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Acceptance and utilization of condoms in the prevention of HIV/AIDS amongst christian men in Mwinilunga.
(2014-06-30)The title of this study is Acceptance and Utilization of Condoms in the Prevention of HIV/AIDS amongst Christian men in Mwinilunga. The main objective is to determine the factors that influence the acceptance and utilization ... -
Community perceptions towards people with mental illness in Lusaka urban district.
(2014-04-26)In Zambia like in many other countries, the concept of mental illness is stigmatised in various ways. Poor community sensitisation about mental illness has resulted in negative community perceptions towards people with ... -
Community perspectives towards mandatoty testing for HIV in Macha
(2012-08-15)Zambia's national HIV policy does not support mandatory testing of individuals on public health grounds. However, due to the low uptake of voluntary counseling and testing which is only 20% of the population, there have ... -
A descriptive study of the attitudes and practices of health personnel towards clients with STD/HIV.
(2013-09-25)The study sought to determine the attitudes of health personnel towards clients with STD/HIV. A sample of sixty (60) subjects comprising of 31 (51.7%) males and 29(48%) females was selected randomly. The respondents were ... -
Determining how accurate clients interpret health messages communicated by health education posters.
(2013-08-23)The purpose of the study was to determine how accurate clients interpret health education messages communicated by health education posters displayed in most health institutions, organisations and/or public places. It was ... -
Effect of Bacteraemia and HIV infection on treatment outcome in children with severe acute malnutrition admitted to the University Teaching Hospital Malnutrition Ward, Lusaka, Zambia
(2013-01-09)Background:Severe malnutrition remains a major cause of mortality in children less than 5 years at the University Teaching Hospital, with rates ranging between 30-40 % among patients admitted in the malnutrition ward. The ... -
Effect of party, maternal age and pre-eclampsia on birth weight .
(2012-11-28)A case control study was carried out in Lusaka to find the effect of parity, maternal age, pre-eclampsia and its severity on birth weight. 100 pre-eclamptic cases were selected from University Teaching Hospital, department ... -
Factors affecting Voluntary Blood donation in Zambia
(2012-08-03)The study attempted to investigate those factors that affect voluntary blood donation - in relation to the supply of a safe and adequate blood to hospitals in Zambia. A'cross sectional survey of a systematic, randomly ... -
Factors associated with Elevated Plasma levels of Liprotein (a) in indegenous black Zambians with Diabetes Mellitus type 2 in the outpatient medical clinic at the University Teaching Hospital,Lusaka,Zambia
Introduction: Diabetes mellitus (DM) is an established risk factor for cardiovascular disease (CVD) and is considered to be a CVD equivalent. Lipoprotein(a) [Lp(a)] is an independent risk factor for cardiovascular diseases. ... -
Factors contributing to low attendance at mwami family planning clinic.
(2014-10-21)The objective of the study is to determine the factors contributing to low attendance at Mwami Family Planning Clinic, in order to find solutions to the problem. The literature survey shows that the problems of low attendance ... -
Factors contributing to recurrence of cholera outbreaks in George compund, Lusaka district.
(2013-08-16)Cholera is endemic in Zambia - its cycle coincides with the rainy season every year and is directly related to the lack of access to proper water and sanitation facilities. The first outbreak of cholera was reported in the ... -
Factors contributing to the low measles immunization coverage among under five children in sesheke district.
(2013-08-23)Every child who comes to the health institution or is visited in the community for the purpose of receiving immunizations is entitled to safe and quality health care which should be provided by health care providers. With ... -
Factors influencing use of traditional medicine to precipitate labour by antenatal mothers in Mpika District
(2012-11-15)Reproductive Health is becoming a great concern to consumers of services, health care providers and policy makers. This is because of the escalating maternal morbidity and mortality some of which can be prevented through ... -
The impact of highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART) in selected private clinics in Lusaka
(2012-06-21)The advent of HIV/AIDS has brought pessimism to the practice of medicine, especially in the developing world. More so because of the discrepancy between the advances made in the knowledge of the biology of the human ... -
Knowledge and attitude of antenental mothers towards danger signs in pregnancy in lusaka urban
(2013-02-19)The main objective of this study was to determine the knowledge and attitude of antenatal mothers towards danger signs in pregnancy in selected Lusaka Urban clinics. The major hypothesis for this study was inadequate ... -
Knowledge and attitude towards utilization of patient's charter at chipata general hospital
(2013-02-20)The knowledge of patients' rights is of paramount importance to the clients and nurses because it acts as a protector and defense against the danger of violating these rights. The purpose of the study was to elicit ... -
Knowledge and participation of men in antenatal care in the catchment area of kalulushi township clinic in kalulushi district.
(2014-10-21)The purpose of this study was to establish Knowledge and Participation of men in Antenatal care (ANC) in Kalulushi District. It has been observed that very few pregnant women at KTSC in Kalulushi District, are escorted for ... -
Knowledge and practice of men towards benign prostatic hypertrophy (BPH) in Sinazongwe district, Southern province.
(2014-03-26)The study was aimed at determining the Knowledge and Practice of men towards Benign Prostatic Hypertrophy (BPH) in Sinazongwe District, Southern Province. Literature review on Benign Prostatic Hypertrophy was collected ... -
Knowledge and practice of midwives in management of eclampsia in chipata district
(2013-02-20)Eclampsia is the new onset of convulsions during pregnancy. The midwife is in a unique position to identify those women with a predisposition to pre-eclampsia which is a precursor to eclampsia. The purpose of the study ... -
Knowledge and practice of nursing mothers, caretakers in the prevention of malnutrition in under five children at Mansa general hospital.
(2014-02-27)Malnutrition remains as one of the causes of child morbidity and mortality in Zambia. The Integrated Management of Childhood Illnesses (IMCI) is a strategy that is being used to address management of common childhood ...
