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Knowledge, Attitudes, and Practice of Self-Medication among Medical Students at Sudan International University, Sudan
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Background: Self-medication is a practice or action taken by individuals for themselves in order to achieve and maintain health, as well as to avoid and protect against disease. The aim of this study is to evaluate the knowledge, attitudes, and practice of self-medication among medical students at Sudan International University.

Subjects & Methods: This was a prospective study that involved 288 out of 1000 students in the Faculty of Medicine at Sudan International University. Data were collected using a self-administered questionnaire from January to March 2022 to evaluate the self-medication knowledge, attitude, and practice among first, second, and third-year medical students.

Result: The age groups of this study were arranged as follows; 197(17-20 year), 72(21-23 year) and 19(>23 year). Regarding the sex of the study population, the female group was 215(74.7%) while the male group was 73(25.3%). The classification of the population according to their academic levels; as follows; first year 124 (43.1%), second year 52 (18.1%) and third year 112(38.9%). The prevalence of self-medication was found to be a common practice by the majority of the students, since 279 (96.9 %) of the study group practiced self-medication, in contrast to only 9 (3.1%), who did not deal with any self-medication. Also, the result showed that the most common drugs were; vitamins 183 (65.6%) and analgesics 176 (63.1%) followed by antibiotics 172 (61.6%). Regarding the illnesses described by the student as an indication of self-medication, they are as follows; headache is the most common (93.2%), followed by common cold and cough 211(75.6%). Concerning the source of information used by the studied population for self-medication, pharmacists were found to be the main source of information 122 (42.4%) followed by parents of the students 102 (35.4%). Furthermore, the results revealed that the main reason given for practicing self-medication by the study group was that the illness was not serious is (69.5%).

Conclusion: Self-medication was found to be widely practiced in 96.9% of cases, and the main reasons for self-medication were that the disease was not serious.

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Wed Jan 30 2013
Journal Name
Al-kindy College Medical Journal
Knowledge of Primary School Teachers Regarding First Aid In Baghdad Al-Rusafa
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Background: A basic knowledge and understanding
of first aid can be invaluable for individuals to be
able to provide emergency care in the event of an
accident, possibly saving lives and minimizing
injury. Since injury is the fifth leading cause of death
and children at the age of primary school are liable
for accidents and lack of knowledge and good
judgment of their teachers may lead to dangerous
consequences when emergencies occur. Training
teachers how to deal with accidents is of obvious
importance.
Objectives: To estimate the adequacy of primary
school teachers’ knowledge of first aid concerning
external bleeding and fractures and Whether there's a
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Publication Date
Sat Feb 02 2019
Journal Name
Journal Of The College Of Education For Women
Research and Development Programs Effectiveness in the Central Library of Baghdad University
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Research and Development Programs Effectiveness in the Central Library of Baghdad University

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Publication Date
Sat Feb 09 2019
Journal Name
Journal Of The College Of Education For Women
Classroom environment & its Relation Cognitive motive and Reflective Thinking of university Student
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The present research aims at the following:
- Measure Classroom environment of university Student (research sample)- Measure
Cognitive motive and Reflective Thinking of university Student (research Sample) .
- In order to Know the relationship between the Scores of Classroom environment and
Scores of cognitive motive and Scores of Reflective Thinking of university Student
(research Sample) .
Sample of research consisted of (500) Students for both genders distrivbted upon ten
colleges in Baghdad University , (5) Scientific Colleges , and (5) human Colleges , Sample
was chosen by using radom method  Research instruments were three , Prepared by the researcher ,The first is to measure
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Publication Date
Wed Jan 28 2026
Journal Name
Journal Of Physical Education
Motivation and Self – Confidence and their relation to Routine Performance on Parallel Bars in Men’s Artistic Performance
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Publication Date
Mon Jun 28 2021
Journal Name
Journal Of Physical Education
Motivation and Self – Confidence and their relation to Routine Performance on Parallel Bars in Men’s Artistic Performance
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The research aimed at identifying the relationship between motivation and self–confidence on the performing routines in the parallel bar. The researchers used the descriptive method on (480) thirds year college of physical education and sport sciences/ university of Baghdad students. The data was collected and treated using proper statistical operations to conclude that there is a high correlation relationship between motivation and self-confidence with routine performance on parallel bars. In addition to that, the researchers concluded that third-year students have high motivation and self – confidence and there is a positive relationship between motivation, self-confidence, and routine performance on parallel bars.

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Publication Date
Fri Oct 30 2020
Journal Name
Journal Of Economics And Administrative Sciences
The Role Of Knowledge Innovation In Managing Strategic Momentum (Field Research)
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The Research Aims To Clarify The Role Of Knowledge Innovation On The Administrative Process Represented by Managing Strategic Momentum, The Research Problem Focuses on Administrative leader Interest In And Implementation Of The Innovation Element Of Knowledge In The Organization By " Managing Strategic Momentum" As Well As The Focus By Management About The Innovators And Makers Of Knowledge And Strategic Planners In The Design And Formulation Of Strategic. Research does Contribute In Solving Part Of The Organizational Problems Of Vision, Innovation And Their Impact On The Momentum Management To Determine The Extent On Which The Procedures Of The Assessed Companies And Plan To Regulate Innovation Under The Momentu

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Publication Date
Wed Jan 02 2019
Journal Name
Journal Of Educational And Psychological Researches
Training Program based on Some Strategies of Self-Regulated Learning for the Teachers of Mathematics and its Effect on their Relational Mathematics
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This research aims at building a proposed training program according to the self-regulated strategies for the mathematics teachers and to identify the effect of this program on relational Mathematics of teachers. The sample of the research was (60) Math teachers; (30) teachers as experimental group and (30) teachers as control group. The results of the current research reacheded that the proposed training program according to some self-managed learning strategies, meets the needs of trainees with remarkable effectiveness to improve the level of their teaching performance to achieve the desired goals. Training teacher according to self-managed learning strategies is effective in bringing about the transition of training to their students

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Publication Date
Sun Jan 04 2015
Journal Name
Journal Of Educational And Psychological Researches
Effectiveness of the self-questioning strategy in the achievement of the third stage Institutes of teacher preparation and decision - making in Chemistry
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This research aims to find out "the effectiveness of the self-questioning strategy in the achievement of students Phase III institutes of teacher preparation and decision-making in chemistry." The researcher follows approach quasi-experimental with a post-test, and the sample consisted of (27) from " Teachers Training Institute-AL-Byaa "in Directorate of Education Baghdad Karkh / 2 students divided into two unequal groups: experimental its number (14) students studied using reciprocal teaching strategy and control its number (13) students have studied in the usual way.The two groups were equivalent extraneous variables.

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Publication Date
Thu Mar 30 2023
Journal Name
مجلة الحقيقة
University e-learning and its role in raising technological skills
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Publication Date
Fri Nov 09 2018
Journal Name
Iraqi National Journal Of Nursing Specialties
Assessment of Pregnant Women's Knowledge about Tetanus Toxoid Vaccination in Karbala City
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Objectives of the study: Assess pregnant women's knowledge about tetanus toxoid vaccination, to find out the
relationship between pregnant women's knowledge and some variables which included: (age, level of
education, occupational status, socio-economic level, gravidity, parity, following visits of antenatal care,
tetanus toxoid vaccination coverage).
Methods and Materials: Descriptive analytic study conducted on multistage probabilistic sample of 130
pregnant women during period from 30th January 2012 to the 24th April 2013 was carried out in the six primary
health care centers at Karbala city. The questionnaire was consisted of four parts which include of: sociodemographic
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