The Socio-Cultural Views of the Mamanwas of Tandag: An Ethnographic Study of the Peace-Loving Community (Published)
The following sociocultural practices or worldviews are based on a series of interviews with the Mamanwas presented in an ethnographic manner. It will discuss its birth and initiation rites, engagement and wedding customs, burial practices, indigenous value system, worldviews on natural phenomena, and indigenous values system.
Citation: Tomaquin R.D. and Tomaquin-Malong R. (2022) The Socio-Cultural Views of the Mamanwas of Tandag: An Ethnographic Study of the Peace-Loving Community, International Journal of History and Philosophical Research, Vol.10, No.2, pp.25-39
Keywords: Community, Discourse, Mamanwas, Peace, Socio-cultural, Tandag
A community-based prediabetes knowledge assessment among Saudi adults in Al-Ahsa region, 2018 (Published)
Diabetes is a major growing public health issue and prediabetes has been considered to be a reversible condition. The purpose of the present study was to assess knowledge of prediabetes and its risk factors for the community in the Al-Ahsa region. A cross-sectional community-based study was conducted in the Al-Ahsa region from mid-to-late December, 2018. Of the 812 respondents who gave consent to participate in the interview; 13.2% of the respondents reported that they had diabetes. Among the respondents, 87.1% had a high level of knowledge of prediabetes, while 12.9% had low-to moderate knowledge. Overall, there was a statistically significant association between age and prediabetes knowledge (?2 = 5.006, ? = 0.025). Occupation also showed a significant statistical association with prediabetes knowledge (?2 = 9.85, ? = 0.02). People in Al-Ahsa demonstrated a high level of knowledge regarding some risk factors for prediabetes. However, there were a number of deficiencies in the knowledge of prediabetes risk factors and preventive measures as well as in general knowledge of prediabetes, which may lead to a high prevalence of prediabetes and diabetes.
Keywords: Al-Ahsa, Community, Knowledge, Prediabetes, Saudi Arabia