survey of knowledge, attitude and practice of iranian dentists and pedodontists in relation to child abuse

Statement of the Problem: Since almost half of the child abuse cases affect the head and neck region, dentists have an important role in the diagnosis and report of oral and dental aspects of child abuse cases

Purpose: The objective of the current study was to evaluate the knowledge, attitude and practice of the general dentists and pedodontists regarding child abuse and child neglect

Materials and Method: This cross-sectional study was carried out on the participants of the 12th congress of pedodontists of Iran. A self-administered questionnaire was used for evaluating their knowledge, attitude and practice toward child abuse. T-test and ANOVA were applied to analyze the data by SPSS software, p <0.05 was considered statistically significant

Results: The mean score of knowledge, attitude and practice of the participants regarding child abuse was 10.24+/-2.68, 41.54+/-11.24 and 2.78+/-1.05, respectively

The knowledge of pedodontists was significantly higher than knowledge of general dentists. No statistically significant difference was observed in attitude and practice [p> 0.05]

Conclusion: Dentists had a moderate knowledge, poor attitude and moderate practice regarding child abuse. Considering this fact, improvements in child abuse education for undergraduate students and continuing post-graduate training in this field are recommended

[Self-care activities among women referred to health care centers in Kerman]

Introduction: Self-care, an important aspect of healthy lifestyle, means to follow a healthy life style to prevent diseases. Given the importance of self-care, this study aimed to evaluate self-care activities among women referred to health care centers in Kerman during 2015

Methods: This is a descriptive - analytic and cross-sectional study performed on 240 women who referred to health care centers in Kerman during 2015. They were selected using multistage sampling method. Data were collected using a two-part researcher-made questionnaire. The first part included demographic data and the second, 17 questions on screening performance. Data were statistically analyzed by SPSS 20 and Chi-square

Results: The results show that there was no significant relationship between different aspect of physical self-care and education, job, and income [P>0.05] but sleep quality was better in housekeepers [P=0.02] compared to the employed women. Screening analysis show that Pap smear in employed working [P=0.006], and in women with high education and income [P=0.004] and also lipid profile screening in women with high income [P=0.001] compared to the housekeepers were significantly performed

Conclusion: Considering the results, it is concluded that physical activity as well as screening common cancers among studied women is not satisfactory. Therefore, educational programs should be considered in order to enhance public awareness as well as finding out the inhibiting factors for self-care activities

[Factors related to treatment failure in patients under methadone treatment at drug rehabilitation centers]

Introduction: One of the ways for addiction control and damage reduction is methadone treatment. However, the factors related to treatment failure have not been fully studied. In this study the characteristics related to treatment failure in Rafsanjan city has been studied

Method: This descriptive and analytical cross-sectional study was done based on records of patients visiting two rehabilitation centers in Rafsanjan in 2011-2013. The records were evaluated in two groups of patients. The first group [291 patients] were people with treatment failure, and the second group [309 people] were those successfully treated. Data analysis was done using t-test, chi-square, and logistic regression through SPSS 22 software

Results: The mean age of participants was 37+/-10.5 years. The two groups were significantly different in regard to kind of substance use [P =0.001], existence of mental illness [P = 0.011], treatment center [P<0.001], the dose of methadone consumption [P= 0.018], and marital status [P< 0.001]; but the difference in age, addiction duration, the concomitant use of two or more psychotropic substances, number of previous treatment, presence of physical illness, and the history of legal problems was insignificant

Conclusion: Methadone maintenance treatment is likely to be more effective if it is associated with treating the patients' mental illness, solving family problems, adequate doses of methadone, and reducing the health care costs