Changing perceptions of general health in the Kayseri Province, Turkey in 2004 and 2017: A population-based study.

Aim: Self-rated health (SRH) and health-related quality of life (HRQoL) have closely related outcomes in measuring general health status in community-based studies. The aim of this study is to determine changes in the self-perceived overall health of people and affected factors by comparing the findings of two studies conducted in the same research area.

Methods: Both studies were conducted using the same measurement tools in households determined by random sampling techniques in the same research areas.

Smoking Behaviors and Viewpoints of Smoking by Erciyes University, Faculty of Theology Students.

Religious beliefs and attitudes contribute to a healthy life by helping individuals avoiding negative behaviors that can affect health. In this respect, clergymen can play an important role in smoking control by being models for the society. This study was conducted to evaluate smoking situations and views on cigarette use by Erciyes University, Faculty of Theology students.

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.

Physician exposure to violence: a study performed in Turkey.

Recently, in Turkey, there has been an increase in the number of violent acts against healthcare workers, towards doctors in particular. This study aimed to investigate the extent of violence, the causes of violence and to evaluate proposed solutions to violence. Out of 597 physicians, 86.

Health promoting lifestyle behaviour in medical students: a multicentre study from Turkey.

Background: The aim of this study was to determine the predictors of health promoting lifestyle behaviour among medical students attending seven of the medical schools in Turkey.

Materials And Methods: This cross- sectional descriptive study was performed during the second semester of the first and last (sixth) years of study from March to May 2011. A questionnaire with two sections was specifically designed.

Healthy life-style promoting behaviour in Turkish women aged 18-64.

Aim: In this study we aimed to investigate the healthy life-style behaviour of Turkish women and establish influencing features.

Methods: This descriptive study performed by a questionnaire method was conducted in a primary health care centre, in an urban region in Kayseri, Turkey. Every midwife region belonging to the health care centre was accepted as a cluster, and a sample of 450 women between ages 18-64, was gathered from 9 midwife regions.

Attitudes and behaviors regarding organ donation: a study on officials of religion in Turkey.

The aim of this study is to determine the attitudes and behaviors of religious scholars regarding organ donation and transplantation. In this study, 540 officials working in the Department of Religious Affairs in Kayseri, Turkey, were included. Overall, 86.

Knowledge, attitude about breast cancer and practice of breast cancer screening among female health care professionals: a study from Turkey.

The awareness of health professionals about breast cancer prevention is of vital importance, since their beliefs and behaviors may have a major impact on other women. The aim of this study was to investigate the knowledge, and attitudes regarding risk factors for breast cancer as well as screening such as breast self-examination, clinical breast examination and mammography among different groups of female health professionals. In this cross- sectional study, 444 female health professionals in various health centers located in Corum Province, Turkey, were interviewed using a self-administered questionnaire.

Learning styles of first-year medical students attending Erciyes University in Kayseri, Turkey.

Educational researchers postulate that every individual has a different learning style. The aim of this descriptive study was to determine the learning styles of first-year medical students using the Turkish version of the visual, auditory, read-write, kinesthetic (VARK) questionnaire. This study was performed at the Department of Medical Education of Erciyes University in February 2006.