Types of haemoglobin in patients attending Khartoum Teaching Hospital - Sudan

Abnormal haemoglobins lead to significant morbidity and mortality. This is a prospective study, evaluating types of haemoglobin and haematological parameters in blood samples of 631 Sudanese patients. Participants were patients who attended different departments in Khartoum Teaching Hospital in the period from March 2005 through July 2005. Electrophoresis was used to determine the type of haemoglobin. 585 cases have normal haemoglobin [Hb A]. Mean red cell indices were: Hbl 1.5 g/dl, PCV 34.9%, MCV 85.4 fl, MCH 32.1pg, MCHC 33.2 g/dl, RDW 37 fl and WBC 7013 /cm3. 46 [7.3%] patients had abnormal Hb. The frequency of Hb types were AA: 92.7%, AS: 4.9%, SS: 0.8%, AC: 0.5% and AF: 0.5%.The presence of abnormal haemoglobin such as haemoglobin S is not unexpected because we live in the centre of an affected area. The study showed low haematological parameters due to various causes including poor nutrition as well as infections and haemolytic processes

Study of nursing student's knowledge about sexuality and sexual health

This study aimed to assess the impact of a teaching unit about sexuality and sexual health on university nursing students. All students enrolled in Maternity and Gynecological Nursing Course were included in this study [n=150]. Two tools were used for data collection: The 1st was a questionnaire to assess student's knowledge about certain areas in sexuality and sexual health e.g. female and male reproductive anatomy and physiology, sexual response cycle, female sexual response and circumcision, male and female sex problems, sex education and menopause. This tool was administered twice, once before the conduction of the teaching unit and the other at its end. The 2nd tool was the teaching unit which stressed the gaps in the student's knowledge as identified by their response in tool 1. The results revealed a general lack of knowledge in almost all the investigated parameters before the teaching unit. However, a significant improvement in student's knowledge' was observed after the teaching unit. This indicated that sex education as well as sexual health should be effectively integrated in the university nursing curriculum