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Item Factors affecting attitudes toward prenatal diagnosis and medical termination of pregnancy among beta thalassaemia carriers in SH. Bilehfahi(Faculty of Health Sciences, 2013-05-01) Azeez, Ishaam, AbdulA cross-sectional descriptive study was conducted to reveal the attitude towards Prenatal Diagnosis (PND) and Medical Termination of Pregnancy (MTP) among 18 to 25 years unmarried beta thalassaemia carriers in Sh. Bilehfahi, Maldives. A pre-structured questionnaire was used to interview 34 beta thalassaemia carriers in the island. Analysis was done to calculate the frequency and percentage of age, sex, relationship characteristics, family income, level of education and knowledge. Chi-square test was used to examine the association of these factors and attitudes toward PND and MTP. The result showed that 52.9 % of the carriers have negative attitudes toward PND and MTP. 44.1% of the carriers had adequate knowledge. The knowledge was found to be strongest predictor of attitudes toward PND and MTP when compared with other factors. Among the study participants those who have an adequate knowledge about PND and MTP; 80% of them were having a positive attitude while only 20% said they had a negative attitude. Among the people who do not have an adequate knowledge regarding PND and MTP; 78.94% have negative attitude while only 21.1% have a positive attitude. The knowledge had a significant association with attitudes toward PND and MTP (p-value = 0.001). It is recommended that knowledge has to be improved in order to develop a positive attitude toward PND and MTP among the beta thalassaemia carriers in the island. In addition, promotion of health education by providing appropriate information about PND and MTP is highly needed.Item Sexual harassment in government offices a knowledge, attitude and practices survey of staff working in male’(Faculty of Health Sciences, 2016-06-01) Fathimath Fauza, Ibrahim; ފާތިމަތު ފައުޒާ އިބްރާހީމްTill now, there is no published study done in Maldives to assess directly about the current status of sexual harassment based on Maldivians. In this research I will look in to the knowledge, attitude and practices of sexual harassment therefore it is very important to know about the current situation in the Maldives. According to a news report in Haveeru Daily based on a survey conducted jointly by the Human Rights Commission and UNDP, publicized that almost one third of the female population in Maldives is victims of sexual harassment and that 26.7 percent of women in workplaces had been verbally abused also, 7.3 percent of women had been physically harassed in a sexual manner (Haveeru Online, 2006). This research is mainly focused on identifying the knowledge, attitudes and practices towards sexual harassment among the staff of government offices in Male‟.185 staff were selected randomly from 14 ministries as the sample from the target population. The sampling technique used was simple random sampling. A self-administered questionnaire was used to collect data. The data was analyzed using SPSS version 17.0 where the mean, mode, median, Standard deviation, frequencies and percentage analysis was done. The research was built with maintaining validity and reliability including pre-testing and clear ethical consideration. The whole research was based on Social Cognitive Theory in order to keep the focus of the research. The results of this study has shown that most of the staff of government Offices in Male‟ has high knowledge and negative attitude along with lack of appropriate behavior and practices towards sexual harassment among the staff. Finally it was found that sexual harassment could be stopped by having a good interaction within the colleagues in the organization, good rules and regulations in the organizations and implementing them also by respecting each other in the work environment and applying strict religious rules, and giving strict punishment for harassers.