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This paper explores the ontological politics and practices of handwashing using hot tap water during the COVID-19 pandemic in Sweden through attending to how handwashing was performed, what thoughts and emotions handwashing practices evoked, and reflections about why these thoughts and emotions emerged. In analyses based on written diaries, stories, digital photos, and videos from the private sphere of the home, we show how the concepts of humans, non-humans, childhood, economy, ethics, infrastructure, and nature – together with public health organizations' promotions of handwashing recommendations – are enacted and woven into the fabric of hot tap water use. Hot tap water emerged as an ambiguous commodity, differently shaped depending on past experiences and how messages from authorities were received. The politics of the seemingly mundane activity of washing hands (especially prior to the COVID-19 pandemic) consists of connectivities and relationships between various phenomena in fluid space, and blurs the boundaries between local and global, past and present. Thrifty handwashing practices previously established in the private sphere were challenged during the COVID-19 pandemic, as popular versions of surgical scrubbing were promoted. These versions were sometimes challenged when the inclusion of hot water was questioned at home and in public debate. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Although in late-modern societies the idea of a 'forever' relationship has lost its dominant status, it is consistently upheld by the Roman Catholic Church. The aim of the article is to analyse the practices of sustaining the durability of Catholic marriage, which we treat as ways of adapting to the tensions between late-modern models of intimacy and the rule of indissolubility of marriage. We refer to data collected in qualitative research among educated Roman Catholic women in Poland. Using the lived religion approach, we demonstrate how these women sacralise actions within marriage that have been secularised in the late-modern world, while also using late modernity as a reservoir of meanings, leading to hybridisation of religious practices. We argue that sustaining conservative religious rules is often based on actions in which religious aspects are negotiated and transformed. Religion operates 'non-autonomously' in these processes, entering a relationship with elements that are originally not religious. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Le Burkina Faso est un pays impacté par le changement climatique. Face à ce changement climatique, des stratégies d’adaptation sont développées par les éleveurs afin d’atténuer ses effets. L’étude vise à recueillir les savoirs locaux en matière de conduite des bovins au pâturage par les éleveurs de la zone pastorale de la Nouhao. Une exploration documentaire, des enquêtes individuelles et une grille d’observation ont été utilisées pour collecter les données. Les résultats indiquent que les éleveurs ont une bonne maîtrise d’exploitation des ressources alimentaires et d’abreuvement à travers un calendrier annuel bien établi.

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Résumé: Les influenceurs qui s'expriment sur le manger sain jouissent d'une forte popularité. Cette recherche enrichit la compréhension de la mise en scène du quotidien à travers les vlog en décryptant les pratiques alimentaires mises en scène par les Youtubeuses, et en caractérisant les éléments constitutifs de ces pratiques. La recherche révèle que ces pratiques reposent sur des aliments-totems, des significations faisant écho aux préoccupations des followers (alimentation végétale, optimisation du temps), et des compétences au service de la simplicité et de l'efficacité. La proximité relationnelle et l'exemplarité (notamment physique) sont centrales dans les vidéos. Les résultats de l'article permettent de recommander comment les pouvoirs publics pourraient s'emparer de ces canons de la communication digitale, que l'on caractérise ici de communauté de pratiques. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Despite the efforts of the Burkinabe government and its partners in the fight against malnutrition, it remains a major public health problem. In 2020, two out of five children under six months of age were not exclusively breastfed and three out of five children under two years of age have an undiversified diet. The present study is a descriptive cross-sectional study of knowledge, attitudes and practices on exclusive breastfeeding during the first six months of life and complementary feeding of breastfeeding mothers and pregnant mothers. It took place from May to June 2020 in eight villages of the rural commune of Dissihn in the southwestern region of Burkina Faso. Interviews were conducted with 242 mothers including 152 