BACKGROUND Stigma towards people with mental illness (PWMI) can result in low self-esteem and isolation and threaten employment. Therefore, this study aimed to assess the magnitude of public stigma against PWMI and factors associated with it among Jimma town residents. METHODS A community-based, cross-sectional, descriptive study was conducted in adult residents of Jimma town. Data were colle...

Inadequate knowledge, negative attitude, poor perception on the part of residents are some problems resulting from waste disposal practices. Hence this study investigates determinants practices among Agege local government Lagod state Nigeria. Methodology: A multistage probability sampling method was adopted to select in Local Government, Lagos State. RESULT: Majority respondents, 40.9% had a h...

background: influenza disease is one of the oldest medical problems that can cause severe illness and high mortality rates, worldwide. in flu pandemics, medical and dental students’ knowledge, attitudes, and practices (kap) is critical to save patientslife.the aim of this study was to determine the score  of kap toward the pandemic h1n1 and their predictor factors among the medical and dental r...

Mobile government (M-government) is a new delivery channel for governments to provide timely information and services ubiquitously to residents, businesses and other government departments through mobile devices. Developing countries have a higher mobile penetration rate than the fixed line internet rates which opens doors of opportunities for these countries to bridge the digital gab and gain ...

BACKGROUND Adverse drug reactions (ADRs) contribute to excessive health care costs through increased patient morbidity and mortality. Thus, there is an urgent need to create awareness among physicians towards ADR monitoring. The present study was designed to assess the knowledge, attitude and practices of fifth semester undergraduate students and prescribers (interns, junior residents and senio...

We used two experiments to examine the influence of one's own attitude on the perception of group attitudes. In the first experiment, subjects viewed opinion statements, supposedly made by residents of two towns, on the issue of building a local nuclear power station. One town was large and had frequently occurring statements and the other was small with infrequently occurring statements; there...

Research has been actively conducted on the role and value of cultural heritage in various academic fields. However, few empirical studies have residents’ perceptions its impact region. In this context, study empirically analyzed how management or attitudes toward it affect local attachment community formation. To end, a structural model was established among management, attitude heritage, atta...

Residents enjoy teaching and consider it an important aspect of their training and preparation for practice. Many residents devote a great deal of time to teaching activities, regardless of their future career plans. Teaching by residents contributes significantly to medical students’ education, with one study reporting that one third of medical students’ knowledge results from resident teachin...

CONTEXT Medical educational reform includes enhancing role modelling of clinical teachers. This requires faculty being aware of their role model status and performance. We developed the System for Evaluation of Teaching Qualities (SETQ) to generate individualized feedback on previously defined teaching qualities and role model status for faculty in (non) academic hospitals. OBJECTIVES (i) To ...

BACKGROUND How medical residents' experiences with care for dying patients affect their emotional well-being, their learning outcomes, and the formation of their professional identities is not fully understood. We examine residents' emotional states and learning occurring during the provision of care to dying patients and specifically discuss the impact of providing end-of-life (EOL) care on pr...