BACKGROUND The risk of developing diabetes is high in the offspring of patients with type 2 diabetes. There have been no studies to assess the offspring's awareness of the risk of developing diabetes. The aim of this study was to investigate how the male offspring of type 2 diabetic patients assess their likelihood of developing diabetes. METHODS One hundred and one non-diabetic men with one ...

The role of education services in the global competitiveness of Ukraine was shown. A specific of educational services, educational services market structure and characteristics of its subjects was reviewed. Analysis of survey results on the effect of different channels of knowledge enrollees on the university was held. The advantage of impact the social of the channel from the inner circle of e...

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...

The public plays an important role in controlling the emergence and spread of antibiotic resistance. A large British survey showed that there is still public misunderstanding about microbes and antibiotics. e-Bug, a European DG Sanco sponsored project, aims to disseminate a school antibiotic and hygiene educational pack and website across Europe. Interactive science shows based on the e-Bug edu...

Purpose: The purpose of this study is to determine the causes of inefficiency of educational institutions in the field of knowledge transfer. The type of research is applied in terms of purpose and the research method is qualitatively analytical. Methodology: The study population in this study is the Iranian society and is composed of groups of students, teachers, administrators, education pro...

Background: Mobile health and e-learning may have a significant impact on training patients, physicians, students and caregivers. This study aimed to evaluate the effect of using an educational mobile application on the knowledge of the caregivers of children with cerebral palsy (CP).   Methods: We used a previously developed mobile application. The knowledge of 17 caregivers of childre...

background: mobile health and e-learning may have a significant impact on training patients, physicians, students and caregivers. this study aimed to evaluate the effect of using an educational mobile application on the knowledge of the caregivers of children with cerebral palsy (cp).   methods: we used a previously developed mobile application. the knowledge of 17 caregivers of children with c...

OBJECTIVES Fever is a common symptom of mostly benign illness in young children, yet concerning for parents. The aim of this study was to describe parental knowledge, attitudes and beliefs regarding fever in children aged ≤5 years of age. DESIGN A cross-sectional study using a previously validated questionnaire. Results were analysed using descriptive statistics and multivariable logistic reg...

OBJECTIVE To study parents` knowledge and attitude towards children with epilepsy, and to identify contributing factors to negative attitudes. METHODS A prospective cross-sectional study including consecutive parents attending the pediatric neurology clinics of King Abdulaziz University Hospital, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia from February to August 2012. A structured 40-item questionnaire was designe...