Insecticide-treated bed nets (ITN) ownership and utilization patterns among caregivers with children under five years: A community-based cross-sectional study in Battor, North Tong... by Emmanuel Abu Bonsra, Petra Amankwah Osei, Akua Grace Sekyi, Gideon Amankwah Kyere

“…Chi-square analysis revealed significant associations between ITN knowledge and factors such as sex (p = 0.025), educational level (p = 0.043), marital status (p < 0.001), religion (p = 0.020), challenges faced in using ITNs (p = 0.012), affordability (p = 0.001), and cultural beliefs (p = 0.003). …”
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Knowledge, Self-Efficacy, and Correlates in Palliative and End-of-Life Care: Quantitative Insights from Final-Year Nursing and Medical Students in a Mixed-Methods Study by Germanus Natuhwera, Eve Namisango, Peter Ellis

“…Predictors of knowledge were Gender ( p  = 0.0242), course of study ( p  = 0.0001) and religion ( p  = 0.0338). Participants had very low self-efficacy scores in the three domains of the Palliative Care Self-Efficacy scale. …”
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Conocimientos en salud bucal asociados a caries dental y su relación con el binomio padre-hijo, en la ciudad de Cartagena, Colombia by Shyrley Díaz Cárdenas, Sthefanie del Carmen Perez Puello, Lesbia Rosa Tirado Amador

“…En el modelo multivariado hubo asociación entre conocimientos inadecuados de SB, presencia y experiencia de CD, hábitos inadecuados de higiene bucal del niño, cepillado bucal sin supervisión, padres que trabajan, bajos ingresos y religión católica. Conclusión: La prevalencia de caries dental en niños, se asocia a conocimientos inadecuados en salud bucal y bajos ingresos económicos en padres que trabajan; factores que deben ser considerados en programas educativos de salud bucal. …”
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Espaços e relações de poder em Chapecó/SC na década de 1950. by Cristina de Moraes

“…In parallel, several fires happened and burning the church had great impact on the local society, because the population had in religion one of its core values and element of local identity, feeling so disrespected. …”
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Female genital mutilation among children in Ethiopia: A time-to-event analysis of age at circumcision. by Michael Arthur Ofori, Daniel Biftu Bekalo, David Kwamena Mensah, Niharika Jha

“…The analysis revealed that residential status (rural vs urban, HR = 1.73: 1.35-2.70), religion (Muslim vs Christian, HR = 1.51: 1.38-2.70), mother's educational level (none vs higher, HR = 5.25: 2.23-12.36 or primary vs higher HR = 4.12: 1.25-9.68), father's educational level (none vs higher, HR = 1.65: 1.12-2.43), and mother's age (15-24 years vs 35 +, HR = 1.89: 1.21-2.95 or 24-34 years vs 35 +, HR = 1.55: 1.18-2.02) are significant risk factors for age at circumcision. …”
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Optimizing Prenuptial Agreements for Asset Protection: A Maqashid Sharia Based Approach by Rohmadi Rohmadi, Muadil Faizin, R. Dedy Chairil Zain, Yenni Samri Juliati Nasution, Suhardiman Suhardiman

“…This research aims to explore the optimization of PNAs for asset protection by integrating the principles of maqashid sharia, which emphasize the protection of religion, life, intellect, progeny, and wealth. The high divorce rates in Indonesia, mainly due to online gambling, highlight the vulnerability of asset protection at the beginning of marriage and underscore the importance of prenuptial agreements (PNAs). …”
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Increase in assisted suicide in Switzerland: did the socioeconomic predictors change? Results from the Swiss National Cohort by Marcel Zwahlen, Nicole Steck, Christoph Junker

“…We calculated crude rates and used Cox proportional hazard and logistic regression models to examine associations of assisted dying with gender, marital status, education, religion, neighbourhood socioeconomic status and other variables, and investigated trends over time.Results We identified 3941 assisted suicides among 6 237 997 Swiss residents, 80% of which occurred in the older age group. …”
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Explaining the Factors Affecting the Competence Development of Managers in Public Hospitals with an Approach Based on the General Policies of the Health System by Saied Moradi, Mohammadreza Rabiee Mandejin, Mohammad Mohammadi

“…Human resource management, public relations, and religion were identified as strategies, while the resulting consequences were classified into expertise, a knowledge-based economy, and internationalization. …”
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Determinants of Household Food Insecurity and Depression in Mothers: Evidence from Ghana by Anthony Wemakor, Ibrahim Alhassan Mohammed, Victoria Awuni

“…The mean age of mothers was 30.1(±6.5) years with almost all practising Islamic religion (96.2%) and were married (96.7%). The prevalence of household FI and maternal depression were 51.6% and 25.3%, respectively. …”
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RELIGIOUS COMMUNICATION IN THE CONTEXT OF CULTURE MEDIA by Maria S. Petrushkevych

