KNOWLEDGE LEVEL OF 4th AND 6th GRADE MEDICAL SCHOOL STUDENTS ABOUT ADULT TETANUS AND DIPHTERIA VACCINES

Objective: Tetanus and diphtheria (Td) can be prevented between 95-99% if vaccination is done as recommended. Medical school students should know about this high effective vaccine

The prevalence of and risk factors for hypertension in adults living in Istanbul

The prevalence of and risk factors for hypertension were determined among habitants in the European side of Istanbul who are 25 years and older. Eight administrative districts were selected with the method of simple random sampling. The participants were selected through systematic calling from address lists. Between 17 and 22 June 2002, the questionnaires were applied to the participants in a face-to-face interview; then arterial blood pressures, body weights and heights of the participants were measured. Of 423 adults participating in the study, 35.5% were hypertensive; 35.9% were obese, 27.9% were overweight and 2.1% were underweight. Risk factors for hypertension such as age, gender, educational status, social security, family history of hypertension and cardiovascular disease, medical history of diabetes and congestive heart failure, smoking and alcohol use, and body mass index in the hypertensive and non-hypertensive groups were investigated by means of logistic regression analysis. Age [ odds ratio (OR): 5.20, 95% confidence interval (CI): 2.18-12.40], body mass index(OR: .22, 95% CI: 1.57-3.16) and smoking (OR: 0.72, 95% CI: 0.55-0.95) were found to be correlated with hypertension. The results showed that the prevalence of hypertension was high in Istanbul, and obesity, being overweight and advanced age were the risk factors for hypertension

TRAINING OF 4TH YEAR MEDICAL STUDENTS ON HEPATITIS B

Objective: The aim of this study was to enhance the level of knowledge of the 4th year students of Istanbul Faculty of Medicine on Hepatitis B from the public health point of view by a training practice, and to measure their knowledge levels before and after the practice and compare these results

NUTRITION HABITS AND FOOD CONSUMPTION FREQUENCIES OF MEDICAL FACULTY STUDENTS

Objective: Medical faculty students may develop irregular eating habits for reasons such as their social - economic situations, adaptation to faculty life, dormitory or their new environment. As a result, some students eventually ignore their basic food requirements and have a diet that is cabohydrate, saturated fat and cholesterol rich. Our aim was to search the nutritional habits and food consumption of medical faculty students in order to provide a healthy diet advice

KNOWLEDGE AND BEHAVIOR OF ELEMENTARY SCHOOL STUDENTS ON PERSONAL HYGIENE

Objective: Personal hygiene is health maintenance activities to sustain one's health. These activities should become personal behavior from childhood from the preventive health perspective. Therefore, determination of knowledge and behavior of elementary school students regarding personal hygiene is aimed in this study

PERCEPTION OF SELF HEALTH AMONG PRIMARY SCHOOL STUDENTS AND THEIR KNOWLEDGE OF HEALTH MATTERS

Objective: It is accepted that the perception of self health of adolescent is associated with the common health matters they face, their immunization status, searching for disease risks and security applications. The aim of this study is to obtain the level of perception of self health of primary school students and to investigate the association between their health perception, and their knowledge in health matters and the accidents they had