Women in Cairo, Egypt and their risk factors for unmet contraceptive need: a community-based study.

Background And Methodology: Although modern family planning methods are readily available in Egypt at low cost, a considerable proportion of women still have an unmet contraceptive need. The aim of this study was to detect the risk factors of unmet contraceptive need among married women in the childbearing period in an underprivileged area in Cairo with high population density. A survey of 2340 women in the Marg district of Eastern Cairo was conducted by means of home interviews.

Knowledge, Attitudes and Practices Related to Avian Influenza among a Rural Community in Egypt.

Background: Avian influenza (AI) is currently a threat to global health. Prevention and control largely depend on population awareness and behavior.

Aim Of Study: Is to assess the rural community knowledge, attitudes, and practice (KAP) related to AI prevention and control.

Lead exposure and its association with pubertal development in school-age Egyptian children: pilot study.

Background: The aim of the present study was to determine blood lead levels in a group of Egyptian school-age children and assess its relationship to pubertal development.

Methods: Forty-one children were recruited from high- and low-pollution areas in Cairo, Egypt. Sexual maturation was evaluated using Tanner score.

Epidemiology and management of type 1 diabetes mellitus at the ain shams university pediatric hospital.

Unlabelled: Type 1 diabetes mellitus is the most common metabolic disease in childhood. An interplay between genetic susceptibility and environmental factors (triggering or suppressive) may account for the pathogenesis of type 1 diabetes The diabetes control and complications trial (DCCT) showed the importance of strict metabolic control in delaying and preventing complications. The aim of this work was to describe the epidemiological features of type 1 diabetes mellitus (the pattern of seasonality at birth and at diagnosis, the initial symptoms of presentation, and the precipitating factors) and to compare the frequency of occurrence of long term complications (as microalbuminuria, and diabetic neuropathy and retinopathy) in relation to different insulin regimens among children attending pediatric hospital at Ain Shams University.

Domestic violence among women attending out-patient clinics in Ain Shams University Hospitals, Cairo, Egypt.

Violence affects millions of women worldwide and it cuts across cultural and religious barriers, impeding the women's right to participate fully in the society. A descriptive cross sectional study was conducted to determine the prevalence of domestic violence among ever married females presenting to out patient clinics in Ain Shams university hospitals and to identify factors affecting it. Out of a total number of 509 women, 89.

Safe injection practice among health care workers, Gharbiya, Egypt.

A cross-sectional study was conducted in 25 health care facilities in Gharbiya governorate to assess safe injection practices among health care workers (HCWs). Two questionnaires, one to collect information about administrative issues related to safe injection and the other to collect data about giving injections, exposure to needle stick injuries, hepatitis B vaccination status and safe injection training. Practices of injections were observed using a standardized checklist.