• Conclusion: The level of knowledge of the care professionals was below expectations. (scirp.org)
  • Conclusion: Many doctors and nurses are still unfamiliar with some aspects of oral health in childcare, thus requiring permanent education on the topic. (bvsalud.org)
  • Conclusion: Good Knowledge and positive attitudes towards oral health are not necessarily translated into favorable practices. (uchile.cl)
  • Conclusion: Conclusions emanating from the study findings show that, although PITC is an effective strategy to identify unrecognized HIV infections, missed opportunity to offer the PITC service still occurs at health facilities in Mbeya City Council, as approximately one third of health care providers had never offered the services and others were not actively involved in offering the service. (or.tz)
  • The difference was also statistically significant (p value ˂.05) Conclusion: This study concluded the knowledge among pregnant women about the importance of practicing the oral hygiene practice in pregnancy is less. (journalcra.com)
  • Conclusion: The findings of the study indicate that if PHCWs are supplied with accurate knowledge through appropriate ways, they may eventually have good practices toward dengue fever. (journalcra.com)
  • Lee M, Kang BA and You M. Knowledge, attitudes, and practices (KAP) toward COVID-19: a cross-sectional study in South Korea. (jidhealth.com)
  • The questionnaire, which was issued by the Chinese Center for Health Education, consisted of a health literacy questionnaire and a COVID-19 prevention and control KAP questionnaire. (nature.com)
  • We administered an adapted CDC-2014 questionnaire to the health care providers in the targeted hospitals. (scirp.org)
  • The physicians were asked to fill a valid questionnaire containing their sociodemographic data, and well-modified questions regarding their knowledge base, attitudes, and practice towards HBV. (biomedcentral.com)
  • Subjects and method: Application of a closed questionnaire, with 32 multiple-choice questions, developed by the researchers to assess oral health knowledge, attitudes, and practices (KAP) of childcare doctors and nurses (employees and residents) from eleven of the twelve healthcare units of the CHS-HGC. (bvsalud.org)
  • This exploratory cross-sectional study evaluates the knowledge, attitudes, and practices of health care providers to diagnose and treat cases of CM. A 25 min, pilot-tested verbal interview questionnaire was administered to 49 physicians and nurses working in ECS at Mavalane General Hospital. (biomedcentral.com)
  • A special One Health questionnaire was developed to compile data from 235 heads of household concerning their knowledge, attitudes, and practices with regard to controlling RVF. (icrisat.org)
  • The survey instrument was a structured questionnaire assessing their knowledge, attitude and practice towards dietary salt intake. (tci-thaijo.org)
  • Under the supervision of their parents and teachers, using their sign language to communicate, the children were assessed for their knowledge about dental health through a pretested and close ended questionnaire and their prevailing oral hygiene status especially their gingival health was examined visually. (apmcfmu.com)
  • A descriptive cross-sectional design was used for this study with the Immunization) was an integral part of early control efforts aid of semi-structured interviewer-administered questionnaire to after which polio vaccines were used for routine assess the knowledge, attitude and perception of mothers of under- immunization programs. (who.int)
  • Immunization remains one of the most cost -effective health interventions. (bvsalud.org)
  • Educational interventions and awareness programs on dietary aspects should be focused for improving the attitude and practice of all the patient groups. (researchsquare.com)
  • Australia's National Men's Health Strategy 2020-2030 identifies refugee and migrant men from culturally and lingustically diverse backgrounds as priority groups for sexual and reproductive health (SRH) interventions. (researchgate.net)
  • 2. Provide decision support tools, data, evidence-based interventions, and guidance to identify and protect vulnerable groups from asthma and health effects of air pollution. (cdc.gov)
  • 4. Develop innovative strategies and interventions to reduce and prevent children's exposure to emerging and re-emerging environmental health concerns (particularly lead, vapor intrusion, carbon monoxide). (cdc.gov)
  • Immunization is one of the most effective public health vaccination coverage in Nigeria has shown an upward interventions available, which involves conferring shift over the past 10 years. (who.int)
