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Effectiveness of Education Program on High School Males Students' Knowledge about Smoking
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Objective(s): To evaluate high school male students' knowledge about substance use, to determine the effectiveness of the education program on high school mal students' knowledge about substance use.

 

 Methodology: A quasi-experimental (pre-posttest) design was carried out to determine the effectiveness of an educational program on knowledge of high school students about substance use in AL-Kut city. The study was started from 20th h September 2022 to 24th November 2022. The sample was non-probability (purposive sample) sample of (60) student were selected according to the study that are working in Al Kut Education Directorate. The data were collected by direct interview using specific questionnaire that’s composed of two parts (59) items which are: Part (1) Socio-demographic characteristics which included 8 items. Part (2) which deals with high school mal students' knowledge about substance use and includes 51 items. Data were analyzed by using (SPSS) package version (25). Descriptive data through determination of: Frequency, percentage, mean of score and standard deviation. Inferential statistical data analysis approach: used by enforcement of the T-test and ANOVA used for determining the association between Socio-demographic characteristics and students' knowledge.

Results: results reveal that there was a highly significant difference between the pre-test knowledge score (poor level 100%) and the post-test knowledge score of the study group for students' knowledge about substance use (Good level 100%), while the control group was no significant difference between the post-test knowledge score (poor level 86%) and the pre-test knowledge score (poor level 90%).

Conclusions: The results of the current study showed a strong correlation between students' knowledge of substance use and their age, fathers' occupation, fathers' educational level, and monthly income.

Recommendations: According to the findings, high schools should include a course on substance abuse and its effects in their curricula. encouraging the Ministry of Health and the Ministry of Education to work together to prevent and combat substance  use among this group of people.

 

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Publication Date
Sun Jan 01 2012
Journal Name
مجلة بحوث كلية التربية الاساسية
Essence - Appearance and it’s Relation with Self -efficacy and Scholastic Achievement for Preparatory School Students
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الذات والتحصيل الدراسي . وقد استخدمت الباحثة المنهج الوصفي التحليلي، وبلغت عينة الدراسة (500) طالبًا وطالبة، تم اختيارهم بالطريقة الطبقية العشوائية وهي تمثل (15%) من مجتمع الدراسة البالغ (3328) طالباً وطالبة من طلبة المرحلة الإعدادية واستخدمت الباحثة مقياسين تم بناء مقياس لقياس الجوهر والمظهر وتبني مقياس فاعلية الذات بعد إن قامت بترجمته وتعريبه وجعله ملائم للبيئة العراقية، كم تم استخراج درجات التحصيل الدراسي للع

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Publication Date
Thu Dec 01 2011
Journal Name
Journal Of Economics And Administrative Sciences
On Shrunken Estimation of Generalized Exponential Distribution
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This paper deal with the estimation of the shape parameter (a) of Generalized Exponential (GE) distribution when the scale parameter (l) is known via preliminary test single stage shrinkage estimator (SSSE) when a prior knowledge (a0) a vailable about the shape parameter as initial value due past experiences as well as suitable region (R) for testing this prior knowledge.

The Expression for the Bias, Mean squared error [MSE] and Relative Efficiency [R.Eff(×)] for the proposed estimator are derived. Numerical results about beha

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Fri Sep 30 2022
Journal Name
Journal Of Economics And Administrative Sciences
The Role of Strategic Flexibility in Achieving Organization Effectiveness: Analytical Research in the Directorates of the Ministry of Education
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This research aims to know the role of strategic flexibility in achieving organizational effectiveness by studying the dimensions of strategic flexibility (capacity flexibility, resource flexibility, information flexibility, and coordination flexibility) on the dimensions of organization effectiveness (environmental adaptation, productivity and achieving goals) through an analytical study conducted in six directorates in the office of the Iraqi Ministry of Education.

