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Journal of Nepal Medical Association
Introduction: Self-medication among adolescents has become a serious global problem that plays an important role in irrational use of medication and tends to increase with the age of adolescents. Limited research has been done in Nepal regarding antibiotic knowledge among non-medical students. Hence, this study aims to assess the knowledge of higher secondary non-science students regarding antibiotic use, resistance and its consequences. Methods: A cross-sectional descriptive study was done during antibiotic awareness week 2017 among 471 grade 11 and 12 non-science students of private schools in Kathmandu. Convenience sampling technique was used. Data was collected through self-administered questionnaires. Descriptive statistics was utilised to find out the knowledge level of the students. Results: The mean age of the students 245 (52%) male, 226 (48%) female) was 17.19 years and 335 (71.1%) were from grade 12. Approximately all 462 (98.1%) the participants had inadequate knowledge ...
Journal of Institute of Medicine
Knowledge Regarding Antibiotic Use, its Resistance and Consequences among Higher Secondary Students in Private Schools of Kathmandu Valley2019 •
2021 •
Antimicrobial resistance poses a growing threat to public health, as infections from resistant strains of microbial become increasingly difficult and expensive to treat, resulting in prolonged illness and greater risk of death. A cross-sectional descriptive study was done among 471 higher secondary level students of private schools in Kathmandu Valley. Data were collected from Grade 11 and 12 non-science faculty students through self-administered questionnaires. Half (50.5%) of the students gave correct response by saying that antibiotic kills bacteria and 49.1% said that it is for fever. Majority (93.0%) of them said that it should be taken with water. Regarding the response on when to stop taking antibiotic, 46.9% said correctly by saying when all prescribed medicines are taken whereas and 40.8% said that after feeling better. More than half (58.8%) of the students had not heard about antibiotic resistance, whereas those who have heard among them 24% of students said that they had...
Medical Journal of Shree Birendra Hospital
Knowledge and attitude related to antibiotic use among high school studentsIntroduction: Antibiotic resistance has been described by World Health Organisation as a major global health problem that threats our ability to treat common infectious diseases and needs urgent action. Among many other factors, knowledge and behaviour of community members that lead to inappropriate use of antibiotic highly contributes to development and spread of antimicrobial resistance. Hence this study has been undertaken with the aim to assess the knowledge and attitude related to antibiotic use among high school students. Methods: A cross-sectional questionnaire based survey was conducted at a Kathmandu based high-school. The data were collected via self-administered questionnaire after verbal consent for voluntary participation. There were nine questions related to knowledge and five questions related to attitude. Data were aggregated to compile frequency distribution tables and the percentages of responses were calculated. Result: A total of 232 students participated in th...
Journal of Chitwan Medical College
Knowledge, attitude and practice about antibiotic use, self-medication and antibiotic resistance among final year medical students and interns at a medical college in Lalitpur, Nepal2020 •
Background:Antibiotic resistance is a global crisis posing a considerable threat, especially, to developing countries and can cause 10 million deaths by 2050. Medical students as future doctors play an essential role in promoting the rational use of antibiotics. The objectives of this study were to evaluate the respondents’ knowledge, attitude and practice (KAP) regarding antibiotic use, antibiotic self-medication, and antibiotic resistance and compare the KAP among different subgroups of respondents at KIST Medical College, Lalitpur, Nepal. Methods: A cross-sectional study was done among final year medical students and interns from September to October 2019. A structured questionnaire with 22 statements for assessing knowledge, 13 statements for attitude and 12 statements for practice was used as a data collection tool. Differences in the KAP scores among different subgroups were studied using appropriate statistical tests. Results: A total of 131 respondents participated, and ...
International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
Knowledge, Attitude, and Practice Associated with Antibiotic Use among University Students: A Survey in Nepal2019 •
The purpose of this study was to conduct a preliminary study to assess knowledge, attitude, and practice (KAP) associated with antibiotic use among medical students (MS) and non-medical students (NMS) at Kathmandu University, Nepal. A self-administered questionnaire was distributed to 1223 students for a cross-sectional study. In total, 1222 questionnaires collected from 609 MS and 613 NMS were regarded as effective. A t-test and Chi-square test were applied to analyze the data. A total of 25 out of 39 questions in the KAP survey were found to have statistical significance. The MS showed higher levels of knowledge/attitude/practice associated with antibiotic use than the NMS. Significant gaps were found in and between the MS and NMS in the first and final years of study. Interventions, such as lectures, courses, workshops, and seminars on antibiotic use, along with internet and media campaigns, etc., are needed to improve the awareness and change the behavior of both the MS and the ...
