background todays, methadone and buprenorphine maintaining treatment (mmt/bmt) is considered an effective method for opioid-dependent patients. it seems that lack of enough information among health care specialists including cardiologists about such treatments could result in some problems for patients such as relapse into addiction. objectives this study aimed to investigate knowledge and atti...

background: cigarette smoking is the largest preventable risk factor for morbidity and mortality in developed countries where at least one in four adults smoke cigarettes.healthcare providers who smoke are less likely to advise patients to quit smoking. the aim of this study is to find out the frequency of to acco smoking among medical professionals in tertiary care hospitals of karachi, and to...

background: in-depth knowledge of antibiotic principles is widely considered a necessary condition for appropriate prescribing of antibiotics. the study aimed at determining the impact of healthcare providers’ level of knowledge in bacteriology and principles of antibiotic prescribing on their abilities to prescribe antibiotics appropriately. methods: a structured questionnaire survey targeting...

background & aim: sexual health education is one of the responsibilities of healthcare workers at schools, which can reduce the risk of sexually transmitted diseases such as aids, unwanted pregnancy, abortion, substance abuse, sexual violence, and suicidal tendencies. this study aimed to investigate healthcare workers’ competence in sexual health education for female adolescents at schools. met...

sweden and spain experiment with different provider models to reform healthcare provision. both models have in common that they extend the role of the for-profit sector in healthcare. as the analysis of saltman and duran demonstrates, privatisation is an ambiguous and contested strategy that is used for quite different purposes. in our comment, we emphasize that their analysis leaves questions ...

background headache is one of the most prevalent investigated complaints in the neurology clinics and is the most common pain-related complaint worldwide. stress is a significant factor that causes and triggers headaches. since healthcare practitioners experience a lot of stress in their careers, they are more prone to headaches. objectives this study was designed to evaluate and compares the e...

objective: to understand the knowledge and services of informal providers and to explore their role in addressing the human resource gap in uttar pradesh, india, within the context of maternal health. materials and methods: the study is exploratory in nature, conducted in four blocks of four districts of uttar pradesh state, india. semi-structured interviews were conducted with 114 informal pro...

objective: this study sought to assess the attitude of healthcare providers towards providing contraceptives for unmarried adolescents in four local government areas in ibadan, nigeria. materials and methods: a cross-sectional descriptive study was conducted among 490 healthcare providers in 24 randomly selected healthcare facilities using self-administered, pre-tested questionnaires. results: ...

poor inhaler technique is a common problem both in asthmatic patients and healthcare providers, which contributes to poor asthma control. this study was performed to evaluate the adequacy of metered-dose inhaler (mdi) technique in a sample of physicians and nurses practicing in hospitals of hamadan university of medical sciences. a total of 173 healthcare providers voluntary participated in thi...