Background: Upper respiratory tract infections (URTIs) are common in children. The cause of URTIs is usually viral, but mothers' knowledge, attitude and practice (KAP) often contribute to inappropriate use of antibiotics, and thus promoting antibiotic resistance. Objective: To investigate maternal knowledge, attitude and practice of antibiotics use in children with acute upper respiratory infec...

BACKGROUND Female genital mutilation (FGM) is a worldwide problem, and it is practiced by many communities in Africa and Asia as well as immigrants from those areas. This practice results in short- and long-term health consequences on women's health. Like many other developing countries, FGM is widely practiced in Ethiopia, especially among Somali and Harari ethnic groups. Despite intensive cam...

Background After quickly spreading since March 2009 in Mexico, influenza pandemic H1N1 has affected a large part of the world’s population. Countries have made great efforts to contain the pandemic. An important key in containing community transmission and reducing the impacts of the pandemic influenza is to have local people educated to have good knowledge, attitude and practice toward influen...

objective: the present research aimed to study the relationship of identity styles and attitude toward delinquency with delinquent behavior of adolescents. methods: the present research is a cross sectional study. data collection tools were berzonsky’s identity style inventory, attitude toward delinquent behaviors questionnaire, and interviews, which were analyzed through simultaneous regressio...

BACKGROUND Cigarette taxation has been perceived by academics and policy-makers as one of the most effective ways of reducing the use of cigarettes. On January 1 2002, the Taiwan government imposed a New Taiwan (NT) 5 dollars per pack tax earmarked for the purpose of tobacco control. This study uses a survey collected prior to taxation to assess public attitudes toward cigarette taxation, publi...

The public’s attitude toward mental illnesses such as schizophrenia is important if the community-based treatment of mental illness is to succeed. Research suggests that patients with mental illness achieve better integration in neighbourhoods where people accept them as neighbours and believe that mental illness is best treated in the community as opposed to institutions. In Quebec, the last s...

A study was conducted to examine how interpersonal norms, media norms, attitudes, perceived behavioral control, perceived barriers, and self-efficacy had an influence on healthy eating intention among adolescents. A probability sample of 544 adolescents aged 12 to 18 was conducted. Results indicated that girls had a more favorable attitude and intention toward healthy eating than boys. Healthy ...