Effect of peer education on knowledge and frequency of smoking among high school students in disadvantaged districts: A quasi-experimental study.

Objective: To evaluate the effectiveness of peer education on changing the knowledge and frequency of smoking of high school students.

Methods: The quasi-experimental study was conducted at the Vocational and Technical Anatolian High School, Turkey, during the 2021-22 academic year, and comprised students of either gender from the 9th to the 11th grade. After baseline assessment, training that blended peer education with the photovoice technique was administered between March 2021 and January 2022.

Determination of nurses' tendency to medical error and the factors affecting this in the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus.

Objective: To determine nurses' tendency towards malpractice and the factors affecting such a behaviour.

Methods: The descriptive, cross-sectional study was conducted in October 2018 at four public-sector hospitals in the Turkis Republic of Northern Cyprus, and comprised nurses. Data were collected using the Malpractice Trend Scale in Nursing.

Evaluation of effectiveness of peer education on smoking behavior among high school students.

To evaluate the effectiveness of peer education on changing the smoking behavior of high schoolage children's.  Methods: In this interventional study; transtheoretical model, which is one of the cognitive-behavioral models was used for application of the peer education. Study was conducted in Izmir during 2011-2012 education period and included 338 students from 2 high schools The independent variable of the study is peer training.

Home accidents in the community-dwelling elderly in Izmir, Turkey: how do prevalence and risk factors differ between high and low socioeconomic districts?

Objective: To determine and compare the prevalence of and risk factors for home accidents in the elderly in two different districts.

Method: This cross-sectional study involves 497 older participants ages 65 and older. Sociodemographic characteristics of the elderly and characteristics of the houses in two different regions are evaluated.

Elder abuse and neglect in two different socioeconomic districts in Izmir, Turkey.

Objective: To determine and compare the prevalence and risk factors of elder abuse in elderly population in two different districts in Izmir, Turkey.

Methods: This cross-sectional study involved 497 subjects selected by cluster sampling.

Results: The prevalence of physical and financial abuse among the elderly in the district of low socioeconomic status was 1.

Perinatal outcomes and risk factors of Turkish adolescent mothers.

Study Objective: Adolescent pregnancy is considered a high risk for both the mother and infant. The aim of this study was to determine obstetric and neonatal outcomes and risk factors in adolescent pregnant women and to compare perinatal outcomes among the teen age groups and between adolescent and adult women.

Design: Retrospective study including adolescent pregnant women and adult women.

The prevalence and risk factors of dementia in the elderly population in a low socio-economic region of Izmir, Turkey.

The aim of this study is to determine the prevalence of and risk factors of dementia in the elderly with a low socio-economical status. The study is a cross-sectional and analytic study. Two hundred and four persons aged 65 years and above were selected by using the cluster sampling method.