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May 07, 2024Open Access
Great efforts were being made to stop the spread and impact of the coronavirus pandemic through vaccines. Cameroon began vaccinating healthcare workers (HCWs) against COVID-19 vaccines on March, 2021. However, willingness to be vaccinated highly depends on factors other than vaccine availability. This study sought to measure the acceptance rate and related factors for COVID-19 vaccination among HCWs in Yaoundé, Cameroon.
A cross-sectional study was conducted with 510 HCWs in Yaounde, Cameroon. ...
May 07, 2024Open Access
Introduction: Suicide is one of the leading causes of premature death in young adults. Among the major risk factors for suicide is a pre-existing suicide attempt. Self-poisoning is the most common form of suicide at-tempt, so we decided to examine the clinical profile of people with this experience to contribute to the design of prevention programs in order to reduce suicide rate. The Aim: The aim was to analyze sociodemo-graphic and psychopathological characteristics, and health of patients who...
Apr 26, 2024Open Access
Uterine Fibroid Embolization (UFE) is one of the effective options available for treatment of symptomatic uterine fibroids with documented improvement in the quality of life and reduction in symptoms. The study assessed long-term quality of life post-uterine fibroid embolization in a mostly black population, noting scanty local or African research on this topic despite evidence suggesting a higher fibroid burden among black women. This retrospective study examined patients who underwent UFE from...
Apr 18, 2024Open Access
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Medical education in Morocco has long been based on the French language; this has created difficulties in understanding courses and scientific research. This study brings a current understanding of language barriers in medical education and contributes to a broader understanding of attitudes towards language practices among medical students. In particular, it seeks to identify the language barriers medical students in Morocco experience in some aspects of their medical education and...
Mar 31, 2024Open Access
Background: Healthcare professionals frequently experience burnout, characterised by emotional exhaustion, depersonalisation, and a diminished sense of personal success. We aimed to identify the determinants associated with burnout among healthcare professionals and its implications on healthcare professionals and healthcare delivery. Methods: A cross-sectional study was conducted at the Seventh Day Adventist (SDA) Hospital, Tamale, in the Northern Region of Gha...
Mar 27, 2024Open Access
Objective: To investigate the improvement of speech recognition for phone call listening by using wireless audio streaming hearing aids in noisy environments. Methods: 30 subjects who were diagnosed as symmetrical, sensorineural hearing loss (SNHL), no middle ear problem, good aided speech recognition and able to speak Mandarin were selected in this research. Speech recognition scores for the phone call between aided with wireless mode-on and aided with wireless mode-off in quiet and noisy envir...
Mar 20, 2024Open Access
Introduction: Endemic poverty and the consequences of multiple armed conflicts, the number of street children is constantly increasing throughout the Democratic Republic of the Congo and the sexual violence they suffer is becoming more and more common. This presents a real public health problem in the DRC in general and in Lubumbashi in particular. This study consists of establishing the societal state of street children, more particularly by assessing the sexual violence they s...
Feb 28, 2024Open Access
A viral illness called COVID-19 can be spread from one person to another. 2019 saw the first case of the virus reported in Wuhan, China, while 2020 saw Kenya record the first COVID-19 infection in Sub-Saharan Africa. To stop the virus from spreading, it is crucial to have the proper information, attitudes, and behaviors. There has been increased research on the impact COVID-19 had on the normal lives of people, however, studies of this effect on rural communities are scarce. Hence, the study was...
Jan 31, 2024Open Access
Introduction: Among adolescents, engagement in risky sexual behavior is an important public health problem. This study aims to analyze the influence between extra-familial communication and the adoption of risky sexual behaviors among adolescents. Method: It is a descriptive-correlational and transversal type study. A survey was carried out in the Kindele health area of the Mont NGAFULA health zone. The population of our study is made up of all adolescents living in the Kindele health area of th...
Jan 30, 2024Open Access
Background: Despite WHO estimates of two million healthcare workers (HCWs) who are exposed to hepatitis B virus (HBV) yearly, uptake of the hepatitis B vaccine among HCWs in Cameroon is low. Objective: Our study aimed at testing the effectiveness of a behaviour change communication (BCC) intervention in improving vaccination uptake among HCWs in Fako Division. Methods: We carried out a clustered randomized controlled trial involving HCWs in 12 study hospitals and 12 control hospitals. Baseline ...
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