: Hepatitis A virus (HAV) is a leading cause of acute viral hepatitis and is primarily transmitted by the fecal-oral route. The clinical presentation and progression of the disease varies according to the age of the patient. Turkey is classified as a moderately endemic country, and HAV infection continues to be an important public health problem worldwide.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFObjective: To measure healthy life awareness, blood pressure awareness and insight levels, along with their predisposing factors among adult individuals.
Design: A population-based cross-sectional study.
Sample: The population consisted of adult individuals in a rural district of a city in Türkiye.
Objective: To measure a multivariate analysis of social media addiction and cognitive-behavioral physical activity associated with several sociodemographic characteristics in adolescent girls.
Design And Methods: A cross-sectional study. The sample consisted of adolescent girls studying in a vocational high-school in the Middle-Black-Sea region in Türkiye (n = 333).
Rationale: Misinformation can lead to adverse outcomes on the health beliefs and behaviors of individuals. Therefore, health literacy skills are needed as a central competency to recognize the trustfulness of health-related knowledge in any resources. To ensure this, a time-efficient, skill-oriented psychometric tools are needed to measure the comprehensive general health literacy level of communities.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFAim: To understand the experiences and coping strategies of nursing students who were impacted by Turkey's once-in-a-century catastrophic earthquakes in 2023.
Background: Nursing students rarely experience a disaster in person, and their imagination can be limited.
Methods: This study used a descriptive-qualitative study design.