Cemal Koçak

Ankara University · Department of Public Health

Bu çalışma, Türkiye’deki karayolu trafik kazalarını inceleyerek trafik güvenliği politikalarının geliştirilmesine katkı sağlamayı amaçlamaktadır. Türkiye İstatistik Kurumu’nun 2014-2023 yılları arasındaki "Karayolu Trafik Kaza İstatistikleri" verileri retrospektif bir şekilde analiz edilmiştir. Veriler SPSS 26 ile analiz edilerek, yıllık kaza sayıl...

Objectives: This study assessed disaster awareness among 3rd and 6th-year medical students at Ankara University and explored factors influencing their awareness. Understanding this is crucial for preparing future healthcare professionals for emergencies. The study investigates how different stages of medical education and receiving disaster educati...

Objectives: This study aimed to determine care self-efficacy and related factors in mothers with 1-3 year old children hospitalized in a training and research hospital. Materials and Methods: In this cross-sectional study, 174 mothers of normally developing children aged 1-3 years who received inpatient treatment between July and December 2022 wer...

The world has been living with COVID-19 pandemic for more than three years. The severity of measures taken since beginning of pandemic has changed over time, and this has also affected number of cases. The measures taken were relaxed in 2022 and there was an increase in the number of COVID-19, Influenza and RSV cases. In this study, it was aimed to...

The kynurenine pathway (KP) and inflammation are substantial in depression pathogenesis. Although there is a crosstalk between the KP, inflammation, and neurotrophic factors, few studies examine these topics together. Novel medications may be developed by clarifying dysregulations related to inflammation, KP, and neurotrophic factors in treatment-r...

Background: Due to the civil war since 2011, around 4 million Syrian refugees have migrated to Turkey from their home countries. It is well known that being a refugee, especially a female refugee, is considered to be one of the highest risk group in conflict areas. The psychological adaption challenges and extreme feelings of homesickness have resu...

Objective: The aim of this study is to evaluate otolaryngological symptoms and demographic features which effect disease severity in Covid-19 patients. Methods: This is a retrospective study of 102 patients with positive covid-19 PCR test who were treated in our hospital from March to April 2020. Patients’ symptoms, demographics, clinical course a...

Objective: The aim of this study is to determine the prevalence and related risk factors of possible depression for high school students in Silivri, and to emphasize the importance in terms of public health. Methods: This cross-sectional study conducted with 680 high school students. Data was collected by performing a questionnaire between Novemb...

Aşılama, zayıflatılmış mikroorganizmaların veya bunların antijenik komponentlerinin vücuda verilerek yapay bağışıklık elde edilmesi işlemidir. Bu yolla morbiditesi ve mortalitesi yüksek olan hastalıkların engellenmesi ve zarar verme ihtimallerinin azaltılması sağlanmaktadır. Aşı hem bireysel bağışıklık sağlamakta hem aşılananlar sayesinde, aşılanma...

Background: Celiac disease is an autoimmune enteropathy triggered by the presence of gluten. There are Celiac Disease Dutch-Child Quality of Life Scale, Celiac-Specific Pediatric Quality of Life Scale for children/adolescents patients to measure the quality of life. In this study, due to lack of quality of life scales for children with celiac in Tu...

Background: COVID-19 was first declared as an international public health emergency and then a pandemic by the WHO. In this systematic review, the importance of isolation and contact tracing has been explained, and what kinds of practices exist in different countries are mentioned. Methods: A systematic review was conducted in accordance with the...

Amaç: Dünya nüfusunun altıda biri, diğer dönemlerden fazla sorunun yaşanabildiği, fiziksel, bilişsel, duygusal değişimlerin olduğu ergenlik evresindedir. Depresyonun ergenlikte sıklığı %5-20'dir. Bu dönemde başlayan depresyon, erişkinlikteki depresyon riskini %30-63 arttırmaktadır. Araştırmada İstanbul Silivri İlçesi lise öğrencilerinde depresyon s...

Amaç: Toplumlarda içme suyu olarak musluk suyu yanında birtakım endişeler nedeniyle yaygınlaşan şekilde ambalajlı sular da tüketilmektedir. Oysaki musluk suyu yoluyla sağlıklı içme ve kullanma suyunun sağlanması esastır. Sağlıklı su tercihi için su içeriği bilinmelidir. Çalışmada su ürünleri karşılaştırılarak farklılıklar gösterilmiştir. Yöntem: Ta...

Objective: Bottled waters are widely used in industrialised societies, largely due to convenience and worry over the safety of tap water. However, it is essential to provide healthy drinking and utility water through taps. Water content should be scientifically studied to prevent any negative health consequences. In this study, differences between...

Giriş ve Amaç: Çölyak, glutenle tetiklenen otoimmün enteropatidir. İnsidansı %0,5-7,0’dir. Hastalarda yaşam kalitesini ölçmek için yetişkinlerde CDQOL, çocuk/ergenlerde CDDUX ve CDPQOL vardır. CDPQOL, 2013 yılında, Jordan tarafından geliştirilmiştir. 8-12 yaş ölçeği olumsuz duygular (7 madde), okul (4 madde), aktiviteler (2 madde); 13-18 yaş ölçeği...

Introduction: Celiac is autoimmune enteropathy triggered by the presence of gluten. Its incidence is 0.5-7.0% (1). There are CDQOL in adults, CDDUX and CDPQOL in children/adolescents to measure the quality of life in patients (2). CDPQOL was developed by Jordan in 2013 (3). 8-12 age scale negative emotions (7 items), school (4 items), enjoyment (2...

