Factors associated with cervical cancer screening among women of reproductive age in Moshi municipality, Kilimanjaro, Tanzania: a cross-sectional study by Sia E Msuya, Jeremiah John Hhera, Regina Dahaye, Witness Erasto Zakayo, Yohana Z Kazula, Seif Abdul, Redempta Mamseri

“…Factors significantly associated with lower odds of screening were being under age of 30 years, not having heard about cervical cancer, having no formal or only primary education and being single. There is an urgent need for community-based interventions to increase awareness and education about cervical cancer and to improve access to screening services, especially for younger, less educated and single women.…”
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Farmer perception of impacts of fall armyworm (Spodoptera frugiperda J.E. Smith) and transferability of its management practices in Uganda by Andrew Kalyebi, Michael H. Otim, Tom Walsh, Wee Tek Tay

“…Results Farmers’ education levels in the two districts ranged from basic (completed primary education) to advanced (completed University degree), with most farmers having 10–30 years experience in growing maize (F = 20.8; df = 3,7; P = 0.0067), and with mainly small- and mid-sized production scales (F = 436.2; df = 2,5; P = 0.0002). …”
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Financial crisis and its association with parental stress and children’s mental health in Lebanon by Ramona Nasr, Samantha Abi Saab, Nada Nasr, Chadia Haddad, Eman Swaidan, Sara Abou Ibrahim, Joanne Karam

“…Bivariate analyses revealed that parents with non-Lebanese nationality, primary education, employment, or children in technical schools reported significantly higher PSS and PSC scores. …”
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Delayed completion of pneumococcal conjugate vaccination among children 4–48 months in rural Uganda: a socio-demographic inquiry by Herbert Malemo, Andrew Tamale, Paul Kakwangire, Matthew C. Igwe, Dickens R. Mwine, Isa Asiimwe, Solomon A. Mbina, Mary G. Abalinda

“…Child mean age was 25.1 ± 14.3 months. 87.6% caretakers were females and majorities of them were aged 20–29yrs (47.8%), peasant farmers (79.8%), married (90.6%), attained primary education (63.5%) and earned average monthly income of UGX 10,000 – UGX 50,000 (41.4%). …”
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Prevalence and determinants of clustering of adverse lifestyle behaviors among 35 – 75 years old residents at high cardiovascular disease risk in Hebei province: an analysis of dat... by Yuejing QIAO, Yuhuan LIU, Lijuan TANG, Dongsheng JIANG, Xiaoli LIU, Ze CUI

“…A total of 18 357 (61.76%) of the residents reported the clustering of adverse lifestyle behaviors (with two or more of the five behaviors) and the subgroups of reporting higher clustering of the adverse lifestyle behaviors were those being males (9 745 [79.74%] reporting the clustering), aged 45 – 54 years (4 932, 63.94%), with primary education or below (9 254, 64.70%), with agricultural household registration (15 321, 67.26%), and with annual household income of ≤ 25 000 Chinese yuan (13 836, 66.41%), and being farmers (13 795, 67.72%). …”
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Uncovering women's healthcare access challenges in low- and middle-income countries using mixed effects modelling approach: Insights for achieving the Sustainable Development Goals... by Bewuketu Terefe, Belayneh Shetie Workneh, Gebreeyesus Abera Zeleke, Enyew Getaneh Mekonen, Alebachew Ferede Zegeye, Agazhe Aemro, Berhan Tekeba, Tadesse Tarik Tamir, Mulugeta Wassie, Mohammed Seid Ali

“…Women aged 25-34 years, and 35-49 years, had primary education, and secondary or higher education, married women, poorer, middle, richer, and richest wealth indices, had mass media exposure, first birth at age ≥20 years, birth interval of 24-36, 37-59 and >59 months as compared to < 24 months birth interval, had health insurance, delivered at a health facility, had at least one ANC visit, being from lower-middle-income countries, upper-middle-income countries, regions like West Africa, South Asia, and East Asia/Pacific compared to women living in East Africa, low literacy rates, medium literacy rates, and high literacy rates as compared to very low literacy rate were associated with lower odds of having problems accessing healthcare respectively. …”
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Assessment of Types, Factors Contributing to Violence Against Women and its Effects on the Health Seeking Behaviour of Women in Rubanda Town Council Rubanda District. by Byumvuhore, Stephen

“…Results indicated that of the 407 respondents, the majority were aged 23-27 years (81.8%), had primary education (56.3%), were Christians (95.8%), were married (83.3%), self-employed (74.9%) and Bakiga (76.7%). …”
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Physical Activity Behavior in Swiss Secondary School Students: A Segmented Analysis by Marion Gasser, Andrea-Maria Nadenbousch, Fabienne Egger, Mario Kamer, Stefan Valkanover, Mirko Schmidt

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Leer rápido no siempre es igual a comprender: Examinando la relación entre velocidad y comprensión/Reading Fast is not always the same as Understanding: Examining the Relationship... by Gabriela Silva-Maceda, Silvia Romero-Contreras

“…English A change in the way Reading is evaluated in Mexico in primary education has been the introduction of measuring reading speed in students. …”
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Exploring socio-economic inequalities in mental healthcare utilization in adults with self-reported psychological distress: a survey-registry linked cohort design by J. J. Muwonge, C. Dalman, B. Burström, B. Jablonska, A-C. Hollander

