Psycho-Social Influence of Multimedia Violence amongst Children of School Age in Ile-Ife, Nigeria

The study established the influence of psycho-social influence of multimedia violence on children of school age in Ile-Ife, Nigeria.

A total of 150 school age children involved in the study were randomly selected from four different schools constituted the sample for the study.

Two validated instruments used for the study were author-constructed questionnaires with 0.71 and 0.76 reliability co-efficient respectively.

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Analysis on Medical Insurance Status of the Elderly in Urban Shaanxi Province of China

This paper contributed to summarize researches of population aging and medical insurance in China and Shaanxi Province and worked out the health service demands and medical insurance status of the elderly in Shaanxi Province.

Moreover, it demonstrated the present situation and challenges of medical insurance of the elderly in urban areas in Shaanxi Province and explored effective ways of optimizing the medical insurance system of the elderly in urban China.

Methods including cluster random sampling, questionnaire survey and interview were conducted. Data analysis was performed by SPSS 21.0. And logistic regression analysis was used to analyse factors that affected the satisfaction rate.

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Clinical Competencies in the Care of Women

Although the use of contraception has been associated with improving the health of women and children, its utilization among refugee women was limited.

Thus, the main aim of the study was to assess factors associated with use of modern contraceptive methods among married women residing in Sheder refugee camp Somali Region, Eastern Ethiopia.

A community based cross-sectional study was conducted among 329 randomly selected married women found in reproductive age group. Data were collected using structured questionnaire and analyzed using SPSS version 20software.

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Clinical Competencies in the Care of Women: Intertextuality and Transversality Between Gynecology and Family Medicine

here is an increasing body of scientific evidence of the differences in the way men and women become ill, in the evolution of disease, and in the way drugs are used.

However, the chronic problems presented by women are still considered to be inferior or minor, women are not always included in clinical trials systematically, natural processes such as pregnancy, childbirth and menopause are often medicalized.

We do not study the problems that women really suffer and instead create new problems when dealing with pain and discomfort with psychotropic drugs without investigating the underlying causes or pathologies.

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Zika Virus Pandemic – Misconceptions and its Implications

The pandemic of Zika virus infection is a formidable threat to the American public health and is the fourth arboviral pandemic arriving to the western hemisphere in the past three decades after Dengue, West Nile virus and Chikungunya.

This arbovirus was discovered in Uganda in 1947 in the course of rhesus primate surveillance.

The arbovirus circulated predominantly in wild primates and rarely caused human infections. This makes its explosive pandemic re-emergence as truly fascinating, arriving from Africa to the Western hemisphere

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Preference of Birth Delivery Modes among Women Attending Antenatal and Postnatal Clinics in the Tamale Metropolis of Ghana

Spontaneous vaginal delivery is the commonest mode of delivery globally, particularly in remote areas of resource constrained countries where modern healthcare is limited.

This study sought to establish among antennal and post natal attendees, women’s preferences regarding modes of delivery and the factors influencing their choices of delivery.

This cross sectional hospital based study was conducted at the antenatal and post-natal care units of the obstetrics and gynaecology department of the Tamale Teaching Hospital.

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Assessing the Magnitude of Institutional Delivery Service Utilization and Associated Factors among Mothers in Debre Berhan, Ethiopia

Institutional delivery service utilization is essential to improve maternal and child health. However, little is known about institutional delivery service utilization in Debre Berhan, Ethiopia.

This study was aimed at assessing the magnitude of institutional delivery service utilization.

Community based cross sectional study was done on 424. Census was carried out in 5 urban and two rural kebeles (the smallest administrative unit) to identify mothers who gave birth in the past two year.

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The Gomeroi Gaaynggal Cohort: A Preliminary Study of the Maternal Determinants of Pregnancy Outcomes in Indigenous Australian Women

The life expectancy of Indigenous Australians is amongst the lowest of any population group within developed nations and chronic diseases collectively account for over 80% of the gap in life expectancy between Indigenous and non-Indigenous Australians.

The Gomeroi gaaynggal cohort is a prospective, longitudinal maternal-infant cohort established to examine the origins of chronic disease in Indigenous Australians.

This study aimed to determine the major antenatal factors associated with adverse birth outcomes (preterm delivery, low birth weight) and other pregnancyrelated complications (gestational diabetes and hypertensive disorders of pregnancy) in Indigenous Australian women.

