OBJECTIVES To analyse trends in diarrhoea prevalence by maternal education, access to clean water and improved sanitation, household wealth index; to identify the sources of variation and assess contribution of changes in socioeconomic characteristics in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). DESIGN Consecutive cross-sectional surveys. SETTING DRC. PARTICIPANTS The databases contain info...

Midwifery and nurses are to obey specific ethical principles when realizing their professional practice. One of these is the principle privacy secrecy. This research aimed determine correlation between consciousness midwifery nursing students attitudes toward recording protection personal health data. A descriptive cross-sectional design was used. The study conducted with 283 in December 2021. ...

INTRODUCTION Access to health services, including those for oral health, depends upon socioeconomic, environmental and individual factors. Moreover, cultural and lifestyle differences also influence the degree to which services are sought. OBJECTIVE This study aimed to assess factors associated with the use of dental services among adolescents in the 7th grade of public primary schools from t...

BACKGROUND Self-rated health (SRH) status has been increasingly acknowledged as a valid and appropriate indicator of public health and chronic morbidity. However, limited research was conducted in China due to the different culture and socioeconomic situations. The aim of this study is to assess the SRH status of the population in Southern China using multiple-item SRH measurement scale (SRHMS)...

OBJECTIVE Dual practice is defined as a physician's performance of medical activities in different health care institutions (two or more) simultaneously. This study aimed to examine the perception and acceptance of medical staff and outpatients of dual practice and explore the possible factors affecting people's perception. METHODS A cross-sectional study was conducted in 13 public hospitals ...