Background: Less is known about sexual activity, unwanted pregnancy rate, and emergency contraception decision-making among female students in Rwandan Higher Education. By gathering such information, we are better able to develop preventive efforts that can reduce the likelihood...
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Research Article10.9734/IJTDH/2015/18475
Aim: Teachers have important roles in the identification, referral and management of school children with Attention-deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD). However, their ability to play these roles is contingent on their depth of knowledge about ADHD. This study assessed literacy...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2015/18089
The present study was accomplished in sericulture villages of Chittoor district, Andhra Pradesh during 2011-2013 with an objective to interpret the socio-economic conditions which effecting the adoption of technology among sericulture. The data on two factors such as education an...
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Research Article10.9734/AJAEES/2015/16405
According to the 2010 Population and Housing Census report of Ghana, Yamoransa has one of the highest number of young adolescents in the Mfantseman Municipality. However, it appears there is no evidence of empirical study conducted on adolescents’ knowledge and perception of sexu...
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Research Article10.9734/BJESBS/2015/16098
Aim: To determine the level of awareness, knowledge and attitudes among health workers in different settings of health care in Nnewi, Nigeria towards the reporting of adverse drug reactions (ADRs). Methods: A descriptive cross-sectional study of 372 health workers in different he...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2015/17183
Studies on highland malaria have been spurred by reports of rising incidence of the infection at altitudes where the malaria vector was not previously found. Preliminary studies were carried out in Obudu Cattle Ranch communities located at an altitude of 1,585 meters above sea le...
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Research Article10.9734/IJTDH/2015/14609
Aim: A suspicion about adverse drug reactions is sufficient for adverse drug reactions reporting. However, assessing the causal drug-disturbance(s) relation is the primary issue in physicians’ clinical practice, due to their principal responsibility among health care workers for...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2015/15269
Breast cancer is becoming very prevalent in developing countries including Nigeria which is now being bedeviled by the twin public health challenge of both communicable and non-communicable diseases. Aims: This study was conducted to assess breast cancer knowledge and screening p...
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Research Article10.9734/IJTDH/2015/15449
Background: Obesity is a major public health issue and the prevalence has increased in both the industrialized and developing world. Fruit and vegetable intake has been proposed to protect against Obesity. The purpose of this paper was to assess knowledge and perceptions of obesi...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2015/12716
Aim: To determine the awareness and knowledge of childhood diabetes amongst medical students and effectiveness of education on their knowledge. Study Design: A cross sectional study at the department of Paediatrics and child health of the college of Health Sciences, in a Nigerian...
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Research Article10.9734/BJESBS/2015/14368
This paper demonstrates that rationality of an economic agent is closely related to the expertise and related knowledge, and personal attainment is generally positively related with education. We believe that social development levels are based on the corresponding knowledge and...
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Research Article10.9734/BJAST/2015/13149
Background: Cameroon has the highest HIV/AIDS prevalence of 5.3% in the West and Central African Sub-region, with women being the most infected. The biological and socio-cultural vulnerability of women to HIV infection is not new. A proven effective female controlled prevention t...
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Research Article10.9734/BJESBS/2015/13048
Introduction: Adolescent refers to individuals between the ages of 10-19 years. In Nepal, Adolescent comprises more than 22% of population. Educations are important as a ‘social vaccine’, and it can serve as a powerful preventive tool. Methods: The study was conducted on three se...
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Research Article10.9734/ISRR/2015/10961
Aim: To assess knowledge levels on schistosomiasis in farmers and laborers working in paddy rice fields in eastern Uganda. Study Design: A cross-sectional survey among farmers practicing paddy rice farming in Doho and Kibimba. Place and Duration of Study: The study was carried ou...
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Research Article10.9734/IJTDH/2014/12579
Aim: The study aimed to assess the knowledge of community Health Workers (CHWs) on neonatal jaundice (NNJ), exploring their perceptions, knowledge and practices. Study Design: It was a cross sectional study of randomly selected CHWs who were attending a child health workshop in S...
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Research Article10.9734/IJTDH/2014/13024