Previous observational studies have reported protective effects of hand-washing in reducing upper respiratory infections, little is known about the associations between hand-washing and good hygienic habits and seasonal influenza infection. We conducted a case-control study to test whether the risk of influenza transmission associated with self-reported hand-washing and unhealthy hygienic habit...

nactment of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA) in 1965 was a major turning point in federal education policy. This legislation dramatically increased the federal government’s financial support of K-12 education, but more importantly represented a new commitment to educational equity. For the last 35 years, federal programs have funded and promoted expanded educational services fo...

An Educational Virtual Environment (EVE) is an instance of a Collaborative Virtual Environment (CVE), which focalises in providing collaborative, as well as educational, functionalities, such as synchronous and asynchronous e-learning services. This paper describes such an educational virtual community, which aims to meet the requirements of a virtual collaboration space and furthermore to supp...

In recent business literature, the model of the learning organisation has been proposed as a solution to the problem of continually changing environments and increasing consumer expectations of maximum quality and value for money. The model seems highly appropriate for health services, which are staffed by educated professional staff who must become more adaptive and concerned with improving co...

As technical compatibility standards have become critical in business and industrial computing, educational software interoperability is rapidly becoming an issue for users and developers of educational information systems. New software interoperability initiatives are under way in several domains of educational computing, including library automation, higher education information services, and...

introduction educational development centers (edcs) in the health sector act as a resource and a catalyst for educational change and therefore have a significant role to play in the professional development of health personnel. the world health organisation has actively supported the establishments of edcs by its member states because of the valuable contribution they can make to improving medi...