Zahid Jasim Mohammed
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Parents’ Knowledge toward Pediatric Immunization and its Relation with their Compliance at Primary Health Care Centers in Karbala City Eitidal Nassir Hussain; Zahid Jasim Mohammed
Indian Journal of Forensic Medicine & Toxicology Vol. 15 No. 2 (2021): Indian Journal of Forensic Medicine & Toxicology
Publisher : Institute of Medico-legal Publications Pvt Ltd

Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.37506/ijfmt.v15i2.15106

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Parents are their children’s primary health decision makers, their knowledge towards immunization ingeneral have a significant effect on the immunization status of their children. A descriptive (cross-sectionalstudy) was conducted to assess parents’ knowledge toward immunization and its relation with pediatricimmunization compliance at primary health care centers in Karbala city, IraqA non-probability (convenience) sample of 292 parents selected from (5) primary health care centers.These centers distributed throughout (2) primary health care sectors selected randomly as (20%) from eachsectors. The results of the present study indicated that the majority of studied parents had moderate levelof knowledge, which was a significant associated with their age of fathers, level of education of fatherand mothers, occupational status of mothers, family type, , more than sixty present of studied parentshave children partially immunized. In addition, the present study revealed that parents’ knowledge nothad a significant influence on child’s immunization status. So, this study recommendedit is necessary toraise parents awareness of the importance of immunization by implementing educational programs and bytraditional and social media with emphasis on time, side effects, contraindication, and disease preventableby immunization and promote periodically assessment for immunization coverage.
Alteration of Thyroid Function, Lipid Profile Measurements in Some Iraqi Patients with Corona Virus (SARS-COV-2) Zahid Jasim Mohammed
Indian Journal of Forensic Medicine & Toxicology Vol. 15 No. 3 (2021): Indian Journal of Forensic Medicine & Toxicology
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Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.37506/ijfmt.v15i3.16458

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A new coronavirus which known as severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus-2 (SARS-COV-2) ismain causative agent for the corona virus 19 (COVID-19) global widespread illness may affect multipleorgan system in human body, one of the most common causes of thyroid problem and lipid profile alterationmay be resulting from the complications of COVID 19 illness. A total of (50) Iraqi patients and healthyfemales were participated with the study to find out the effects of Covid 19 illness on thyroid hormones(TSH, TT#, and TT4) and lipid profile measurements (HDL-Cholesterol, LDL-cholesterol, Total cholesteroland triglyceride).The findings of current study demonstrated that the corona virus affect the the thyroid functions and lead toalteration in the main measurements of lipid profile.