The dual pathway of professional attitude among health care workers serving HIV/AIDS patients and drug users.

The professional attitude of health care workers (HCWs) who serve HIV/AIDS patients and drug users is important in implementation of the harm reduction program (HRP). This study was to explore the causal relationships between education and training, AIDS-related knowledge, attitude of supporting methadone maintenance treatment (MMT), risk perception, and professional attitude of HCWs toward serving HIV/AIDS patients and drug users. We distributed a self-administered questionnaire to HCWs who have served HIV/AIDS patients and drug users due to work in Taoyuan, northern Taiwan.

Ethnic variations in the estimated prevalence of orofacial clefts in Taiwan, 2004 to 2006.

Background: Foreign-born mothers have been reported to have better pregnancy outcomes as measured by the preterm birth rate, neonatal mortality, and birth weight compared with native-born mothers in Belgium, France, Taiwan, and the United States. However, little is known about the association between maternal nationality and the prevalence of orofacial clefts in Asian countries.

Methods: Taiwan Birth Registry data from 2004 to 2006 were analyzed for an association between maternal nationality and orofacial clefts.