  • ABSTRACT Awareness and knowledge of biomedical waste practices is very important for any health care setting. (who.int)
  • abstract = "This paper presents a pilot study of an on-going doctoral study, addressing the knowledge, attitudes and practices of e-resources users. (lu.se)
  • ABSTRACT Knowledge, attitudes and practices of 40 randomly selected physicians was assessed in the North Sharqiya region of Oman in 2003. (who.int)
  • We are grateful to the Ministry of Health, Gezira State, Sudan for facilitating the study. (icrisat.org)
  • Ministry of Health in Zambia initially show interest in the and information gaps continue about the HPV vaccine, consequences of the Sudan to influence perceptions about anti-vaccine sentiments and crisis, the media coverage has the disease. (who.int)
  • The Ministry of Health in Zambia is conducting a nationwide human papillomavirus (HPV) multi-age cohort vaccination campaign, scheduled to run from September 25th to September 30th. (who.int)
  • Control, Ministry of Health, Muscat, Oman (Correspondence to R. Khandekar: [email protected]). (who.int)
  • Subsequently, the World Health Organization (WHO) named the novel coronavirus disease 2019 "COVID-19" on February 11, 2020 2 . (nature.com)
  • Subsequently, on March 11, 2020, World Health Organization declared it as a worldwide pandemic [ 1 ]. (plos.org)
  • World Health Organization, WHO Director-General's opening remarks at the media briefing on COVID-19 -March 11, 2020. (jidhealth.com)
  • According to the World Health Organization report, complications of hypertension account for 9.4 million deaths each year, which is greater than that caused by all other infectious diseases in combination. (researchsquare.com)
  • 1. World Health Organization. (ac.ir)
  • The latest risk assessment by the World Health Organization (WHO) regarding the diphtheria outbreak in Nigeria has upheld the risk as high at the national level with 99.4% of suspected cases reported from Kano state, a densely populated state with a population of 15 million people. (who.int)
  • Design Observational study: cross-sectional rural health behaviour survey, representative of the population level. (bmj.com)
  • A cross-sectional survey of women attending three different general practices was conducted. (nih.gov)
  • During April 2012, a cross-sectional survey of 180 practitioners aged 38.1 ± 10.3 years was carried out in the primary health care centers (PHCCs) in AlJouf Province of Saudi Arabia. (biomedcentral.com)
  • A cross-sectional descriptive study was carried out on physicians practicing at PHCCs in AlJouf province of Saudi Arabia (population 3.5 × 10 5 ). (biomedcentral.com)
  • A cross-sectional study on childhood immunization was conducted to determine the knowledge , attitudes , and practices of caregivers . (bvsalud.org)
  • Using a cross-sectional community-based study design, we investigated the knowledge, attitudes and practices of people living in small village in Sudan with respect to RVF outbreaks. (icrisat.org)
  • Asdaq SMB, Imran M, Alshrari AS, Imran M, Sreeharsha N, Sultana R. Knowledge, attitude and practices of healthcare professionals of Riyadh, Saudi Arabia towards covid-19: A cross-sectional study. (jidhealth.com)
  • A cross-sectional descriptive-analytic study was conducted on 245 clients, aged 18 to 60, in rural health centers of South Khorasan province in 2017. (ac.ir)
  • The study was a cross-sectional survey of graduate students, researchers, academic staff, heads of departments and college librarians at the Makerere University School of Public Health. (lu.se)
  • Health literacy is closely related to COVID-19 prevention and control KAP in the general population of Shanxi Province. (nature.com)
  • Adequate knowledge, attitudes, and practice related to COVID-19 is associated with decrease morbidity and mortality. (jnhrc.com.np)
  • 2 Se e http://www.who.int/ncds/governance/physical_activity_plan/en/ (a ccessed 2 March 2018). (who.int)
  • Of the respondents, 37.1% actively tried to improve their knowledge of fertility awareness, 9.8% were actively planning a pregnancy and 4.3% were using fertility awareness as contraception. (nih.gov)
  • Older respondents and those from private practices used diagnostic tests more often than their counterparts, and both groups favoured non-serology tests. (annals.edu.sg)
  • Most of the respondents (54.5%) were Doctors (Physician, dentist, and pharmacist), males (60.8%), married (74.2%), aged less than 45 years (53.1%), urban region (64.6%), with a monthly income of USD 400 and above (61.7%) and 75.1% of them perceived their health good. (jidhealth.com)
  • 89% and 73% of respondents demonstrated good knowledge of BC and CC, respectively. (ecancer.org)