“…Modern believer gets a lot of different kinds of religious information, on any subject, any explanation of the religious question, with respect to any religion. Such volume of religious information and the speed with which a person receives it, does not usually make it religious or spiritually advanced, but only informed. …”
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РERSONAL PHILOSOPHIZING MOTIVES: DESCARTES AND KIERKEGAARD by A. M. Malivskyi

“…This affinity is reflected firstly, in distancing from depersonalized and dehumanized world view; secondly, in religion-oriented search and proof of God’s existence based on human nature. …”
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Association between sociodemographic characteristics, stress level and resilience with family functioning of immigrants by Sonia Silva Marcon, Erika dos Santos Ratuchnei Dal Pizzol, Iven Giovanna Trindade Lino, Mariana Enumo Balestre, Aroldo Gavioli, Luciano Marques dos Santos, Rebeca Rosa de Souza, Mayckel da Silva Barreto

“…Family cohesion was associated with marital status, age, education, number of residents and who they came to Brazil with; adaptability with length of stay, who came to Brazil with, number of residents and religion. Greater perceived stress occurred in disconnected families (with less cohesion) and more resilience in connected, agglutinated (with greater cohesion) and rigid (more adapted) families. …”
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Depression, anxiety, stress, and coping among men with infertility seeking treatment at a tertiary care hospital in South India: A mixed-method study by Mamta Mor, Venkatachalam Jayaseelan, Shivanand Kattimani, Chitra Thyagaraju, NS Kubera, Mahadevan Duraiswamy

“…The most common coping strategies used were planning (96.0%), active coping (91.5%), self-distraction (90.5%), and religion (89.5%). The analysis of qualitative data revealed three themes – emotional impact of infertility, coping mechanisms and support systems, and perception toward counseling to improve mental wellbeing. …”
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The Economic Crisis and the Protestant Congregations in the Contemporary Russia by I. G. Kargina

“…They yearn, on one hand, to determine new value guidelines and, on the other, to compensate for the stress, fear, and uncertainty caused by reforms and crisis by means of religion. This can be clearly seen in the unprecedented surge of the levels of religiosity in the country and is directly influenced the dynamic of the diversity of religious organizations. …”
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A Sociopsychological Analysis of the Profiles of the Earliest Muslims and the Nature of the Islamic Call by Mücahit Yüksel, Hakan Temir

“…Islam is the religion preached by all prophets, from the first human being and the first prophet, Adam, to the last prophet, Muhammad. …”
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Isotopic Data on Diet and Mobility from Pictish and Viking Age Orkney by Alexandra Johnson, Christophe Snoeck, Rick Schulting, Philippe Claeys, Nadine Mattielli, Gail Drinkall

“…Changes in diet and mobility isotopes from the Late Iron Age or Pre-Viking phase (PVP, AD 550–790) through the Viking Age (VA, AD 790–1050) and Late Norse phase (LNP, AD 1050–1300) can be used to suggest nuanced socioeconomic and political change, including differences in subsistence practices and social constructs of ethnicity, religion and status [1234567]. We present here isotopic analysis on some 292 individuals from 10 sites across Orkney, including 152 individuals newly analysed for δ13C and δ15N from bone collagen and 54 individuals analysed for δ18O and 87Sr/86Sr from tooth enamel, in addition to data from previous studies. …”
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Biomedical Waste Management: A Study on the Awareness and Practice among Dental Healthcare Workers in India by Ankit Mahajan, Madhura Pawar, Amol Namdeorao Patil, Sumitra Behera, Samarjeet J. Pattnaik, Jagadish Prasad Rajguru

“…The questionnaire included details of sociodemographic characteristics (age, gender, religion, and caste), knowledge, awareness, and attitude regarding handling as well as management of biomedical waste in healthcare settings. …”
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The role of religiosity in enhancing tourist loyalty through halal tourism and quality services by Martaleni Martaleni, Sugeng Mulyono, Elok Sri Utami

“…This study investigates the relationship between non-Muslim visitors’ loyalty to halal products and services and the growth of halal tourism, with a focus on the role of religion as a mediating factor. Using a quantitative approach, the data were collected from 308 non-Muslim tourists in East Java Province, Indonesia, through a questionnaire. …”
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Partner Choices in Long Established Migrant Communities in Belgium by Emilien Dupont, Amelie van Pottelberge, Bart Van de Putte, John Lievens, Frank Ceastecker

“…We focused on the role of migration history and transnational links, culture (religion, language), skin colour and structural characteristics of the district migrants live in (mainly community size) to gain further insight into the partner choices of migrants in Belgium. …”
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Speaking exams with less anxiety in Intelligent Computer-Assisted Language Assessment (ICALA): mirroring EFL learners’ foreign language anxiety, shyness, autonomy, and enjoyment by Botir Elov, Irodakhon Abdullayeva, Laylo Raupova, Azam Kholikov, Marguba Mirkasimova

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