primiparous and non-preparous breastfeeding mothers and 90 pregnant mothers through a direct survey. The mothers were mostly young, with an average age of 27 years, and more than half of them had no schooling 57% (n=138). The study showed that only 38.2% (n=58) and 36.2% (n=33) of breastfeeding mothers and pregnant mothers respectively had a good level of knowledge about the importance of exclusive breastfeeding. Analyses showed that the mother's age (p=0,024), her access to information on exclusive breastfeeding (p=0.033), her participation in nutrition education sessions (p=0.006) and in the infant and young child feeding (ANJE) services and practices learning groups (GASPA) (p=0.004) positively influenced her level of knowledge of exclusive breastfeeding in practice, 30.4% (n=46) of the mothers claimed to have exclusively breastfed their child during the first six months of life. Finally, 5.2% (n=8) of them diversified the diet of their children between 6 and 23 months of age. The obstacles mentioned by the women that prevent the optimal practice of infant and young child feeding (ANJE) were socio-cultural. A rate of 81.7% (n=198) of them found that certain local traditional practices made exclusive breastfeeding difficult or impossible. In addition, low food availability was cited as the main cause of less diversified diets among children aged 6 to 23 months. Age-appropriate feeding practices are low in our study area. Thus, nutrition education should be encouraged to reduce this problem. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

I begin with an autobiographical account that explains the question: why philosophers are not better people. Philosophy, as it is practiced in most university departments, doesn’t concern itself with how we inhabit and perceive the world. It doesn’t really concern itself with practices that aim to form the kind of people we become. After I discuss why the question still resonates today, I consider one answer, based on some work by John Dewey. His work emphasizes the importance of habits. Since habits are formed in social environments, the discussion of habits leads me to consider the practice of politics: the idea that we could collectively shape social environments in which habits are formed. Although I do not deny that the practice of politics can be burdensome and dangerous, I try to show why this practice is inevitable. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Breast cancer is the leading cancer in women worldwide. A better understanding of this pathology by women can contribute to significantly reducing its morbidity and mortality. Aim: It was to evaluate women's knowledge about breast cancer in the obstetrics and gynecology department of the district hospital of commune II of Bamako. Patients and methods: We carried out a descriptive and analytical cross-sectional study with prospective collection of data from July 1 to August 31, 2021. It concerned women admitted to gynecological consultation without notion of emergency, who agreed to participate in this study. Results: In 2 months, 390 women agreed to participate in this study, of which almost half of the women (45.1%) had no knowledge of the risk factors, clinical signs and means of screening for breast cancer. breast. Women's knowledge of breast cancer was influenced by age, education level, profession, religion and marital status (p < 0.001). Conclusion: Breast cancer remains poorly understood by women. Intensifying awareness campaigns can help increase women's understanding of this scourge. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This article explores spatial, social and cultural boundaries in the hammams of the city of Marseille (France) based on the study of practices and representations of cleanliness, in relation to the spatial configurations of bathhouses and their location in the city. By adopting a conception of the frontier as a 'space' - physical or symbolic - where circulations and separations take place, I will question the way in which the hammams translate within them the boundaries of the society in which they are located. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This article focuses on three types of domestic alcohol practices: drinking at home, accommodating alcohol products, and crafting alcohol drinks. It explores how Chinese young people associate their emotional, creative, and embodied experiences with domestic alcohol consumption and how the social and material space of home shapes their alcohol-related practices, drawing on a qualitative analysis. We argue that domestic alcohol practices shaped by diverse dwelling patterns can (re)produce the socio-cultural structures and multiplex spatiotemporalities of home. This article can contribute to geographies of alcohol in the domestic sphere by a deep investigation of the relationship between people, the socio-material space of home, alcohol-related practices, and the plural meanings of domestic lives from a non-Western perspective. It can also develop the relational geographies of domestic lives through a nuanced understanding of Chinese young people's relational knowledge, imaginaries and practices that constitute the interplay between alcohol practices and the social, material and atmospheric aspects of home-making. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Can focusing on gender help us to better understand the mobilization capacity of jihadi insurgent groups and their social roots in the Sahel? A growing literature has explored the factors that motivate people to join such groups in Africa. The Sahel provides a salient case, but the prevalent focus on agent-based explanations has tended to overlook the role of gender relations and constructions. This article explores the potential of practice theory to shed light on intersubjective rules, roles, and meanings and whether and how gender influences jihadi mobilization in the Sahel. The study contributes to the feminist security studies literature by looking at gender relations and investigating whether it is the reassertion (practice homology) or emerging misalignment (practice hysteresis) of Fulani gender practices that best characterizes the acceptance and/or rejection of jihadi governance by men and women in the Sahel. The article discusses empirical evidence collected during extensive fieldwork in Mali and Niger. We suggest that in strategically choosing to either reproduce or reshape traditional gender practices, jihadi insurgencies linked to Islamic State and al-Qaeda in the Fulani milieu of the central Sahel gain popular support. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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Plusieurs études ont révélé que le développement d’une nation passe à la fois à un renforcement de son système éducatif et une participation active des jeunes dans les actions sociales visant la prévention et la protection de ces derniers contre des grands fléaux comme le VIH/SIDA. Les connaissances, attitudes et pratiques des élèves finalistes du secondaire de face au VIH/SIDA sont à améliorer. L’intégration du VIH/SIDA dans les curricula de formation à l’école secondaire et la révision de la législation sanitaire afin que les jeunes et adolescents puissent bénéficier des conseils et de dépistage volontaire contre le VIH sans recourir à l’autorisation des parents sont des atouts majeurs visant la réduction des risques à la jeunesse estudiantine vis-à-vis de cette pandémie. En outre, les mesures de sensibilisation contre le VIH/SIDA doivent s’étendre dans d’autres milieux éducatifs tels que la famille, l’église et les associations des jeunes en vue d’espérer à un développement harmonieux de cette jeunesse. Néanmoins, ces prérogatives pourtant réelles restent encore méconnues par un grand nombre des élèves finalistes du secondaire en RD Congo et dont le pays espère dans un avenir proche. L’objet de notre étude est de vérifier le niveau de connaissance des élèves finalistes de secondaire en matière de VIH, déterminer la nature de leurs comportements, leurs attitudes dans la lutte contre cette pandémie et proposer des pistes de solution.

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Les médicaments génériques sont des spécialités qui ont la même composition qualitative et quantitative en principes actifs que le médicament original. Leur prescription est restée limitée au Maroc. L’influence des médecins est primordiale au développement de la consommation de ces médicaments. L’objectif principal de cette étude est de connaître la perception, la pratique et les freins des médecins à propos les médicaments génériques. Notre guide d’entretiens directifs avec 22 médecins de la région (Rabat- Salé- Kénitra). Plusieurs points ont été abordés dans ce guide d’entretien : la perception et les pratiques des médecins envers le médicament générique, les résultats de cette étude qualitative ont été analysés sur une base in vivo. Les médecins montrent un sentiment de méfiance envers les médicaments génériques la majorité des participants des médecins considèrent que les médicaments génériques sont de qualité, d'efficacité et de sécurité inférieures aux médicaments de marque, ceci est influencé par un certain nombre de facteurs liés à l'absence de transparence des autorités sanitaires et des laboratoires en matière de bioéquivalence, la fiabilité d’information et le contrôle du médicament. De nombreux médecins signalent que les informations existant sur les médicaments génériques sont peu fiables et opaques. La détermination de nombreux obstacles à la prescription de médicaments génériques permet de présenter diverses solutions : formation fiable et transparente sur les médicaments génériques, l’obligation de certificat de bioéquivalence.

