Impact of Health Education on Osteoporosis Knowledge

ISBN-13: 9786139933273 / Angielski / Miękka / 2018 / 64 str.

Noman Ul Haq; Maria Tahir; Aqeel Nasim

Opis

Osteoporosis is a silent progressive skeletal disease characterized by low bone mass and is a major public health problem. Women have been the most susceptible group for the development of this disease as they are predisposed to number of risk factors prevailing in developing countries. The incidence of osteoporosis can only be prevented by primary prevention which includes number of endeavors, one of which is provision of health education to those population who are at higher risk of disease. The primary step of health education is to assess knowledge of the population for which health education program is to be designed. This symposium comprises of two studies. The first study was conducted to evaluate the knowledge of young females about osteoporosis especially those who heard about the term osteoporosis. The other section of the symposium consists of second study which was evaluating the impact of health education on knowledge of young females regarding the disease osteoporosis.

O autorze

Ul Haq, Noman
Dr. Noman Ul Haq is the pioneer of Pharmacy Practice in Quetta, Pakistan and former chairperson of Pharmacy Practice at Faculty of Pharmacy & Health Sciences University of Balochistan, Pakistan. Noman Ul Haq has published more than 100 research items internationally and nationally. Currently working as Assistant Professor in Faculty of Pharmacy