36 results for "Harun-Or-Rashid Md"

Nurse managers' experience with ethical issues in six government hospitals in Malaysia: A cross-sectional study

Musa, Maizura binti; Harun-Or-Rashid, Md; Sakamoto, Junichi

BMC Med Ethics · 2011 · English · PubMed Central

BACKGROUND: Nurse managers have the burden of experiencing frequent ethical issues related to both their managerial and nursing care duties, according to previous international studies. However, no such study was published in Malaysia. The purpose of this study was to explore nurse managers'…

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Knowledge, attitudes and practices regarding HIV/AIDS among male high school students in Lao People's Democratic Republic

Thanavanh, Bounbouly; Harun-Or-Rashid, Md.; Kasuya, Hideki et al.

J Int AIDS Soc · 2013 · English · PubMed Central

…(97.7%), from mother to child (88.3%) and through sharing needles or syringes (92.0%). Misconceptions about transmission of HIV were observed among 59.3% to 74.3% of respondents. Positive attitudes towards HIV/AIDS were observed among 55.7% of respondents. Nearly half of the surveyed students…

HEALTHCARE WORKERS’ KNOWLEDGE AND PRACTICES REGARDING EXPANDED PROGRAM ON IMMUNIZATION IN KALASIN, THAILAND

WIDSANUGORN, ONPRASONK; SUWATTANA, ONPRASONK; HARUN-OR-RASHID, MD. et al.

Nagoya J Med Sci · 2011 · English · PubMed Central

Primary vaccine failures can occur after high immunization coverage has been achieved. Healthcare workers’ knowledge and practices are influential factors in preventing vaccine failures. Adequate knowledge and practices in the cold chain system are important to keep potency of vaccines and…

ELDERLY HEALTH AND ITS CORRELATIONS AMONG UZBEK POPULATION

PULATOVA, GOOLBAHOR; HARUN-OR-RASHID, MD.; YOSHIDA, YOSHITOKU et al.

Nagoya J Med Sci · 2012 · English · PubMed Central

…affecting their health. We collected data from 682 individuals 65 years or older (214 male) from greater Tashkent City in Uzbekistan. The study revealed that 75.4% of the respondents were aged

KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES AND BARRIERS OF PHYSICIANS, POLICY MAKERS/REGULATORS REGARDING USE OF OPIOIDS FOR CANCER PAIN MANAGEMENT IN THAILAND

SRISAWANG, PORNSUREE; HARUN-OR-RASHID, MD.; HIROSAWA, TOMOYA et al.

Nagoya J Med Sci · 2013 · English · PubMed Central

…to have less knowledge than those having used the WHO three-step ladder (OR = 13.0, p < 0.001). Policy makers/regulators also had inadequate knowledge (74.5%) and negative attitudes (66.0%). Policy makers/regulators who never had CPM training were likely to have more negative attitudes than those…

FACTORS AFFECTING THE UTILIZATION OF ANTENATAL CARE SERVICES AMONG WOMEN IN KHAM DISTRICT, XIENGKHOUANG PROVINCE, LAO PDR

YE, YANG; YOSHIDA, YOSHITOKU; HARUN-OR-RASHID, MD. et al.

Nagoya J Med Sci · 2010 · English · PubMed Central

…To examine the predictors of ANC utilization, odds ratios (OR) and 95% confidence intervals (CI) were estimated through a logistic regression model. The results showed that about 53.9% of mothers did not receive any ANC service due to the following reasons: no time (93.4%), not necessary (83.8%)…

FACTORS AFFECTING LOW BIRTH WEIGHT AT FOUR CENTRAL HOSPITALS IN VIENTIANE, LAO PDR

VIENGSAKHONE, LOUANGPRADITH; YOSHIDA, YOSHITOKU; HARUN-OR-RASHID, MD. et al.

Nagoya J Med Sci · 2010 · English · PubMed Central

The purpose of this study was to determine the factors affecting low birth weight (LBW) at four central hospitals in Vientiane, the capital city of Lao PDR. We collected data from 235 mothers with LBW babies and 265 with babies of normal birth weight (NBW) who had delivered them at four central…

Perceptions of Ayurvedic medicine by citizens in Dhaka, Bangladesh

Yoshida, Yoshitoku; Harun-Or-Rashid, Md; Yoshida, Yasuko et al.

Nagoya J Med Sci · 2016 · English · PubMed Central

Bangladesh is now facing the public health problems of deficiency of iron and iodine, especially for women. The Ministry of Health and Family Welfare of Bangladesh has implemented strong countermeasures to enhance the health condition of the nation. On the other hand, based on the concept of the…

CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE RISK FACTORS AMONG RURAL KAZAKH POPULATION

KULKAYEVA, GULNARA; HARUN-OR-RASHID, MD.; YOSHIDA, YOSHITOKU et al.

Nagoya J Med Sci · 2012 · English · PubMed Central

…of overweight was greatest among the population aged 45–54 years, with an OR of 5.3 (95% CI=3.1–9.2). The overweight population was significantly associated with higher income (OR=1.6, 95% CI=1.1–2.4) and knowledge of RF (OR=1.7, 95% CI=1.2–2.4), with p

DENTAL CARIES AND GINGIVITIS AMONG PREGNANT AND NON-PREGNANT WOMEN IN CHIANG MAI, THAILAND

RAKCHANOK, NOOCHPOUNG; AMPORN, DEJPITAK; YOSHIDA, YOSHITOKU et al.

