Background: Yazd has important potential role in treatment of infertility and promotion of sexual health in south of Iran. Long term usefulness of reversible contraceptives (LTURC) is the most cost-effective contraceptives between women. This study aimed to assess the reproductive aged women's knowledge, attitudes, and factors associated with use of LTURC. Materials and Methods: This cross...

The knowledge, attitudes and behaviour of healthcare professionals and the general public towards issues of sun awareness were assessed in this questionnaire-based study. The findings indicated that junior doctors and nurses were no different from the general public when it came to seeking a tan or experiencing sunburn. The increased level of knowledge in doctors was not sufficient to have chan...

Despite absence of clear evidence to assert that the use coercion in psychiatry is practically and clinically helpful or effective, coercive measures are widely used. Current practices seem be based on institutional cultures decision-makers' attitudes towards rather than led by recommendations issued from scientific literature. Therefore, main goal our study was describe mental health professio...

PROFICIENCY in the psychosocial aspects of medical care is essential for physicians t-s and requires the development of appropriate interviewing, diagnostic, and therapeutic skills. 6"17 Professional organizations, including the American Board of Internal Medicine (ABIM), have defined training needs in psychosocial medicine and interviewing. 18-22 Physicians must demonstrate competence in these...

Abstract This chapter examines the middle class in Brunei Darussalam through an exploration of their everyday food choices. In doing so, I investigate middle-class consumption and eating habits both at home when out. While is a socially stratified society, this research suggests that being more than just expressing status-seeking behaviour or material aspirations. Rather, analysis proposes stat...

Dental students have little understanding about medical emergencies, and there is very little in-depth data about the importance they place on this important area that is fundamental to their professional training. This study aimed to identify the perceptions of a group of undergraduate dental students about the dentistry-medical emergency interface. Twenty undergraduate dental students at the ...

Routine HIV testing of all pregnant women in Oman has been introduced without prior knowledge of women's attitudes towards testing or their behaviour in the event of a positive test. This study recruited 1000 Omani pregnant women from antenatal clinics to explore their knowledge of HIV/AIDS, attitudes towards HIV testing and intended behaviours in the event of a positive test. Mother-to-child t...

BACKGROUND While statistics is increasingly taught as part of the medical curriculum, it can be an unpopular subject and feedback from students indicates that some find it more difficult than other subjects. Understanding attitudes towards statistics on entry to graduate entry medical programmes is particularly important, given that many students may have been exposed to quantitative courses 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...