  • The respondents had in general Moderate level of knowledge in the areas explored with the high score of knowledge and positive attitude was for Doctors. (journalcra.com)
  • Regarding The attitude the respondents had Neutral Attitude. (journalcra.com)
  • A survey of vaccine providers before the October 2022 ACIP meeting identified knowledge gaps and implementation challenges in existing recommendations. (cdc.gov)
  • Previous health care provider surveys identified gaps in provider knowledge about and understanding of the adult pneumococcal vaccine recommendations, and pneumococcal vaccine coverage remains suboptimal. (cdc.gov)
  • Therefore, to determine the factors that promote vaccine hesitancy in caregivers , this study sought to assess the knowledge , attitude , and practices of caregivers on childhood immunization in Okaikoi, a sub-metro of Accra in Ghana . (bvsalud.org)
  • Overall, while knowledge of both diseases and screening was good, there remain areas for clear educational targeting such as HPV vaccine availability and BC preventability. (ecancer.org)
  • Conducted by state, county, and city health departments and one university medical center, these projects will determine whether Medicare payment for influenza immunization increases vaccine coverage and reduces morbidity, mortality, and demand for health-care services. (cdc.gov)
  • The lack of vaccine doses, a need to reinforce the health system, on top of vaccine hesitancy and misinformation around vaccines might have been contributing factors that draw setbacks for immunization. (who.int)
  • 2010). The child by applying a vaccine that almost guarantees study was to determine the knowledge, attitude, and protection from many major diseases. (who.int)
  • Title : Dengue vaccine knowledge and attitudes in Puerto Rico Personal Author(s) : Esquilin, Ines Corporate Authors(s) : University of Puerto Rico. (cdc.gov)
  • In Saudi Arabia, very little is known about knowledge, attitudes, and practice of PHC physicians towards HBV. (biomedcentral.com)
  • Objective: This study was conducted in Jazan region the South- Western part of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia with the objective of determining the current state of Knowledge, Attitude and Practices of the Primary Health Care Workers in Jazan regarding Dengue fever. (journalcra.com)
  • To assess the feasibility and acceptability domains of the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) Evidence to Recommendations (EtR) framework, a health care provider knowledge and attitudes survey was conducted during September 28-October 10, 2022, by the Healthcare and Public Perceptions of Immunizations Survey Collaborative before the October 2022 ACIP meeting. (cdc.gov)
  • Repeat surveys on a larger sample should be conducted to further understand the attitudes towards protective headgear and perceptions of risk in community-level Australian football players. (nih.gov)
  • The interviews, conducted from February through September 2014, focused on providers' tobacco cessation efforts, lung cancer screening practices, perceptions of NLST and screening guidelines, and attitudes about informed decision making for cancer screening. (cdc.gov)
  • Advanced study of human behaviour, attitudes and perceptions can have a great deal of influence on social marketing campaigns. (otago.ac.nz)
  • Coming from a social psychology background she has a strong interest in human behaviour, attitudes, and perceptions. (otago.ac.nz)
  • Introduction Low-income and middle-income countries (LMICs) are crucial in the global response to antimicrobial resistance (AMR), but diverse health systems, healthcare practices and cultural conceptions of medicine can complicate global education and awareness-raising campaigns. (bmj.com)
  • We aimed to measure fertility-awareness knowledge, attitudes and practices of women attending general practice. (nih.gov)
  • One-third of women who attend general practice show interest in fertility awareness, but far fewer can correctly identify the fertile period of the menstrual cycle. (nih.gov)
  • All women who report using fertility awareness as contraception should be counselled on their actual knowledge and advised accordingly. (nih.gov)
  • Concordant with our previous study of women who experience infertility, most women who attend general practice believe that women should receive fertility-awareness education when they first report trouble conceiving. (nih.gov)
  • Given that health care providers believe they play an important role in identifying and treating CM, future research should focus on raising physician awareness of CM and developing education and training materials grounded in cultural contexts to build response capacity in Mozambique and other LICs. (biomedcentral.com)
