Hepatitis B Birth Dose among Children in District 2 Hospital, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam: Prevalence and Associated Factors by Giao Huynh, Thanh Binh Nguyen, Ngoc Nga Cao, Minh Hoang Phan, Thi Bich Hop Dang, Thi Ngoc Han Nguyen

“…Therefore, strategies to implement policies around the hepatitis B birth dose should be in line with current World Health Organization recommendations and strategies to modify current beliefs about vaccination.…”
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Perspectives of health workers on the facilitators and barriers to antiretroviral therapy adherence following intensive adherence counseling in Northern Uganda by Humphrey Beja, Daisy Nakayiwa, Innocent Ocitti Owachgiu, Micheal Tonny Edek, Veronic Kobusinge, Oscar Akaki, Samson Udho

“…The perceived facilitators and barriers to ART adherence following IAC emerged as six key themes under the subdivisions of the three domains of the COM-B framework: cognitive and emotional processes, physical and practical skills, accessibility and material resources, social relationships and cultural dynamics, cognitive beliefs and aspirations, and finally, emotional and subconscious drivers. …”
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A qualitative systematic review of umbilical cord care practices in Nigeria by Precious Ebube Anyakorah, Florence Chinelo Aguna, David Chinaecherem Innocent, Anthony Chinonso Uwandu-Uzoma, Uzochukwu Godswill Ekeleme, Chidera Chisom Obasi, Stanley Chinedu Eneh, Chidinma Peace Ahunam, Ihuoma Chimdimma Dike, Vivian Chidimma Maduekwe, Oluwaseunayo Deborah Ayando, Chinazaekpere Oguguo Duruji, Rejoicing Chijindum Innocent, Princess Chidiebube Uwaezuoke, Oluwafunmilayo Opeyemi Adenuga, Chiagoziem Ogazirilem Emerole

“…The objective of this systematic review is to synthesize current literature on umbilical cord care practices in Nigeria, with an emphasis on the impact of cultural beliefs, healthcare infrastructure, and socioeconomic factors. …”
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The role of sampling in an explanatory sequential mixed methods study: General applications of the transformative paradigm by Tashane K. Haynes-Brown

“…The study sought to explore the complex relationship between teachers’ beliefs and classroom practices. Data were collected from 248 teachers using a questionnaire, semi-structured interviews, lesson observations, an observation checklist, video recordings and video elicitation interviews. …”
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Marketing and social responsibility: an exploratory study of local tourism by Hamilton Pozo, Takeshy Tachizawa

“…The research focused on identifying beliefs and values that work together to engender greater engagement and better social performance for companies mainly through innovation in order to strengthen regional tourism. …”
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LOCAL PERSPECTIVES ON COMMUNITY-DRIVEN MARINE DEBRIS MANAGEMENT FOR SUSTAINABLE TOURISM IN THE ANDAMAN ISLANDS, THAILAND by Chanisada CHOOSUK, Prawit KHUNNIKOM, Thitichaya BOONSOM, Somporn KHUNWISHIT, Poonyanuch RUTHIRAKO, Narun NATTHAROM, Jitrawadee THITINANTHAKORN

“…Notably, understanding internal factors like beliefs and motivations towards sustainability is crucial for effective waste management strategies. …”
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The Comorbidity of Reduplicative Paramnesia, Intermetamorphosis, Reverse-Intermetamorphosis, Misidentification of Reflection, and Capgras Syndrome in an Adolescent Patient by Ozden Arısoy, A. Evren Tufan, Rabia Bilici, Sarper Taskiran, Zehra Topal, Nuran Demir, M. Akif Cansız

“…Delusional misidentification syndromes may be superimposed on neurological or psychiatric disorders and include delusional beliefs that the people, objects, or places around the patient change or are made to change with one another. …”
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Fresh-Cut Mango Best Management Practices Manual by Jeffrey K. Brecht, Anne Plotto, Anna Marín-Gozalbo, Renee Goodrich

“…The US Department of Agriculture prohibits discrimination in all its programs and activities on the basis of race, color, national origin, gender, religion, age, disability, political beliefs, sexual orientation, and marital or family status. …”
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Preservation of Yoruba Indigenous Drumming Heritage by Olusegun Adebolu Oladosu

“…Culture as defined is “a way of life” with both tangible and intangible elements embedded in the culture. The behavior, beliefs, values, and symbols that the Yorùbá accept are represented through culture. …”
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African-American Music in the Service of White Nationalists: Polish “Patriotic Rap” as a Pop Cultural Tool to Promote National Values by Piotr Majewski

“…The first part of this article explains how rap, having become an important element of African-American culture, enabled its audience and artists to manifest and communicate their ideas, beliefs and values, including those that are rooted in the culture of black nationalism. …”
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Advancing feminist understandings of woman abuse: the value of old wine in new bottles by Walter S. DeKeesredy

“…Recommended here are gender-specific conceptualizations of abuse, in-depth reviews of the extant literature, self-report surveys of potential male offenders, quantitative indicators of men's patriarchal attitudes and beliefs, and supplementary open-ended survey questions.…”
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Cultural Identities in Sustaining Religious Communities in the Arctic Region: An Ethnographic Analysis on Religiosity from the Northern Viewpoint by Nafisa Yeasmin

“…Community viability and sustainability depend partly on the exercise of community beliefs and ideology that support identity behaviour. …”
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Protestantes, curanderos y descreídos. Misiones interiores, religiosidad nacional-católica e intolerancia durante el primer franquismo, 1940-1960 by Francisco Bernal García

“…This article explores this interpretation by analysing three aspects of the missionaries’ actions: their efforts to harass Protestant communities; their struggles against quackery and other manifestations of the «common religion»; and the pressures they exerted against those who claimed to have no religious beliefs of any kind.…”
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The Imagination in the Life and Thought of John Henry Newman by Terrence Merrigan

“…Newman was convinced that all beliefs—religious, secular or political—must first be credible to the imagination and that the religious object is only adequately appropriated via an imaginative process that calls to mind the working of the literary imagination. …”
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Water Symbolism in Yorùbá Folklore and Culture1 by George Olusola Ajibade

“… Water is not only a physical substance; it is also an intrinsic part of peoples’ identity, cultural perception, religious beliefs and worldviews. Water is a relevant and a significant variable that is also germane to the understanding of Yorùbá peoples’ identity, culture and religion. …”
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Conceptualisation of evil in African Christian theology by C. Wethmar

“…This analysis is mainly made with reference to recent research on witchcraft and spirit beliefs and is followed by a portrayal of the interaction between the traditional Christian views on evil and those found in African Traditional Religion. …”
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Développement et validation d’un questionnaire évaluant les attitudes socio-affectives en maths by Philippe A. Genoud, Matthias Guillod

“…It is formed of eight scales (45 items in all) assessing various beliefs about mathematics: perceived utility, self-concept, controllability, positive and negative affects, affective regulation, investment, and masculinity of mathematics. …”
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Apologétique et vulgarisation : les notes de lecture sur les « pamphlets » de Mgr de Ségur by Taro Nakajima

“…Jeufroy’s apologist’s speech, a condensed hodgepodge of common religious beliefs, which were probably inspired by his popularization works. …”
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Le corps en Asie vu par Marco Polo by Dominique Boutet

“…Finally, we study the “techniques of the body” (Marcel Mauss), the social practices which are the translation of the beliefs and the philosophy of life that Marco Polo also tries to report. …”
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A educação no contexto da globalização: migrações e direitos humanos by José Marín, Pierre R. Dasen

“…The cultural diversity of knowledge, beliefs and world visions must be considered in the context of biodiversity. …”
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