To evaluate its effectiveness, a self-administered questionnaire survey pertaining knowledge, attitude and practice regarding MCH was conducted at three different time points: before the session (Time 1, T1), after the session (Time 2, T2), and 3 months following the session (Time 3, T3).
The Greek adjective gnostikos ("leading to knowledge" or "pertaining to knowledge") was first used by Plato to describe the cognitive or intellectual dimension of learning, as opposed to the practical.
To systematically describe the KTPs, we elaborated an analytical framework (Table 2) from a purposive review of writing including frameworks, concepts and theories pertaining to knowledge brokerage and the integrated model for knowledge translation [ 6- 9].
So far, however, we have mainly considered data pertaining to knowledge of concrete objects.
Data were collected by using closed ended questionnaire, which consisted of 46 items pertaining to knowledge of staff nurses regarding nursing activities to be carried out in an ED, after testing its validity and reliability (r = 0.99).
Analyses focused on questions pertaining to knowledge of HPV and the HPV vaccine.
Results are not, however, directly comparable due to differences in the recruitment setting and differences in the questions pertaining to knowledge of risks associated with testing.
First, the data suggest that it may be easier to influence outcomes pertaining to knowledge in the short term rather than aiming to influence attitudes or behaviour.
Questions pertaining to knowledge of the Seventh Report of The Joint National Committee on Prevention, Detection, Evaluation, and Management of High Blood Pressure, found that all but one physician were "familiar" with the guidelines, and all but one felt that they "understood" the guidelines.
In this study, characteristics pertaining to knowledge of subject was ranked highest (mean 4.70 ± 0.53), followed by enthusiasm/passion to teach (mean 4.69 ± 0.54) and communication skills (mean 4.68 ± 0.54) respectively.
The three items pertaining to knowledge about suicide were treated as ranked variables (ranging from 1 to 5); comparisons of results for these three items between different groups of subjects and correlation of the item scores with other continuous variables used rank tests (Mann–Whitney U, the Kruskal-Wallis test, and Spearman correlation coefficients).
