Purpose. We summarize and comment on the available literature on the effectiveness of interventions designed to change professional behaviour in order to bring evidence into practice in developing countries. Data sources. We used a strategy adapted from the Effective Practice & Organization Care (EPOC) Cochrane group. Study selection. Forty-four studies met pre-defined selection criteria. Contr...

Virtual Learning Environments (VLEs) are an expression of the post-modern school. In this paper we discover how the functional requirements of the VLEs affect and are being affected by the educational, ethnographic and social spaces. It is supported that educational effectiveness of VLE is not proportional only to the quality of learning material, but also to the general educational context of ...

ABSTRACT Objective: to assess the effectiveness of educational interventions for fall prevention implemented in hospitals, at homes and nursing homes. Method: this is a systematic review, carried out based on guiding question: what isolated preventing falls adults elderly developed experimental studies? The search took place electronic databases: Scopus, PubMed/PMC, Web Science, CINAHL, SciELO,...

<p><strong><em>Background:</em></strong><em> Exclusive breastfeeding provides infants with breast milk and no additional food, water, or other liquids (except medicines vitamins, if necessary) for the first 6 months of life. Current practice exclusive in Indonesia among aged 4-5 is 27%, while between age 5-6 3.4%. The main contributing factors poor adherence ...

The purpose of the study was to determine the effectiveness of agricultural literacy materials designed for the Incubators in the Classroom program used in Indiana fourth grade classrooms. This article reports on the study objectives: determine the impact of the educational materials on fourth grade students’ and teachers’ knowledge level of agricultural professions and identify fourth grade st...

OBJECTIVES School-based anti-tobacco education using the "social influences" model is known to reduce smoking among youth by 5-56%. Program effectiveness, however, dissipates in 1-4 years. Consequently, opinion leaders have questioned whether a more intensive national educational effort would be economically efficient. To address this question, we evaluated the cost-effectiveness of enhanced na...