International Journal of Basic & Clinical Pharmacology
Antibiotic use: evaluating knowledge, attitude and practices among medical students in a sub Himalayan stateBackground: The growing concern about antibiotic resistance, of late, led World Health Organization to declare it as World Health Day theme in 2011. Knowledge spreads awareness and understanding by melting the barriers of ignorance while attitudes and practices have a bearing on the health related behaviour. The present study aims at evaluating the knowledge, attitudes and practices of medical students towards antibiotic usage.Methods: The present cross-sectional study was conducted among the Pre-final medical students (6th / 7th semester) who participated in the questionnaire survey on knowledge, attitude and practice towards antibiotics usage. The data was analysed and Chi-square was used as test of significance.Results: Overall, 132 students were interviewed. Majority (96.2%) had heard of antibiotic resistance. About 22% of the sample stated that antibiotics can cure viral infections, among them female being in the higher proportion (p<0.05). Majority (>90%) agreed that ant...
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Por los caminos del Sur...2018 •
El artículo presenta la función Sur que ejercen prácticas vernáculas de pueblos amerindios, análoga a la que el psicoanálisis opera para la disciplina moderna/colonial, distinguiendo también sus diferencias.
Quaternary International
Zooarchaeology in the Interconnected Mediterranean: Livestock Production and Biometric Change between the Metal Ages and Late Antiquity2023 •
For much of its history, the Mediterranean Sea facilitated the dispersal of a wide range of technologies, practices and beliefs, which coalesced into interconnected economic and social systems at different points. The period between the Bronze Age and Late Antiquity was a moment of particular interest in this process, when intra-Mediterranean connectivity flourished as never before. Outward-facing ports and cities came to share a notable degree of economic interdependence, and, eventually, political unification under the Roman Empire. Following a long-standing focus on the movement of material culture, there is increasing recognition of the role of Phoenician, Etruscan, Greek, Roman, and other groups in dispersing animals and agro-pastoral technologies throughout this interconnected region (Hughes, 2003; Alonso and Frankel, 2017; Boivin, 2017). Yet, within this period of substantial socioeconomic change and maritime integration, zooarchaeological research has typically focused on regional, land-based studies within a single area. Comparisons across the interconnected Mediterranean Basin are rarely pursued, with few exceptions (e.g. King, 1999; MacKinnon, 2019). Outward-facing and larger-scale studies are hindered in part by the often significant amount of data available for different areas, and the challenges of integrating different regional traditions of data organisation and analysis. Interregional integration often requires significant data editing and re-analysis, rendering it extremely laborious, particularly for those without advanced computational support. This is particularly relevant to biometric analyses comparing animal size. On one hand, biometric data are well suited to comparisons. Thanks to the widespread use of von den Driesch's (1976) guide, measurement of animal bones and teeth has been largely standardised, although not without exceptions and typical challenges of inter-analyst variation (Lyman and VanPool, 2009). However, following four decades of international application, metric data are one largest and most comparable datasets in zooarchaeological research. The wider adoption in more recent years of scaling techniques, in particular Logarithm Size Indices (LSI), as a means of exploring biometric variation within and between groups and bolstering sample sizes, has led to the proliferation of research interested in the morphometric evolution of livestock and its links with husbandry strategies and harvesting profiles, agronomic innovations, breed improvement, climate, and more
Danza, Investigación y Educación Danza e ideología
Danza, Investigación y Educación: Danza e ideología2018 •
Asian Journal of Economics and Banking
Assessing global interest in decentralized finance, embedded finance, open finance, ocean finance and sustainable financeAnnals of Medical and Health Sciences Research
Association between Fixed Orthodontic Retainers and Gingival Health among Southern Region Population in Saudi Arabia-Cross sectional Study2020 •
Journal of Immunological Methods
Flow cytometric analysis of surface major histocompatibility complex class II expression on human epithelial cells prepared from small intestinal biopsies1993 •
2013 •
Proceedings of the 5th Polish Conference on Artificial Intelligence (PP-RAI’2024)
Institutional Black Boxes Pose an Even Greater Risk than Algorithmic Ones in a Legal Context2024 •
Journal on Education
Implementasi Metode Praktikum terhadap Keterampilan Proses Sains Siswa Kelas IV pada Pembelajaran IPA Sekolah Dasar2024 •
2001 •