{"title":"Investigation of lead exposure awareness of families with children aged 0-6 who applied to a district polyclinic","authors":"D. Akçay, L. H. Özcebe","doi":"10.20518/TJPH.458197","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.20518/TJPH.458197","url":null,"abstract":"Objective: This study was conducted to investigate lead exposure awareness of families with children aged 0-6, who applied to a district polyclinic. Method: The research was carried out in Huseyin Savas district clinic between the 11th-21st of October, 2016. Amongst all the parents who applied to the polyclinic over the given time period, a questionnaire was administered to 101 parents who volunteered to participate. The questionnaire was created by using the literature and was administered through the face-to-face survey application technique. Results: It was determined that 86.1% of the participants did not have sufficient knowledge of lead poisoning. The mean score on the lead poisoning prevention awareness scale was lower for mothers with a high school education, when compared to those with university degrees. Furthermore, the mean score for prevention awareness was higher for respondents living in the centre of the province, compared to those from peripheral villages and towns. In addition, participants with higher economic status perceptions were found to be more knowledgeable than those with moderate perceptions. Conclusion: More education for parents, caregivers and children about lead exposure will raise awareness about the issue.","PeriodicalId":30432,"journal":{"name":"Turkish Journal of Public Health","volume":"16 1","pages":"15-23"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-04-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"46418057","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}
{"title":"Intestinal microbiota and health","authors":"Kamer Kalip, N. Atak","doi":"10.20518/TJPH.458203","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.20518/TJPH.458203","url":null,"abstract":"Each organ has a unique microbiota, formerly known as its flora. In discussions around microbiota, intestinal microbiota comes to mind first. Microbes in the intestinal microbiota are essential for shaping and maintaining human physiology, and play an active role in hemostasis. As the gastrointestinal system holds a lot of bacteria and neurons, it is often called the second brain. The gastrointestinal microbiota is formed in utero and is influenced by various environmental factors. It influences the functioning of the immune system, as well as affecting the regulation of the metabolism. In this context, the gastrointestinal microbiota is implicated in some types of cancer, type 2 diabetes and Alzheimer’s disease. It is thought that dysbiosis plays a part in the occurence of certain diseases. Therefore, it might be possible to prevent some diseases via the introduction of certain interventions. Further studies are needed in this field. Key","PeriodicalId":30432,"journal":{"name":"Turkish Journal of Public Health","volume":"16 1","pages":"58-73"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-04-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"44309794","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}
{"title":"Physicians' social media use and ethics","authors":"Kadriye Avcı","doi":"10.20518/TJPH.458202","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.20518/TJPH.458202","url":null,"abstract":"With an ever increasing user base and expanding modes of utilisation, social media has significantly solidified its place in the landscape of modern communication. Similarly, social media has also created a revolution in the provision and experience of health services. Today, social media is widely used, not only by individuals as a primary reference for health issues, but also by physicians. The use of social media by physicians raises important issues such as the blurring of professional and private lives. Social media has the potential to affect many practical issues such as the differentiation of professional from private life, physician-patient relationships, and medical ethics. This article discusses ethical issues with specific examples and investigates the key issues found in the preparation of social media guidelines.","PeriodicalId":30432,"journal":{"name":"Turkish Journal of Public Health","volume":"16 1","pages":"48-57"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-04-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"44958895","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}