Amaç: Toplumlarda içme suyu olarak musluk suyu yanında birtakım endişeler nedeniyle yaygınlaşan şekilde ambalajlı sular da tüketilmektedir. Oysaki musluk suyu yoluyla sağlıklı içme ve kullanma suyunun sağlanması esastır. Sağlıklı su tercihi için su içeriği bilinmelidir. Çalışmada su ürünleri karşılaştırılarak farklılıklar gösterilmiştir. Yöntem: Ta...

According to the Afghanistan Ministry of Health, 3.5 million people use drugs, 2.4 million of which are regular users. In this cross-sectional study, it was aimed to determine epidemiological characteristics of addicts in a treatment center in Kabul. Eight hundred people were included. Statistical analysis was done with SPSS 22.0. The average age w...

Background Turkey hosts the world’s largest community of Syrians displaced by the conflict. The Minimum Initial Service Package (MISP) is a coordinated set of priority reproductive health services. There is not any scoping review assessing the RH situation of Syrian refugees in Turkey within the framework of the MISP objectives. The objectives of...

Background-aim: In this study; it is aimed to evaluate the destructive behavioral disorders in children between the age of 6-18 years old who applied to various family health centers in Ankara. Method: The study was conducted as a cross-sectional study including 674 children and 337 parents who applied to family health centers in 4 different distri...

Introduction: In recent years, the necessity of childhood vaccination as well as adult vaccination has gained importance and practices continue to increase in many countries. Approaches to adult vaccination are needed to be known for the development of immunization services for the adult group and to improve the general health of the community in o...

Sepsis is accompanied by physiological, pathological, biochemical abnormalities induced by infection and is a public health problem. It is the leading cause of mortality. Septic shock is defined as the need for a vasopressor to keep the mean arterial pressure above 65 mmHg and serum lactate level above 2 mmol / L (> 18 mg / dL) in the absence of hy...

Objective: In this study we aimed to evaluate factors affecting the length of hospitalization for patients who were hospitalized into Gazi University Hospital Psychiatric Ward in year 2015. Methods: Quantitative data analysis was executed using software program SPSS 21.0, descriptive values were given such as frequency, percent, mean±standard devia...

Objectives: Psychiatric illnesses could cause disability due to their commonly occuring, tendency to recur and chronic character. Thence, psychiatric patients' treatment costs are high. In this study we aimed to evaluate treatment costs invoiced to the social security institution for patients who were hospitalized into Gazi University Hospital Psyc...

Bir Üniversite Hastanesi Psikiyatri Kliniğinde Yatan Hastaların Tedavi Maliyetlerinin Değerlendirilmesi Psikiyatrik hastalıklar sık görülmeleri, tekrarlamaları ve kronikleşebilmeleri nedeniyle yeti yitimine yol açabilirler. Bu yüzden maliyetleri yüksektir. Bu çalışmada, Gazi Üniversitesi Hastanesi Psikiyatri Servisi’ne 2015 yılında yatırılan hastal...

Psychiatric illnesses could cause disability due to their commonly occuring, tendency to recur and chronic character. Thence, psychiatric patients’ treatment costs are high. In this study we aimed to evaluate treatment costs for patients who were hospitalized into Gazi University Hospital Psychiatric Ward in year 2015. Quantitative data analysis wa...

Soru(n) Koruyucu sağlık hizmetlerinin geliştirilebilmesi ve toplumun sağlığının iyileştirilebilmesi için; önlediği hastalık yükü düşünüldüğünde, erişkin aşılaması önemli uygulamalardır. Bu konuda programların uygulanabilmesi için toplumun erişkin aşılaması hakkındaki bilgi, tutum ve davranışları saptanmalıdır. Olay/Olgu Bu çalışma, 15 Mayıs 2015-...

Objective: Smoking in pregnancy and postpartum period causes serious healthy risks for fetuses, newborns, and children. The purpose of this study was to determine the prevalence of smoking and associated sociodemographic factors and knowledge, attitude levels, and behaviors of pregnant smokers.Methods: A descriptive study was performed on 335 pregn...

Department's academic members worked together and created a survey form for household. According to the Nomenclature of Territorial Units for Statistics which is prepared by Turkish Statistical Institute, 2 phased cluster sampling method was implemented that represent NUT zones. 4617 household were selected and healthcare personnel implemented the...

Gebelikte sigara kullanımı önemli bir sağlık sorunudur. Sigara içen gebelerin kendisi ve bebeklerinde olabilecek olası sorunların erken tanılanması için kontrol sıklığının arttırılması gerekmektedir. Gebelikte sigara kullanıp bırakanlara, doğum sonrası dönemde tekrar başlamamaları için profesyonel yardım almaları gerektiği hatırlatılmalıdır.

Bu araştırmada ‘İlerde kesinlikle çalışmak istenmeyen kurum’ sorgulandığında ‘Özel hastane’ (n=71 %23.1) birinci sırada yer almaktadır. Özel hastane çalışma koşullarının genç hemşire adaylarının gözünü korkuttuğu sonucu çıkmaktadır. Katılımcıların çoğunun iş garantisi nedeni ile hemşirelik bölümünü tercih etmelerine rağmen mesleğin çok yorucu olmas...