African health sciences
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African health sciences · Dec 2022
Maternal health-seeking behaviour of peri-urban women living with disability in Busiro South Health sub District, Wakiso district, Uganda: a community-based study.
We examined the maternal healthcare-seeking behaviour of peri-urban women with disabilities in Busiro South Health Sub District, Wakiso district, Uganda. ⋯ There is an urgent need for a multi-sectoral approach to better healthcare-seeking behaviour.
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African health sciences · Dec 2022
Relationship between healthy habits and sociodemographic variables and risk of diabetes type 2.
Type 2 diabetes is considered a worldwide public health problem due to its high prevalence and the important complications it causes. ⋯ Physical exercise and the Mediterranean diet have a beneficial effect on the risk of presenting type 2 diabetes with Finrisk and Leicester scales.
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African health sciences · Dec 2022
Awareness, knowledge, risk perception and uptake of maternal vaccination in rural communities of Ebonyi State, Nigeria.
Knowledge and uptake of maternal vaccination has been reported to be low in low- and middle-income countries. ⋯ There was low level of knowledge and uptake of maternal vaccine among rural women and a myth that the vaccine is only given when pregnant. This calls for increase targeted enlightenment of rural women on maternal vaccine in order to improve uptake.
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African health sciences · Dec 2022
Prevalence, patterns, functional disability of Bertolotti syndrome among patients with low back pain at Mulago National Referral Hospital.
Bertolotti syndrome is a differential diagnosis in back pain. We know little about it in Uganda. This study aimed to describe the prevalence, clinical and radiological patterns of Bertolotti syndrome and functional disability associated with it. ⋯ Bertolotti syndrome is common and functionally debilitating. We should consider it in the differential diagnosis of chronic low back pain.
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African health sciences · Dec 2022
Disruptive behaviours involving radiographers that impede a safe work environment. Survey at central hospitals in Harare Metropolitan Province, Zimbabwe.
Understanding disruptive behaviours from the perspective of radiographers is important, as this professional group uses hazardous radiation in the execution of their duties, making patient safety of utmost concern. ⋯ More than 8 out of 10 radiographers in this study were exposed to disruptive behaviours, mostly from the patients and patient's family or escorts. A framework to increases awareness and address these behaviours is recommended.