Zahide Koşan, N. Akgül, Banu Bedir, E. Çalıkoglu, S. Yılmaz, S. Derelioğlu
{"title":"Is oral-dental health training in faculties of medicine and dentistry sufficient? A comparison of students’ knowledge levels","authors":"Zahide Koşan, N. Akgül, Banu Bedir, E. Çalıkoglu, S. Yılmaz, S. Derelioğlu","doi":"10.20518/TJPH.375338","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.20518/TJPH.375338","url":null,"abstract":"Ozet Amac: Toplumumuzda, dis problemlerinin yaygin olarak gorulmesi nedeni ile agiz ve dis sagligi bilincinin gelistirilmesi, yayginlastirilmasi ve surekliliginin saglanmasi gerekmektedir. Bu calismanin amaci, bu bilinci saglamakla yukumlu olan Tip ve Dis Hekimligi Fakultesi ogrencilerinin agiz-dis sagligi bilgi duzeylerini belirlemek ve saptanan eksikliklerin giderilmesine yonelik calisma yapilmasina yardimci olmaktir. Yontem: Tanimlayici tipteki bu arastirmaya, Erzurum Ataturk Universitesi Tip ve Dis Hekimligi Fakultesi’nde klinikte aktif olarak calisan 247 ogrenci katilmistir. Veriler katilimcilara ait demografik ozellikler ve agiz-dis sagligi bilgi duzeyini olcen anket formu araciligiyla toplanmistir. Bulgular: Arastirmaya katilan ogrencilerin %55.9’u erkek, yas ortalamasi 24.7±1.9 yildir; %46.2’i dis hekimligi, %53.8’i tip fakultesi ogrencisidir. Tip fakultesi ogrencilerinin agiz dis sagligi ile ilgili sorulara dogru yanit verme orani %4.5-%66.9 arasinda degisirken, dis hekimligi fakultesi ogrencileri icin bu oran %29.8-%97.4 idi. Dis hekimligi ve tip fakultesi ogrencilerinin bilgi duzeyinde anlamli farklilik bulunmustur (p<0.05). Sonuc: Dis hekimi adayi olan ogrencilerin agiz-dis sagligi bilgilerinin genel olarak yeterli olmasina karsin tip hekimi adaylarinin temel bilgiler konusunda dahi yeterli duzeyde olmadiklari gorulmustur. Bu nedenle tip fakultelerinin mezuniyet oncesi egitimine agiz-dis sagligi konularinin eklenmesi yararli olacaktir.","PeriodicalId":30432,"journal":{"name":"Turkish Journal of Public Health","volume":"15 1","pages":"201-211"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2017-12-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"43258502","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}
{"title":"Reexamination of an outbreak after forty-seven years: Key lessons from the Sagmalcılar outbreak, 1970","authors":"C. Bakar","doi":"10.20518/TJPH.375478","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.20518/TJPH.375478","url":null,"abstract":"Istanbul Sagmalcilarda 1970 yilinin Ekim ayinda 1500’e yakin kisinin hastalandigi ve 52 kisinin oldugu kolera salgini yasandi. Salgin Sagmalcilar, Esenler bolgesinde bulunan Habipler koyu yakinindaki coplugun altinda bulunan eski suyollari ile bolgedeki acik dereler vasitasiyla genis bir alana yayildi. Ekim ayi sonunda hastalik yayilmasi durduruldu. Salgin sirasinda yerel otoriteler tarafindan hastalarin takibi, izolasyonu ve tedavisi yapildi. Genis bir bagisiklama ile su kaynaklarinin ve acik su bolgelerinin klorlanmasi uygulandi. Bolgede acik su, mesrubat ve buz satisi yasaklandi, oluler ve mezarliklar kireclendi. Salgin olan evler sari kâgitlarla isaretlendi. Bu calismada materyal olarak donemin gazeteleri, ilgili calismalar ve Turkiye Buyuk Millet Meclisi'nin tutanaklari kullanildi. Bu yazida Sagmalcilar salginindan cikarilmasi gereken dersler salgin doneminde yapilan calismalar araciligi ile tartisilarak sunuldu","PeriodicalId":30432,"journal":{"name":"Turkish Journal of Public Health","volume":"15 1","pages":"245-269"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2017-12-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"44610178","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}
