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Öğe AIDS awareness and knowledge among married women living in Malatya (Turkey): implications for province-based prevention programs(Edizioni Internazionali Srl, 2005) Genc, M; Gunes, G; Karaoglu, L; Egri, MThe study was performed in 2003 to obtain baseline information on married women's knowledge of AIDS/HIV in Malatya, Turkey. The aim was to reach 1% of the population by covering 1200 married women out of 120,034 whose ages ranged from 15-49. Stratified systematic random sampling was used according to 17 health center lists. Although median HIV/AIDS knowledge score was found to be 70 (highest score was 100), it was also seen that clinical properties of the disease were not recognized adequately. The main resources of knowledge were visual (93%) and printed material (35%). These findings show that media based information does not seem to be sufficient. Therefore, it is recommended that health education should be inserted in the school curriculum and health personnel should inform the women.Öğe Bacteriuria and socioeconomic associations among pregnant women in Malatya, Turkey(W B Saunders Co Ltd, 2005) Gunes, G; Gunes, A; Tekiner, S; Karaoglu, L; Kaya, M; Pehlivan, E[Abstract Not Available]Öğe Evaluation of the immune response to hepatitis B vaccination in children aged 1-3 years in Malatya, Turkey(Luigi Ponzio E Figlio, 2003) Karaoglu, L; Pehlivan, E; Gunes, G; Genc, M; Tekerekoglu, SM; Ercan, C; Egri, MBy the end of 1998, Turkey had launched the routine vaccination of infants against hepatitis B. The purpose of the study is to evaluate the immune response in a sample of vaccinated children aged 1-3 years in the city of Malatya. A total of 210 vaccinated children 12 to 48 months old were selected for the study with 30 cluster sampling in the city of Malatya, Turkey. The children were visited at their homes during January-April 2002. The information on demographic characteristics, family's and child's medical history was gathered, childrens' weight and height were measured and blood samples were taken. Anti-HBs, HbsAg and anti-HBc titers were assayed by micro-ELIZA from the sera. The mean age of the children was 26.3 months, 100 (47.6%) were male and 110 (52.4%) were female. Overall, 203 (96.7%) children had protective anti-HBs levels (greater than or equal to 10 IU/l), 0.5% showed evidence of natural infection (with positive anti-HBc and anti-HBs titers), 0.5% had acute or chronic infection (with positive HbsAg and anti-HBc titers) and 2.3% were seronegative. Geometric mean titer of anti-HBs among vaccinated children except those who had positive anti-HBc titers was 138.7 mIU/ml (95% Cl :124.7-154.2) and seroconversion rates did not differ by age, sex, anthropometric measurements, time after third dose and place of vaccine administered (P>0.05). The high seroprotection rate over 95% showed that routine infant vaccination program for hepatitis B was successfully carried out in the city Malatya.Öğe Physical, emotional and sexual violence during pregnancy in Malatya, Turkey(Oxford Univ Press, 2006) Karaoglu, L; Celbis, O; Ercan, C; Ilgar, M; Pehlivan, E; Gunes, G; Genc, MFBackground: In Turkey, violence against women was established as a critical area of concern related to women and various prevention strategies have been developed since 1980. There are limited numbers of studies on violence during pregnancy in the country. This study was performed to determine the prevalence of physical, emotional and sexual violence during pregnancy in Malatya province and the associated factors. Methods: A cross-sectional interview survey was conducted among pregnant women living in Malatya province between October 2003 and May 2004. Stratified probability-proportional-to-size sampling methodology was used for selecting the study population. A total of 824 pregnant women from 60 clusters were studied. Association between violence prevalences and womens' sociodemographic, fertility and behavioural characteristics were evaluated. Results: During pregnancy 31.7% of women were exposed to any form of violence. Emotional violence was the most frequently reported form (26.7%), followed by sexual (9.7%) and physical violence (8.1%). Regular smoking [ odds ratio ( OR) 1.6], unwanted pregnancy (OR 1.8), living in urban area (OR 1.5), low education level of husband (OR 1.7), low family income (OR 1.9) and being in second trimester (OR 1.4) were determined to be the main predictors of overall violence during pregnancy. Conclusions: Violence during pregnancy is a common public health problem in Malatya. Low education level in partners, low family income, husband's unemployment, urban settlement, unwanted pregnancy and smoking should alert health staff towards violence at pregnancy and training of health personnel on the subject is recommended.Öğe University hospital physicians' attitudes and practices for smoking cessation counseling in Malatya, Turkey(Elsevier Sci Ireland Ltd, 2005) Gunes, G; Karaoglu, L; Genc, MF; Pehlivan, E; Egri, MThe aim of the study is to determine attitudes and self-reported practices performance for smoking cessation counseling of the physicians working at a university hospital in Malatya. Turkey. All physicians who were providing health care to adult patients in 19 outpatient clinics at the hospital were administered a self-reported questionnaire. Of the physicians, 26.5% reported that they were always asking about their patients' smoking history and 22.6% were always advising their smoker patients to quit. Men non-smoker physicians more often practiced counseling than men smoker physicians. Negative attitudes of physicians about smoking cessation counseling negatively effected their practices. Negative attitudes were significantly higher among men smoker physicians than non-smokers but attitude's did not differ among female smoker and non-smoker physicians. The findings showed that smoking cessation counseling was rarely practiced by physicians and physicians' practices differed by their smoking behavior, departments and attitudes towards smoking cessation. (C) 2004 Elsevier Ireland Ltd. All rights reserved.
