[PDF] Top 20 Knowledge, attitude and practice of in-home medication disposal in U.A.E.

... Inappropriate disposal of unused and expired medications could endanger the environment by contaminating surface and drinking water, increase risk of emergence of resistant pathogens and prove harmful to humans ... See full document

... acquired knowledge about contraception from health professionals 44% from family and friends 12% from television and 12% from newspaper and a small number ...of knowledge about Family Planning methods for ... See full document

... improper disposal of solid wastes to the community were investigated in Morogoro ...waste disposal practices and their health hazard implications to the community in Morogoro ...waste disposal sites ... See full document

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... the knowledge, attitude and practice of people regarding self-medication? ...Self- medication is common due to poverty and limited resources in developing countries ... See full document

... self medication was high even though there was some ...self medication were found to be previous experiences with similar illness and for minor ...increasing practice for self ...self ... See full document

... common practice worldwide and the irrational use of the drugs is a major cause of ...the Knowledge, Attitude and Behavior of self-medication in college ...suggest medication. Prevalence ... See full document

... The knowledge about self-medication was found to be appropriate among both medical and non- medical students as both agreed that self-medication may lead to use of wrong drug, it may delay diagnosis ... See full document

... and medication, notify any drug related adverse effects, not take unnecessary medicines during pregnancy, and po- tential medication related harms can be prevented by consultation with health care ...with ... See full document

... self medication is being practiced highly by the medical students who are equally exposed to the hazards of self medication like the general ...Self medication should be opted for only in appropriate ... See full document

... of medication, and promotion of patients adherence to their medication use regimens and over all handling, would greatly minimize the magnitude and consequent risks of leftover medications ... See full document

... Self medication is defined as obtaining and consuming the medicine without advice of ...irrational medication can have a negative outcome in some and may have an epidemiological impact on society as it can ... See full document

... Only a few (31, 16.3%) of participants in our study changed the antibiotic during the course of treatment. Such a trend was based on the lack of perceived efficacy from the earlier antibiotic, the former one ran out, or ... See full document

... Inadequate knowledge of medication use may directly lead to misuse by community and/or patients’ non compliance with a drug regimen and results in serious outcomes like adverse drug reaction and reduction ... See full document

... The most common sources of information used by the respondent were text books and pharmacists. The attitude was positive towards self- . medication and favored self-medication saying that it was ... See full document

... clinical knowledge to apply this ...apply Medication Therapy Review Service (MTRS) to ensure safe and effective use of all medications that are used by ... See full document

... explore knowledge, attitude and practice of Medical professionals (Doctors, Nurses) towards the safe disposal methods and the hazardous effects of improper disposal of ...common ... See full document

... oversized medication pack- ages, death of the patient and change in prescription due to side effects or lack of therapeutic effect, poor adherence as the result of patients doubting the need for medication, ... See full document

... improved knowledge and attitude on malaria but also allowed us to investigate the contribution and drawbacks of the use of rapid diagnostic test for ...returning home, to enable determination of true ... See full document

... 10,11 Disposal practice of unused medicines has become a worldwide challenge for the policy makers, health professionals, pharmaceuticals companies and the community in ...at disposal of unused ... See full document