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{"title":"Customer-Care Initiatives of Service Providers and the Uptake of Breast and Cervical Cancer Screening Services in Mutare, Zimbabwe","authors":"T. Kureya, Alex Mushonga, Thomas Masese, Maxwell Mhlanga, Munyaradza Mukuzunga","doi":"10.11648/j.sjph.20241203.11","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.11648/j.sjph.20241203.11","url":null,"abstract":"Social marketing globally promotes social mobilization to increase uptake of recommended health services. The Ministry of Health and Child Care in Zimbabwe markets breast and cervical cancer screening for reproductive-age women. Despite efforts, uptake remains low, particularly in Mutare district. To address this, an analytical cross-sectional study was conducted in Dangamvura suburb to explore the relationship between service providers' customer-care initiatives and screening uptake. Qualitative and quantitative data was collected via interviews with 96 women aged 18 to 49, randomly selected from Dangamvura Poly-Clinic departments. Of these women, 13.5% were screened for breast cancer, 30.3% for cervical cancer, and 78.8% expressed intent to screen. 90.3% had accurate knowledge of breast and cervical cancer, but only 30.3% could identify screening sites. Among those screened, 75.8% intended to retest. Primary motivations for screening included a desire for health status knowledge (39.2%) and reproductive system issues (32.1%). Main barriers for non-screened women were lack of motivation (56%) and fear of positive results (16.7%). Logistic regression indicated protective factors for screening uptake: history of reproductive issues (AOR: 9.0678, p: 0.0029), prior breast cancer screening (AOR: 21.4347, p: 0.0006), and age 31 to 49 (AOR: 0.1754, p: 0.0066). Overall, uptake was low, influenced by customer factors (age, reproductive issues, prior breast cancer screening) and cost factors (perceived wait times, screening duration, perceived costs). Future interventions aimed at improving uptake of screening services should be tailored to address fears, misconceptions, and lack of motivation to screen among women of reproductive age.\u0000","PeriodicalId":506763,"journal":{"name":"Science Journal of Public Health","volume":" 34","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-05-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141128807","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":"Evaluation of Obstacles to Low Coverage of Routine Vitamin A Supplementation in 2021 in the Guédiawaye Health District in Dakar, Senegal","authors":"M. Camara, M. Ba, Yoro Diallo, Ibrahima Fall, O. Bassoum, M. Diongue, J. Tine, N. Sougou, M. Leye, Adama Faye, Ibrahima Seck","doi":"10.11648/j.sjph.20241202.13","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.11648/j.sjph.20241202.13","url":null,"abstract":"Introduction: Micronutrient deficiencies, particularly the most serious deficiencies of iron, vitamin A and iodine, are a major public health problem in developing countries. Vitamin A deficiency is one of the most common nutritional deficiencies and one of the most serious, as it greatly increases the risk of death and predisposes to numerous infectious diseases. Routine vitamin A supplementation in children aged between 6 and 59 months is the strategy used in Senegal to combat micronutrient deficiencies. The aim of this study is therefore to assess the obstacles to the low coverage of routine vitamin A supplementation (VAS) in the Guédiawaye district of Dakar in 2022. Methodology: This is a descriptive and analytical cross-sectional study using a quantitative and qualitative method. The cluster sampling method was chosen for the quantitative study. The study population consisted of all mothers/caregivers of children aged 06 to 59 months, providers, and community stakeholders. Results: The practice of supplementation was statistically related to the level of education of those surveyed (p=0.00), communication by health workers (p=0.001) and community stakeholders (P=0.003). Knowledge of the benefits on child growth (p=0.003), the fight against blindness (0.017), the strengthening of the immune system (p=0.001) and the fight against infections (p=0.002) are statistically linked to the practice of VAS. Non-supplementation with vitamin A was 2.3 times higher among children aged over 24 months (p= 0.016); 3.1 times higher among uneducated women (P=0.001) and 3 times higher (0.001) among women who had received no information about VAS. The qualitative results show that a number of reasons were given, including lack of familiarity with the schedule, forgetting to keep appointments at different times, stopping the vaccination cycle and household chores. Conclusion: the obstacles to vitamin A supplementation in Guédiawaye are mainly linked to a lack of knowledge about vitamin A and the non-existence of a proper VAS communication strategy. Hence the need to step up communication with the public.","PeriodicalId":506763,"journal":{"name":"Science Journal of Public Health","volume":"28 26","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-04-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140753158","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":"Prevalence of Alcohol Consumption in Mozambique: Analysis Based on Household Budget Survey (IOF 2022)","authors":"Sandre Macia, C. Filimone, A. Humulane","doi":"10.11648/j.sjph.20241202.12","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.11648/j.sjph.20241202.12","url":null,"abstract":"Worldwide the excessive consumption of alcohol in 2016 was considered as responsible for 5% of deaths and more than 200 illnesses and injuries. There are several studies conducted around the world to understand the prevalence of alcohol consumption. However, in Mozambique, there are few studies conducted to determine the prevalence of alcohol consumption, as well as, to characterize the consumers, using data from nationally representative surveys. The current study, identify the prevalence of alcohol consumption in Mozambique, according to socio-demographic characteristics of population using data from the Household Budget Survey (IOF 2022) carried out by the National Statistics Institute in 2022. The analysis of data was based in descriptive statistics. The study results revel that the prevalence of alcohol consumption in Mozambique is 24.6%, higher among men (27%), compared to woman (23%). The prevalence is high among people between 18 - 65 years old (26%) and people with higher education (34%). Around 17% of teenagers, between 15 and 17 years old, in both sexes, purchased and consumed alcoholic beverages, despite the prohibition of Mozambican legislation. The provinces of Tete (37.2%), Maputo (32.3%) and Zambézia (30.3%) have the highest prevalence of alcoholic beverages consumption and the province of Niassa (3.7%) has the lowest prevalence. Beer (46%) is the most consumed alcoholic beverage in Mozambique, followed by traditional alcoholic beverages (44%).","PeriodicalId":506763,"journal":{"name":"Science Journal of Public Health","volume":"138 ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-04-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140751625","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":"Evaluation of Health Challenges Among Pregnant Women Visiting Paiko Town Clinic and Model Clinic for Antenatal: A Case Study Paiko Paikoro Local Government Niger State","authors":"Jamil Hassan Abdulkareem, Fatima Zahra Abubakar Otaru, Yusuf Yahya Miya, Ajayi Philomena Hope, Abdulmalik Abdulraman","doi":"10.11648/j.sjph.20241202.11","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.11648/j.sjph.20241202.11","url":null,"abstract":"The study aims to assess the health challenges pregnant women are facing in Paiko, Paikoro Local Government and the study went further to compare pregnant women attending antenatal clinics in two healthcare clinic facilities in Paiko with the view to ascertain their health challenges and taking into consideration of age variation. However, few women have medical conditions that emerge during pregnancy, and different women have medical issues before they become pregnant, that could prompt intricacies. It is vital for women to get medical services previously and during pregnancy to diminish the danger of pregnancy entanglements. The type of study conducted in the two clinics in Paiko was a descriptive cross-sectional study. This study was conducted to describe the patterns of health challenges occurring in pregnant women in the study area. A stratified sampling technique was used in this study conducted within the two clinics among the pregnant women in Paiko, Paikoro local government however the tools for the collection of data are questionnaires and interviewers (face-to-face interviews). Data were collected from the two clinics using the techniques mentioned above. The questionnaires were administered to the pregnant women from the two clinics and observations were made from the study population. Data collected were through primary and secondary means, which is questionnaire and interview. The pregnant women were sensitized about the information in the survey template in other to enlighten then about the survey study plan and the required data from them. <i>Result:</i> The findings revealed major health challenges that pregnant women face was High Blood Pressure, Ulcer, and Malaria etc.\u0000","PeriodicalId":506763,"journal":{"name":"Science Journal of Public Health","volume":"72 9","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-03-19","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140229721","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":"Heterogenous Association Between Mortality and Environmental Factors","authors":"Andrew Ju","doi":"10.11648/j.sjph.20241201.12","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.11648/j.sjph.20241201.12","url":null,"abstract":"The global environment has changed rapidly since the Industrial Revolution. Human emissions of heat-trapping greenhouse gases have warmed our earth, leading to more climate extremes. Human activities have also caused air pollution and, thus, worse air quality. Warmer climates and polluted air pose severe risks to human health. This paper focuses on temperature and air pollution as the primary environmental factors and studies their relationship with mortality across different ethnicity and age groups in the U.S. from 2001 to 2021. The main research methods employed in this paper are correlation analysis and least-square regressions. This paper finds that, on average, environmental factors are moderately and positively related to total deaths at a statistically significant level. Such a positive relationship still holds when I further investigate how the environment is associated with mortality by each individual cause. Moreover, heterogeneity in the relationship is identified among different races. In particular, temperature seems to have a larger impact on the Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander and Black populations. At the same time, air pollution is observed to have a very strong association with the mortality of the Asian population, Pacific Islanders, and Hawaiian Natives. Finally, age disparities are not that significant. One finding worth pointing out is that children and teenagers (Age 1-14) appear to be more susceptible to air pollution than other age groups.\u0000","PeriodicalId":506763,"journal":{"name":"Science Journal of Public Health","volume":"1986 6","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-03-13","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140246760","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":"Factors Associated with Screening of Spouses of HIV-Positive Pregnant Women in Three Prenatal Consultation Centers in Bangui","authors":"Diemer Saint Calvaire Henri, Longo Jean de Dieu, Woromogo Sylvain Honore, Doyama-Woza Rodrigue Herman, Fandema Emmanuel, Gresenguet Gerard","doi":"10.11648/j.sjph.20231106.13","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.11648/j.sjph.20231106.13","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":506763,"journal":{"name":"Science Journal of Public Health","volume":"40 4","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-12-11","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139183836","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":"Prevalence and Factors Associated with Goiter Among Women of Reproductive Age Group in Adiyo Woreda, Kaffa Zone, South-West Ethiopia","authors":"Getachew Hailemariam Tsegaye, Legesse Tadesse Wodajo, Ismael Kalayu Sitotaw, Biruk Legesse Tadesse","doi":"10.11648/j.sjph.20231106.12","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.11648/j.sjph.20231106.12","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":506763,"journal":{"name":"Science Journal of Public Health","volume":"33 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-11-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139252273","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":"Prevalence and Predictors of Substance Use Among Senior High School Students: An Institution-Based Cross-Sectional Study in Ghana","authors":"Kizito Aidam, Emefa Awo Adawudu","doi":"10.11648/j.sjph.20231106.11","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.11648/j.sjph.20231106.11","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":506763,"journal":{"name":"Science Journal of Public Health","volume":"54 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-11-09","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139281931","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":"Survey Report on the Return Visits of Drug Addicts Released from Compulsory Isolation","authors":"Mengjun Shi, Zhang Qiuni, Tingting Liu","doi":"10.11648/j.sjph.20231103.15","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.11648/j.sjph.20231103.15","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":506763,"journal":{"name":"Science Journal of Public Health","volume":"7 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-06-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139370691","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}