Sir, The recent publication on “Knowledge, attitude and practices (KAP) toward breast cancer” is very interesting.[1] Azubuike et al. concluded that “while a substantial number still remains ignorant of breast cancer issues, a good number of those who have knowledge were yet to translate knowledge and attitudes into practice.[1]” This is a classical report on KAP study. It is no doubt that the ...

Fundamentals of the Knowledge, Attittude and Practice - KAP Survey are presented. The history developing method is mentioned. Based on literature review advantages disadvantages survey It described in details how to perform survey, starting from different parts (knowledge, attitude, practice) questionnaire, including its validation adaptation, sampling, analysis reporting. Modern applications m...

background: improper nutritional knowledge is one of the most important causes of nutritional problems, which can affect practice and cause more complications. the aim of this study was to assess the association between nutritional knowledge, attitude and practice (kap) of iranian households with socioeconomic status (ses).   methods: the study population was 14,136 households (57 clusters of 8...

the research was a descriptive study to assess knowledge, attitude and practice (kap) of nurses regarding care of elderly patients.   a total of 180 nurses working in medical, surgical and neurology units participated in this study. the tool was a 2 part questionnaire that the first part included demographic characteristics of the subjects like age, sex, marriage, education, past experience in ...

This KAP (knowledge, attitude and practice) study, carried out from February to June 2008, aimed to evaluate the knowledge, attitude and practice regarding the Pap smear test among users of a primary health unit (PHU) and to verify any association with sociodemographic variables. The sample was comprised of 250 women. The knowledge, attitude and practice related to the examination were adequate...

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...

Prevention and management of obesity largely depends on patient motivation and education and these, in turn, can be greatly facilitated by adequate baseline data on the knowledge, attitude and practice (KAP) of patients. The aim of this study is to assess KAP on obesity among Bangladeshi type 2 diabetics. Under a cross-sectional design 160 type 2 diabetics were selected from outpatient departme...

background: the aim of this study was to assess the infant oral health (ioh) related knowledge, attitudes and practices (kap) of parents in udaipur, india. materials and methods: a cross-sectional descriptive study was conducted among 470 parents visiting the department of pediatrics, rabindranath tagore medical college and hospital. a 32-item questionnaire covering socio-demographic characteri...