Objective: As the incidence of emergencies has steadily increased in recent years, it is important to en-sure that individuals, including university students, are adequately trained to deal with such events. This study aimed to assess the level of knowledge and awareness of, and attitudes towards, first aid among IIUM Kuantan campus students. Method: A quantitative cross-sectional survey with stratified random sam-pling study was conducted among 348 students at the International Islamic University Malaysia (IIUM) Kuantan. Data were collected using a self-administered questionnaire which was adapted from Hong Kong Red Cross. The questionnaire was available in both English and the Malay language. Results: A total of 42.8% participants had a moderate level of first aid knowledge. However, 90.8% participants had aware-ness of and a positive attitude towards first aid knowledge. On the other hand, 55.4% of study participants had not experienced taking first aid courses and they had little knowledge of this. There were significant associations between gender, Kulliyyah or faculty, year of study, and first aid training experience, and the level of first aid knowledge based on a one-way ANOVA test with p-values of < 0.05 representing statistical significance. Conclusion: The findings indicate that most health sciences university students have good awareness and attitudes towards first aid. Nevertheless, implementation of regular educational programs with structured modules may be able to improve their knowledge of first aid practices and skills.

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The aim of this literature review was to evaluate the effectiveness of internet usage for academic purposes among healthrelated undergraduate students from various courses. This paper has highlighted for understanding more deeply on the effectiveness of internet usage among university students in their studies. This review found that socio economic status of students has both positive and negative significant effect on their academic achievement. Furthermore, students spend more than one hour online depended on the many factors that cause them to be online. The purposes of using the internet were varied as communication and academic search purposes. On the top of that, Google was the most used search engine and Pub Med was popular among the databases for their academic search among the students. From this literature review, it can be concluded that the students believed of using internet has improved on their academic performances but depending on the time they spent in the online internet.

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Introduction:  The prevalence of diabetes among adults is increasing globally in the 21st century. However, the knowledge of diabetes and practice of medication adherence among people living with diabetes mellitus are still questionable. Aims:  This literature review aimed to look for the literature that related to the level of knowledge about diabetes and its correlation with medication adherence among people living with diabetes mellitus. Methods: The studies included in this review were identified through a search of Proquest, ClinicalKey for Nursing, CINAHL and Ovid databases.  The published articles from year 2010 onwards are included in this study. Results: A total of 18 articles were analysed in this review. It was found that having good or poor knowledge of diabetes does not guarantee their health-seeking practice of medication adherence. It was also reported that some of the factors that have been found to predict the level of knowledge and their practices include their sociodemographic characteristic. Conclusion: Therefore, the findings of this review giving alarm about future interventions and study in this particular area.