conclusions knowledge, attitude and performance of the communication skills of health staff are improper and it would lead to not using the communication skills to establish perfect communication with patients, so it seems that it is necessary to make the training courses during the service for health staff about communication skills and observing on performing the acquired skills. patients and...

background: the education system requires extensive manpower training of researchers.     moreover, importance of research in developing countries to achieve growth in all fields is irrefutable     . in this study, the attitude, knowledge, and performance of medical and dental students of rafsanjan university of medical sciences on research were assessed. methods: in this descriptive study, 400...

conclusions although the dentists had a proper knowledge in the field of transmission of hiv, hbv, and hcv infections, fear and concern of being infected make them to refuse these patients. therefore, training dentists to improve their attitudes toward treatment of these patients is necessary. background dental practitioners can be exposed to the human immunodeficiency virus (hiv), hepatitis b ...

background/objective: this study aimed to address the knowledge gap in citizenship education. in other words, there was an attempt to investigate the effect of a citizenship education program on knowledge, attitudes, subjective norms, and behavioral intention of high schools girls. methods: 228 female students, 91 in the experimental and 137 in the control groups participated in this study. a q...

background: oral cancer has emerged as a significant cause of global public health concern. if a cancerous lesion is diagnosed in primary stages, the survival rate would be higher. thus, the aim of this study was to evaluate knowledge, attitude and practice of general dentist regarding oral cancer in sari, iran. methods: this cross sectional analytical study was performed on general dentists of...

background: normal vaginal delivery (nvd) is defined as the best method of delivery. however, unfortunately its rate is decreasing because of the increasing rate of cesarean section (c/s). low level of knowledge about delivery mode and negative attitude toward nvd are some of the reasons for the patients selecting cesarean. the purpose of this study is to assess the knowledge and attitudes of p...

background: emergency contraception  (ec) has been available in iran, however there has been little research into the extent of knowledge of the actions, effectiveness and attitudes of students about it .the aim of this study was to detect the knowledge and attitudes of university students towards emergency contraception . methods: a survey of 130 university students was conducted at shahrekord...

background: eclampsia is associated with 14 % of maternal mortality in developing countries. considering that identification of at risk mothers and improving the level of knowledge and awareness of family care experts would lead to better control of the disease and its complication, the aim of this survey was to evaluate the level of knowledge and attitude concerning this disease among pregnant...

background: the principles of pharmaceutical care are embedded in the concept of good pharmacy practice (gpp). gpp is poorly applied in community pharmacies not only in asian countries, but even in united states and europe. the present study was undertaken to evaluate the knowledge, attitude and practice of the community pharmacists in iran, regarding gpp. methods: a total of 794 pharmacists we...