Publications by authors named "Shikha AlKaltham"
Motivators for the public to receive the seasonal influenza vaccination and the effect of coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic on the uptake of the seasonal influenza vaccination.
J Family Community Med
January 2024
Article Synopsis
- The study focused on public motivators for receiving the seasonal influenza vaccine during the COVID-19 pandemic, highlighting a launch of a vaccination campaign by the Saudi Ministry of Health in 2021.
- Most participants had high education levels and were predominantly male and under 35, with their primary motivator being the convenience of having a vaccination site near their workplace.
- The findings suggest that improving access to vaccination campaigns and leveraging physician advice could significantly enhance influenza vaccine uptake.
Perceived Barriers and Facilitators to Breast Cancer Screening Among Women in Saudi Arabia.
Breast Cancer (Dove Med Press)
July 2023
Background: According to the World Health Organization, by the end of 2020, an estimated 7.8 million people was living with breast cancer diagnosed between 2015 and 2020; in Saudi Arabia, more than fifty percent of cancer cases are detected in late stages, which results in increased mortality rates and reduces the chances of remission. Breast cancer screening using mammography in women fifty years and older worldwide and in women forty years and older in Saudi Arabia shows a significant decrease in morbidity and mortality.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: As the Saudi Food and Drug Authority (SFDA) has recently requested all food facilities to display the calorie count on their menus, this study aimed to identify the perceived changes in costumers' eating behaviours in response to the calorie count display (CCD) policy in the Eastern Province.
Methods: This was a mixed methods study. The first being quantitative, using a cross-sectional questionnaire which included 400 customers of both genders, aged 10 years and older, and was collected at food facilities from three cities in the Eastern Province.