background: although many countries had improvement in heath system in last twenty years but expense of research and its difficulties does not allow managers to solve their problems by doing research. if we accept that biostatistics is one of the scientific tools for research, we imply that in all domains of health system research applying statistical techniques is essential. this study was per...

background: regarding prevalence of non-communicable diseases such as primary hypertension, osteoporosis, and cardiovascular diseases that sedentary is responsible for them health policy makers plan to encourage people to do more physical activity. in this study, knowledge, attitude and practice towards physical activity and its related factors of college students living on campus in shahid beh...

the purpose of this study was to determine students’ attitudes toward international agricultural issues. the population for the study consisted of agricultural extension students at tehran and shiraz universities, agriculture and natural resources colleges’ (n= 170). a stratified random sampling technique was employed to select samples, (n= 120). the study was conducted during the fall 2007 usi...

conclusions in this study radiology students believed digital radiology can enhance the production efficiency and quality of the images. they also had the right information about digital radiology. however, it is recommended in order to prevent the emergence of problems caused by change of radiology equipment and efficiency of the professional in-service training the theoretical training needs ...

Background Malnutrition is an important factor affecting hypertensive incidence. Since the unhealthiest nutritional behaviors are rooted in childhood attitudes and experiences, applying educational interventions to these age groups will be most useful in the formation of preventive nutritional behaviors. Objective To determine the predictive power of the TPB on hypertension in junior high-sch...

AIMS AND OBJECTIVE The purpose of this study is to obtain comprehensive information about the knowledge, attitude and practices in regard to droplet and airborne infection related precautions among faculty member and the undergraduate students in Udaipur, Rajasthan, India. MATERIAL AND METHODS A cross sectional survey was conducted among 311 dental faculty and the undergraduate students under...

This study investigated the relationship between reading motivation, reading self-concept, reading attitude and reading fluency in the fourth and fifth grade years. The sample consisted of 375 students (N = 187 males and N= 188 female) were administered the Test of Motivation to Read, Reading Self-Concept, Reading Attitude and Reading Fluency. The specific question addressed was: what is the as...

With the increasing convenience of social networking sites and their interconnectedness with human interaction, verbal and image bullying have turned digital, making cyberbullying a new form of bullying attracting the attention of researchers, social workers, and schools. This study focuses on the status quo of attitude toward cyberbullying and cyberbullying behavior, explores associations of a...

INTRODUCTION We report about the direct short-term effects of a Clinical Epidemiology and Evidence-based Medicine (CE-EBM) module on the knowledge, attitude, and behavior of students in the University Medical Center Utrecht (UMCU), Universitas Indonesia (UI), and University of Malaya (UM). METHODS We used an adapted version of a 26-item validated questionnaire, including four subscales: knowl...