Descriptive correlational study of knowledge, attitudes and practices related to blood exposure accidents among operating room nurses in the two university hospitals of Sousse.

Introduction: The occupational infectious risk in the health care environment is potentially ubiquitous. Several infectious agents are transmitted to healthcare professionals, especially by blood and body fluids.

Aim: To describe the knowledge; attitudes and practices related to blood exposure accidents (BEA) among operating room nurses and to determine their associated factors.

[Patient safety culture in neonatal intensive care units as seen by nurses].

Neonatal intensive care units (NICUs) are critical environments in terms of safety of care, with a high risk of adverse events. Measuring the patient safety culture of the professionals working there should help to improve the care offered. A descriptive cross-sectional study, conducted among 141 nurses and childcare workers in 2020 in 5 Tunisian hospitals, examined this question.

Effectiveness of an osteoporosis prevention educational program in Tunisian premenopausal women working in sedentary occupations: a quasi-experimental study.

Unlabelled: The objective of this study was to examine the effectiveness of an osteoporosis prevention program on knowledge and perception of self-efficacy in adopting preventive osteoporosis behaviors in premenopausal women working in sedentary occupations. Results show the improvement in knowledge and self-efficacy was statistically significant respectively (p < 0.001) and (p = 0.

Evaluation of clinical reasoning teaching for third year medical students.

Introduction: Clinical reasoning teaching is an educational method based on learning and contextualized education.The aim of this study was to determine the value of clinical reasoning teaching sessions, from the perspective of third year medical students using a self-administered questionnaire.

Method: Two successive groups of nine students (a total of 18 students) participated in this study.

Evaluation of surgical glove integrity and factors associated with glove defect.

Background: Surgical glove perforation may expose both patients and staff members to severe complications. This study aimed to determine surgical glove perforation rate and the factors associated with glove defect.

Material And Methods: This descriptive cross-sectional study was conducted between January and March 2017 at a Tunisian university hospital center in 3 different surgical departments: urology, maxillofacial, and general and digestive.

[Perceptions of Tunisian women based on the health beliefs model and their practices related to osteoporosis].

Introduction: The aim of this study is to describe beliefs and practices of women related to health and osteoporosis in order to develop effective and targeted interventions for the prevention of this disease in the Tunisian context.

Methods: A descriptive cross-sectional study was conducted among 100 Tunisian women, aged 45 and older, who consult the basic health center in the suburban area of Sousse region (Tunisia). The collection of information was carried out with "osteoporosis health belief scale "developed by Kim and his colleagues validated and translated into Arabic in Tunisia and the questionnaire of "daily calcium inputs calculation" was developed by Patrice Fardellone.

Teaching research methodology to student midwives through a socio-constructivist educational model: The experience of the high school for science and health techniques of Tunis.

Since its independence in 1956, Tunisia's maternal health indicators have steadily improved as the result of the implementation of a national holistic strategy that emancipated women and developed midwifery education and maternal health services provision. The last review of the midwifery education programme, occurred in 2008, and was based on evidence based core competencies. This paper describes the implementation process of the socio-constructivist educational model used by to teach research methodology to student midwives, the changes observed among them, the challenges and the lessons learned.