{"title":"General approaches in health disaster and emergency planning and existing health plans in Turkey","authors":"Sıdıka Tekeli Yeşil","doi":"10.20518/TJPH.375372","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.20518/TJPH.375372","url":null,"abstract":"Ozet Bu raporun amaci saglik calisanlarina yonelik olarak afet ve acil durum planlarinin genel ilkeleri ile ulkemizde kullanilan planlari tanitmaktir. Saglik sektoru afet yonetimi icinde ozel bir oneme sahiptir. Doga veya teknoloji kaynakli afetler ve karmasik olaylarin hepsinin insan sagligi uzerine dogrudan ve dolayli bircok etkisi vardir. Saglik sistemleri bu etkilere mudahale etmek acisindan hayati bir rol ustlenirler. Afetlerde saglik yonetiminin en onemli araclarindan birisi saglik afet ve acil durum planlaridir. Raporun giris bolumunde kisaca afet yonetiminin asamalari ele alinip, saglik afet ve acil durum planlamasinin genel ilkeleri degerlendirilmekte; ardindan da ulkemizde ulusal, il ve hastane duzeyinde hazirlan saglik afet ve acil durum planlari gozden gecirilmektedir. Son olarak bu planlarin bir degerlendirmesi yapilarak onerilerde bulunulmaktadir.","PeriodicalId":30432,"journal":{"name":"Turkish Journal of Public Health","volume":"15 1","pages":"233-244"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2017-12-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"48772335","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}
{"title":"Maternal mortality: A comparison of Afghanistan and its neighboring countries","authors":"Nasar Ahmad Shayan, H. Özcebe","doi":"10.20518/TJPH.375355","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.20518/TJPH.375355","url":null,"abstract":"Amac: Afganistan, anne olum oraninin dunyada yuksek oldugu ulkelerden biridir. Bu raporda Afganistan’in anne olum orani ve nedenlerinin, benzer sosyokulturel oruntuye sahip olan Iran, Pakistan, Tacikistan, Ozbekistan ve Turkmenistan ile karsilastirilmasi amaclanmistir. Yontem: Bu raporun hazirlanmasi sirasinda, Dunya Saglik Orgutu, UNICEF, Countdown to 2015 ve UNESCO’da yer alan verilerle, Afganistan olumleri calismasi (2010) sonuclarindan yararlanilmistir. Ulkelerin secimi sirasinda komsu olmasi ve sosyokulturel olarak benzer gruplar olma kriterleri kullanilmistir. Karsilastirma yapilan gostergeler sirasiyla nufus, saglik gostergeleri, dogurganlik, anne olum orani ve nedenleri seklindedir. Herkesin ulasabilecegi veri kaynaklari kullanildigi icin etik izin alinmamistir. Bulgular: Afganistan, komsu ulkelere gore daha fazla genc ve kirsal nufusuna sahip iken kadinlarin okur-yazarlik ve istihdam yuzdeleri daha dusuktur. Afganistan’da saglik hizmetlerine ulasilabilirlikle ilgili mudahaleler yapilmasina karsilik gostergeler halen oldukca yuksektir. Afganistan’da toplam dogurganlik sayisi ve anne olum orani, karsilastirma yapilan ulkeler icinde en yuksek degere sahiptir. Afganistan’da anne olum nedenlerinin ilk iki nedeni asiri kanama ve enfeksiyon olarak bildirilmistir. Sonuc: Afganistan, komsu ulkeleri arasinda sosyoekonomik olarak en dusuk gelismislik duzeyine sahip olan ulkedir; anne sagligi gostergeleri de en dusuk degerlere sahiptir. Afganistan’da kadinin statusunun yukseltilmesinin yani sira anne sagliginin gelistirilmesine yonelik mudahalelerin ivedilikle gelistirilmesi gerekmektedir.","PeriodicalId":30432,"journal":{"name":"Turkish Journal of Public Health","volume":"15 1","pages":"222-232"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2017-12-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"48078205","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}
{"title":"The validity and reliability of a new scale to measure patient-determined communication barriers in hospitals","authors":"E. Şahin, Bayram Aydin, M. Gülşen, S. Kul","doi":"10.20518/TJPH.375335","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.20518/TJPH.375335","url":null,"abstract":"Amac: Hasta ve saglik calisanlari arasindaki iletisimi engelleyen faktorleri belirlemenin ve etkili bir iletisim ortami olusturmanin saglik hizmetleri uzerinde olumlu sonuclari bulunmaktadir. Bu calismanin temel amaci hastalar tarafindan belirlenen iletisim engellerini ortaya koymada kullanilabilecek gecerli ve guvenilir yeni bir olcek gelistirmektir. Yontem: Calisma hastanede saglik hizmeti alan cinsiyet, yas, egitim durumu ve basvurdugu saglik birimine gore farklilik tasiyan 421 hasta ile gerceklestirilmistir. Tanimlayici istatistikler, acimlayici faktor