“…Yet, having only primary education with severe distress was associated with fewer outpatient visits compared with having post-secondary education (rate ratio, RR = 0.82; 95% CI: 0.67–1.00). …”
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Women's experiences and acceptability of self-administered, home delivered, intravaginal 5-Fluorouracil cream for cervical precancer treatment in Kenya by Konyin Adewumi, Aparna Ghosh Kachoria, Everlyn Adoyo, Mercy Rop, Mercy Rop, Antony Owaya, Jennifer H. Tang, Jennifer H. Tang, Lisa Rahangdale, Lisa Rahangdale, Lisa Rahangdale, Chemtai Mungo, Chemtai Mungo, Chemtai Mungo

“…A thematic analysis was conducted using five dimensions of acceptability: content, complexity, comfort, delivery, and credibility.ResultsThe mean age was 43.9 years (SD 4.4), and seven (58%) had primary education or less. While some participants reported feelings of uncertainty when they started using 5FU, at the end of the study, all 12 participants strongly agreed that the cream was safe and were confident they used it correctly. …”
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The mediating role of creative self-efficacy in the relationship between organizational intelligence and organizational agility of teachers by Abbas Gholtash

“…Also, few studies have been conducted in the field of primary education, especially in less developed areas such as Sarchehan. …”
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Study on Innovative Practices to Promote Girls’ Retention and Transition to Secondary and Higher Learning Institutions in Sub-Saharan Africa. by Ayiga, Natal, Adyanga, Francis Akena, Akello, Jacqueline

“…At the national level, there is a positive trend in the enrolment of both girls and boys in primary and secondary education, and parity between boys and girls in each year of enrolment has been achieved. i. However, primary education completion rates stagnated and declined in the period for which national data is available (2013-2017). ii. …”
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Assessing the Understanding of Primary School Teachers in the Rural Communities of Limpopo Province, South Africa—Are We Trauma Informed? by Muimeleli Munyadziwa, Lufuno Makhado, Angelina Maphula

“…Background/Objectives: To effectively support children’s learning and well-being, primary educators must thoroughly understand child trauma. …”
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Professional context of teaching reading to foreign economics students by Olena Titarenko, O. Kopylova

“…The article substantiates that the optimization of reading education hinges on the careful selection of educational texts relevant to the students’ specialties, which constitute the primary educational unit. Additionally, it stresses the importance of employing a structured system of language and speech exercises developed based on professionally oriented economics texts, encompassing pre-text, text, and post-text tasks. …”
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Prevalence of and factors associated with tobacco smoking in the Gambia: a national cross-sectional study by Abu Naser Zafar Ullah, Md Shariful Islam, Md Golam Rabbani, Haifaa AlWajeah, Md Ferdous, Nusrat Sharmin Mahfuza, Daniel Konka, Eva Silenga

“…The strength of association was the highest among primary educated individuals (AOR 5.35, 95% CI 3.35 to 8.54).Manual workers (AOR 2.73) and people from the poorest households (AOR 1.86) were the risk groups for smoking. …”
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Magnitude and Factors Associated with Precervical Cancer among Screened Women in Southern Ethiopia by Terefu Teka, Mesfin Kote, Gemechu Kejela, Tagel Getachew

“…In this study, the magnitude of precervical cancer is 27.7% [95%CI] (24.1-31.4)]. Having primary educational status (AOR [95% CI]) = 0.2 [0.1, 0.96)] and secondary educational status (AOR[95% CI]) = 0.1 [0.02,0.3]), having history of smoking [AOR (95% CI) = 3.7 (1.4-9.9)], having two and more than two life time sexual partners [AOR (95% CI) = 2.2 (1.1-4.7)], having age at first sexual intercourse less than eighteen years [AOR (95% CI) = 6.6 (3.14-13.0)] were significantly associated with precervical cancer. …”
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Individual and community level factors associated with household level food insecurity of Ethiopia: multilevel mixed effects analysis of 2021 Performance Monitoring for Action Ethi... by Eyob Ketema Bogale, Tadele Fentabel Anagaw, Misganaw Guadie Tiruneh, Eneyew Talie Fenta, Destaw Endeshaw, Ousman Adal, Abiyu Abadi Tareke, Natnael Kebede, Amare Mebrat Delie

“…Households who have not been educated (AOR: 5.62 with 95% CI: 2.74, 11.5), having primary educational status (AOR: 2.58 with 95% CI: 1.35, 4.92), having secondary educational status (AOR: 2.20 with 95% CI: 1.17, 4.14), households having middle wealth status (AOR: 3.00 with 95% CI: 1.05, 8.50), households having poor wealth status (AOR: 5.18 with 95% CI: 2.00, 13.4), households doesn’t owned any livestock (AOR: 1.68 with 95% CI: 1.09, 2.84), and complete household income loss since COVID-19 restrictions began (AOR: 3.63 with 95% CI: 1.76, 7.50) were statistically associated with household-level food insecurity. …”
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Spatial distribution and determinants of children ever born among reproductive age women in Ethiopia: spatial and multilevel analysis of 2019 mini Ethiopian demographic health surv... by Ahmed Fentaw Ahmed, Bezawit Adane, Tilahun Degu Tsega, Mekides Nigusu, Kalaab Esubalew Sharew, Abebaw Molla, Mulugeta Tesfa

“…Whereas, women who were primary educated [AOR = 0.18, 95% CI (0.12, 0.27)], women who were secondary educated [AOR = 0.0.05, 95% CI (0.02, 0.13)], women's whose age at first birth after 20 year [AOR = 0.38, 95% CI (0.27, 0.51)] and women's who were using contraceptive [AOR = 0.59, 95% CI (0.44–0.78) were negatively associated with high number of CEB. …”
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