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Valley bottoms are areas where public environmental policies overlap. As part of the FARMAINE research program, we investigated the role of these public policies in the evolution of agricultural uses, and how farmers fit into local arenas of regulation. To do this, we surveyed 28 farmers in the Sarthon basin, renowned for its ecological qualities. We show that different production systems coexist there. Examination of this diversity reveals two contrasting approaches to the relationship between agriculture and preservation of valley bottoms: a rewiliding approach and a productive agroecological approach. While farmers' uses and practices are generally in line with the objectives of the public environmental policies, they are highly critical of the scheme's governance. The effects of the superimposition of public action schemes appear to be nuanced: they seem to contribute to the development of an ecologized professional culture, and to maintaining forms of land use consistent with the objectives of the public environmental policies. Nevertheless the governance of local schemes raises such criticism that farmers for the most part disengage themselves from these schemes. This leads us to point to a weakening of the public authorities' ability to steer the management of agricultural land in valley bottoms. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Goal: To assess knowledges and practices on iron prescription in pediatric ward in CHU Gabriel Touré of Bamako, Mali. Tools and methods: It was a prospective and transversal study canied out. We submitted questionnaire and analyzed the case history of to the children aged 1-60 months old who received iron during the study period from 1rstto 30 July 2012.The prescriptators' consent were solicited and obtained at first of all. Results: Fifty prestators were interviewed among them 10 pediatricians (20%), 31 pediatrics' resident (62 %), 2 generalists physicians (4%), 7 medical student (14%). One hundred 100 were analyzed medical records. More than half of the prestators known the need of iron in children. Thirty percent have received iron at 8 to 10mg/kg. The medication duration wasn't indicating in 92% of patients. In our context prestators well know about meaning and the needs of iron in children bout they're limited on iron food sources and iron storage. Conclusion: The well theorical knowledge on indications and prescription roules on iron in children didn't escape from miss practices in its prescription. Moreover works should analyze the reasons of discrepancies. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Background: The aim of this study was to document the knowledge, attitudes and practices of non-dermatologist health care workers on scabies. Method: We conducted a cross-sectional study among non-dermatologist health workers in public and private health facilities in the city of Lomé. Result: Of the 163 health workers included, 90.8% had a good knowledge of the definition of scabies; and the contributing factors (lack of hygiene, promiscuity) were known by 64.4% of the respondents. Pruritus was known as a major functional sign (92.6%) and the most cited sites of scabies lesions were the interdigital spaces (76.7%) and the buttocks (62.0%). In addition, 83.4% had already diagnosed and managed a case of scabies at least once. Topical scabicides were the most prescribed (86.5%), followed by antihistamines (54.6%); and 39.6% of respondents did not treat the patient's environment. Conclusion: The knowledge, attitudes and practices of non-dermatologist health care personnel on scabies are low. It is important to organize continuing medical education to bring them up to speed. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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Introduction: pharmacy students are future providers of pharmaceutical care and should play a critical role in combating bacterial resistance (BR). The purpose of this study was to evaluate the knowledge and practice of students at the end of pharmacy course relating to BR and antibiotic use. Methods: we conducted a cross-sectional, descriptive and analytic study. The study population consisted of students enrolled in Master 2 and PhD in Pharmacy at the Cheikh Anta Diop University over the year 2019. Data were collected between July and October 2019 using an electronic questionnaire whose link was shared through the social network WhatsApp. Knowledge was assessed using a 5-point Likert scale while closed-ended questions were used to determine practice. Descriptive analyses were performed. Factors associated with practice were identified using logistic regression. Analyses were performed using the EPI InfoTM software 7.2.2.16. The significance threshold was set to 0.05. Results: out of 559 eligible students, 278 responded to the questionnaire, reflecting a participation rate of 60.6%. Of these, 72.3% reported having used antibiotics in the 12 months preceding the survey. Regarding knowledge, 85.6% of students surveyed had an adequate level. In addition, 38.2% of students had inadequate practice. These were associated with having a relative or friend as a health worker (OR = 1.69; p-value = 0.04), being a PhD student (OR = 0.55; p-value = 0.02) and having an insufficient level of knowledge (OR = 2.21; pvalue = 0.02). Conclusion: this study shows that antibiotic consumption is high among pharmacy students and that their practice is inadequate despite their satisfactory level of knowledge about antibiotics and BR. It is urgent to strengthen the awareness of students and their entourage about good practices concerning antibiotic use. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Au Burkina Faso, la barrière financière a souvent été indexée comme étant la cause de non-utilisation des services de santé par les enfants de moins de 5 ans accentuant ainsi le risque de décès dans cette frange de la population. Une politique sociale d’exemption de paiement direct des soins au profit des enfants de moins de 5 ans est mise en œuvre comme une panacée. Elle a entraîné une augmentation de l’utilisation des soins curatifs. Dans ce contexte, comment concilier alors la dualité augmentation de la fréquentation des services et amélioration de la qualité relationnelle qui est pourtant une exigence à la fois professionnelle et sociale ? C’est dans cette optique que s’est effectuée cette recherche dans l’objectif de décrire et d’analyser les pratiques relationnelles dans un contexte de gratuité. La posture méthodologique adoptée est une démarche mixte qui a combiné des enquêtes quantitative et qualitative. Ainsi, 137 observations non participantes, 33 entretiens individuels et 1 focus group ont permis de collecter des données dans trois milieux sociaux différents de la région du Centre. Les principaux résultats montrent une faible écoute corporelle, une quasi-absence du recueil du consentement éclairé du malade et des décisions thérapeutiques prescrites plutôt que négociées. Aussi, les cibles de la gratuité bénéficient de pratiques relationnelles moins conformes à leurs attentes que les non-bénéficiaires. La gratuité n’a pas non plus augmenté la capacité de négociation des bénéficiaires. Si les soignants convoquent la pression sociale due à la gratuité pour justifier leurs pratiques, dans la réalité, c’est la posture paternaliste qui en est l’explication. Les usagers eux, privilégient le consensus social au détriment des revendications. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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Résumé : Les personnes accordent une grande importance à leur travail et ont de plus en plus d'attentes envers celui-ci. L’une de ces attentes se rapporte à la reconnaissance qui peut soit provenir de l’entreprise, des supérieurs hiérarchiques ou des collègues. En raison de son impact sur le comportement et la santé de l’homme, les chercheurs accordent beaucoup d’attention aux études diagnostiques de la reconnaissance au travail. C’est dans cette optique que s’inscrit la présente recherche qui a porté sur 281 employés des sociétés commerciales congolaises du secteur de l’énergie à savoir : la REGIDESO, la SNEL et la SONAHYDROC. Les données résultats ont révélé que les entreprises se montrent moins reconnaissantes vis-à-vis de leurs employés alors que les collègues et les supérieurs hiérarchiques manifestent plus de reconnaissance envers leurs pairs et collaborateurs.

Résumé : Le Bénin est un pays de l’Afrique de l’Afrique de l’Ouest. Il dispose de nombreux groupes socio-culturels qui ont différentes pratiques culinaires. Avec la mondialisation et la modernité, ces pratiques ancestrales sont en voie de disparition. Le présent travail analyse la possibilité de mieux connaître ces mets en disparition par leur introduction sur la carte des restaurants modernes. La démarche méthodologique que nous avons adoptée, pour faire ce travail, est basée sur l’enquête, la recherche documentaire et l’expérimentation. Entre forces, faiblesses, menaces et opportunités, un grand défi est à relever pour la valorisation de cette sauce locale : la sauce VLAKPA. L’introduction de cette sauce sur les cartes de menus des restaurants modernes pourra induire la réduction de la pauvreté par la production à grande échelle de ce poisson dans plusieurs régions du pays. L’économie du pays recevra ainsi un impact positif qui va rejaillir sur le niveau de vie des populations.

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La révolution numérique offre de nouvelles possibilités de transferts d’argent avec l’intégration d’acteurs longtemps exclus des circuits financiers ordinaires. Pour appréhender les bouleversements que son adoption a provoqué dans les pratiques socioéconomiques au sein de la population tchadienne, une enquête qualitative a été réalisée auprès de quatorze (14) personnes à travers l’observation directe et l’entretien. Les résultats obtenus portent sur les perceptions de la monnaie électronique et les pratiques des transferts d’argent par téléphone mobile à N’Djaména.

