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Nutritional Knowledge, Attitude, and Practice among Patients with Type 2 Diabetes in Trinidad and Tobago

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DOI: 
10.7727/wimj.2014.287
Pages: 
170–6
Synopsis: 
A cohort of 122 patients was selected via quota sampling and surveyed using a structured questionnaire to assess knowledge, attitude, and practice in relation to their disease and to compare these attributes between patients receiving or not receiving nutrition counselling.

ABSTRACT

Objectives: To assess knowledge, attitude and practice in relation to their disease among patients with Type 2 diabetes mellitus in one regional health district in Trinidad and Tobago and to compare these attributes between patients receiving/not receiving nutrition counselling.

Accepted: 
29 Oct, 2014
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e-Published: 06 May, 2015

Development and Validation of a Measure of Attitudes toward Fluffy Women

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DOI: 
10.7727/wimj.2013.321
Pages: 
626–33
Synopsis: 
A scale to assess attitudes toward fluffy women is developed and validated in a university student population in Jamaica. The scale has reasonably good concurrent validity and acceptable discriminant validity.

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Background: There is an absence of research on the newly evolved term “fluffy” which describes body image and personality features among women. Research on “fluffiness” among Caribbean peoples has been limited by the lack of valid and reliable measures of the concept.

Accepted: 
22 Apr, 2014
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e-Published: 02 Jul, 2014

Knowledge, Attitude and Behaviour for Choosing Oral Hygiene Aids among Students of Management Institutes, Ghaziabad, India

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DOI: 
10.7727/wimj.2012.325
Synopsis: 
A cross-sectional study of 1224 students revealed that selection of oral hygiene products was based more on parental influence. There seems to be a lack of knowledge and awareness about how to choose a dentifrice and toothbrush
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Objective: There is a lot of information available about various oral hygiene aids used for the maintenance of oral hygiene and the prevention of oral diseases but the reason why people choose a particular product is under-reported. This study sought to assess the knowledge, attitudes and behaviour of choosing oral hygiene aids among students of management institutes in Ghaziabad, India.
Accepted: 
19 Feb, 2013
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e-Published: 18 Feb, 2014

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Knowledge, Attitude and Practice of Emergency Contraceptive Pills among Tertiary level students in Trinidad: A Cross-sectional Survey

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650–5
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A survey was conducted to assess knowledge, attitude and practice about emergency contraceptives (EC) among tertiary level students in Trinidad. The general level of their knowledge about ECs was poor but their general attitude towards ECs was positive.

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Objective: The objective of this study was to estimate the general knowledge, attitude and practice of Emergency Contraceptive pills (ECs) among tertiary level students in Trinidad.

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e-Published: 15 Oct, 2013

The Survey of HIV/AIDS Related Knowledge, Attitude and Behaviour among Migrant Peasant Workers in Middle City in China

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418–23
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The education and prevention of HIV/AIDS in migrant peasant workers is of paramount importance to prevent the spread of HIV/AIDS disease in China.

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Objectives: To explore HIV/AIDS related knowledge, attitude and behaviour among migrant peasant workers in Changsha, which is a inland city in central China, and to provide evidence that educating this population may help to prevent the spread of HIV/AIDS in China.

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e-Published: 07 Oct, 2013

HTLV-1 Related Knowledge, Attitude and Behaviour Patterns among Mothers who Participated in the Jamaica Breastfeeding Intervention Study (1996–2000)

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35–40
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There are deficiencies in the knowledge and practice of women at risk of contracting infection with HTLV-1. This study shows that knowledge may not be retained, therefore health education will need to be sustained.

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e-Published: 01 Oct, 2013

Knowledge, Attitudes and Behaviours Related to HIV/AIDS among Female Migrant Workers in the Restaurant Industry in Guangzhou, China

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DOI: 
10.7727/wimj.2012.217
Pages: 
329–36
Synopsis: 
In this paper, we described HIV/AIDS-related knowledge, attitudes and sexual behaviours among migrant female workers in the restaurant industry in Guangzhou City, Guangdong, China. The findings indicate that there is a need for improvement of knowledge and behaviours toward HIV/AIDS for migrant women in China.

ABSTRACT

Objective: The goal of the present study was to assess knowledge and attitudes related to HIV/AIDS among the migrant female workers in the restaurant industry in Guangzhou City, China.

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e-Published: 14 Aug, 2013
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