Disaster Preparedness and Sensitivity Level among Higher Education Institution Students

Nursing Education for Disaster Preparedness and Response.

Catastrophic mass casualty events (MCEs), such as pandemic influenza outbreaks, earthquakes, or large-scale terrorism-related events, quickly and suddenly yield thousands of victims whose needs overwhelm local and regional health care systems, personnel, and resources. Such conditions require deploying scarce resources in a manner that is different from the more common multiple casualty event. ...

Alcohol and Tobacco Usage among Students in a Higher Education Institution in Lusaka, Zambia

Background: About 190 million people consume drugs and alcohol worldwide with the majority of this number being the youth. In Zambia the consumption of alcohol and other drug abuse is on the increase with the majority of youths starting to consume alcohol at an early age. Objectives: Aim of this paper is to explore the usage of alcohol and tobacco among University of Zambia students and factors...

Disaster preparedness.

Knowledge about AIDS and drugs among undergraduate students in a higher education institution in the state of Paraná.

The main objective of this study was to measure the knowledge of undergraduate nursing students about Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome (AIDS) and drugs. The study was carried out in 2007 with a random sample of 289 undergraduate students at a State University in the Northwest of Paraná, Brazil. The students self-applied a questionnaire validated by experts. Questions were divided into three l...

Crm Adoption in a Higher Education Institution

More and more organisations from private to public sectors are pursuing to reach high customer values of satisfaction, loyalty and retention. Following that idea, Higher Education Institutions (HEI) seek to develop more efficient management processes through the adoption of CRM – Customer Relationship Management initiatives. This paper discusses strategic issues that enable a HEI to build a sui...