PURPOSE To report the non-participation rates in a cross-sectional study, compare participants with non-participants, elucidate barriers for non-response and evaluate the influence of non-responders on the outcome measure. METHODS The Sankara Nethralaya Diabetic Retinopathy Epidemiology and Molecular Genetics Study had 2 steps in which non- participation was possible. Step 1 was an estimation...

Abstract Background The objective structured clinical examination (OSCE) is a part of emergency medicine (EM) examinations such as the Masters Medicine in Emergency (MMed) and equivalent Member Royal College (MRCEM) examination. use formative OSCEs to prepare EM residents for summative has not been investigated. This study aimed evaluate role preparing MMed MRCEM OSCE. Methods was an observatio...

The study investigated Age, Sex and Test Anxiety as a predictor of Examination Malpractices among Secondary School Students using IjebuOde Local Government Area of Ogun State as case study. Two hundred students were randomly selected from four secondary schools in the area. The instrument utilized for the study was a questionnaire named “Questionnaire for Examination Malpractice Among Students”...

Discrimination faced by Roma students leads to high rates of academic failure and school dropout while structural barriers continue hinder their inclusion in the education system. Educational research shows that engagement families contributes inclusion, success, improvement quality education. However, educational segregation practices show traditional deficiency effective tools promote family ...

Introduction: To determine whether the Electronic Pre-participation Physical Examination (EPPE), a proprietary and frequently used tool, is an effective method for depression anxiety screening in collegiate athlete population as compared to Patient Health Questionnaire-4 (PHQ-4).

our commentary on forman et al paper explores their thesis that right to health language can frame global health policy responses. we examined human rights discourse in the outcome documents from three 2015 united nations (un) summits and found rights-related terms are used in all three. however, a deeper examination of the discourse finds the documents do not convey the obligations and entitle...

BACKGROUND There is concern that untreated individuals in mass drug administration (MDA) programs for neglected tropical diseases can reduce the impact of elimination efforts by maintaining a source of transmission and re-infection. METHODOLOGY/PRINCIPAL FINDINGS Treatment receipt was recorded against the community census during three MDAs with azithromycin for trachoma in The Gambia, a hypo-...