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Pain in New born and Nursing Management

It is determined that first nociceptors (pain sensing receptors) occur in the perioral region at 7 weeks of intrauterine life, spread in the rest of face, the palms of the hands and feet at 11 weeks, with arms and legs at 15 weeks, all cutaneous and mucosal surfaces at 20 weeks.

Distribution of nociceptive nerve endings in the skin of neonates was determined to be similar in density to an adult. In addition, pain in neonates is transmitted by unmyelinated C fibers.

These fibers transmit impulses slowly. It starts second or seconds later than painful stimuli and continues for minutes to increase in size. Pain transmitted by this fiber is perceived as dispersed, continuous, dull and burning.

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The Impact of Short Stature on the Childrens Psychology

Short stature (SS) is defined as height more than two standard deviations below the mean for age and gender. SS could be a result of organic or non-organic causes.

Non-organic causes include: familial short stature, malnutrition, constitutional delay of growth and adolescence. Around 2% of all children present with SS. Boys tend to come to medical attention more frequently than girls.

However, the percentage of girls with organic disease significantly exceeded that of boys. Differences in height were more pronounced around the age of 9 years. Sex was not associated with severity of short stature.

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Thyroid Metastasis from Renal Cell Carcinoma Eight Years after Total Nephrectomy

Localized malignant renal tumors requires a surgical intervention as first line treatment by partial nephrectomy, or if it is not feasible, by radical nephrectomy. The risk for recurrence after surgery is about 30 to 40%, with median delay time of 15 month. Although the first metastatic site is pulmonary, it is not rare to observe some metastasis in other organs such as thyroid.

The renal origin of thyroid metastasis is an important prognostic indicator to consider, because it determines the therapeutic management of a patient. It has been demonstrated that these secondary sites could not be synchronous, and can occur until more than twenty years after the initial nephrectomy.

We report the case of a 70 year old patient followed for asymptomatic multi-nodular goiter diagnosed with a thyroid metastasis of renal carcinoma operated eight years ago.

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The Management of Abortions at the Maternity Regional Hospital of Saint Louis from 2013 to 2015

The objectives were to determine the prevalence of abortions at CHR Saint Louis and define the epidemiological profile of patients.

This was a cross sectional study descrriptive of abortion cases registered in the Obstetrics and Gynecology Service Hospital Saint Louis. Study ran from 1 January 2013 to 28 February 2015, or 26 months.

We included all patients carrying a pregnancy of less than 22 weeks and who has an abortion. The variables studied were the socio-demographic characteristics, age of pregnancy, care mode, complications, and counceling chosen contraceptive method.

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Profile, Morbidities and Symptoms Management of Menopausal Women, in Cotonou

In Benin, as life expectancy continues to increase, the number of postmenopausal women increases. Menopause is a physiological phenomenon that can be quiet for some+, tumultuous in others.

Few studies are devoted to menopause in Africa and Benin in particular. The objective of this study was to describe the profile, clinical symptoms of menopausal women as well as management of postmenopausal symptoms in Cotonou, Benin.

This is an analytical cross-sectional study in Cotonou, the capital city of Benin Republic during the month of August 2014. 2021 women were included in the study out of a female population of 11,669 people aged 40 and older.

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Call to Action: Motivating Moms to Move

The findings published by Flegal and colleagues report a linear increasing trend in overweight and obesity among US women (40%).

The recent reported rise in obesity among American women is not only alarming for the many women that will suffer from the adverse health effects brought on by the disease but also for future generations of children that are born to mothers that are overweight or obese.

This worrying trend is not specific to the United States. According to the WHO, approximately 15% of women worldwide are obese and this translates into more women of childbearing age becoming obese.

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The Impact of Short Stature on the Childrens Psychology: An Examination of Child Psychology, Peer and Familial Relationships and Academic Performance

This study investigated the impact SS (short stature) on children’s psychology, peer and familial relationships and the academic performance.

A cross-sectional quantitative face-to-face survey of 656 males and female children aged 4-18 years. It was conducted from March 2015 to April 2015 in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.

There was a weak significant relationship between height and negative psychology of SS children. There was no relationship between SS children and negative peer relationships, familial relationships or academic performance.

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