People who inject drugs are highly stigmatised. Discriminatory experiences are commonly reported, particularly in health care settings. This article evaluates an online stigma reduction training module targeting health providers working with people who inject drugs. A total of 139 participants completed a pre- and post-survey including attitude items and items depicting hypothetical scenarios a...

objective: oral hygiene must start at a young age. childhood is the perfect time to start the conversion of knowledge into creative thinking and subsequent health care activity. this study aimed to assess the efficacy of oral hygiene instruction via an educational film for oral health promotion of elementary students. methods: in this experimental, interventional, before and after study, data w...

background:   facing an unfamiliar environment is always one of the biggest concerns for medical students who are going to have clinical educations in medical fields. recently early clinical exposure (ece) for medical students has been proposed as an effective factor in reducing stress and motivating toward the rest of their education as a clinical student. this study aimed at evaluation of ece...

AIM To examine the attitudes and intentions of general dental practitioners (GDPs) who work within the remit of the National Health Service (NHS) to provide relative analgesia (RA) for paediatric extractions. METHODS All 45 GDPs working within the boundaries of one Trust were asked to complete a questionnaire to assess demography, etc., intention and attitudes to provide RA for paediatric ext...

Both maladaptive schemas (MS) and perfectionism have been associated with eating pathology. However, previous research has not examined these variables simultaneously and has not studied possible mediating relationships between MS and multidimensional perfectionism for body image concerns in eating disorder (ED) patients. Eighty-eight female ED patients completed the Young Schema Questionnaire,...

Within the emerging context of the digitization of health care, electronic health records (EHRs) constitute a significant technological advance in the way medical information is stored, communicated, and processed by the multiple parties involved in health care delivery. However, in spite of the anticipated value potential of this technology, there is widespread concern that consumer privacy is...

Electronic health records (EHRs) constitute a significant technological advance in the way medical information is stored, communicated, and processed by the multiple parties involved in the delivery of health care. However, there is widespread concern that privacy issues may impede the diffusion of this technology. In this study, we integrate the Concern for Information Privacy (CFIP) construct...

BACKGROUND This study was conducted to develop a questionnaire in order to evaluate knowledge, attitude and practice (KAP) of the faculty members and students toward plagiarism. METHODS A KAP study was conducted from June to October 2011 enrolling 390 volunteers anonymously (response rate 96%). The questionnaire included the following four parts: (a) general characteristics like gender, acade...