The research problem was represented in the form of questions, the most prominent of which was "What is the role of strategic flexibility in achieving organization effectiveness?" The descriptive analytical approach was relied on in applying

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Publication Date
Thu Jul 23 2020
Journal Name
مجلة العلوم النفسية
Influence of Model of Active Thinking in Achievement of Eighth Grade Students and their Visual Thinking in Science
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The aim of this study is to recognize the influence of model of active thinking in achievement ofeighth grade students andtheir visual thinking in science.The finds of this research show the superiority students of the experimental group who studied the science material by using the active thinking model on the students of the control group who studied by usual method, in the achievement test. Also the finds show that the students of the experimental group are more successful than students of control group in the test of visual thinking, so the two null hypotheses have been rejected. In light of the results of the research, numbers of recommendations were made.

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Thu Oct 01 2026
Journal Name
Journal Of Baghdad College Of Dentistry
Awareness and knowledge of oral cancer among final year undergraduate dental students in Baghdad-Iraq
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Background: The incidence of oral cancers is increasing all over the world. Early detection ofthis important public health matter makes them more amenable to treatment and allows the greatest chance of cure.The aim of this study was to investigate the awareness and knowledge on oral cancer among final -year dental students in Iraq. Materials and methods: Questionnaires were delivered to 160 final–year dental students in the College of Dentistry in Baghdad. The questionnaire focused on the awareness/knowledge of oral cancer, earlyand common clinical signs and symptoms andassociated risk factors. Results: It was found that 87% of students were aware of oral cancer. The followings were recognized as signs and symptoms of oral cancer: persis

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Publication Date
Sun Dec 01 2024
Journal Name
Journal Of Education And Health Promotion
Knowledge-related iron deficiency anemia among undergraduate nursing female students in the University of Baghdad
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BACKGROUND:

Globally, iron deficiency anemia is a problematic nutritional deficiency health-related issue that impacts early-adulthood people such as university students. The aim was to asses female nursing students’ knowledge concerning iron deficiency anemia in the College of Nursing, University of Baghdad.

MATERIALS AND METHODS:

A cross-sectional survey was carried out from the period of June 18, 2023 to December 20, 2023. Nonprobability (purposive) samples of 100 female nursing students were selected from the second, third, and fourth stages in the College of N

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Thu Oct 01 2026
Journal Name
International Dental Journal
Knowledge, Attitudes, and Practices of Antibiotic Prescribing Among Arab Dental Students: A Cross-Sectional Study
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Publication Date
Wed Aug 31 2022
Journal Name
Al-kindy College Medical Journal
Assessment of Awareness And Knowledge among Medical Students Regarding Radiation Exposure from Common Diagnostic Imaging Procedures: Radiation exposure awareness among medical students
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Objective: to assess the awareness and knowledge of our medical students regarding dose levels of imaging procedures and radiation safety issues, and to conclude how the curriculum of clinical radiology in the college medical program impacts such knowledge.

Subjects and methods:  this is a cross-sectional study conducted among 150 medical students in Alkindy College of Medicine between January 2021 to July 2021, regardless of their age or gender. The study included six grades according to the year 2020-2021. A questionnaire consisting of 12 multiple-choice questions was conducted via an online survey using Google Forms. The questions were divided into two parts

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Publication Date
Thu Nov 01 2012
Journal Name
Journal Of The Faculty Of Medicine Baghdad
A Comparative Study of the Effects of Age and Smoking on Nail Growth Rate in Healthy Individuals
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GA Al Omran, AA Noaimi, Z Al Madfai, H Al Hamamy, Journal of the Faculty of Medicine Baghdad, 2012

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Tue Jun 30 2015
Journal Name
Al-kindy College Medical Journal
A study of the effect of smoking on pulmonary function tests in AL - Kindy teaching hospital, Baghdad
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ABSTRACTBackground: In Iraq smoking is a common habit in both the urban and rural areas. There are many respiratory diseases like chronic bronchitis, bronchial carcinoma and emphysema which are related to chronic tobacco smoking.Objectives: To study the effect of tobacco smoking on the respiratory system, to establish a correlation between chronic tobacco smoking and its effects on the parameters which were studied and to create awareness in tobacco smokers about the effects of tobacco on their healthMethod: In this study 100 male subjects, 50 chronic smokers and 50 non- smokers were assessed for their pulmonary function tests by using a computerized spirometer.Results: Almost all their respiratory parameters were significantly reduced.

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