“…Descriptive statistics were computed using SPSS version 10.0. Study findings indicated proper structure for providing FANC services. …”
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“…Rosenstock Health Belief model guided the study. A sample of 20 (n=20) randomly selected street children participated in the study. …”
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“…Majority of the parents reported that provision of accommodation was good (good, 85%, n=51) and that they are treated as an individual rather than a typical parent of cancer child (good, 100%, n=60). Parents also reported that children are not cared for holistically (e.g. mental, emotional and social needs) instead only their physical needs are met (81.7%, n=49) and all parents reported that there is poor provision of advice on how to get information or to contact other parents, organizations. …”
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“…The women’s location had an influence on their knowledge of the benefits of upright positions (χ2=24.05; P value=0.001) and the women’s age had an influence on their preference for upright positions (χ2=21.14; p-value=0.002). …”
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“…The findings revealed that majority of mothers were young mothers within the age group of 20-24 years (41.4%; n=82) and unemployed (44.4%; n=88). …”
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“…For example, the Malawi government and the Word Bank (1997) stated that population was 9.5 million and they estimated that it might double within 20 years. According to Malawi Government index mundi (2010), the annual growth rate in 2001 was 2.01 percent and 2.37 in 2007, while 2.746 in 2009. …”
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“…In Malawi the maternal mortality rate is 984 per 100,000 live births (MDHS 2004) despite the safe motherhood initiatives. …”
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“…Results showed that knowledge of what ECPs are; indications for using ECPs and when to use ECPs, were significantly positively associated with higher education (p=0.015;p=0.002; p=0.002), respectively. Also, affordability and ever bought ECPs were also positively associated with higher education (p=<0.001; p=0.015), respectively. …”
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“…There was a significant association between age and number of admissions (P=0.022) and no link between knowledge and self care practices (P>0.05). …”
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“…Statistics have shown significant prevalence of adverse drug reactions with an estimated 500,000 cases of multi-drug resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) arising every year among both new and previously treated tuberculosis clients, with much higher prevalence among previously treated client. …”
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“…Occurrence of spina bifida was statistically associated with female gender (OR 2.51 (1.019-6.198) p= 0.45), absent history of spina bifida (OR 0.191 (0.41-.884) p=0.034), mean birth weight of 2850g, family size 72% ≤3 children and maternal age 77% ≤ 30 years. …”
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“…The study will have a sample of 120 subjects who are going to be both males (50) and females (70) within the age group of 18-25 years the youth who access youth friendly health services at Machinga district hospital. …”
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“…Data will be obtained from 20 youths at the school campus. The results will be used to find other strategies to bar progression in the spread of HIV and AIDS in Malawi.…”
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“…The study will use qualitative research design and a random sampling will be used in the study where a sample of 20 participants will be used. Data will be collected using a questionnaire developed by the researcher and it will be analyzed manually. …”
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“…Post hoc comparisons using the Tukey HSD test indicated that the role domain mean scores for the respondents with 4-5 years of post-registration experience (M = 6.61, SD = 0.36) was significantly different (p=0.02) than those with >9 years (M = 6.13, SD = 0.60). …”
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“…A cross sectional exploratory study which used a mixed methods approach to assess uptake and utilisation of modern contraceptive methods among young people in tertiary institutions of LUANAR and KCN in Lilongwe. 8 focus groups were conducted, 6 key informants were interviewed and 220 females and male students were interviewed using self-administered questionnaires from the two institutions which were purposively selected. …”
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“…On knowledge about testicular self examination 46.6 %( n=) had knowledge whilst 53.6% (n=) did not had any knowledge. Out of the 30 subjects 33% (n=10) reported to have performed testicular self examination at some point in their life while 66.6% (n=20) had never performed it. …”
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“…The study was qualitative in design and data was collected using one to one interviews using a well structured interview guide developed by the researcher. A sample of 20 women was recruited, selected randomly. The target area for this study was Queen Elizabeth Central Hospital. …”
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“…The study will use qualitative method in which an interview guide will be used. A sample of 20 Kawale residents will be recruited for the study. …”
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“…The study has revealed that perception that SMS is a useful tool in communication between the patient and provider (AOR=3.26, 95% CI 1.66 to 6.39), perception that SMS improves quality of care (AOR=5.12, 95% CI 1.57 to 16.71), perception that SMS is easy to use (AOR=4.28, 95% CI 1.35 to 13.50) and perception that the hospital supports the use SMS (AOR=4.11, 95% CI 1.22 to 13.86) were significantly associated with the use of SMS mobile technology. …”
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