Impact of A Health Education Intervention Program about Breast Cancer among Women in a Semi-urban Area in Alexandria, Egypt.

Unlabelled: Breast cancer is the most common cancer and the second principal cause of cancer deaths in women worldwide as well as in Egypt. The present work aimed to assess the impact of a health education intervention program about breast cancer (BC) among women in a semi-urban area in Alexandria. The study was carried out through pre-post test design in three phases; pre intervention phase, intervention phase, and post intervention phase.

Role of Gender in Coping Capabilities among Young Visually Disabled Students.

Unlabelled: This study aims to detect the role of gender in coping capabilities among young visually disabled students attending two schools for blindness. The WHO Disability Assessment Schedule (WHODAS II), 36-Item Interviewer Administered translated Arabic version was used. It evaluates six domains of everyday living in the last 30 days.

Cytogenetic Abnormalities and Herdetiry Thrombophilias among the Abortees:

Unlabelled: Recurrent miscarriage affects only 1% of all couples. It is one of the most frustrating experiences for both patients and clinicians.

Objectives: The present study aimed at studying: the role of cytogenetic abnormalities and hereditary thrombophilias in repeated pregnancy losses (RPL), and the associated risk factors.

Indicators of the screening program for congenital hypothyroidism in alexandria.

The screening of newborn children for metabolic and endocrinological disorders is one of the unsung successes of the health service. This study aimed to evaluate the congenital hypothyroidism (CH) screening program in Alexandria in terms of coverage, effectiveness of detecting and managing the cases. A record review was conducted at the Information and Decision Making Support Center of Alexandria Health Directorate during the period from October 2000 to December 2003 to evaluate the coverage of the program and to detect the number of true positives and false positives used to calculate the positive predictive value of the screening test.

Job satisfaction and stress among MCH physicians in Alexandria.

Physician satisfaction with their job is a topic of importance to physicians in practice, physicians in training, health administrators, and health executives. Stress among physicians arises due to inadequate demands of the job in relation to worker's abilities, frustrated aspirations, and dissatisfaction with regard to aimed goals. The cross-sectional study design was conducted at 7 randomly selected Maternal and Child Health (MCH) centres, affiliated to seven medical zones in Alexandria.