  • Comprehensive oral health awareness education to these children can largely bring a change in their knowledge, attitudes and practices in maintaining dental health. (apmcfmu.com)
  • Objective: This study aimed to evaluate the knowledge attitude and awareness of oral health practices of pregnant women of Patiala. (journalcra.com)
  • Although, for the success of people's empowerment policy, it is necessary to pay attention to all three dimensions of attitude, awareness, and performance, the findings of this study showed a low level of attitude. (ac.ir)
  • Audiologists are uniquely qualified to raise awareness about hearing risks, organize public health campaigns, promote healthy hearing behaviors, implement intervention programs and monitor progress in prevention. (cdc.gov)
  • Objective To (1) Describe antibiotic-related knowledge, attitudes and practices of the general population in two LMICs. (bmj.com)
  • Objective: This study aimed to determine the level of knowledge, attitudes and practices of care professionals about the occurrence of a possible outbreak of EVD. (scirp.org)
  • Objective: to investigate oral health knowledge, attitudes, and practices of childcare doctors and nurses - employees and residents from the Serviço de Saúde Comunitária do Grupo Hospitalar Conceição (SSC-GHC). (bvsalud.org)
  • Our study objective was to characterize the knowledge, attitudes, and beliefs of primary care providers about implementing LDCT screening. (cdc.gov)
  • Objective: To assess the level of knowledge, attitude and practice of health care providers on PITC in the government health facilities of Mbeya City Council. (or.tz)
  • People with high score of health literacy were generally better able to grasp COVID-19 prevention and control knowledge, have more positive attitudes toward prevention and control, and perform better prevention and control behaviors. (nature.com)
  • We can help shape people's knowledge, attitudes, beliefs and behaviors related to safe hearing practices. (cdc.gov)
  • The conclusions, findings, and opinions expressed by authors contributing to this journal do not necessarily reflect the official position of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, the Public Health Service, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, or the authors' affiliated institutions. (cdc.gov)
  • Mental Health Strategies to Combat the Psychological Impact of Coronavirus Disease. (annals.edu.sg)
  • Over the last several years, there has been a growing interest in clients' views toward integrating their religion and spirituality (RS) into mental health treatment. (mdpi.com)
  • This article describes the first national survey of current mental health clients across the US regarding their attitudes towards integrating their RS in treatment using a revised version of the Religious/Spiritually Integrated Practice Assessment Scale-Client Attitudes, version 2 (RSIPAS-CAv2) with a sample of 989 clients. (mdpi.com)
  • Conversely, regular physical activity is associated with reduced risks of heart disease, stroke, diabetes and breast and colon cancer, and with improved mental health and quality of life. (who.int)
  • Older adults in particular can benefit from regular physical activity to maintain physical, social and mental health, prevent falls and realize healthy ageing. (who.int)
  • Practitioners identified the need for a COPD primary care pathway that integrates oral health protocols. (nature.com)
  • We conducted semistructured interviews with primary care providers practicing in New Mexico clinics for underserved minority populations. (cdc.gov)
  • Multistage stratified random sampling was used to explore the relationship of health literacy with novel coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) prevention and control knowledge, attitude and practice (KAP) in residents aged 15-69 years old in Shanxi Province. (nature.com)
  • The Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) considers feasibility and acceptability of new policy options in its Evidence to Recommendations framework. (cdc.gov)
  • Knowledge, attitudes, and practices of caregivers on childhood immunization in Okaikoi sub-metro of Accra, Ghana. (bvsalud.org)
  • Also, since the main source of information with regard to immunization in the sub-metro was through the antenatal and postnatal child welfare clinics and the media, we recommend that the health workers collaborate with media personnel to ensure that standardized information is disseminated. (bvsalud.org)
  • In June 1988, greater than 40 health organizations formed the National Coalition for Adult Immunization (NCAI). (cdc.gov)
