BACKGROUND The importance of involving men in reproductive, maternal and child health programs is increasingly recognised globally. In the Pacific region, most maternal and child health services do not actively engage expectant fathers and fathers of young children and few studies have been conducted on the challenges, benefits and opportunities for involving fathers. This study explores the at...

BACKGROUND Breastfeeding is the ideal form of nutrition for newborns, yet our recent pan-Canadian study showed that the knowledge, attitudes, and beliefs of primary care pediatricians and family physicians are suboptimal with regard to breastfeeding. OBJECTIVE We aim to develop, implement, and evaluate a national breastfeeding educational intervention at the postgraduate residency level. ME...

BACKGROUND The uses of internet-based technologies (e.g. patient portals, websites and applications) by cancer patients could be strong drive for change in cancer care coordination practices. The goal of this study was to assess the current utilisation of internet-based technologies (IBT) among cancer patients, and their willingness to use them for their health, as well as analyse the influence...

BACKGROUND The objective of the present study was to provide a complete and detailed report of technical and logistical feasibility problems with the implementation of routine computerized HRQoL measurement at a busy outpatient department of Hepatology that can serve as a tool for future researchers interested in the procedure. METHODS Practical feasibility was assessed by observing problems ...

OBJECTIVE To examine general practitioners' (GPs') attitudes towards taking a sexual history. METHODS Questions on sexual history taking were included in a random survey on the STD knowledge, attitudes, and practices of 600 GPs practising in Victoria, Australia. RESULTS Most GPs commonly asked patients about safe sex (79%), number of sex partners (63%), and injecting drug use (60%) while fe...

BACKGROUND Screening for alcohol consumption in adolescents is widely justified in the health care field because of the particular vulnerability of this population, which starts drinking alcohol at a very early age and frequently consumes high levels of the same. Hospital emergency departments (ED) could be a good venue to manage early detection and carry out brief intervention (BI) programmes....

This issue marks the start of the sixth volume of the European Journal of Ageing (EJA): Social, Behavioural and Health Perspectives. Five volumes have been launched, showing that the journal has proven its sustainability. Now, the consolidation of the journal’s platform has begun. This is primarily the success of those having contributed to the journal as authors, but also as consulting editors...

OBJECTIVES The objective of this study was to identify the common problems of medicine use in Oman in order to improve the appropriate use of medicines. METHODS A cross-sectional, pilot-tested questionnaire was administered to 6,675 Omani patients or their carers on exit from primary health care centres. RESULTS 66% of respondents visited multiple facilities on the same date for the same co...

BACKGROUND There is a growing public interest in complementary and alternative treatments. The attitudes and perceptions regarding herbal therapies have not been evaluated amongst physicians-in-training. OBJECTIVE This pilot study aimed to assess the self-perceived competence and attitudes of physicians-in-training in dealing with herbal medicines in clinical practice. METHODS A survey was ...

Plagiarism, a component of academic misconduct has captured the headlines of many Australian media reports in recent months. While many articles have been written in the education domain about plagiarism, limited empirical evidence was found on the items leading to the attitudes of plagiarism and students opinion on these attitudes. This is because many prior studies have focused their findings...