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Intention To Seek Professional Psychological Help Among College Students In Turkey: Influence Of Help-Seeking Attitudes, Feyza Seyfi, Krishna C. Poudel, Junko Yasuoka, Keiko Otsuka, Masamine Jimba
Intention To Seek Professional Psychological Help Among College Students In Turkey: Influence Of Help-Seeking Attitudes, Feyza Seyfi, Krishna C. Poudel, Junko Yasuoka, Keiko Otsuka, Masamine Jimba
Krishna C. Poudel
Better Learning In Schools To Improve Attitudes Toward Abstinence And Intentions For Safer Sex Among Adolescents In Urban Nepal, Rachana Manandhar Shrestha, Keiko Otsuka, Krishna C. Poudel, Junko Yasuoka, Medin Lamichhane, Masamine Jimba
Better Learning In Schools To Improve Attitudes Toward Abstinence And Intentions For Safer Sex Among Adolescents In Urban Nepal, Rachana Manandhar Shrestha, Keiko Otsuka, Krishna C. Poudel, Junko Yasuoka, Medin Lamichhane, Masamine Jimba
Krishna C. Poudel
Background: School-based sex education is an effective medium to convey health information and skills about preventing sexually transmitted infections (STIs) and unwanted pregnancies among adolescents. However, research on school-based sex education is limited in many developing countries, including Nepal. This study thus had two main objectives: (1) to assess students’ evaluation of school-based sex education, and (2) to examine the associations between students’ evaluations of school-based sex education and their (a) attitudes toward abstinence and (b) intentions for safer sex. Methods: This cross-sectional study was conducted among 634 students from six schools in the Kathmandu Valley during May–June 2010. We …
Better Learning In Schools To Improve Attitudes Toward Abstinence And Intentions For Safer Sex Among Adolescents In Urban Nepal, Rachana Manandhar Shrestha, Keiko Ostuka, Krishna C. Poudel, Junko Yasuoka, Medin Lamichhane, Masamine Jimba
Better Learning In Schools To Improve Attitudes Toward Abstinence And Intentions For Safer Sex Among Adolescents In Urban Nepal, Rachana Manandhar Shrestha, Keiko Ostuka, Krishna C. Poudel, Junko Yasuoka, Medin Lamichhane, Masamine Jimba
Krishna C. Poudel
Knowing The Consequences Of Unprotected Sex With Seroconcordant Partner Is Associated With Increased Safer Sex Intentions Among Hiv-Positive Men In Kathmandu, Nepal, Krishna C. Poudel, Kalpana Poudel-Tandukar, Shinji Nakahara, Junko Yasuoka, Masamine Jimba
Knowing The Consequences Of Unprotected Sex With Seroconcordant Partner Is Associated With Increased Safer Sex Intentions Among Hiv-Positive Men In Kathmandu, Nepal, Krishna C. Poudel, Kalpana Poudel-Tandukar, Shinji Nakahara, Junko Yasuoka, Masamine Jimba
Krishna C. Poudel
Survey Of Food-Hygiene Practices At Home And Childhood Diarrhoea In Hanoi, Vietnam, Kumiko Takanashi, Yuko Chonan, Dao Quyen, Nguyen Khan, Krishna Poudel, Masamine Jimba
Survey Of Food-Hygiene Practices At Home And Childhood Diarrhoea In Hanoi, Vietnam, Kumiko Takanashi, Yuko Chonan, Dao Quyen, Nguyen Khan, Krishna Poudel, Masamine Jimba
Krishna C. Poudel
A cross-sectional study was conducted to investigate the potential factors of food-hygiene practices of mothers on the prevalence of diarrhoea among their children. Mothers who had children aged 6 months–5 years were recruited in a hamlet in Viet Nam. The food-hygiene practices included hand-washing, method of washing utensils, separation of utensils for raw and cooked food, and the location where foods were prepared for cooking. A face-to-face interview was conducted, and data on 206 mothers were analyzed. The risk of diarrhoea was significantly higher among children whose mothers prepared food for cooking somewhere other than the table (typically on the …