{"title":"Annual Article Index","authors":"S. Sakarya","doi":"10.20518/THSD.75452","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.20518/THSD.75452","url":null,"abstract":"2015 yilinda Turk J Public Health'de 15'i Orijinal Makale olmak uzere 24 adet makale yayimlanmistir. Yayimlanan makalelerin konu dagilimi, baslik ve yazar listesinin tamamini Yillik Makale Indeksinde gorebilirsiniz.","PeriodicalId":30432,"journal":{"name":"Turkish Journal of Public Health","volume":"22 1","pages":"3-18"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2015-12-29","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"67661419","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":"Exploring the possibilities for stabilizing the sex ratio in India","authors":"S. Shrivastava, P. Shrivastava, J. Ramasamy","doi":"10.20518/THSD.08067","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.20518/THSD.08067","url":null,"abstract":"The sex ratio is an important demographic indicator for a nation. A wide range of adverse social consequences have been observed because of a skewed sex ratio in India. If India as a nation is to achieve the Millennium Development Goal – 3 (which promotes gender equality and ensures the empowerment of women), the primary target should be involve all those involved, so that a collective and comprehensive approach can be developed to counter the public health menace of an asymmetrical sex ratio. In conclusion, the nation’s program managers should prioritize the issue of a skewed sex ratio and work towards developing a coordinated response. Key Words: Sex ratio, policy makers, India.","PeriodicalId":30432,"journal":{"name":"Turkish Journal of Public Health","volume":"13 1","pages":"230-235"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2015-12-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"67660877","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}
Basil J. Kanoa, Osama S AbuNada, Mazen A. El-Sakka, Moain A Kariri, A. Al-Hindi
{"title":"A survey on the knowledge and attitudes among the students of Al-Azhar University to HIV/AIDS, the Gaza Strip-Palestine","authors":"Basil J. Kanoa, Osama S AbuNada, Mazen A. El-Sakka, Moain A Kariri, A. Al-Hindi","doi":"10.20518/THSD.50060","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.20518/THSD.50060","url":null,"abstract":"Objective: The study assessed the knowledge and attitudes of students’ at a university in Gaza regarding HIV/AIDS and identified differences in knowledge about HIV, and attitudes by gender, locality, and social and economic status. Methods: This descriptive study targeted 492 students of Al-Azhar University-Gaza. The participants completed self-administered questionnaires that included the following dimensions: socio-demographic, measurements of student's knowledge level and measurement of student's attitudes towards HIV/AIDS. Results: Findings showed moderate level of knowledge regarding HIV/AIDS although there was a very low of perception regarding the acceptance and sharing of HIV/AIDS persons. It means that only one third of the study respondents are willingness to be in close touch with people living with HIV or even communication with them, and less than fifty percent thought that it is their right to be engaged in a public or governmental job, stigma and discriminatory attitudes toward HIV/AIDS persons is high only 48% of the students thought it right to employ people living with HIV (PLHIV) and 35.5% refused to work in the same place with PLHIV. Conclusion: This study indicates the need for improving the level of knowledge as well as promoting the students' towards positive attitude. Key words: AIDS, Knowledge, attitude, students, HIV, Gaza","PeriodicalId":30432,"journal":{"name":"Turkish Journal of Public Health","volume":"13 1","pages":"217-229"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2015-12-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"67661043","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}
Rukuye Aylaz, G. Güneş, Yurdagül Günaydın, M. Kocaer, E. Pehlivan
