background: raising awareness of mothers has an important role to preventing neonatal severe hyperbilirubinemia. we aimed to investigate the role of educational intervention on the knowledge and practice of the mothers with icteric newborns. materials and methods: this study was interventional study with interventional and control group. study population consisted of 384 consecutive parents of ...

background: improper nutritional knowledge is one of the most important causes of nutritional problems, which can affect practice and cause more complications. the aim of this study was to assess the association between nutritional knowledge, attitude and practice (kap) of iranian households with socioeconomic status (ses).   methods: the study population was 14,136 households (57 clusters of 8...

background and aims. temporomandibular disorders (tmd) account for the most common orofacial pains rising from musculoskeletal origin. the aim of this study was to investigate the level of knowledge, attitudes and practice of dental practitioners regarding tmd in tehran, iran. materials and methods. a questionnaire, containing 29 questions on etiology, signs and symptoms, diagnosis and treatmen...

knowledge translation is a process that includes synthesis, dissemination, exchange and application of knowledge to improve the health, services and products in this study we have attempted to examine the knowledge translation practice and its perceived barriers on the universalities and research institutes (research sector) in iran.both qualitative and quantitative approaches were used. in the...

background: this study was conducted to develop a questionnaire in order to evaluate knowledge, attitude and practice (kap) of the faculty members and students toward plagiarism. methods: a kap study was conducted from june to october 2011 enrolling 390 volunteers anonymously (response rate 96%). the questionnaire included the following four parts: (a) general characteristics like gender, acade...

objective: to assess the knowledge, attitude, practice and preferences on contraceptive methods among the female population, to determine the association between knowledge and attitude on contraceptive methods with the variables. materials and methods: a descriptive survey of 136 females between 18-45 year of age were done using a structured knowledge questionnaire, structured attitude scale an...

oral health as an essential indicator of public health significantly affects public health. adequate knowledge, attitude and practice can effectively prevent many oral diseases. therefore, this study examines students’ knowledge, attitude and practice toward oral health. the study used a descriptive – analytical method and immediate sample available for gathering data. this study included the v...

introduction: today, breast cancer is one of the most common causes of mortality and morbidty and also the leading health concern of the world. methods: this research was a descriptive study entitled knowledge, attitude and practice regarding prevention of breast cancer in working women of chaloos city. the sample size of study included 612 women working in governmental centers. the instrument ...

background: self medication is one of the commonest actions in the world. the purpose of this study was to determine the knowledge, attitude and practice of students in universities of isfahan toward self medication. materials and methods: in this descriptive, analytical, cross-sectional study, 600 students of universities in isfahan were selected. since there are 3 public universities in isfah...

background: the most common types of medical error are medication errors (mes) which defined as any preventable event that may be caused by an inappropriate medication usage and lead to an adverse drug reaction (adr) event in patients. in recent years, different approaches have been proposed to reduce mes, one of which is reporting adrs. the present study was designed to assess the knowledge, a...