  • In 1987, CDC entered into a 3-year cooperative agreement with the American Managed Care and Review Association to assist health maintenance organizations (HMOs) in developing adult immunization policies and practices. (cdc.gov)
  • However, there is dearth of information on knowledge, attitude and perception of mothers of under-five towards vaccination during supplementary immunization activities. (who.int)
  • Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices. (cdc.gov)
  • Identify the beliefs and attitudes of nursing students in regard of the treatment of alcohol addicted patients. (bvsalud.org)
  • The "Attitudes and Beliefs About Alcoholism" scale was used. (bvsalud.org)
  • We need to change people's attitudes to make responsible drinkers feel more comfortable and under less pressure. (otago.ac.nz)
  • The majority of care professionals had good knowledge of the name and reservoir of the causal agent, the severity of the disease, the modes of prevention and the attitude to adopt in case of suspicion of Ebola virus disease, and the year of the last epidemic. (scirp.org)
  • In this context, the assessment of the level of knowledge, attitudes and practices of care staff on EVD is important as it will measure the need for capacity building on prevention and the ability to respond to the epidemic of EVD. (scirp.org)
  • Knowledge, Attitudes, and Practices of Health Personnel of Maternities in the Prevention of Mother-to-Child Transmission of HIV. (asu.edu)
  • In the results section, the authors show that a majority of medical practitioners at those facilities lacked sufficient knowledge on MTC transmission of HIV prevention, had negative attitudes towards pregnant women with HIV, and participated in poor practices with HIV-positive pregnant women. (asu.edu)
  • The failure to provide access to adequate prevention, protection, information and care is a violation of prisoners' right to health as established by international law. (smu.ac.za)
  • There for educational programs should be organized for improving knowledge about dengue fever, ensure that PHCWs are receptive to the messages and make it easier for them to adopt desired Improvement in Dengue Fever Management, Control and Prevention. (journalcra.com)
  • Obesity3 recognised that active play and recreation are important elements of healthy growth and development in children, particularly those under five, and both reports emphasize that quality physical education and the school environment can inculcate physical and health literacy for lifelong healthy, active lifestyles and prevention of noncommunicable diseases. (who.int)
  • This month's Journal of Environmental Health features a column[PDF - 388 KB] on CDC's Prevention Status Reports (PSRs) released in February 2016. (cdc.gov)
  • La présente étude avait pour objectif de déterminer les connaissances, attitudes et pratiques concernant les déchets biomédicaux parmi les professionnels de la santé dans les centres de soins de santé primaires à Hail (Arabie saoudite). (who.int)
  • L'occupation, l'éducation et l'âge étaient significativement associés au niveau des connaissances, attitudes et pratiques (p (who.int)
  • Il y avait une forte corrélation entre les connaissances et les attitudes, entre les connaissances et les pratiques ainsi qu'entre les attitudes et les pratiques (p ˂ 0,05). (who.int)
  • Une formation est recommandée afin de promouvoir les connaissances des professionnels qui prennent en charge des déchets biomédicaux dans les centres de soins de santé primaires. (who.int)
  • RÉSUMÉ Les connaissances, les attitudes et les pratiques de 40 médecins choisis au hasard ont été évaluées dans la région septentrionale de Sharqiya à Oman en 2003. (who.int)
  • Nous avons évalué les connaissances des médecins non ophtalmologistes relatives aux techniques d'examen ophtalmologique chez les patients diabétiques, leurs attitudes à l'égard de l'examen du fond d'oeil et leurs pratiques en matière d'examen ophtalmologique complet. (who.int)
  • Les connaissances relatives aux différentes parties de l'oeil n'étaient satisfaisantes que chez 58 % des médecins et celles relatives à la méthode d'examen du fond d'oeil en cas de rétinopathie diabétique étaient faibles chez 40 % d'entre eux. (who.int)
  • Overall 54.8%, 48.9% and 49.6% of the participants had good knowledge, attitudes and practices scores respectively. (who.int)
  • There was a strong correlation between knowledge and attitudes, knowledge and practices, and attitudes and practices (P ˂ 0.05). (who.int)
  • The Pearson's correlation coefficients showed that the dietary-salt-related knowledge was positively correlated with the attitude (r = 0.21, p-value = 0.01). (tci-thaijo.org)