{"title":"Problematic internet usage among high school students and the relevant factors","authors":"Rukuye Aylaz, G. Güneş, Yurdagül Günaydın, M. Kocaer, E. Pehlivan","doi":"10.20518/THSD.65874","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.20518/THSD.65874","url":null,"abstract":"Objective: In this study we studied the problematic internet usage among high school students and the relevant factors. Methods: This cross sectional study was done in March 2010. A questionnaire was filled by 435 students from 6 different classes. A personal information form and a problematic internet usage scale were developed by the authors were used. Number, percentage, average and t-test for the independent groups were used for the statistical analyses. Results: 53.8% of the students is male and 46.2% of them is female. 74.4% reported that they had a computer at home, 63.9% reported that they had used the internet for more than 2 years. 42.6% complained about redness in their eyes and 28.3% complained about aches in the neck muscles. According to the problematic internet usage scale total point for boys is 131.16±25.0 and for girls it is 137.74±21.6 (p=0.012). Conclusion: According to this study a statistically important relationship between gender and problematic internet use has been shown. Female students, students who are smoking and students who have sleeping problems, reported problematic internet use more than the others. Keywords: Problematic internet use, adolescent, health.","PeriodicalId":30432,"journal":{"name":"Turkish Journal of Public Health","volume":"13 1","pages":"184-192"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2015-12-25","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"67661161","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":"Türkiye'de denetleme, cezalar ve trafik güvenliği göstergeleri arasindaki ilişkiler: 2008-2012 yillari analizi","authors":"Nebi Sümer, Ömür Kaygısız","doi":"10.20518/THSD.11797","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.20518/THSD.11797","url":null,"abstract":"Amac: Trafik denetiminin amaci, psikolojik caydirma ve ogrenme kurami ilkelerine dayali olarak yollarda trafik kurallarina ve duzenlemelerine tam uyumu saglamaktir. Bu calismanin amaci Turkiye’de trafik denetimlerinin ve cezalarin trafik kazalari, yaralanmalari ve olumleri ile iliskisini incelenmektir. Yontem: Calismada 2008-2012 donemine ait 81 ilin trafik denetleme, ceza ve kaza verileri kullanilmistir. Bu amacla, 81 ilde soz konusu donemde arac basina dusen denetleme, ceza, kaza, yarali ve olumlere iliskin trafik guvenligi gostergeleri hesaplanmis ve ilgili degiskenler arasindaki korelasyonlar incelenmistir. Bulgular: Kaza, yaralanma ve olum oranin azaltilmasinda, ceza sayisinin denetim sayisindan daha etkili oldugu gozlenmistir. Denetim turleri arasinda en yuksek duzeyde negatif anlamli iliski alkol denetimleri ile kaza riskine iliskin cesitli degiskenler arasinda bulunmustur. Emniyet kemeri ve asiri hiz denetimleri de trafikteki olum, yaralanma ve kazalari azaltmada anlamli etkiye sahiptir. Genel olarak denetim/ceza ile trafik kazalari, olumleri ve yaralanmalari arasindaki korelasyonlar -0,30 civarindadir. Bu da denetleme ve/veya ceza sayisinin Turkiye’de kazalari %10 duzeyinde azalttigina isaret etmektedir. Sonuc: Hem bes yillik toplamda, hem de yillar bazinda, trafik denetimlerinin ve cezalarinin basta olu, yarali ve kaza sayisi olmak uzere, farkli trafik guvenligi gostergeleriyle negatif yonde iliskili oldugu bulunmustur. Anahtar Kelimeler: Trafik kazasi, trafik guvenligi, trafik denetimi etkinligi, trafik cezasi.","PeriodicalId":30432,"journal":{"name":"Turkish Journal of Public Health","volume":"5 1","pages":"193-205"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2015-12-25","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"67660972","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}
Aktan Turan, A. Yüksel, Gülümser Dolgun, İzzet Çeleğen
{"title":"How mothers feed their 0-12-month-old children in Turkey's Eastern province of Van?","authors":"Aktan Turan, A. Yüksel, Gülümser Dolgun, İzzet Çeleğen","doi":"10.20518/THSD.99582","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.20518/THSD.99582","url":null,"abstract":"Objective: This research was planned to evaluate how mothers with 0-12-month-old infants who had been admitted to health centers in the city center of Van. Methods: The data of this descriptive research were collected by face-to-face interviews with 635 mothers. The data were evaluated by chi-square and logistic regression analysis. Results: The mean duration of exclusive breastfeeding of infants was 4 months. While 47.9% of 1-6-month-old infants were still being breastfed, 53.5% of 7-12-month-old infants were being fed with proper nutrition in addition to breast milk. It was confirmed that infants of 6 months or younger are four times better fed than babies of 7 months and older, infants breastfed in the first postnatal hour are fed 1.6 times better than those breastfed after the first hour, and