An evaluation of the use of cancer education on the practice of breast self-examination among adult women. The study utilized 90 adult women, their ages ranged from 30 to 50 years of age, with mean age of 38.33. The paticipants were randomly assigned to three groups: experimental group I (EGI), exeprimental group II (EGII) and the control group. The study utilized a 10-item index test of the practice of breast self-examination which was subjected to inter-rater face validity. Paired sample T-test was used to test four hypotheses. The first hypothesis stated that there will be a significant difference between pre-test and post-test exposure to different treatment condition on the practice of breast self-examination was accepted at p < 0.5, the second hypothesis stated that there will be a significant difference between women exposed to written/oral education and pictorial/oral education on the practice of breast self-examination was accepted at p < 0.5, the third hypothesis stated that there will be a significant difference between women exposed to written/oral education and control group on the practice of breast selfexamination was accepted at p < 0.5 and the fourth hypothesis stated that there
The establishment of Community Mental Health Centres has been a vital prospect in the area of mental health care. Community mental health centres attempt to shift emphasis away from hospitalization and introduce new remedies to mental health problems. The flow chart method was used in this opinion paper for clarity. Usually, community mental health centres provide short-term treatments, outpatient care, and special crisis intervention or emergency services. There are challenges and prospects the Ministry of Health and other health care providers need to address to find a lasting solution for the establishment and continued existence of these centres in Uganda. The employment of healthcare professionals that will guarantee quality assurance and effective healthcare delivery in these centres is very necessary. The challenges of professional discrimination also need to be effectively addressed in order to have an enduring therapeutic milieu for mentally challenged patients. Recommendations were made that the Ugandan government through her Ministry of Health should establish and provide community health centres and halfway homes for the emergency and effective treatments of mentally challenged individuals.
Prostate cancer is one of the most common and lethal cancers in the world.
Introduction: Despite the concomitant negative effects of human immunodeficiency virus on bone mineral density in HIV-infected persons, studies on knowledge of effect of exercise on this health parameter in HIV population among health professionals seem unavailable. This study therefore examined knowledge on effect of exercise on BMD in HIV-infected persons among health professionals. Material and methods: This cross-sectional survey employed researcher designed, experts - validated questionnaire to enroll 434 respondents. The reliability coefficient “r” of the questionnaire was 0.75 with 92% response rate. Descriptive and inferential statistics were used to summarize and analyze the data respectively. The alpha value was set at 0.05. Results: Age range and mean age in years of the respondents were 21–59 and 35.88 ± 9.09 respectively; age group of 30–39 years predominated (45.3%). Males were in preponderance (52.4%), and most (74.4%) were married; while majority (54.7%) were nurses. Substantial proportion (54.2%) had less than good knowledge on the subject examined in this study. Significant difference (p < 0.05; p = 0.015) in knowledge on effect of exercise on BMD in HIV population existed among the professions. Post hoc showed that knowledge of the physicians (p = 0.001) and laboratory scientists (p = 0.029) were significantly higher than that of the nurses. Physiotherapists’ knowledge on this subject compared to that of other health professionals was statistically insignificant (p > 0.05). Conclusions: Knowledge on effect of exercise on BMD in HIV infected persons among health professionals was surprisingly below expectation, and therefore should be seen as a cause for concerned exercise scientists and public health experts.
The study investigated the adaptation of two Psychotherapeutic techniques namely Meseron therapy and cognitive behavioural therapy in the cultural dynamics of postnatal depressive women attending a post-antenatal clinic in a Teaching Hospital in Nigeria. We enrolled two hundred participants randomly selected among Igbo women from South-East Nigeria suffering from postnatal depression. MT and CBT were used as psychotherapeutic interventions to alleviate the mental health condition of the women. The treatment modalities were modified in line with the cultural context of the study, across three domains for MT and eight domains for CBT, ranging from the patients’ cultural factors in the Igbo communities. The study is a survey, adopting a between-subject design and the data was analysed with a one-way analysis of variance. The findings revealed that the cultural adaptations of Meseron therapy were more effective than cognitive behavioural therapy in the treatment of nursing mothers suffering from postnatal depression. It was recommended that psychotherapists and mental healthcare practitioners should adopt these approaches to treatment in relation to the cultural dynamics of their patients.
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