In Turkey, there is few studies of infectious diseases from a disaster management perspective. This research, in Turkey's recent history to examine exposure to communicable diseases and to provide guidance on what should be done to minimize the harm of a possible disaster in the future.
Objective: This study has been planned to analyze surveillance data of measles disease, to evaluate the trend, to make epidemiological evaluations about outbreaks and to help form national policies in the future. Methods: This study; covers a total of 1,050,567 measles cases reported to the Ministry of Health between 1960 and 2019 and published in the statistical annuals. It is a retrospective secondary data analysis. Results: In our study official measles data in 60-year period between the years 1960-2019 of Turkey Ministry of Health was analyzed and a total of 1,050,567 cases of measles was reported, the average number of cases of measles per year was 17.509, the average incidence rate over the 60-year period was 32.03 per hundred thousand and it was determined that the number of cases increased in some years above expectations. These increase years evaluated as epidemic were; 1965, 1969, 1973, 1975, 1981, 1983, 1989, 1993, 1996, 1998, 2001,2004, 2011-2013, 2017-2019 respectively. With the onset of vaccination in the following year of 1969, the peak of incidence (1970), the incidence rate decreased by about 27/100000. It was found that the incidence rate of measles decreased by 62% compared to pre-vaccination after a single dose of vaccine, and approximately 80% after the vaccination of the Extended Immunization Program (EIP). In our study a negative strong relation between MCV1 vaccination rates and number of measles cases (at one year later) has been found. Continuous...
HIV/AIDS is among the ten diseases that cause the most deaths in the world. WHO aims to eradicate AIDS by reducing the number of new HIV infections and the number of AIDS-related deaths by 90% by 2030. Although targets are set for the eradication of HIV/ AIDS, it does not seem possible to realize these targets in the near future. There is a risk of HIV/ AIDS becoming an epidemic in the society and reaching the level of disaster. This disaster situation threatens the young population and brings the risk of causing possible secondary social disasters.This research is a descriptive and retrospective cohort research. The data of the study were obtained from the "statistical annuals" published by the Ministry of Health between 1985 and 2020. The data were analyzed by computer. This research by analyzing HIV/AIDS notifications in Turkey from a disaster management perspective, is planned in order to contribute to the minimization of the damage to the society caused by the epidemics that may be seen in Turkey, and to contribute and guide the relevant institutions to take the necessary precautions.The first case in Turkey was reported in 1985. The course of HIV/AIDS disease was tried to be determined by examining the statistical annuals regularly published by the Ministry of Health. The number of cases in Turkey followed a horizontal course between 1985 and 2000. After the 2000s, a rapid increase was observed and in 2014, this increase continued exponentially. The number of HIV/AIDS cases reported to the Ministry of Health from 1985 to 2019 in Turkey is 24,881. 1,884 of these cases are AIDS and 22,977 of them are HIV(+).The period with the highest ten-year average is between 2010-2019. This increase between 2010 and 2019 indicates that the HIV/AIDS trend is upwards.As a result, it is proposed to develop an HIV/AIDS management system to analyze the risk and take the necessary measures by including all stakeholders from a cultural, economic and sociological point of view in the fight against HIV/AIDS.
Özet Amaç: Bu çalışma sağlıkla ilgili bölümlerinde okuyan üniversite öğrencilerinin organ bağışı hakkındaki bilgi ve tutumları belirlemek amacıyla yapılmıştır. Gereç ve Yöntem: Kesitsel nitelikte olan bu çalışma 15 Nisan-15 Mayıs 2015 tarihleri arasında yapılmıştır. Basit rastgele örnekleme yöntemiyle seçilmiş ve çalışmaya katılmayı kabul eden 764 öğrenci örnekleme dahil edilmiştir. Araştırmada veriler sosyo-demografik bilgi formu ve araştır-macılar tarafından ilgili literatür incelenerek oluşturulan organ bağışı ile ilgili bilgi ve tutumlarını içeren anket formu ile toplanmıştır. Bulgular: Çalışmaya katılan öğrencilerin yaş ortalaması 20,66±1,73 olup, %43,84'ü erkek, %56,16'sı kadındır. Öğrencilerin sadece %2,4'ünün organlarını bağışladığı görülmüştür. Öğrencilerin %38,7'si organ bağışında bulunmak istediğini ifade ederken, %24'ü organlarını bağışlamak istemediğini ifade etmiştir. Daha önce organ bağışı hakkında bilgi sahibi olanlar grubun %56,5'ini oluşturmaktadır. Sonuç: Öğrencilerin bilgi düzeylerinin iyi olduğu görülmüştür. Bu bulgular doğrultusunda geleceğin sağlık profesyonellerinin organ bağısı konusunda tutumlarını değiştirme konusunda desteklenmesi gerektiği düşünülmektedir. Anahtar Kelimeler: Bilgi-tutum, organ bağışı, organ nakli, öğrenci, Abstract Objective: This study was conducted to determine the knowledge and attitudes about organ donation of college students studying in health-related sections. Materials and Methods: This cross-sectional study was conducted between 15 April -15 May 2015. The sample of the study consisted of 764 students. Students are selected by simple random sampling and the students who agreed to participate were included in the sample. Data of the study were collected using socio-demographic information form and questionnaire about knowledge and attitudes of organ donation prepared by the researchers in line with the literature. Results: The mean age of the students was 20.66 ± 1.73 and then 43.84% of male and 56.16's% of female. The study showed that only 2.4% of the students donated organs. 38.7% of students stated that while seeking an organ donor, 24% of students reported that they did not want to donate their organs. There were seen that 56.5% of students received information about organ donation before. Conclusion: The knowledge level of the students were found to be good. In line with these findings, it is thought that health care professionals of the future should be supported to change their attitudes about organ ties. Key words: Knowledge-attitude, organ donation, organ transplantation, students GirişGünümüzde yaşam süresinin uzaması, tanı ve tedavide ileri teknolojik gelişmelerin olması nedeniyle birçok organ yetersizliği yaşayan kişi sayısı artmaktadır. Organ nakli bu kişilerin yaşam süre-sini ve yaşam kalitesini arttırarak onlara ikinci bir yaşam şansı tanımaktadır.
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