Socio-Psychological Conditions For Bullying Prevention In Primary Education

Promoting bullying prevention and intervention through forgiveness education

There is growing recognition of the severe, adverse long-term effects that bullying behaviors have, on the victims or on bullies. Although there are many existing anti-bullying programs that are designed to counteract both the behaviors and their potential long-term negative effects, forgiveness education programs may also be used to help create a positive school climate in which bullies can ta...

Continence Promotion, Education& Primary Prevention

Primary stroke prevention and community education.

Michael Vecchione, DO  stroke Is the fourth leADIng cAuse of death in the United States. Stroke affects almost 800,000 people in the United States each year with two-thirds of events being a first occurrence. Approximately 135,000 people die from stroke each year. In 2007, four of every 10,000 people in Rhode Island died from stroke-related complications. According to the Heart Disease and Str...

Socio-psychological simulation

Knowing hypertension awareness and psychological distress in primary prevention.

Knowing Hypertension Awareness and Psychological Distress in Primary Prevention To the Editor: It is with great interest that I read the article titled “Hypertension Awareness and Psychological Distress” by Hamer et al,1 showing that an elevated risk of distress was observed in aware hypertensive participants but not unaware hypertensives. In this cohort, aware hypertensive participants include...