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Awareness, Knowledge and Attitude Towards Pre-Hospital Tooth Avulsion Care Among Primary School Teachers in BeninCity, Nigeria

Traumatic tooth avulsion presents a challenge with regards to its prompt intervention as the ultimate outcome of an avulsed tooth that occurred in any child is dependent on appropriate emergency interventions. The aim of this study is to evaluate the awareness, level of knowledge and attitude towards pre...

Connaissances et consommation des boissons énergisantes par des professionnels et des amateurs du football algérien

Introduction et objectif : Les boissons énergisantes (BE) sont de plus en plus populaires en Algérie ainsi qu’ailleurs dans le monde. Elles sont particulièrement consommées par les sportifs qui les confondent souvent avec les boissons énergétiques. Le présent travail vise à évaluer les connais...

Knowledge, awareness and perception of health care workers towards COVID-19 in Southern Nigeria

Ibom Medical Journal; 14 (4), 2021
Context: Severe acute respiratory coronavirus disease 2019 (SARS-COVID-19) is a novel worldwide pandemic. Health care workers (HCWs) are at high risk of contacting the infection. Objective: To determine the knowledge, awareness and perceptions of HCWs towards COVID-19 in Southern Nigeria. Methods: A desc...

Knowledge and perceptions of COVID-19 among government employees in Ethiopia: A cross-sectional study

Background:Knowledge and perceptions of the public about the 2019 coronavirus disease (COVID-19) play a critical role in the prevention of the disease through adopting effective preventive measures. The aim of this study wasto assess the knowledge and perceptions of COVID-19 as well as the sour...

Perceptions, risk and understandings of the COVID-19 pandemic in urban South Africa

Background: How people perceive the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic and understand their risk can influence their health, behaviours and overall livelihood. The disease’s novelty and severity have elicited a range of attitudes and perspectives countrywide, which consequently influence t...

Conhecimentos, Atitudes e Práticas dos Trabalhadores de Saúde em Moçambique sobre a COVID-19: estudo online rápido

Os profissionais de saúde (PS), como profissionais da linha de frente, têm maior risco de infecção pela COVID-19. Foram adoptadas várias medidas para controlar a rápida propagação da epidemia da COVID-19 em Moçambique. A adesão dos (PS) a essas medidas é influenciada por seus conhecimentos, at...

Knowledge sharing among healthcare providers in Gombe State, Nigeria

This study examined the barriers to, and channels of knowledge sharing among secondary healthcare providers including medical doctors, Nurses, Pharmacists, Medical laboratory scientist in Gombe State, Nigeria. The total enumeration technique was used because the population of 665 healthcare providers was...

Students’ prior knowledge and skills in computer and internet use: An exploration of incoming first year undergraduate health sciences students at Gulu University, Uganda

Internet has provided infrastructure that enables access to a variety of information resources for use by medical students at Gulu University in Northern Uganda. However, little attention has been put to explore prior internet knowledge of undergraduate medical students in Uganda. Cross-sectional researc...

Health librarians making a difference in a health care setting: the Chitambo emergency care communications project

Health librarians in the role of a knowledge broker can encourage health care workers to use evidence based health information. The knowledge broker role is an intervention dedicated to translating knowledge into action originating from the evidence-based medicine campaig...

Conhecimento da população urbana sobre cólera em Nampula. Moçambique

Introdução: os surtos de cólera, uma infecção bacteriana aguda intestinal causada pela ingestão de alimentos ou água contaminados com o Vibrio cholerae, devem-se a condições inadequadas de habitação, saneamento e falta de água potável. Esta doença é endémica em Moçambique, tendo ocorrido...