  • The results of Pearson correlation test showed that there was a significant relationship between the mean score of knowledge, attitude, and practice of individuals. (ac.ir)
  • 2) Assess the role of antibiotic-related knowledge and attitudes on antibiotic access from different types of healthcare providers. (bmj.com)
  • Outcome measures Antibiotic-related knowledge, attitudes and practices across sites and healthcare access channels. (bmj.com)
  • Promoting residents' health literacy by targeted health education can play an important and positive role in dealing with the threat of major infectious diseases outbreaks. (nature.com)
  • In the methods section, the authors describe how they administered three surveys to 178 healthcare professionals who interacted with pregnant women to assess their knowledge, attitudes, and practices for overall care of an HIV-positive pregnant woman. (asu.edu)
  • Toilets are important because access to a safe functioning toilet has a positive impact on public health, human dignity, and personal safety, especially for females. (wikipedia.org)
  • Most of the parents exhibited good oral health knowledge (77.2%), positive attitudes (86.4%), and were adherent to good oral health practice (78.7%) with mean values of 10.6 (SD=1.8), 9.5 (SD=1.5), and 7.9 (SD=1.4) respectively. (uchile.cl)
  • Female gender (P-value =0.022) was significantly related to positive attitude scores. (jidhealth.com)
  • Mothers those who were currently breast feeding (58.83 ± 4.74) had more positive attitudes than non- breastfeed mothers (45.21±5.22). (hopkinscidi.org)
  • Attitudes towards cancer screening, in addition to breast self-examination (BSE), were overwhelmingly positive. (ecancer.org)
  • Attitudes to screening for both diseases were exceedingly positive but, with the exception of BSE, failed to translate into practice due to inadequate resources and patient refusal. (ecancer.org)
  • The median results of their knowledge were low, although they had a positive attitude and mostly had good practice. (openpublichealthjournal.com)
  • The results of the analysis showed that there was a significant positive relationship between attitude, lifestyle practices, and quality of life and a negative relationship between knowledge and quality of life. (waldenu.edu)
  • Knowledge was generally poor, more than half (53.1%) had poor knowledge, majority (88.2%) have positive attitude while 84.6% have a positive perception. (who.int)
  • In general, restaurant staff were familiar with food allergies and had positive attitudes about accommodating customers with food allergies. (cdc.gov)
  • We recommend restaurants implement three key restaurant practices linked with better food allergy knowledge and more positive attitudes about accommodating customers with food allergies. (cdc.gov)
  • Attitudes towards eye examination by non- ophthalmologists at primary level were positive. (who.int)
  • Of the 3 questions assessing dengue knowledge, 89.9% chose 2 or 3 of the preferred responses. (annals.edu.sg)
  • While no major gaps in knowledge about dengue were identified in PCPs in Singapore, there were significant variations in clinical practice by physician age group and practice setting. (annals.edu.sg)
  • Poor oral health is associated with worse clinical outcomes in Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD). (nature.com)
  • Nearly half of the non-participants recognized some differences in practices and outcomes between PHR participants and themselves. (cabi.org)
  • Attention must be directed to behavior change strategies rather than providing oral health education alone to improve the children's oral health outcomes. (uchile.cl)
  • Graduates of the program will gain critical knowledge of the innovative tech and analytical skills needed today to transform and improve healthcare delivery, administration, research and outcomes. (charteroak.edu)
  • exposures, hazards, and health outcomes. (cdc.gov)
  • creating a platform for interaction between extension workers, farmers and input suppliers, and exposing extension workers to a wide range of plant health problems, which facilitates better programming. (cabi.org)
  • PHR implementation was challenged by: high operational costs, workload, insufficient technical knowledge of some extension workers, and some farmers' expectation to receive free inputs. (cabi.org)
  • Health workers are constantly at risk of contracting the disease because of the high risk of infection. (scirp.org)
  • Health care workers are at risk because they work in a high-risk environment. (scirp.org)
  • A total of 209 health workers were included in this study. (jidhealth.com)
  • Leaflets were the Most Common Source of Information of the Primary Health Care Workers. (journalcra.com)
