the importance of shea tree to the people of south-western nigeria cannot be over emphasized considering both the economic and environmental uses of the tree. however, efforts have not been made to propagate its production by the farmers as the shea tree still grows in the wild state. it would be worthwhile to investigate farmers’ perception of shea nut tree as an economic tree and their attitu...

The interaction of economic agents is one of the most important elements in economic analyses. While most empirical studies investigate peer effects on objective final achievements, peer effects on subjective outcomes are inherently difficult to identify and estimate because these variables are prone to measurement errors. In particular, peer effects on students’ attitudes towards learning are ...

The review outlines the current issues of Pharmacovigilance System in the Russian Federation, namely present state of regulatory aspects of PV system in Russia, regulatory requirements in Russia and in Eurasian Economic Union, review of the causes of under-reporting of ADRs. Specific focus has been made on topical issues such as a harmonization of the requirements to the Pharmacovigilance Syste...

A total of 440 hypertensive patients participated in the study (57 years old +/-12, 66% women, 51% white, 57% married, 52% with primary school and 44% with income from 1 to 3 minimum salaries) to characterize biosocial, beliefs, attitudes and knowledge variables, absence to consultation and treatment interruption, and to associate the socioeconomic level to the variables studied. An index of ac...

This paper draws upon a consumer survey carried out in Bucharest (Romania) to explore determinants of food choice in a transition economy. An adapted version of the Theory of Reasoned Action was developed. This included attitude toward intention, habit and preference as independent variables. The structural equations modelling carried out in 'Analysis of MOment Structures' AMOS showed a signifi...

background: to our knowledge, there is no valid and comprehensive questionnaire that considers attitude toward oocyte donation (od). therefore this study has aimed to design and develop a tool entitled attitude toward donation-oocyte (atod-o) to measure attitude toward od. materials and methods: this methodological, qualitative research was undertaken on 15 infertile cases. in addition, we perf...

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...

BACKGROUND Despite an increased number of economic evaluations of tobacco control interventions, the uptake by stakeholders continues to be limited. Understanding the underlying mechanism in adopting such economic decision-support tools by stakeholders is therefore important. By applying the I-Change Model, this study aims to identify which factors determine potential uptake of an economic deci...

The aim of this study is to investigate the acculturation strategies and parenting attitudes Turkish immigrants living in Belgium. Sociodemographic characteristics participants such as gender, age, socio-economic status were also examined study. For purpose study, a questionnaire consisting demographic information form, Parent Attitude Scale Acculturation was administered total 81 parents 56 wo...