Background: There is an increasing trend of risk-taking behaviour among adolescents in India but little empirical evidence exists on its determinants. We examined the effect of socio economic characteristics and living arrangement on adolescent’s risk-taking behaviour in India. Methods: Cross sectional population based data of 1,11,077 adolescents aged 10-19 years included in India’s second Nat...

conclusions portable radiological examinations did not expose healthcare providers to high doses of ionizing radiation. nurses’ radiation protection knowledge was limited and hence, they require in-service education programs. results the mean of participants’ radiation protection knowledge was 4.77 ± 1.38. the most prevalent radiation protection behavior of nurses was leaving the intensive care...

background family plays an important role in helping adolescent acquiring skills or strengthening their characters. objectives we aimed to evaluate the influences of family factors, risky and protective, on adolescent health-risk behavior (hrb). patients and methods in this cross-sectional study, students of high schools in kerman, iran at all levels participated, during november 2011 till dece...

PURPOSE To assess the accuracy of the Preterm Oral Feeding Readiness Scale (POFRAS) on the beginning of oral feeding in preterm infants and to verify the concordance between this tool and the Oral Feeding Skill Level. METHODS 82 preterm infants were assessed by POFRAS regarding their readiness to initiate oral feeding and by the oral feeding skill level evaluation during the first oral feedin...

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Scavenging may be a regular feeding behavior for some facultative raptor species occupying low quality habitats and/or with little experience in hunting techniques. However, its importance has been largely underestimated due to methodological limitations in identifying the real proportion in the diet. Here, through direct observations, we assessed the hunting and foraging success of the threate...

OBJECTIVE The delivery of anticipatory guidance regarding newborn care is a standard practice for pediatricians. The purpose of this prospective study was to analyze the preexisting knowledge of routine newborn care in postpartum mothers. METHODS Inclusion criteria included all postpartum mothers of live-born infants at least two hours following delivery that had not yet received formal instr...

This study aims to investigate eating behaviors in Cuban adults and compare them with those of a developed Western country, Italy. The study also aimed to determine the overall accuracy of a predictive model intended to define variables which could be used to discriminate between nationalities. Participants were 283 normal weight individuals from Cuba (n = 158) and Italy (n = 125). Italians had...

Overweight children show abnormalities in eating style, such as restrained eating and tendency toward overeating (comprising both emotional and external eating). Family surroundings play a major role in developing eating behaviors in children. We tested whether restrained eating and tendency toward overeating predicted the amount of food intake in 41 overweight children (23 girls and 18 boys) a...