background: in thalassemia major as a chronic disease patients need to require information about the disease processes and therapeutic interventions. the aim of the present study was to evaluate the knowledge, attitude, and practice behavior of thalassemic patients. patients and methods: this was a cross-sectional descriptive knowledge, attitude and practice study conducted in zafar adult thala...

background to develop the culture of breastfeeding, it is needed to know the level of maternal knowledge. hence, the aim of this study was to evaluate maternal knowledge and attitude toward exclusive breastfeeding in six months after birth in shiraz, iran. materials and methods this was a cross-sectional study carried out on mothers who referred to health centers. four health centers were selec...

background: calcium is the most abundant mineral in the human body. this mineral is provided only by the consumption of foods containing calcium that it is recommended to use at least1300 mg daily for adults. this study is aimed to investigate the nutritional behavior of female high school students about consumption of calcium-rich foods.materials and methodsat a descriptive-analytical study, t...

background & aim: premenstrual syndrome (pms) refers to a set of psychological and physical symptoms, which interfere with one’s daily life. the aim of this study was to determine whether the perceived severity of pms symptoms is correlated with knowledge, attitude, and severity of this condition according to the daily registration calendar among students of ferdowsi university of mashhad, iran...

adverse drug reaction (adr) is one of the most life threatening problems, and the economic burden of adr is considerable. the main objective of this study was to assess the attitude of the kerman health system staff, to evaluate their knowledge of the spontaneous reporting system and to identify the reasons for low reporting rate. in this descriptive study, a persian translated questioner was u...

objective: to compare the knowledge and attitude regarding pubertal changes among pre – adolescent girls before and after the pubertal preparedness program (ppp) in experimental and comparison group. materials and methods: a quasi experimental (non- equivalent comparison group pretest posttest) design was adopted with 104pre-adolescentgirls (52 in each experimental and comparison group) of age ...

introduction:today, the growing amount of paper consumption and consequently deforestation and environmental destruction have imposed financial burden on different countries around the world. this study aimed to determine the level of knowledge, attitude, and performance of yazd health volunteers on cutting down the consumption of paper. methods: this descriptive-cross sectional study was condu...

background: andropause in men refers to the clinical and biochemical syndrome associated with advanced age and characterized by a deficiency in serum testosterone levels. with the increase in aging male population and life span in iran and focus on quality of life, andropause will become a major health issue that needs to be addressed in order to prevent disability. the results of some research...

background: this study was conducted to develop a questionnaire in order to evaluate knowledge, attitude and practice (kap) of the faculty members and students toward plagiarism. methods: a kap study was conducted from june to october 2011 enrolling 390 volunteers anonymously (response rate 96%). the questionnaire included the following four parts: (a) general characteristics like gender, acade...

While knowledge sharing attitude represents a key factor affecting knowledge sharing behavior, the knowledge sharing attitude remains vaguely understood in the literature. Despite that attitude is a multicomponent concept, most past studies of knowledge sharing have focused on knowledge sharing attitude as a single-component construct. Thus, the structure of the knowledge sharing attitude, its ...