Post-secondary students bring with them unique skills and knowledge which may affect their learning. Information literacy (IL) is a set of abilities which permits the discovery of information as well as using this information to create new knowledge (Association of College and Research Libraries, 2016). While IL abilities are heralded as important, it is difficult to find a simple measure of information literacy, especially since its conceptualization as a framework (Association of College and Research Libraries, 2016). In this paper, we propose a new online measure of information literacy--Your Information Literacy Practices (YILP)--which aligns with the new framework. We compare it to another published measure of IL and student resourcefulness. Implications and recommendations for its use are discussed. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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Introduction: Contraceptive prevalence is low in Mali. The information provided by the media men can help to increase or decrease the use of contraceptive methods. Objective: To study the knowledge, attitudes and practices of Bamako media Men on family planning. Material and Methods: We carried out a descriptive cross-sectional study with prospective data collection from June 1 to August 30, 2019. It concerned journalists and presenters of 15 radio and 6 televisions in Bamako. Results: During the 3 months, 615 media Men agreed to participate in this study. These are men and women from 36 to 45 years old in 37.2% of cases, married in 81.3% of cases. The radio with 85.5% was their main source of information on family planning. They all knew at least one contraceptive method. The best-known methods were pills (94.3%), injectables (57%) and implants (49.1%). They were in favor of the practice of family planning in 77.2% of cases, 76.9% had already used a method and 56.7% had already hosted a program on family planning. Conclusion: Media men are essential in the transmission of information. The quality of the information provided by these Media men can be influenced by their personal perceptions and attitudes. Their better involvement in the promotion of family planning can help to increase contraceptive prevalence. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Objectif : Notre étude avait pour objectif d’évaluer les agents de santé sur leurs connaissances, attitudes et pratiques face à la maladie à SARS-Cov-2. Méthode : Nous avions réalisé une enquête descriptive transversale pendant une semaine à l’aide d’un questionnaire. La base de données générée était ensuite analysée sur Epi_info version 3.54. Résultats : Au total, 167 agents de santé étaient questionnés, 60% étaient de sexe féminin. La moyenne d’âge était de 32,58±12 ans et les moins de 30 ans étaient les plus représentés. Cent soixante et deux enquêtés (97%) avaient entendu parler de la Covid-19, et connaissaient les vaccins. Seuls 70 (42%) participants avaient été vaccinés et 47 (28%) avaient l’intention de se faire vacciner. Les principales raisons du refus étaient le manque d’informations fiables (8%), la crainte d’effets secondaires (36%) et le manque de confiance (31%). Plus de la moitié était favorables pour l’imposition d’une carte de vaccination sur le lieu de travail et un tiers était pour une vaccination libre. Conclusion : Cette enquête avait mis en évidence une faible adhésion des agents de santé à la vaccination contre la Covid-19. Des séances de formation et de sensibilisation seront nécessaires pour renforcer les connaissances, corriger les attitudes, afin d’augmenter le taux d’adhésion à la vaccination.

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ABSTRACT: The interest of this contribution is not to retrace the historical course of this practice in Algeria or elsewhere. It attempts to outline a reflection around the methodologies so solicited in the various researches already carried out, on the corpora apprehended, and secondly, to locate the specificities observed, to propose some avenues of reflection likely to characterize the career of a researcher in the domain of discourse analysis in Algeria, and to show what the steps specificity of this Discourse Analysis consists of in the Algerian context. RÉSUMÉ : L’intérêt de cette contribution n’est pas de retracer le parcours historique de l’analyse du discours en Algérie ou ailleurs. Elle tente une esquisse de réflexion autour des méthodologies tant sollicitées dans les différentes recherches déjà effectuées, sur les corpus appréhendés, et dans un second temps, situer les spécificités observées, proposer quelques pistes de réflexions susceptibles de caractériser le parcours d’un chercheur en analyse du discours en Algérie, et enfin, montrer en quoi consiste la spécificité de cette AD en contexte algérien.

Objectif : L’objectif était d’étudier les connaissances, attitudes et pratiques des jeunes lycéens de Niono en matière d’IST, de VIH et du SIDA. Matériel et méthodes : Il s’agissait d’une étude transversale ayant concerné 369 élèves du lycée MICHEL ALLAIRE et du lycée Public L’étude s’est déroulée d’avril 2016 à mars 2017. L’échantillon a été aléatoire et l’interview en mode face à face. Les données ont été analysées sur SPSS 20.0. Résultats : L’âge moyen était de 17,62 ans ±1,8 ans. Le sexe masculin prédominait avec 56%. La majorité avait entendu parler des IST, du VIH et du Sida (95,90%), beaucoup plus lors des causeries (43,9%). Environ 42% et 46% ne connaissaient pas de signes d’IST et ne savaient qu’est-ce que c’est qu’une séropositivité. Les rapports sexuels étaient cités par 32% élèves comme voies de transmission. La majorité (74%) savait que le multiple partenariat augmentait le risque de ces maladies. Le préservatif était le moyen de prévention le plus cité soit 44,2%. Près de 63% ont accepté volontairementle test de dépistage. Un quart avait affirmé avoir réalisé le test et 35,2% avait déjà eu un contact sexuel dont 18,5% était âgé de 12 à 14 ans. La curiosité fut la raison évoquée par 68,5%. Parmi ceux en activité sexuelle, 45,4% n’ont pas utilisé le préservatif au cours du premier rapport sexuel. Conclusion :Cette étude nous montre une bonne connaissance des élèves sur l’existence des IST, VIH et sida, malgré quelques disparités avec leursattitudes et pratiques sexuelles.

