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Item Knowledge attitude and practice of self-medication with the counter drugs among adults of age 18 – 65 in Male’(Faculty of Health Sciences, 2016-11-01) Shaaf, MohamedBackground OTC (Over the Counter) drugs are defined as the drugs available, and purchased without a prescription. It is practiced worldwide and in our country due to several reasons. Treatment of illnesses and due to difficulty in approaching a doctor is a common reason. OTC drugs can be used with appropriate caution and proper dosages. Hence many do not know the dangers of misuse and continue to use OTC drugs in the Maldives (MFDA, 2015). Aim This cross-sectional descriptive study was aimed to assess people‟s knowledge attitude and practice and common illnesses related, towards self-medication with over-the counter drugs. Method The survey was conducted mix interview and self-administered focus on the knowledge, attitude, practice and common illnesses which people purchase OTC drugs. Results The results showed that there was 100 % response from the 192 participants needed. 58.3% were at the age between 25 to 45. 55.2% of the respondents say they know definition of OTC drugs. 79% of the individuals have the knowledge about some kind of side effects of the painkillers. 51% of the total number of individuals believes that pharmacists give much better advice on medications. 48.4% of the study participants recommend pharmacists in choosing an OTC drug. 76.6% of the 192 respondents took OTC drugs sometimes in their everyday lives. And 85.7% of the respondents treat with OTC drugs for headaches most commonly. Conclusion the study shows that people have high level of knowledge and attitude towards OTC drugs. However the high use of OTC drugs could lead in to dangers in the future. With further studies Policy and law makers need to enforce measures to stop misuse of OTC drugs.Item Knowledge, attitude and practice towards road traffic regulation among youth in Hulhumale’(Faculty of Health Sciences, 2016-06-01) Saeed, JaadhullaGlobally, 1.25 million people die every year due to road traffic accident. Road traffic accidents are the world leading cause of deaths among the youth and major public health problem in global. Major factors are speed, seat belt, road traffic sign and use of mobile phone while driving. These are the factors on which most countries have made regulation and these regulations were violated by the youth every day. Road traffic accident has increased 4.6 times from 2013 to 2015 and vehicles and population increasing dramatically. A cross sectional descriptive study was conducted to identify the knowledge, attitude and practice road traffic regulation among the youth age between 18-34 years of Hulhumale. Results: With 100 percent response, 98.9 percent participants knew the road traffic regulation. Questions about attitudes towards regulation were positive more than 80 percent. However, the 79.9 percent breach law, 60.7 percent drive vehicles without license, more than 85 percent drive more than the speed limit, 88% does not use zebra cross and 93.7 percent do not follow traffic sign. Conclusion: Majority has a positive and high degree of knowledge. Even though, the high negative behavior was found from the participants. In contrast, a large number of participants has breach law. Therefore, in the light of results it is important traffic controlling authority to strengthen the system.Item Knowledge, attitudes and practices towards consumption of fast food among fhs students of Maldives National University.(Faculty of Health Sciences, 2016-06-01) Adam, AminathEating healthy foods and living in a healthy life is one of the essential requirements for having long life expectancy. However, people are consuming fast foods with lots of calories but with little nutritional value that leads to chronic diseases like (NCDs) which was the major causes of morbidity and mortality in Maldives. This cross sectional descriptive study was carried out to identify knowledge, attitude and practices towards consumption of fast food among health background students of Maldives National University in May 2016. Among 100 participants who participated in the study, it has found that majority of participants were aware about the risks causes due to consumption of fast food. 45% of the participants have strongly agreed that fast food can causes NCDs and other diseases. Even though, participants have knowledge about the risk of consuming fast food, there were about 28% of participants who consume fast food every day while, 40% of the participants consume fast food weekly. Consumption of fast food among participants increases due to their lifestyle. As there 54% of the participants who agree that they prefer fast food when they want to become socialize with friends and family. In addition, 59% of the participants have strongly believed taste of the fast food makes to consume more fast food. Therefore, it can be said that the students have knowledge about risk factors of fast food consumption however; the attitudes and practices of students should be changed. Hence, the community should work on the policy of providing healthy meals conveniently at lower cost. Also the university should work on creating awareness among students to minimize intake of fast food and increase level of healthy foods to be consumed