Background: Different factors, such as personality and psychological characteristics, are effective in the self-care and control of diabetes. This study aimed at determining the effect of educational intervention based on locus of control structure of attribution theory on the self-care behavior of patients with type II diabetes.    Methods: This was a quasi-experi...

Inform, educate and entertain. These three cardinal tenets of journalism are evident both in print and electronic media. In Kenya, for instance, the ever-increasing democratic space since the mid-1990s has triggered off an avalanche of FM stations, myriad journals, newspapers and pamphlets. All these media purport to subscribe to the same mantra of informing, educating and entertaining the public.

Preparing the paediatric patient for their operating room experience can be a complex process because of the many individuals involved.4 36 38 Preparation begins before patients have seen an anaesthetist because they will learn of their impending surgery from the surgeon. Surgical colleagues and their support staff can help to ease parents’ anxieties by assuring them that their child will recei...

During the past decade, American doctors and patients have increasingly come to rely on complementary and alternative medicine (CAM). Still, this highly heterogeneous collection of therapies remains unfamiliar to many people. Consumers, medical librarians and professional health researchers have a pressing need for reliable and authoritative information they can consult before making important ...

BACKGROUND Osteoporosis is the most common metabolic bone disease. The purpose of this study is to investigate the health belief model (HBM) and social cognitive theory (SCT) for osteoporosis preventive nutritional behaviors in women. MATERIALS AND METHODS In this quasi-experimental study, 120 patients who were women and registered under the health centers in Fasa City, Fars Province, Iran we...

Human trafficking is a crime that most people have limited knowledge of. While there are numbers of programs introduced and implemented, research on public awareness human scant. Hence, this study focused the level San Pablo City community members about nature, scope, concept in terms acts, means employed, purposes trafficking. The employed descriptive design form survey questionnaire. sample s...

BACKGROUND Cervical cancer is the most prevalent cancer among Peruvian women. Female sex workers (FSW) in Peru are at elevated risk for HPV infection, and receive annual Papanicolaou screening. The objective of this study was to identify barriers to follow-up for abnormal Pap smears among FSW in Peru. METHODS 97 FSW attending the Alberto Barton Health Center in Lima were surveyed regarding th...

We used a controlled before-and-after design with the aims of reducing both the total consumption of antibiotics and the use of broad-spectrum antibiotics against acute otitis media (AOM), and to study to what extent prescriptions for antibiotics against AOM were dispensed. Information on evidence-based treatment of uncomplicated AOM was provided to doctors and nurses, and written guidelines we...

OBJECTIVE To assist healthcare providers in evidence-based clinical decision-making for the management of overweight and obese adults in Saudi Arabia. METHODS The Ministry of Health, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia assembled an expert Saudi panel to produce this clinical practice guideline in 2015. In collaboration with the methodological working group from McMaster University, Hamilton, Cana...