that infants not given pacifiers are two times better fed compared to those that are not given these aids. Conclusion: In the present study, the frequency of exclusive breastfeeding was higher than that indicated average of Turkey. Additionally, a negative relationship was found between using pacifiers and proper nutrition. Our study showed that the aims that WHO and of the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) suggest could not be reached but results were still found to be better compared to those of TNSA-2008 and TNSA-2013. Keywords: Exclusively breastfed, infant, education, proper nutrition","PeriodicalId":30432,"journal":{"name":"Turkish Journal of Public Health","volume":"13 1","pages":"172-183"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2015-12-25","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"67661340","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":"Effectiveness of nutrition and physical activity interventions in women with impaired fasting glucose: A randomized controlled trial in the community/Bozulmuş Açlık Glukozu Görülen Kadınlarda Beslenme ve Fiziksel Aktiviteye Yönelik Girişimlerinin Etkinliğ","authors":"S. Yılmaz, B. Ünal","doi":"10.20518/tjph.173074","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.20518/tjph.173074","url":null,"abstract":"Background: This study aimed to determine whether regular telephone calls on reminding not to consume high glycemic index food and performing regular physical activity improve fasting glucose levels in Turkish women with impaired fasting glucose (IFG) aged 30-65 years. Methods: All intervention (n=117) and control (n=99) groups took a seminar on healthy eating and physical activity. Women in the intervention group were then called weekly and motivated by using charts that were designed with colours adopted from the traffic lights. After 12 weeks of intervention both groups were invited for blood tests. In total, 32 intervention and 17 controls responded to the last visit. Results: In the intervention group, the number of green colour code for nutrition decreased (from 16.2 ± 4.1 to 15.1±3.7, p=0.03) but the number of green colour code for activity was not changed significantly (from 0.5 ±0.7 to 0.4±0.7, p=0.25) in the third month. At the third month fasting blood glucose was higher in the intervention group (117.0 ± 25.8) than control group (109.5 ± 9.2) (p=0.69). Conclusion: In our study, simple regular telephone calls were not sufficient to motivate the study participants to stay in the study and to take dietary and physical activity advices. Further studies should be designed to evaluate different and new lifestyle change interventions in high risk people in Turkey.","PeriodicalId":30432,"journal":{"name":"Turkish Journal of Public Health","volume":"11 1","pages":"23-32"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2015-12-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"67661594","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":"İzmir, Güzelbahçe’de koroner kalp hastalığı beş yıllık insidansı ve risk faktörleri ile ilişkisi","authors":"O. Badıllıoğlu, B. Ü. Toğrul, Ş. Uçku","doi":"10.20518/TJPH.173058","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.20518/TJPH.173058","url":null,"abstract":"Amac: Guzelbahce Saglik Ocagi Bolgesi’nde 1997 yilinda yapilan, 30 yas ve uzeri populasyonda Koroner Kalp Hastaligi (KKH) sikliginin ve risk faktorleri ile iliskisinin belirlendigi arastirma grubundaki KKH olmayan kisilerde bes yillik KKH insidansini ve risk faktorleri ile iliskisini incelemektir. Yontem: Ilk calismada (1997 yilinda) incelenen 343 kisi icerisinden KKH tanisi alanlar cikartilarak, geriye kalan 315 kisi ileriye yonelik degerlendirme icin arastirma grubunu olusturmustur. 315 kisiden 47’sine (%14.9) goc nedeniyle ulasilamamistir. Gorusulen ve olen toplam 268 (%85.1) kisi, bes yillik KKH insidansi ve bes yil onceki risk faktorleri ile iliskisi acisindan incelenmistir. Bulgular: Arastirma grubunda KKH bes yillik insidansi %5.2’dir. KKH insidansi, erkeklerde %11.7, kadinlarda %1.7 olarak bulunmustur. Arastirmaya katilan erkeklerle kadinlar arasinda, KKH insidansi acisindan anlamli bir fark vardir. Arastirmaya katilanlarda yas arttikca KKH insidansi da anlamli olarak artmaktadir. 