Breastfeeding frequency of primary healthcare professionals and effective factors.

Background: To determine the frequency of breastfeeding of mothers working in primary care, the differences between different employment groups, and the effective factors.

Methods: This descriptive research study was conducted with a self-report online survey design. The snowball sampling method was used for the sample selection, and 151 family physicians and 126 family health professionals were included in the study during the research period (June 2019-December 2019).

The primary care physicians' despair levels: Original research article.

Objectives: The profession of medicine is very depressing both mentally and physically. There were studies conducted to investigate the reasons of depression and burnout. Hopelessness leads to depression and may be it is the first sign.

Evaluation of sleep quality, insomnia severity and OSAS risk in primary care population: A descriptive study.

Purpose: In our study, we aimed to evaluate the sleep quality, insomnia presence and severity, obstructive sleep apnoea syndrome (OSAS) risk of the patients who applied to family health centres and to determine the situations that might be related with these features.

Methods: This study is a descriptive research and conducted in Ankara Güdül, Antalya Değirmenözü, Bursa Sırameşeler, Gaziantep Family Health Centre policlinics. The study population consisted of all patients over 18 years of age who were admitted to the family health centres for any reason.

Violence in healthcare at a glance: The example of the Turkish physician.

Background: Violence is an important public health problem that threatens the peace of mind in health institutions as well as in many other sectors. In recent studies, it was stated that violence occurs more frequently in healthcare centers compared to other establishments. In terms of being exposed to violence, healthcare personnel is at 16 times more risk.

Assessment of Knowledge and Attitudes of Patients About Cancer Screenings in Primary Care.

Incidence of cancer is increasing in the developing countries such as Turkey. Screenings are important part of preventive medicine practices which can reduce deaths due to cancer. Our aim was to identify patient's awareness and knowledge level of cancers and screenings and to create a road map of what we need to do to increase screening rates.

Family medicine and sports medicine students' perceptions of their educational environment at a primary health care center in Germany: using the DREEM questionnaire.

The medical learning environment is changing progressively due to its crucial importance in clinical learning and educational performance. The purpose of this study was to investigate student perceptions of the medical learning environment at a primary health care center outside of a university hospital using the Dundee Ready Educational Environment Measure (DREEM) questionnaire. Various aspects of the environment were compared between family medicine (FM) and sports medicine (SM) students to assess the role of these different rotations and their effect on student perceptions.