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Gender as a risk factor in minor psychiatric morbidity in the United Kingdom 在英国，性别是轻微精神疾病的危险因素

The Internet Journal of Epidemiology Pub Date : 2008-12-31 DOI: 10.5580/172e

H. Murphy, K. Lloyd

引用次数: 6

Relationship of intestinal parasitic infections and malnutrition among school children in Makurdi, Benue State - Nigeria 尼日利亚贝努埃州马库尔迪学童肠道寄生虫感染与营养不良的关系

The Internet Journal of Epidemiology Pub Date : 2008-12-31 DOI: 10.5580/11f0

E. Amuta, T. Olusi, R. Houmsou

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引用次数: 23

Uptake Of Childhood Immunization Among Mothers Of Under-Five In Southwestern Nigeria 尼日利亚西南部五岁以下儿童母亲的儿童免疫接种情况

The Internet Journal of Epidemiology Pub Date : 2008-12-31 DOI: 10.5580/f4

D. Adeyinka, O. Oladimeji, F. E. Adeyinka, C. Aimakhu

{"title":"Uptake Of Childhood Immunization Among Mothers Of Under-Five In Southwestern Nigeria","authors":"D. Adeyinka, O. Oladimeji, F. E. Adeyinka, C. Aimakhu","doi":"10.5580/f4","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5580/f4","url":null,"abstract":"Background Immunization preventable childhood diseases are a major cause of the under five mortality in Nigeria. Objective The study was aimed at determining the awareness, attitude of mothers of under-five towards immunization and proportion of children fully immunized in the 12-28 month age. Methods The study was a descriptive cross sectional household survey of perception of mothers with children under 5 years of age to immunization in Igbo-Ora, Oyo state. A cluster sampling of the mothers were carried out. Results A total of 503 mothers were interviewed with a mean age of 27.3 years and SD of 5.7 years. The mean age of the children was 19.7 months with a SD of 14.4 months. Almost all the women interviewed (99%) were aware of the immunization with 65.7% obtaining information at antenatal clinics. A good proportion of children aged 12 to 33 months were fully immunized (76.9%), 30% were partially immunized and 0.7% were not fully immunized. Majority had good attitudes to immunization with 84.3% having attitude scores of 75% and above. Immunization of the children was not significantly associated with the socio-demographic characteristics at 5% level of significance. The reasons reported for not completing immunization include long waiting on queues (46.1%), payment at private clinics (20.2%) and distance (17.7%). Conclusion The role of antenatal clinic as a source of awareness should further be strengthened by training more health workers to work since majority of the respondents got informed about immunization in the antenatal clinics.","PeriodicalId":247354,"journal":{"name":"The Internet Journal of Epidemiology","volume":"6 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2008-12-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"121309827","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

引用次数: 62

Hospital Charges and Comorbidities of Obese and Morbidly Obese Patients 肥胖和病态肥胖患者的医院收费和合并症

The Internet Journal of Epidemiology Pub Date : 2008-12-31 DOI: 10.5580/280

W. Hlaing, Sunny H. Kim, D. Dávalos

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引用次数: 1

Risk Factors for Peripheral Arterial Disease in United States Asymptomatic Patients Aged 40 – 69 and Asymptomatic Patients Aged ≥ 70: Results from NHANES 1999-2004 美国40 - 69岁无症状患者和≥70岁无症状患者外周动脉疾病的危险因素:来自NHANES 1999-2004的结果

The Internet Journal of Epidemiology Pub Date : 2008-12-31 DOI: 10.5580/634

J. Reed

引用次数: 4

Perception of faculties regarding the stress in medical education – a qualitative study. 教师对医学教育压力的感知——一项质性研究。

The Internet Journal of Epidemiology Pub Date : 2008-12-31 DOI: 10.5580/2625

Jaykaran, P. Yadav, P. Bhardwaj, Arvind Panwar, N. Chavda

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引用次数: 8

Determination of the Most Cost Effective Pre-Outbreak Immunization Rate through a Novel Approach 通过一种新方法确定最具成本效益的爆发前免疫率

The Internet Journal of Epidemiology Pub Date : 2008-12-31 DOI: 10.5580/cde

Nathan Georgette

引用次数: 2

An Empirical Study of Causes of Disability in India 印度残疾成因的实证研究

The Internet Journal of Epidemiology Pub Date : 2008-12-31 DOI: 10.5580/501

S. K. Patel

{"title":"An Empirical Study of Causes of Disability in India","authors":"S. K. Patel","doi":"10.5580/501","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5580/501","url":null,"abstract":"In the field of health related research the pattern of causes provide a clear and in depth idea about the situation of the diseases and injuries prevalence in the population under study. Identifying the causes of disability among sex, place of residence and most importantly among different age groups have a useful contribution in proper health planning. The main focus of the study is to explore the patterns of causes of disability in India. Here, NSS-58th round-2002 disabled persons data has been analyzed using univariate, bivariate and two way ANOVA analysis. Results reveal that locomotor disability is the most prevalent type of disability affecting the population of all ages in India. Mental problems are highest among working age population, and visual and hearing disability are highest among the aged population. Mental disability is occurring mainly due to serious illness during childhood, head injury in childhood and pregnancy and birth related causes. Old age, cataract, glaucoma and other eye disease are the main causes for having visual problems while polio, injury other than burns, other illness, stroke, arthritis, cerebral palsy are the main causes of locomotor disability. The study also shows that injury other than burns is a vital cause of having disability in India.","PeriodicalId":247354,"journal":{"name":"The Internet Journal of Epidemiology","volume":"21 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2008-12-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"126606410","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

引用次数: 26

Factors determining use of oral contraceptive 决定使用口服避孕药的因素

The Internet Journal of Epidemiology Pub Date : 2008-12-31 DOI: 10.5580/c3

Rajesh K. Chudasama, A. Kavishwar, Naresh R Godara, M. Moitra

引用次数: 2

The Sero-Prevalence Of Hepatitis C Virus (Hcv) Infection Among Prospective Blood Donors Ina Nigerian Tertiary Health Institution 尼日利亚三级卫生机构预期献血者中丙型肝炎病毒(Hcv)感染的血清流行率

The Internet Journal of Epidemiology Pub Date : 2008-12-31 DOI: 10.5580/1495

O. Alao, E. Okwori, M. Araoye

引用次数: 11