BACKGROUND Sexual function and its subsequent satisfaction are among the most important aspects of women's life. However, this instinct could be influenced by some factors such as diseases, drug using, aging, and hormonal and physiologic changes associated with menopause, and sexual behavior. OBJECTIVE The aim of this study was to describe the prevalence rates of sexual dysfunction, and relat...

the present research is a field study in order to investigate the attitude of mothers towards education of puberty problems, in secondary school children, girls age between 11-1.4 years old, in tehran, 1993.   the instrument used was a questionnaire and data was collected through a two section questionnaire. the first part contained demographic information (10 items), and the second section pos...

objective: the aim of this study was to determine knowledge and attitude about emergency contraception among women using condom, coitus interruptus and rhythm methods. materials and methods: between april and september 2006, 400 women referring to the health centers in shahrekord, were evaluated. they entered the study if they were using condom, coitus interruptus or rhythm methods. a questionn...

INTRODUCTION Training of future physicians in the care of elderly patients will need to evolve in accordance with the exponential increase of elderly patients, but some may have preconceived attitudes affecting their management. This study determined medical students' attitudes towards older people and their willingness to consider a career in Geriatric Medicine. MATERIALS AND METHODS All 250...

BACKGROUND Hepatitis B (HB) is a serious global public health problem. This study aims to evaluate Knowledge, Attitude and Practice (KAP) towards Hepatitis B (HB) among healthy population of Quetta city, Pakistan. METHODS A cross sectional, descriptive study was undertaken. One thousand healthy individuals (aged 18 years and above) were approached for the study. KAP towards HB was assessed by...

Increasing population growth and decreasing land ratio made it difficult for rural people of Bangladesh to maintain their livelihood. Especially the small-scale farmers find it trickier using their scarce resources. One House One Farm approach(OHOF) is designed to utilize the house and farm resources of the small- scale farmers to improve their livelihood. The focus of the study was to determin...

BACKGROUND Prevention of mother to child transmission of HIV (PMTCT) programme was designed to reduce mother to child transmission (MTCT) of HIV and it has been shown to be effective. However, the uptake of the services is still very low in Nigeria. OBJECTIVE This study was designed to determine how acceptable the different services of PMTCT are to pregnant women in Ibadan, Nigeria. METHOD ...

Advergames are increasingly used by companies for online advertising campaigns. However, the effectiveness of this unique advertising strategy has not been investigated in the IS research literature. This study sheds light on the effectiveness of advergames by introducing three design elements of an advergame: interactivity (the extent to which a player has control over the choice of viewing th...