ABSTRACT
To explore the reaction and attitude of preclinical lady students towards certain aspects of female reproduction, custom-made questionnaires were group-administered to two batches of Second MBBS students (mean age + or - SD: 20.3 + or - 0.5 yr; n=443) of Yangon Institutes of Medicine, and to the First and Second Year students (19.9 + or - 1.0 yr; n=114) of Yangon Institutes of Pharmacy and Paramedical Sciences. Menarche alarmed or upset about half (47.03
) of therespondents while 42.9
reported indifference. Almost 80
of the respondents hadprior knowledge about menarche. The proportion of respondents who accepted menstrual periods as natural (32.9
) was about the same as those distressed by the periods (32.7
). Those expressing positive attitudes towards marriage, childbearing and womanhood outnumbered those expressing negative ones (30
vs 12.2
, 43.6
vs 11.1
, 41.4
vs 20.8
respectively). Certain differences in the responses amongthese groups of Myanmar students and a group of Japanes students (n=28, exposed to the same question-naires) were highlighted and the implications discussed.
Subject(s)
Menstruation , Reproductive MedicineABSTRACT
The oral glucose tolerance test (OGTT) was studied on 66 apparently normal persons (31 males and 35 females) of 20+ or -3 years group and 68 apparently normal persons (33 males and 35 females) of 50+ or -3 years group. Capillary blood samples of fasting and half hourly samples after the glucose load were determined for 2 hours by O-toludine method. Urine sugar was tested at fasting state, after 1 hour and 2 hours of OGTT. The mean blood glucose levels at all points of OGTT in the older group were significantly higher than that of the younger (p < 0.01), although both groups showed normal response to oral glucose load. However, the blood glucose levels during OGTT of both groups were not influenced by the sex of the subjects (p > 0.05).
Subject(s)
Glucose Tolerance Test , Blood Glucose , Aged , MyanmarABSTRACT
Two health education methods, "talk" and "pamphlet" study, were studied in order to plan health educational activities regarding rheumatic fever in school children in Mandalay Division. The two health education methods, Talk and Pamphlet study, were studied in two groups of school children. Eighty students from V standard and 80 students from IX standard, randomly selected from 4 randomly selected schools: one school from each of the 4 townships of Mandalay City. Each group of 80 students from the V and IX standards were subdivided into two groups using random numbers one group being assigned to the health education talk and the other to the pamphlet study. Pre-test and post-test scores were obtained from the 160 students involved in the study. Analysis of the data using appropriate statistical tests was done. The mean health education level achieved (post-test scores) after health education talk was found to be significantly better than that after the pamphlet study.