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A descriptive study on complementary and alternative medicine use in 0 to 1-year-old infants and nurses' awareness and recommendation for complementary and alternative medicine

This study aimed to determine complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) recommended by midwives and nurses and used by mothers on their 0 to 1-year-old infants. A cross-sectional survey design was used. The sample of the study consisted of 65 midwives and mothers of 349 infants registered at these health-care centres. The frequency of CAM use on a regular basis by mothers participating in the study on their infants was 24.6%, whereas the frequency of CAM use for a while was 41.3%. Of the mothers using CAM, 81.5-98.5% stated that the method they were employing was useful. The mothers used CAM on their infants, and the midwives and nurses recommended CAM use. However, the midwives and nurses themselves should be first trained to be able to inform individuals/mothers about CAM. Evidence-based studies on CAM are needed.

Determination of the knowledge level of health care staff working in pre-hospital emergency health services on the recognition of a forensic case

This study aimed to determine the knowledge level of pre-hospital emergency health service staff on the recognition of a forensic case. This descriptive study consisted of staff (n=68) employed at pre-hospital Emergency Health Services located in Turkey. The data were collected via a questionnaire form. It was found that during emergency medical intervention, 63.2% of the staff evaluated the individual for a possible forensic event, whereas 33.8% of them were not able to ask the adequate questions in order to reveal and investigate the presence of a forensic event. While 36.8% and 50.0% of staff surveyed experienced trouble with the recognition of a forensic case and the approach to a forensic case, respectively, 26.5% of staff indicated that they had, at least once, identified and reported forensic cases, up to the time of the study. As a result of this study, it was found that the education of staff concerning forensic cases was inadequate.