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Oct 11, 2018Open AccessArticle
The online appointment system at the university health centre was intro-duced by the University of Technology (UTech), Jamaica management in 2014. The purpose of this study was to determine the users’ views of the online appointment system, as well as their views about the services offered at the university health centre. To achieve this purpose, a descriptive research design was used to answer three research questions. The con-ve ...
Sep 28, 2018Open AccessArticle
Background: There is limited scientific evidence supporting the efficacy of aphrodisiacs and more worrying is the fact that potential adverse health effects could result from the abuse of aphrodisiacs. Despite the safety concerns raised by the FDA on the abuse of unregistered sex enhancing products, the patronage remains high amidst debilitating side effects. We explore the factors influencing the use of aphrodisiacs while assessi ...
Aug 27, 2018Open AccessArticle
With the growing ownership of multiple technology
devices, and the contribution of mobile travel bookings to the overall travel
market, it is critical to investigate the hotel searching and booking process
for different device users. This research investigates four categories of
device users via a survey with 383 respondents, in the context of search
behaviour and information sources used. The results reveal that search engin ...
Aug 14, 2018Open AccessArticle
Background: In the
Democratic Republic of Congo, the use of Prevention of Transmission of Human
Immunodeficiency Virus infection from mother to child is still very low. Objective:
The objective of this study was to estimate the prevalence of infants born from
HIV-positive mother in different centers in Kinshasa. Methods: This study is a
retrospective cohort of at least 2 years on the records of mother-child couple
followed in 8 ce ...
Aug 14, 2018Open AccessArticle
Background: Viral hepatitis
represents a major public health burden with more than 375 million people with
chronic hepatitis B infection and 130 to 150 million with hepatitis C for 2016.
Sub-Saharan Africa has the heaviest burden of the epidemic. Objective: The objective of this review is to present
the characteristics of hepatitis B and C infections (HBV and HCV), present the
synthesis and estimate its magnitude in the Democratic ...
Aug 13, 2018Open AccessArticle
Background: Adolescent pregnancy and childbirth remains a major public health problem that deserves special attention with regard to psychological and medical risks. Objective: The objective of this study was to determine the fre-quency and determinants of the course and evolution of pregnancy and child-birth in rural adolescents. Methods: This is a multicentre, retrospective and de-scriptive cross-sectio ...
Jul 13, 2018Open AccessArticle
Visceral fat is technically the excess accumulation
of intra-abdominal adipose tissue. This type of fat is stored further underneath
the skin than subcutaneous fat and it’s actually wrapped around major organs,
including liver, pancreas and kidneys. Studies have shown that visceral fat
plays a distinctive and potentially dangerous role affecting hormones function
and it is also associated with ...
Jun 26, 2018Open AccessArticle
Introduction: Malaria in
pregnancy induces significant risks for the mother and the foetus. The
objective of this study was to determine the prevalence of malaria and the risk
factors among pregnant women in the Health District of Mwene Ditu in DR Congo. Methods: A cross-sectional
descriptive study based on household survey was carried out in June 2016 in the
Health District of Mwene Ditu. The calculated sampl ...
Jun 26, 2018Open AccessArticle
This paper reports the results of an investigation
to assess the value (validity and reliability) of health provider expectations
in an attempt to broaden
the construct “patient
satisfaction”. Data were collected from 25 health providers through a 16-item
Likert-type survey. The variable “expectation” was measured by factors such as
cleanliness, privacy, healthcare, space on hospital wards and adequacy of food
serv ...
Jun 26, 2018Open AccessArticle
Background: Although there
are various malaria intervention measures, the long-lasting insecticidal nets
(LLIN) are considered as the most cost-effective intervention measure for
malaria endemic countries. In line with the Global Technical Strategies, and as
recommended by the World Health Organization (WHO), the other available malaria
preventive measures to
achieve malaria control and elimination in ...
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