Extension and advisory services are integral to the AIS, where now more than ever they play a brokering role, linking key actors such as producer organizations, research services, and higher education. This module looks at the history and current status of extension and advisory services and examines important topics such as pluralism, new roles for extension, new kinds of service providers, IC...

background: carbon dioxide (co 2 ) is one of the most commonly used indicators of indoor air quality (iaq) in industrial area. the higher concentration level of co 2 and particulate matter (pm 10 ) in day care centre could affect children’s health. the objective of this study was to assess children’s health symptom, and measure the co 2 and pm 10 concentration level as iaq parameters in differe...

background decentralisation aims to bring services closer to the community and has been advocated in the health sector to improve quality, access and equity, and to empower local agencies, increase innovation and efficiency and bring healthcare and decision-making as close as possible to where people live and work. fiji has attempted two approaches to decentralisation. the current approach refl...

Health officials often lack information about characteristics that predict which water systems are most likely to be placed on and to persist on drinking water advisories (e.g. health warnings offering advice or information). This study uses data collected by the Interior Health Authority in British Columbia to characterize water systems on advisory for microbiological threats and to identify t...

PURPOSE Medical students need close care and systematic management of their mental and emotional health during their academic tenure. This study examined the status of the current student advisory program and counseling office, the satisfaction of the current student advisory program, the core content of an advisory program, and the quality of a good advisor. METHODS We asked 64 faculties tha...

Intelligent advisory services have gradually penetrated into every aspect of people's lives. Ranging from e-commerce to e-government platforms, intelligent advisory systems, with anthropomorphic and user-centered design, can potentially help to remove the technical barriers that commonly exist on traditional websites. In the research background of an intelligent advisory system in the health do...