Worldwide Corona virus outbreak has cause panic and enormous health and economic effects due to inadequate or lack of appropriate information about COVID -19. Aims: The aim of the study was to determine the Level of knowledge and Preparedness to Corona Virus (COVID –19) Pandemic...
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Research Article10.9734/ajmah/2020/v18i1030262
Background: Despite the numerous functions of vitamin D, there are still billions of people worldwidewho have vitamin D deficiency or insufficiency, and the highest prevalence is in the Middle East, mostly females. Aim of The Study: This study aimed to assess the knowledge and be...
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Research Article10.9734/ajmah/2020/v18i230182
Background: Standard precautions (SPs) in the hospital are very important in the reduction of health care workers’ exposure to occupational health hazards but most hospitals are used to reactive rather than proactive safety practices. The effect of reactive safety practices is ov...
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Research Article10.9734/ajmah/2020/v18i230181
Mai Mohamed Mahmoud Abu Kahf, Khalil Mohamed Abbas Ayad, Mamdoh Ahmed Gabr & Walaa Mohamed El Sayed Shehata·Asian Journal of Medicine and Health·2020
Background: With increasing prevalence of diabetes mellitus worldwide, primary health care physicians are the main providers of diabetes care and their knowledge, attitudes and practices are important to achieve goals in diabetes management. Objectives: Assessment of the knowledg...
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Research Article10.9734/ajmah/2019/v17i430169
Introduction: The human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) is a great global public health problem caused by a retrovirus that infects cells of the human immune system, destroying or impairing their function. In the early stages of infection, the person has no symptoms. HIV can be tran...
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Research Article10.9734/ajmah/2019/v17i330167
Knowledge and beliefs a community holds about mental illness, has remarkable impact on help seeking path to care and stigmatizing attitudes expressed towards the mentally ill. Aims: This study examines causal attributions, the perceptions and attitudes towards mental illness and...
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Research Article10.9734/ajmah/2019/v17i330164
Objective: To assess the knowledge of first professional medical students of Bolan University of Medical and Health Sciences Quetta about Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus. Methodology: This cross sectional descriptive study was carried out on first professional MBBS students of Bolan Med...
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Research Article10.9734/ajmah/2019/v16i230141
Background: Long acting contraception is a human right and is essential to women’s empowerment. It is essential to reduce poverty, promote economic growth, raise female productivity, lower fertility and improve child survival and maternal health. Even though some long acting reve...
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Research Article10.9734/ajmah/2019/v15i330124
Background: Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) is one of the world's top causes of death. New HIV infections emerge every day, leading HIV patients to seek care at health facilities and prompting health care professionals to undertake risky invasive procedures. And notwithstandin...
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Research Article10.9734/ajmah/2019/v14i130093
Background: Mosquito are one of the well known causing many diseases like Malaria, Dengue, Chikungunya, Lymphatic Filariasis, Japanese Encephalitis. They are more prevalent in rural area due to various social factors and lack of knowledge. The objective of this study was to asses...
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Research Article10.9734/ajmah/2019/v14i130092
Cervical cancer is the fourth-most common cancer in females worldwide, with a large number of mortality rate occurrence in under-developed and developing countries. However, this huge mortality rate can be curb through awareness about the deadly disease, its vaccination, and a po...
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Research Article10.9734/AJMAH/2018/45447
Background: Municipal solid waste management, particularly in developing countries, involve manual or semi-automated handling of the waste materials. This exposes the waste collectors to physical, biological and chemical hazards [1] that could easily lead to injuries and diseases...
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Research Article10.9734/AJMAH/2018/45368
Monday N. Igwe, Emmanuel O. Olose, Afamefuna O. Okeke, Miriam C. Aguocha, Okwudili Obayi, Appolos C. Ndukuba, Richard Ewah & Kehinde O. Bankole·Asian Journal of Medicine and Health·2018
Objectives: This study assessed the level of knowledge and attitudes of resident anaesthetic doctors, anaesthetic nurses and psychiatric nurses working at a teaching hospital in southeast Nigeria towards electroconvulsive therapy (ECT). Methods: This was a cross-sectional study i...
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Research Article10.9734/AJMAH/2018/40326
Introduction: In the populous Nairobi peri-urban setting, growth assessment of children, under five years of age is wanting (20%). Stunting, wasting and underweight were 17.2%, 2.5% and 3.8% respectively against the national statistics of 27%, 11% and 4%. A study was undertaken t...
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Research Article10.9734/AJMAH/2018/44728
Background: Food hygiene and safety are significant public health issues in both developed and developing nations. The objective of this study was to determine the effect of training on knowledge and practice of food hygiene and safety among food handlers in restaurants in Abakal...
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Research Article10.9734/AJMAH/2017/36439