  • Primary Health Care Workers education is necessary to address the knowledge gap revealed in the study. (journalcra.com)
  • Applying learning theory to safety and health training for Hispanic immigrant dairy workers. (cdc.gov)
  • Knowledge, attitudes, and practices related to salt consumption in Nepal: Findings from the community‐based management of non‐communicable diseases project in Nepal (COBIN). (tci-thaijo.org)
  • Primary and secondary health care providers can help patients to become more active and prevent noncommunicable diseases as part of treatment and rehabilitation pathways. (who.int)
  • The majority (81.1%) of parents rated their child's oral health as good. (uchile.cl)
  • While mothers have good knowledge on breast feeding (12.05±1.74, M±SD), the average score of the Iowa Infant Feeding Scale (IIFAS) (58.77±4.74, M ±SD) indicate neutral attitudes toward breast feeding. (hopkinscidi.org)
  • Yet 47 of them had a good knowledge that dental brushing prevented tooth decay, but only 25 children knew that sweets causes dental decay and only 18 were aware that fizzy drinks adversely affects the teeth. (apmcfmu.com)
  • Findingsrevealed that commercial drivers had a good knowledge of whom eye care providers are but a poor level of utilization of eye care services that they provide (P (bvsalud.org)
  • The aim of this paper is to describe the results of a pilot survey of the attitudes of community-level Australian Rules football players towards protective headgear and the risk of head injury. (nih.gov)
  • Translating results of an efficacy trial conducted largely in academic medical centers into routine community practice may be challenging. (cdc.gov)
  • Results: Four hundred and twenty two health care providers were approached and 402 (95%) agreed to participate. (or.tz)
  • The results revealedthat majorityofcommercial drivers in Benin city had knowledge of which an eye care provider is (60%), as well as knowing the eye care providers closest to them. (bvsalud.org)
  • Results of this study will help eye care professionals to better advise commercial drivers, concerning their eye health . (bvsalud.org)
  • 2. Fund a national assessment of FUDWS owners' knowledge, attitudes, and practices to create and implement evidence-based actions. (cdc.gov)
  • On the other hand, the level of knowledge on the definition of the disease, the transmission routes, the virological and clinical aspects and even the number of epidemics that have already affected the Democratic Republic of Congo and the year of the first epidemic was insufficient. (scirp.org)
  • The study found a strongly significant association between level of knowledge and blood cholinesterase level (P (who.int)
  • Level up with an online M.S. in Health Informatics! (charteroak.edu)
  • The workshop improves their knowledge level significantly. (openpublichealthjournal.com)
  • This can be achieved through development of concrete plans at each health care level with main priority being on capacity building. (or.tz)
  • 3 Defined as a level of physical activity not meeting WHO's global recommendations on physical activity for health, which for adults is 150 minutes of moderate-intensity activity (or equivalent) per week measured as a composite of physical activity undertaken across multiple domains: for work (paid and unpaid, including domestic work), for travel (walking and cycling) and for recreation (including sports). (who.int)
  • Is reading this article likely to improve your clinical practice? (ecancer.org)
  • Kirsten has also taught clinical communication skills to health students, and has received three awards in her role as supervisor to postgraduate students. (otago.ac.nz)
  • Despite existing literature mainly on clinical aspects of LAM, there is a gap of literature in regards to the knowledge, attitude, and lifestyle practices (KAPs) of LAM patients and their effects on their quality of life. (waldenu.edu)
  • 5. Build the knowledge and skills of health care providers and emergency responders regarding the unique vulnerability of children to harmful exposures, for example by incorporating children's environmental health into medical curricula and promoting the adoption of risk reduction counseling techniques into clinical practice. (cdc.gov)
  • Gaps in providers' knowledge and perceived challenges to implementing recommendations were identified and were included in ACIP's EtR framework discussions in late October 2022 when ACIP updated the recommendations for PCV20 use in adults. (cdc.gov)
  • This study revealed knowledge gaps in emergency health care provider knowledge of the main forms of CM and their symptoms. (biomedcentral.com)
