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Present study was an exploratory study and an attempt to investigate gender role attitudes and occupational aspirations of Pakistani adolescents. Two hundred [100 males and 100 females] adolescents studying at undergraduate level participated in the study by filling out the Occupational Aspirations Scale [Aziz and Kamal, 2009] and Sex Role Attitude Scale [Anila and Ansari, 1992]. Findings revealed significant difference in occupational aspirations of males and females as men aspired more for traditional men occupations and women aspired more for traditional women occupations than traditional men occupations. Moreover, girls were found to have more modern/egalitarian gender role attitudes than boys but this change may only appear in their attitudes, not in their real aspirations. Mean scores and ranking of boys7 occupational aspirations showed their high aspirations for engineering, armed forces, and pilots whereas, girls aspired more for occupations of medicine, lecturer ship, and psychologist
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To evaluate the relationship between smoking and cervical cancer, a hospital based study was done to screen sexually active women for cervical cancer at the outpatient dept of KMDC and ASH. They were screened by standard screening test Pap test and their history were recoded regarding tobacco use. Out of 144 women, 87 [60.41%] were inflammatory, 6 [4.16%] have findings of dysplasia, 44[30.55%] were normal and 7 [4.86%] were inadequate. 3 out of 6 [50%] cases of dysplasia were addicted to tobacco and 3 out of 87 [3.5%] in case of inflammation
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To evaluate the knowledge of Traditional Birth Attendants [TBA] regarding care of mother and baby from prenatal till lactation period. Study Design: Descriptive, cross-sectional study. Place and Duration of Study: Junejo Goth, Mehmodabad, Karachi, over a period of 2 months. Materials and First 35 Traditional Birth Attendants registered in the Dai Training Course conducted by Karachi Medical and Dental College and Abbasi Shaheed Hospital were evaluated. A closed ended questionnaire was prepared consisting of 20 different questions. Eight point six% [8.6%] of the Traditional Birth Attendants did not monitor fetal heart sounds during labour, 31.4% did not know that giving tetanus toxoid to the mother save newborn from the disease. Eleven point five% [11.5%] did not apply any antiseptic to the umbilical stump whereas 28.5% of the Traditional Birth Attendants did not wrap the newborn immediately after birth. Still 40% were not in favor of giving colostrum to the baby and 65.7% considered breast milk as the only diet upto 2 years of age. Traditional Birth Attendants need training in a district hospital and periodical evalua