Violent Discipline Behaviors in Mothers of Preschool Children in Malatya, East Anatolia.

Violent parenting behavior, whether physical or psychological, give harms to child well-being. This study was conducted to describe and compare the prevalence of discipline methods used by mothers of 2- to 5-year-old children in Malatya, Turkey. This is a cross sectional study and 552 mothers were administered a face-to-face questionnaire describe the methods they use to discipline their children in the year previous the survey.

[The lifetime and point prevalence of neck, upper back and low back pain of the people living in central Malatya with influencing factors].

Objectives: To determine the lifetime and point prevalence of neck, upper back and low back pain of people living in central Malatya with influencing factors.

Methods: This research study is a cross-sectional interview survey. Thirty health house spots tied to the health clinics in the city center were chosen as thirty sets with the method of sampling and 600 people by taking 20 people from each set were included in the research.

[The rates of seropositivity and seroconversion of toxoplasma infection in pregnant women].

Infections caused by Toxoplasma gondii are frequently asymptomatic in healthy adults, however they may be serious in pregnant women and immunocompromised patients. The aims of this study were to investigate the rates of seropositivity and seroconversion in pregnant women and newborn cord blood samples, and to evaluate those data in the view of relation to lifestyle and nutrition. A total of 312 pregnant women (mean age: 28.

A household survey: unintentional injury frequency and related factors among children under five years in Malatya.

Accidents constitute a major public health problem around the world. They are one of the leading causes of death among children under five, with residential accidents accounting for the majority. Since there is no recording system that provides routine and reliable data about accidents, the data about the frequency of accidents and related factors are available only through researches.

The prevalence of nutritional anemia in pregnancy in an east Anatolian province, Turkey.

Background: Anemia is considered a severe public health problem by World Health Organization when anemia prevalence is equal to or greater than 40% in the population. The purpose of this study was to determine the anemia prevalence with the associated factors in pregnant women and to determine the serum iron, folate and B12 vitamin status in anaemic pregnants in Malatya province.

Methods: This is a cross-sectional survey.