Background Awareness of pharmacists about counterfeit drugs is necessary for health improvement in community. The purpose of the present study is to assess the knowledge and measure the professional attitude and practice of Iranian pharmacist about counterfeit drugs. In August 2008, a knowledge, attitude and practice (KAP) study was performed in a national sample of 794 pharmacists who particip...

PURPOSE The objective of this study was to evaluate the effect of sociodemographic factors on quality of satisfaction towards denture treatment. MATERIALS AND METHODS One hundred subjects (filling inclusion criteria) who were wearing a denture for at least two months were enrolled and divided into five groups on the basis of sociodemographic variables (age, gender, literacy level, socio-econo...

OBJECTIVE This study aimed to examine the effects of e-health education content on the attitude of undergraduate health science students towards the efficiency of health ICT in healthcare provision. METHODS A cross-sectional survey design was used. Participants were Health Sciences students attending The University of Sydney. Students were divided into three groups: junior students enrolled i...

The sample population was consisted of 299 male and female students of the University of Khwarizmi. Theories used in this study included Social bonding theory, differential opportunity, differential association, feeling anomie and frustration (love, and academic failure). The obtained results indicate that there is the bound variables, anomie, differential association, feeling of anomie, social...

The Role of Student and School Variables in Reading Performance among Those Participated in PIRLS 2006 M. S. Reza'ee A.R. Kiamanesh, Ph.D. Z. Naghsh, Ph.D. To determine the role of student and school variables in reading performance, the data on Iranian fourth graders who participated in PIRLS 2006 were analyzed. The sample had included 3978 students from 208 schools. At the stu...

ôbjective: ôpium was referred to as the ancient medicine's method of choice for treating diabetes mellitus. but in some recent studies, it is reported as the cause for higher blood sugar levels. the aim of this study was to evaluate the frequency of opium use among diabetic patients and attitude of them towards the effects of opium use on their disease. methods: this cross-sectional study ...

The practice of modern medicine would be impossible without the tests performed in the clinical laboratory. In today’s era of rapidly evolving medical research and application, medical laboratory technology plays an integral role in the health care system. In spite of this, the propensity of giving less value to the profession by certain health practitioners might reduce the health team mobiliz...

background: the emergence and spread of ebola outbreak is a growing problem worldwide, which represents a significant threat to public health. evidence has shown that the level of knowledge, attitude, and practice of people in the society play major roles in controlling the spread of ebola virus disease. this study was designed to determine knowledge, attitude and practice of students at school...

purpose: to explore the attitude of the iranian members towards their american academy of ophthalmology (aao) membership and their utilization pattern of the aao’s services methods: mailed questionnaire survey to 34 current aao members in 2005 results: twenty nine members (85%) participated. almost 50% of the members judged the membership process as not being easy. about 80% of the respondents ...