranipour, AA Haeri Mehrizi, G Cardon
    Health Education and Health Promotion 9 (3), 221-227 2021
    Citations: 1

Publications

Najmeh Hamzavi Zarghani, Fazlollah Ghofranipour, Eesa Mohammadi, Greet Cardon. Understanding the perceptions of parents and preschool principals on the determinants of weight management among Iranian preschoolers: A directed qualitative content analysis. Plos One. 2022, 17(6): e0270244.
Najmeh Hamzavi Zarghani, Fazlollah Ghofranipour, Eesa Mohammadi, Ali Asghar Haeri Mehrizi, Greet Cardon. “Weight management promotion among preschoolers: A protocol for a pilot study using mixed methods” Health Education and Health Promotion Journal. 2021, 9 (3)
Amiri P, Naseri P, Vahedi-Notash G, Jalali-Farahani S, Mehrabi Y, Hamzavi-Zarghani N, Azizi F, Hadaegh F, Khalili D. Trends of low physical activity among Iranian adolescents across urban and rural areas during 2006–2011. Scientific reports. 2020 Dec 7; 10 (1):1-7.

Amiri P, Hamzavi Zarghani N, Nazeri P, Ghofranipour F, Karimi M, Amouzegar A, Mirmiran P, Azizi F. Can an educational intervention improve iodine nutrition status in pregnant women? A randomized controlled trial. Thyroid. 2017 Mar 1; 27(3): 418-25.

Hamzavi ZN, Nazari M, Shayeghian Z, Shahmohammadi S. Social support in the pregnant and non-pregnant women and its associated dimensions. Journal of Nursing and Midwifery Sciences 2016; 3(2): 11-18.

Hamzavi Zarghani N, Ghofranipour F, Amiri P, Amouzegar A, Nazeri P, Hedayati M, Mirmiran P, Azizi F. Iodine Intake Knowledge, Attitude and Practice in Pregnant Women and its Relation to Iodine Status During Pregnancy. Iranian J