1997 yilindaki arastirma grubunda seker hastaligi %9.3, ailede KKH oykusu %23.6, sigara icmis-iciyor olma sikligi %47.8, obezite %31.9, hipertansiyon %48.7 oranlarinda gorulmustur. Bu risk faktorleri acisindan arastirma grubu incelendiginde seker hastalarinda, ailede KKH oykusu olanlarda, sigara kullananlarda, total kolesterol ve trigliserit degerleri yuksek bulunanlarda bes yillik KKH insidansi daha yuksek bulunmustur; ancak bu risk faktorlerinden sadece trigliserit yuksekligi ile KKH insidansi arasinda anlamli bir iliski bulunmustur. Sonuc: Erkeklerde %11.7, kadinlarda %1.7 bulunan insidans gostermektedir ki erkeklerle kadinlar arasinda KKH insidansi acisindan cok anlamli bir fark vardir. Sigara kullanan, ailede KKH oykusu olan, seker hastaligi bulunan, total kolesterol ve trigliserit duzeyleri yuksek olanlarda bu riskleri tasimayanlara gore KKH insidansi daha yuksek oranlarda gorulmustur; sadece trigliserit yuksekligi ile KKH insidansi arasinda anlamli bir iliski vardir","PeriodicalId":30432,"journal":{"name":"Turkish Journal of Public Health","volume":"9 1","pages":"129-132"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2015-12-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"67661674","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":"Mesleksel yaralanma ve ölümlerde bölgesel eşitsizlikler/Regional inequalities in occupational injuries and deaths","authors":"Alpaslan Türkkan","doi":"10.20518/tjph.173078","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.20518/tjph.173078","url":null,"abstract":"Ozet Amac: Turkiye’de mesleksel hastaliklar ile is kazalari nedeniyle olusan yaralanma ve olumlerde bolgesel esitsizlikleri degerlendirmektir. Yontem: Ekolojik tipteki calisma 2000-2011 yillari arasi 12 yillik doneme ait mesleksel guvenlik ve saglik verisinin retrospektif olarak incelenmesiyle yurutulmustur. Veri kaynagi Sosyal Guvenlik Kurumu (SGK) ve Sosyal Sigortalar Kurumu (SSK) istatistik yilliklaridir. Zorunlu sigortalilarin yaralanma ve olum verisi iller bazinda kaydedilmistir. Veri Istatistiki Bolge Birimleri Siniflamasi’na (IBBS) uygun sekilde birlestirilerek bolgesel veri haline donusturulmustur. Yaralanma insidans hizi, mortalite ve fatalite hizlari bu veriden hesaplanmistir. Bolgesel esitsizlikleri gostermek icin risk orani, risk farki, topluma atfedilen risk (PAR) ve yuzdesi (PAR%) hesaplanmistir. Bulgular: Turkiye’de 2000-2011 yillari arasinda is nedeniyle yilda ortalama 74.215 kisi yaralanmis ve 1.092 kisi olmustur. Turkiye’de 2000-2011 yillari arasinda mesleksel yaralanma insidans hizi %58, mortalite hizi %27,3 azalirken fatalite hizi %73,4 artmistir. Mutlak esitsizlik gostergesi olan fatalite hizi risk farki 2000 yilindaki 50,9’dan 2011 yilinda 128,0’a yukselmistir. Bolgesel esitsizlikler olmasaydi 2000-2011 arasindaki 13.099 is nedenli olum sayisi 6.511’e dusecekti. Sonuc: Is kazalari ve meslek hastaliklari nedeniyle yaralanma ve olumlerde bolgelerarasi esitsizlikler belirgindir. Turkiye’de mesleksel hastalik ve is kazasi kayitlari yetersiz olup tum olgular bildirilmemektedir. Bu nedenle mesleksel guvenlik ve saglik durumu degerlendirilirken fatalite hizi da goz onune alinmalidir. Anahtar Kelimeler: Mesleksel yaralanma, meslek hastaligi, mortalite, fatalite Abstract Objective: To evaluate the injuries and the deaths due to occupational diseases and occupational accidents in Turkey with respect to inter-regional inequalities. Methods: This ecological type of study was conducted between the years of 2000-2011 by examining the occupational safety and the health data for the 12 years retrospectively. The data sources were the statistical year books from Social Security Institution (SSI) and Social Insurance Institution (SII). The data for the injuries and deaths of the compulsory insured individuals were recorded on a city basis. The set of data created by cities have been put into regional data categories with respect to the Nomenclature of Territorial Units For Statistics (IBBS). Occupational injury incidence, mortality and fatality rates have been calculated based on the present data. To show the regional inequalities risk ratios, risk differences, absolute population attributable risks (PAR) and the ratios (PAR%) have been calculated. Results: 74,215 people were injured and 1,092 died due to occupational accidents between 2000-2011. During the 12 year period the injury incidence rate decreased by 58%, the mortality rate by 27.3% but the fatality rate increased by 73.4%. The risk difference of the fatality rate which is an indica","PeriodicalId":30432,"journal":{"name":"Turkish Journal of Public Health","volume":"33 1","pages":"121-128"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2015-12-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"67661697","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}