Abstract Background & Purpose: Learning disorder is a chronic problem with a neurological and developmental basis that usually begins early in development. The aim of this study was the effectiveness of successful intelligence-based education on academic motivation and academic self-regulation of students with specific learning disorder. This research was a quasi-experimental method with pr...

Participation is a key aspect of success of virtual communities. Participation is dependent on the members’ motivation that is driven by individual and environmental characteristics. This article investigates the individual and environmental factors that contribute to motivation and discusses mechanisms to improve motivation in virtual communities. The study is based on the Hersey and Blanchard...

BACKGROUND Peer education by volunteers may aid attitudinal change, but there is little understanding of factors assisting the preparation of peer educators. This study contributes to conceptual understandings of how volunteers may be prepared to work as peer educators by drawing on an evaluation of a training programme for peer education for advance care planning (ACP). OBJECTIVES To report ...

BACKGROUND Health promotion volunteers (HPVs) who are expected to function as leaders in promoting community health in Japan feel both satisfaction and burden associated with their community engagement activities. The purposes of this study were 1) to describe the prevalence of volunteers with differing levels of activity satisfaction and burden; 2) to examine the association between satisfacti...

OBJECTIVE The purpose of this study was to examine the relationship between youth motivation and psychotherapy outcomes in routine community mental health settings. METHOD One hundred fifty youth, ages 12-17, from three community mental health clinics completed the Youth Outcome Questionnaire and Treatment Support Measure at frequent intervals over the course of treatment. RESULTS Increases...

Social workers in diverse community practice settings recruit and work with volunteers from religious congregations. This article reports findings from two surveys: 7,405 congregants in 35 Protestant congregations, including 2,570 who were actively volunteering, and a follow-up survey of 946 volunteers. It compares characteristics of congregation volunteers and nonvolunteers.Volunteers tended t...

BACKGROUND Neonatal mortality remains high in rural Nepal. Previous work suggests that local women's groups can effect significant improvement through community mobilisation. The possibility of identification and management of newborn infections by community-based workers has also arisen. METHODS/DESIGN The objective of this trial is to evaluate the effects on newborn health of two community-...