  • To date, evidence exploring the attitudes of healthcare professionals (HCPs) towards delivering oral healthcare to COPD patients or the oral health views and practices of COPD patients is sparse. (nature.com)
  • The comprehensive Master of Health Informatics curriculum focuses on the interdisciplinary study of the design, development, adoption and application of information, data and technology driven innovations in healthcare. (charteroak.edu)
  • Informatics is a top healthcare career choice because it combines patient care with health IT skills for the purpose of analyzing data. (charteroak.edu)
  • Health informatics impacts all areas of healthcare from the patient to administration to research. (charteroak.edu)
  • Self-care practice includes taking prescribed medications, consumption of low salt and low fat diet, quit smoking, limiting alcohol, reducing stress and weight, regular physical exercise, self-monitoring of blood pressure, and regular healthcare visits [8]. (researchsquare.com)
  • We aimed to provide an overview of the situation experienced by medical students during the COVID-19 pandemic, and to determine the knowledge, attitudes, and practices of medical students regarding electronic medical education. (plos.org)
  • Of 49 health care providers, 83.6% reporting receiving no, or very little CM education or training. (biomedcentral.com)
  • The fact that a majority of health care providers in our sample did not receive information specific to CM in their medical education and training could explain this gap, as well as their unawareness of where to refer victims. (biomedcentral.com)
  • Followed by a session of basic dental health education, which was delivered to these differently-abled (deaf) children through specially designed presentations with maximum picture and video messages, which were easy for them to understand. (apmcfmu.com)
  • When after they were given basic dental health education and examined again on 45th day, number of children having gingivitis dropped to only 28.88%, indicating that 32.22% of these hearing and speech impaired children having poor gingival health previously, showed up improvements. (apmcfmu.com)
  • 2. Implement a nationwide health education campaign to protect school aged children from exposures to mercury and recover mercury exposures and from schools, homes, and abandoned facilities. (cdc.gov)
  • It is National Food Safety Education month, and we have a variety of new resources for environmental health practitioners. (cdc.gov)
  • An action research on improving knowledge, attitude and practice of mothers in home care for acute diarrhoea in children under five years of age through a health education programme in Thien Tri Village, Vietnam / Le Van Tuan. (who.int)
  • However, it was too late for Brazil's elderly population who had accumulated unmet oral health needs 14 . (nature.com)
  • 99% were willing to undergo screening.100% perceive the importance of educational camps and seminars and willing to propagate knowledge regarding cancer cervix and screening to general population. (gynaecologyjournal.com)
  • New Mexico, the setting for our study, is a large, sparsely populated minority-majority state (non-Hispanic whites make up less than 50% of the population) characterized by low socioeconomic status and limited health care resources (10). (cdc.gov)
  • The mean score of knowledge and practice of individuals in relation to cardiovascular risk factors was favorable, but the mean score of attitude was low. (ac.ir)
  • The study revealed that, the caregivers in the community had poor knowledge on vaccination and its benefits, and therefore, with no strict adherence to vaccination schedules . (bvsalud.org)
  • Total 90 children had mixed dentition stage and were selected because this group is most vulnerable to poor dental health. (apmcfmu.com)
  • Of the 269 of health care providers who were offering, 29.4% had poor practice, meaning that they did not adhere to the three principles of PITC especially in the area of seeking informed consent. (or.tz)
  • There was generally poor knowledge of supplementary immunizations and mothers need to be educated on the importance. (who.int)
  • While 87.7% of health care providers strongly agreed or agreed that they hold an important role in preventing CM, 51.1% also strongly disagreed or disagreed that they feel confident diagnosing and treating CM cases. (biomedcentral.com)
  • A multi-stage sampling was used to select health facilities then health care providers into strata. (or.tz)
  • However, slightly more than one third of health care providers (35%) had inadequate knowledge and attitude towards PITC. (or.tz)
  • Furthermore, during training health care providers should be emphasized thoroughly on issues regarding informed consent. (or.tz)