Teachers' Negative Attitudes and Limited Health Literacy Levels as Risks for Low Awareness of Epilepsy in Turkey.

Objectives: For students with epilepsy, schools are a critical environment for managing the disease properly. This study examined awareness of epilepsy, attitudes toward epilepsy, and health literacy among school teachers in Turkey.

Methods: This study was conducted in a city in Turkey with 1408 public school teachers from June 2021 to September 2021.

Are health promotion activities and preventive health practices predictors of adolescent eHealth literacy?

Adolescents' general health status and health behaviors have been closely monitored in recent years. It is estimated that adolescents comprise one-sixth of the world's population. This study examined whether eHealth literacy was predicted via health promotion activities and preventive health practices among Turkish adolescents.

Musculoskeletal disorders increases the insomnia severity in nurses.

Objectives: To determine prevalence of musculoskeletal disorders and the relationship between insomnia severity among nurses working in a training and research hospital.

Material And Methods: This descriptive study was carried out with 293 nurses. Cornell musculoskeletal disorders questionnaire for musculoskeletal disorders and insomnia severity index were used to determine the insomnia severity.

Orthorexia tendency and social media addiction among candidate doctors and nurses.

Purpose: To determine orthorexia tendency and social media addiction among candidate doctors and nurses.

Design And Methods: This was a cross-sectional study conducted in 2019 with 969 candidate doctors and nurses training in a peripheral public university. Data were collected via ORTO-15 and Social Media addiction scales and analyzed by using percentage, mean, χ test, and binary logistic regression.

Determination of anxiety levels and perspectives on the nursing profession among candidate nurses with relation to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Purpose: This study aimed to determine the anxiety level of candidate nurses and capture their perspective on the nursing profession in light of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic.

Design And Methods: This descriptive study consisted of 322 nursing students in Turkey after the pandemic announcement of the World Health Organization. A web-based survey was used and anxiety levels was determined via State Anxiety Scale and Beck Anxiety Inventory.

Low health literacy, poor knowledge, and practice among Turkish women patients undergoing cervical cancer screening.

Objective: The objective of this study is to evaluate health literacy level, cervical cancer knowledge, and practice among women patients undergoing screening.

Materials And Methods: A cross-sectional study was conducted among 455 women family health center patients. Health literacy level was evaluated by Rapid Estimate of Adult Literacy in Medicine.

Relation between Health Literacy Levels, Hypertension Awareness and Control among Primary-secondary School Teachers in Turkey.

Objective: Health literacy plays a critical role in chronic disease self-management. This study aimed to determine the relation between health literacy levels, hypertension awareness and control among primary-secondary school teachers in Turkey.

Materials And Methods: This descriptive and cross-sectional research was conducted among school teachers with the participation of 500 volunteer teachers of both genders.

Health Literacy, Mammogram Awareness and Screening Among Tertiary Hospital Women Patients.

In spite of high mortality rates and prevalence, breast cancer awareness and screening is low among Turkish women. This study aimed to determine level of health literacy, mammogram awareness, and screening among tertiary hospital women patients. A cross-sectional study was conducted with 519 patients aged between 40 and 69.

Hazardous Health Behaviour among Medical Students: a Study from Turkey.

Background: Hazardous health behaviour in young people is an important factor that affects the individual risk for non-communicable diseases and other disorders later in life. This study aimed to determine the hazardous health behaviour of first and last class medical students of Erciyes University.

Materials And Methods: This descriptive study was carried out with 240 medical students from the first and 130 students from the last (sixth) class.

Knowledge, attitudes and beliefs about cervical cancer and human papilloma virus vaccination with related factors in Turkish university students.

Background: This study aimed to determine knowledge, attitudes and believes about cervical cancer and human papilloma virus (HPV) vaccination with related factors in Turkish university students.

Materials And Methods: This descriptive and cross sectional study was conducted between June-July 2013 in Hitit University located in Corum, a rural area to the East of Ankara. The population consisted of 550 university students who were training in first and last year from Faculties of Economics, Theology and Health.

Preferences and related factors for postpartum contraception in pregnant women.

Background: The postpartum period is a time of transition for a pregnant woman and her new family. In this period many pregnant women are in search about the family planning methods. But contraceptive options differ depending on women's desires such as cultural and religious believes, partner attitudes, previous contraceptive experiences.