Contexte : L’hépatite virale B (HVB) est un problème de santé publique majeur dans plusieurs régions du monde et la République Démocratique du Congo est comptée parmi les pays les plus touchés. Objectif : Évaluer les connaissances, attitudes et pratiques du personnel soignant par rapport au risque de contamination par le VHB. Méthodes : Il s’est agi d’une étude transversale descriptive portant sur l’évaluation des connaissances, attitudes et pratiques du personnel soignant sur le risque de contamination par le virus de l’hépatite B à l’IME/KIMPESE à l’aide d’interview. Résultats : Au total, 91 personnes ont été interviewées dont 44 hommes (49,4%) et 47 femmes (51,6%), soit un sex ratio H/F de 0,94. L’âge moyen était de 30,2 ± 7,1ans. La plupart des soignants (94,5%) avaient reconnu le virus B comme agent pathogène de l’HVB et 89% avaient conscience que la vaccination restait le moyen de prévention le plus efficace quoique personne ne fût vacciné contre l’HBV. Plus de la moitié (53,7%, p=0,03) continuaient à recapuchonner les aiguilles après utilisation. Cinquante-quatre virgule neuf pourcent ont été victimes d’un accident d’exposition à risque de contamination par le VHB. Les expositions au risque les plus fréquentes étaient les piqûres avec les aiguilles creuses (40,7%), les projections des liquides biologiques sur les muqueuses (32,2%), le contact non protégé avec les plaies (27,5%), et les coupures (20,9%). Conclusion : La présente étude a montré que le niveau des connaissances du personnel

The aim of this article is to study part of the effects of the process of the circulation of medical knowledge in the jurisdiction of Córdoba -governorate of Tucumán- at the end of the 16th century and the beginning of the 17th century. To do this, an investigation was conducted into the material environments of medical practices and the group of officials who acted within the framework of said environments, through a microanalysis anchored in unpublished documents from the Justice Fund of the Historical Archive of the Province of Córdoba and in the editions of the Acts of the City Council. It is argued that in the distinguishable healing spaces in the jurisdiction of Córdoba in the period mentioned, a repository of knowledge was created in which the humoral aetiology linked knowledge of an erudite origin with that which was part of the know-how of each officer, acquired through direct practice. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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INTRODUCTION: notre objectif était d´analyser les connaissances, attitudes et pratiques des adolescents et des enseignants sur la planification familiale (PF). METHODES: en s´appuyant sur la théorie d´action raisonnée publiée en 2011 par Fishbein et Ajzen, une étude qualitative était conduite en 2018 auprès de sept enseignants et 62 adolescents de 15-19 ans. Les données étaient collectées à travers six focus groups (FG) des adolescents et sept interviews semi-structurées des enseignants. Elles étaient analysées à l´aide du logiciel Atlas Ti suivant une approche déductive. RESULTATS: l´abstinence périodique, les préservatifs masculins et les pilules étaient les seules méthodes contraceptives citées. Les adolescents et les enseignants avaient de l´appréhension pour utiliser les méthodes contraceptives artificielles en dehors du préservatif masculin utilisé irrégulièrement. Les filles préfèrent les méthodes naturelles, craignant les effets secondaires. La majorité d´adolescents désirent être informé sur la PF à l´école; cependant, ils estiment insuffisant le contenu du cours d´éducation à la vie (EVIE) et fustigent le manque d´ouverture des enseignants. Les pairs, les frères, les sœurs et l´internet étaient les principales sources d´information. Les mères étaient une source importante d´information surtout pour les filles contrairement aux pères en général moins appréciés. CONCLUSION: les connaissances sur la PF sont faibles. Les idées fausses sur la contraception entrainent le recours aux pratiques peu efficaces pour prévenir les grossesses non désirées. Pour améliorer ces connaissances, un programme de formation des enseignants devrait être élaboré; le contenu du cours d´EVIE formalisé et réglementé.