Aim: This study aimed to assess the prevalence, knowledge and perception of Jazan province residents about traditional herbal medication. Materials and Methods: A cross-sectional study was done on 440 Saudi residents using an electronically distributed questionnaire. The questionnaire included 39 items divided into 4 parts. Data collected were about demographic characters, knowledge and perception about HM, and HM usage among participants. Results: Most of the participants used HM for therapeutic purposes (80.9%) and (29.5%) believed that mixing herbs together led to more effective results. The participants agreed to a very high degree that inherited culture plays an important role in HM use, however (84.5%) of them never used herbs. The participants used herbs mostly for treatment of diabetes mellitus representing (37%) and hypertension (20.5%). Age, marital status, and the job of participants had a statistically significant effect on participants’ views about HM. While, gender, educational level, income, place of residence and chronic diseases had no statistically significant effect. Conclusion: The highest percentage of the participants used HM for therapeutic purposes. Increasing awareness of Saudi population about instructions and restrictions when using HM is greatly needed.

Background: The aim of this study was to determine the seroprevalence, predisposing factors of syphilis among the pregnant women attending antenatal care service, Khartoum state 2009.Methods: Descriptive cross- sectional study conducted among a simple random sample of 700 pregnant women attending antenatal care (ANC) services in Khartoum State health facilities. The data were collected by a questionnaire and blood samples investigation by using the Rapid Plasma Reagent Test (RPR). Descriptive method as well as inferential statistics were used for data analysis.Results: Most of the respondents were housewives (90.7%). (92%) of them were married for the first time, 81.1% had formal education. 39% know nothing about syphilis. Only 13.5 % knew the right causative agent, but some of them had information about the ways of protection. 38% of them had knowledge about unsafe or unprotected sex. 26% mentioned that having sex with one partner is very important for their safety. The most common sources of their information were friends followed by TV, radio and health personal. The overall Syphilis sero-prevalence was (3%). (63.6%) of the respondents knew about the possibility of transmission from the infected pregnant mother to her child. only (44.6%) of them heard about condoms, of them only (47.3%) had seen condoms and (50.8 %) knew from where to get it. 33.3% had used the condoms. (3%) of the participating pregnant ladies stated that they had sex outside the marriage and (73%) of them had it during marriage.Conclusions: The main recommendations were to augment syphilis diagnosis and treatment in antenatal care service and sexually transmitted disease programs, and to conduct effective health education programs to raise the awareness about the disease, its prevention and control to the good of the pregnant ladies and to the community at large.

Background and aim: Bullying is one of the most significant problems that has emerged across the world. It has negative effects on physical, psychological, and social health, especially among adolescents. No previous studies have been conducted in the Jazan region of Saudi Arabia to investigate the association between bullying and health-related quality of life (HRQOL). The study aimed to estimate the prevalence of bullying and its association with HRQOL among adolescents in Jazan. Methods: A cross-sectional study was conducted among 461 adolescents in the Jazan region, Saudi Arabia. They were selected from nine schools by a convenient type of sampling, using snowball technique. HRQOL was tested using the Arabic version of KIDSCREEN-27. Data were collected using a web survey and analyzed by the Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS) version 24 (Armonk, NY: IBM Corp.). Results: The study revealed that 35.3% of all participants were labeled as victims. Victimization was more common among boys (17.78%) than girls (17.57%) (P = 0.001). Most of the victims were bullied verbally (75.6%), and most of them were bullied by friends (57.67%). Regarding sex differences, cyberbullying was more prevalent among girls (18.04%) than among boys (9.82%) (P = 0.01). Bullying was more common in elementary schools (39.5%) than in others. Associations were found between bullying and all aspects of HRQOL that were evaluated (P<0.0001). Conclusions: Bullying prevalence is high among adolescents of the Jazan region and is associated with a poorer quality of life. This requires more attention from families and sectors of education, health, and social services.