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Knowledge and Awareness regarding Human Papilloma Virus (HPV) infection and vaccination among adolescents aged 14 – 16 years in selected mixed Government Schools in Kesbewa Educational Division, Sri Lanka.
(2020)Abstract:-Human Papilloma Virus (HPV) is the most prevalent sexually transmitted infection worldwide. It causes cervical cancer which is the second most common cancer type among Sri Lankan women. HPV vaccine has been ... -
Knowledge and Motives towards the Functional Food and Nutraceutical Consumption by Adults in Sri Lanka
(2022)Functional foods and nutraceuticals (FFN) play an important role in adults’ health by preventing and reducing the risk of non-communicable diseases (NCD). This cross-sectional study was designed to evaluate knowledge, ... -
Knowledge and practice of pre-hospital care after a road traffic injury among three-wheel drivers and associated factors in selected police areas in Colombo district.
(2020)Abstract- Globally, the number of road traffic deaths remains unacceptably high. However, effective pre-hospital services can minimize many crash consequences. Usually, basic pre-hospital care is delivered by a lay first ... -
Knowledge and Practice Regarding Basic First-Aid Among Commercial Three-Wheeler Drivers of Colombo District, Sri Lanka
(2022)First-aid is the immediate care given to an injured person during an accident until proper medical care is provided. Commercial three-wheeler drivers act as first responders because they may be the first to arrive at an ... -
Knowledge and Practices Regarding Antibiotics and Antibiotic Resistance of Mothers with Pre-school Children in Selected Child Welfare Clinics of Piliyandala MOH area
(2021)Antibiotic resistance is now deemed a global crisis. The misuse of antibiotics is the main reason which causes antibiotic resistance. Mothers play an important role in the proper usage of antibiotics for their children ... -
Knowledge and Practices Regarding First Aid among School Teachers in the Kurunegala Zonal Educational Division
(2014)To describe knowledge and practices regarding First Aid among school teachers in the Kurunegala Zonal Educational Division. A descriptive cross sectional study was carried out using a sample of 384 school teachers. Simple ... -
Knowledge And Practices Regarding Open-System Endotracheal Suctioning Among Intensive Care Unit Nurses At The National Hospital Of Sri Lanka
(2020)Abstracts: Open-system endotracheal suctioning (OS-ETS) is performed on critically ill requiring mechanical ventilation to keep the airway patent. Intensive care unit (ICU) nurses need to perform this procedure ... -
Knowledge and Practices Regarding Self-Medication of Antibiotics and its Effects among School Teachers in Biyagama Educational Division
(2018)Misuse of antibiotics is becoming a serious issue in Sri Lanka which leads to a global public health problem. Antibiotics can cause severe reactions which require significant amount of cost of care. Literature indicates ... -
Knowledge and Proper Practice of Infection Control Methods among Healthcare Workers at a Military Hospital
(2018)Inadequate knowledge and practice of infection control methods contributes towards a major proportion of hospital-acquired infections. The objective of the present study was to assess the knowledge and practice of ... -
Knowledge and Selected Practices of Paid Bystanders Regarding Patient Care and Personal Protection in Colombo-North Teaching Hospital, Ragama, Sri Lanka
(2022-09-29)The dearth of studies on paid bystanders who figure prominently in caregiving for inward patients in Sri Lankan hospitals led us to assess their knowledge and selected practices regarding patient care and personal ... -
Knowledge and self-reported practices on post-operative pain management among nurses working in surgical wards in two selected Teaching Hospitals
(2016)A descriptive cross sectional study was conducted at Colombo South Teaching Hospital (CSTH) and Sri Jayewardenepura General Hospital (SJGH) to describe knowledge and self-reported practices on post-operative pain management ... -
Knowledge and Understanding of the Weight for Age Chart in the child Health Development Record among Mothers of Infants over six Months in Piliyandala MOH Area
(2018)Child Health Development Record (CHDR) is a document which records growth and development details of a child from birth to adolescence. It is a tool which makes parents actively participate in and develop a greater ... -
Knowledge Based Expert System for Defect Identification and Rectification in Engine and Steering Control Systems of Fast Attack Crafts
(2022)Cognitive systems deal with symbolic manipulations on knowledge and it’s stored as rules, theories etc. State-of-the-art fault detection methods are equipment and domain specific and non-comprehensive. However, possessing ... -
Knowledge Management in Banking Industries: uses and opportunities
(2008)This paper reviews the prevailing literature on Knowledge Management in banking industries. The purpose of KM is to value to information resides in organizations resulting value addition to their tasks and ultimately to ... -
Knowledge Management Involvement in Improving Human Resource Management of the Organizations
(2018)Human Resource Management is identified as essential for driving the human resource of any organization towards the success. Since they possess the knowledge required to execute job functions and create new knowledge to ... -
Knowledge Management Systems in the Agricultural Context to Face Resilience in the New Normal
(2021)The COVID-19 pandemic has given a forceful full stop to all daily routines, while shutting downing workplaces, entertainments and meetings among others. Amidst the revolution of the Coronavirus, the active parts of the ... -
Knowledge of Hand Hygiene among the Medical Students at the General Sir John Kotelawala Defence University
(2014)Background. Hospital acquired infections are commonly transmitted by the hands of healthcare workers. The objective of this study was to compare the knowledge of hand hygiene among the preclinical students and the students ...