analizi, dogrulayici faktor analizi ve Cronbach’s alpha testi uygulanmistir. Bulgular: Yapilan calismada toplanan verilerin analizi neticesinde 28 madde ve 7 alt boyuttan olusan gecerli ve guvenilir (Cronbach’s alpha= .81) yeni bir olcek ortaya konulmustur. Sonuc: Calisma neticesinde ortaya konan olcekte hasta duzeyinde iletisimi engelleyen faktorler; bekleme suresi, hastadaki kaygi ve endise, guvenlik personeli, hastanin ilgi ihtiyaci, saglik personeline duyulan guvensizlik, merak/bilgi ihtiyaci ve on yargi olarak belirlenmistir.","PeriodicalId":30432,"journal":{"name":"Turkish Journal of Public Health","volume":"15 1","pages":"187-200"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2017-12-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"41262662","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}
{"title":"State and trait anxiety levels among mothers of inpatient children and related factors","authors":"O. Günay, Nergis Sevinç, E. E. Arslantaş","doi":"10.20518/TJPH.375326","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.20518/TJPH.375326","url":null,"abstract":"Amac: Bu arastirma, hastanede yatarak tedavi goren cocuklarin annelerinde, durumluk ve surekli anksiyete duzeyini ve cesitli tibbi ve sosyo–demografik faktorlerin bu duzeylere etkisini belirlemek amaciyla yapilmistir. Yontem: Tanimlayici olan arastirma 2016 yilinda Erciyes Universitesi Cocuk Hastanesinde yapilmis; hastanenin cesitli servislerinde yatmakta olan cocuklarin anneleri arastirma kapsamina alinmistir. Annelerle (158 anne) hastane ortaminda gorusulerek, sosyo–demografik anket formu ve Durumluk–Surekli Anksiyete Olcegi uygulanmistir. Istatistiksel analizlerde p 0.05). Sonuc: Hastanede yatan cocuklarin annelerinde durumluk ve surekli anksiyete duzeyleri oldukca yuksektir. Cocugun hastalik suresi uzadikca, annenin surekli anksiyete duzeyi yukselmekte, annelerin cocugunun hastaligi hakkinda bilgilendirilmesi ile durumluk anksiyeteleri azaltmakta, ancak surekli anksiyete duzeyi etkilenmemektedir. Hastanede yatan cocuklarin annelerinin anksiyetesini azaltmak icin, ozellikle hastalik suresi uzun cocuklarda, cocugun hastaligi ve yapilan islemler hakkinda etkili bilgilendirilme yapilmasi ve gerektiginde profesyonel destek saglanmasi yararli olabilir.","PeriodicalId":30432,"journal":{"name":"Turkish Journal of Public Health","volume":"15 1","pages":"176-186"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2017-12-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"47444145","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}
{"title":"Breastfeeding and nutrition habits of 0-24 month infants in a semi-urban region of Manisa","authors":"B. Sahin, B. Özyurt","doi":"10.20518/tjph.375324","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.20518/tjph.375324","url":null,"abstract":"Amac: Arastirmada 0-24 ay bebeklerin anne sutu ile beslenme aliskanliklarini degerlendirmek amaclanmistir. Yontem: Arastirma tanimlayici tiptedir; yari-kentsel bolgedeki bir Aile Sagligi Merkezi’ne kayitli, 0-24 aylik bebegi olan 140 anne ile yapilmistir. Bulgular: Annelerin %96.4’u en az bir kez anne sutu vermistir. Dogumdan sonra ilk besin olarak anne sutu verilme orani %87.9’dur ve bebeklerin %56.4‘u ilk alti ay sadece anne sutu ile beslenmistir. Ortalama emzirme suresi 8.5±6.2 aydir. Alti aydan sonra ek gidaya baslama orani %55,6 ve verilen ek gida %72.3 ile sut-sut urunleridir. Bebeklerin ilk alti ay sadece anne sutu almasi ile annenin ve babanin egitim durumu, babanin isi, ortanca emzirme suresi, annenin yasi, bebegin ilk 6 ay alt solunum yolu enfeksiyonu gecirmesi ve cocuklar arasindaki yas farki arasinda istatistiksel olarak anlamli fark bulunmustur. Sonuc: Anne ve babanin ortaokul ve uzerinde egitim almasi, babanin isinin ust sosyal sinifta olmasi, annenin yasinin 30 ve uzerinde olmasi ve annenin cocuklari arasinda 2 yildan fazla yas farki olmasi anne sutu alimini ve emzirme suresini olumlu etkileyen faktorlerdir.","PeriodicalId":30432,"journal":{"name":"Turkish Journal of Public Health","volume":"15 1","pages":"164-175"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2017-12-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"49246461","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}