scholarly journals Environmental Health Knowledge, Attitudes, and Practices of French Prenatal Professionals Working with a Socially Underprivileged Population: A Qualitative Study

2019 ◽  
Vol 16 (14) ◽  
pp. 2544
Author(s):  
Albouy-Llaty ◽  
Rouillon ◽  
El Ouazzani ◽  
DisProSE ◽  
Rabouan ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Environmental Health ◽  
Cultural Context ◽  
Health Knowledge ◽  
Social Inequalities ◽  
Economic Status ◽  
Social Contexts ◽  
Attitudes And Practices ◽  
Social Economic Status ◽  
Subject Categories ◽  
Knowledge Attitudes And Practices

: Introduction: As environmental health knowledge of population is associated with social economic status, the objective of this study was to determine environmental health knowledge, attitudes, and practices of French prenatal professionals working with a socially underprivileged population. Material and methods: A focus group with eleven prenatal professionals working with socially underprivileged population was carried out in France in 2015. Content analysis of verbatim explanation was conducted with choice-of-subject categories carried out according to the triangulation principle, and topic trees were generated and applied. Results: The professionals have non-specialized experimental knowledge of emergent risks and were essentially preoccupied by infectious biological risks. In practice, however, they became increasingly cognizant of emergent risks. Their educational practices take cultural context into account but educational tools with imagination and affectivity have to be developed in order to reach socially underprivileged population. Discussion: Professionals are often sensitized to the field of environmental health in their apprehension of polluted biological environments, which they associate with social contexts and behavioral factors. In this study, we recommend adapted training programs and updated professional guidelines in view of reducing prenatal emergent risk exposures and social inequalities of health.

Oral health knowledge, attitudes and practices of individuals with diabetes mellitus in the Sultanate of Oman

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dr.Noora Ibrahim Saleh AlShihi ◽  
Dr.Noor Al Busaidi ◽  
Dr.Abdulhakeem Al Rawahi ◽  
Dr.Raya Al Jahdhami ◽  
Dr.Rayan Al Riyami ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Diabetes Mellitus ◽  
Oral Health ◽  
Health Knowledge ◽  
Sultanate Of Oman ◽  
Oral Health Knowledge ◽  
Attitudes And Practices ◽  
Knowledge Attitudes And Practices

scholarly journals Knowledge, attitudes, and practices about tuberculosis and choice of communication channels in Thailand

2016 ◽  
Vol 10 (07) ◽  
pp. 694-703 ◽  
Author(s):  
Supa Pengpid ◽  
Karl Peltzer ◽  
Apa Puckpinyo ◽  
Sariyamon Tiraphat ◽  
Somchai Viripiromgool ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
General Population ◽  
Family Member ◽  
Ethnic Minorities ◽  
Health Knowledge ◽  
Minority Group ◽  
Knowledge Score ◽  
Cross Sectional Survey ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Attitudes And Practices ◽  
Knowledge Attitudes And Practices

Introduction: The aim of this study was to assess tuberculosis (TB) knowledge, attitudes, and practices in both the general population and risk groups in Thailand. Methodology: In a cross-sectional survey, a general population (n = 3,074) and family members of a TB patient (n = 559) were randomly selected, using stratified multistage sampling, and interviewed. Results: The average TB knowledge score was 5.7 (maximum = 10) in the Thai and 5.1 in the migrant and ethnic minorities general populations, 6.3 in Thais with a family member with TB, and 5.4 in migrants and ethnic minorities with a family member with TB. In multivariate linear regression among the Thai general population, higher education, higher income, and knowing a person from the community with TB were all significantly associated with level of TB knowledge. Across the different study populations, 18.6% indicated that they had undergone a TB screening test. Multivariate logistic regression found that older age, lower education, being a migrant or belonging to an ethnic minority group, residing in an area supported by the Global Fund, better TB knowledge, having a family member with TB, and knowing other people in the community with TB was associated having been screened for TB. Conclusion: This study revealed deficiencies in the public health knowledge about TB, particularly among migrants and ethnic minorities in Thailand. Sociodemographic factors should be considered when designing communication strategies and TB prevention and control interventions.

scholarly journals Knowledge, attitudes and practices related to healthy childbearing in the West Coast / Winelands

Curationis ◽  
2008 ◽  
Vol 31 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
LC Maart
Keyword(s):  
Birth Weight ◽  
Low Birth Weight ◽  
Economic Status ◽  
Small Towns ◽  
Reproductive Age ◽  
High Rate ◽  
Western Cape ◽  
Low Birth Weight Infants ◽  
Attitudes And Practices ◽  
Knowledge Attitudes And Practices

Many of the known risk factors associated with low birth weight (LB W) infants, such as socio-economic status, ethnicity, genetic makeup, and obstetric history, are not within a woman’s immediate control. However, there are many things that a woman can do to improve her chances of having a normal healthy child. Lifestyle behaviours, such as cigarette smoking, nutrition and the use of alcohol, play an important role in determining the growth of the foetus. There is a high rate of low birth weight infants bom to women living and working on the farms in the Western Cape. Very little is known about the knowledge, attitudes and practices of the women living and working on the farms that may be influencing their pregnancy outcomes. The aim of this qualitative exploratory study was to establish the knowledge, attitudes and practices of reproductive age women related to lifestyle factors such as alcohol use, smoking and nutrition, and the perceptions of these factors by health care workers, in Stellenbosch and Vredendal areas (small towns in the Western Cape).

scholarly journals Travel Health Knowledge, Attitudes and Practices among Australasian Travelers

2004 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
pp. 9-15 ◽  
Author(s):  
Annelies Wilder-Smith ◽  
Nor S. Khairullah ◽  
Jae-Hoon Song ◽  
Ching-Yu Chen ◽  
Joseph Torresi
Keyword(s):  
Health Knowledge ◽  
Attitudes And Practices ◽  
Travel Health ◽  
Knowledge Attitudes And Practices
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