Nagoya J Med Sci · 2010 · English · PubMed Central

The aims of this study were to identify dental caries and gingivitis among pregnant women, and to compare it with those in non-pregnant women in Chiang Mai, Thailand. Data were collected from 197 women (94 pregnant and 103 non-pregnant) from June to August, 2008. Dental caries and gingivitis was…

Perceptions of the Muslim religious leaders and their attitudes on herbal medicine in Bangladesh: a cross-sectional study

Harun-Or-Rashid, Md; Yoshida, Yoshitoku; Rashid, Md Aminur et al.

BMC Res Notes · 2011 · English · PubMed Central

BACKGROUND: Herbal Medicines (HMs) are playing major roles in the health of the millions of people worldwide. Muslim Religious Leader (MRLs), being an important component of the society with huge influence on it, could contribute a lot to promote HM. This study was aimed at evaluating perceptions…

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RISK BEHAVIOURS AND ASSOCIATED FACTORS AMONG MEDICAL STUDENTS AND COMMUNITY YOUTHS IN MYANMAR

HTAY, SAN SAN; OO, MYO; YOSHIDA, YOSHITOKU et al.

Nagoya J Med Sci · 2010 · English · PubMed Central

We conducted a cross-sectional study of the risk behaviours inherent in tobacco smoking, alcohol consumption and premarital sex, among 400 medical students (186 males) from a medical university, Yangon, and 410 community youths (244 males) 15 to 24 years of age from selected townships in Myanmar…

SOCIAL CORRELATES OF FEMALE INFERTILITY IN UZBEKISTAN

JUMAYEV, IZATULLA; HARUN-OR-RASHID, MD.; RUSTAMOV, OYBEK et al.

Nagoya J Med Sci · 2012 · English · PubMed Central

The purpose of this matched case-control study was to investigate the social correlates of primary infertility among females aged 35 years or less. The study was conducted in the Clinics of Samarkand Medical Institute, Uzbekistan, among 120 infertile and 120 healthy women matched by age…

IRON AND IODINE DEFICIENCIES AMONG UNDER-2 CHILDREN, ADOLESCENT GIRLS, AND PREGNANT WOMEN OF BANGLADESH: ASSOCIATION WITH COMMON DISEASES

HARUN-OR-RASHID, MD.; KHATUN, UH FARIDA; YOSHIDA, YOSHITOKU et al.

Nagoya J Med Sci · 2009 · English · PubMed Central

We examined the frequency of iron and iodine deficiencies and associations of iron and iodine deficiencies with common diseases among under-2 children, adolescent girls, and pregnant women of Bangladesh. We assayed the blood hemoglobin concentration in 395 under-2 children, 355 adolescent girls…

JOB SATISFACTION OF HEALTH-CARE WORKERS AT HEALTH CENTERS IN VIENTIANE CAPITAL AND BOLIKHAMSAI PROVINCE, LAO PDR

KHAMLUB, SENBOUNSOU; HARUN-OR-RASHID, MD.; ABUL BASHAR SARKER, MOHAMMAD et al.

Nagoya J Med Sci · 2013 · English · PubMed Central

The aim of this study was to assess job satisfaction levels among health-care workers and factors correlated with their overall job satisfaction. This cross-sectional study was conducted from July to September 2011 with 164 health-care workers using self-administered questionnaires on a six-point…

Inadequate water treatment quality as assessed by protozoa removal in Sarawak, Malaysia

Ting Lo, Nguk; Abul Bashar Sarker, Mohammad; Ai Lian Lim, Yvonne et al.

Nagoya J Med Sci · 2018 · English · PubMed Central

…monitoring from public water treatment plants (WTPs) is often neglected or taken for granted. To determine the produced water quality, WTPs in Sarawak, Malaysia were assessed for their protozoa removal ability. A self-administered questionnaire based on the regulations in the Drinking-water…

Association of smoked and smokeless tobacco use with migraine: a hospital-based case–control study in Dhaka, Bangladesh

Sarker, Mohammad Abul Bashar; Rahman, Mahbubur; Harun-Or-Rashid, Md et al.

Tob Induc Dis · 2013 · English · PubMed Central

BACKGROUND: Several studies in the past have reported inconclusive evidences on association of smoking and migraine. Nevertheless, no study so far reported association of smokeless tobacco with migraine. The objective of this study was to examine the association of smoked and smokeless tobacco use…

THE IMPACT OF MATERNAL OBESITY ON MOTHER AND NEONATAL HEALTH: STUDY IN A TERTIARY HOSPITAL OF ASTANA, KAZAKHSTAN

AIMUKHAMETOVA, GULZHAN; UKYBASOVA, TALSHYN; HAMIDULLINA, ZAITUNA et al.

Nagoya J Med Sci · 2012 · English · PubMed Central

This study was aimed to investigate the impact of maternal obesity on mothers and their neonatal health. Our study population consisted of 157 women with completed singleton pregnancies, which included both obese (Body mass index, BMI≥30) and non-obese women (BMI