In this cross-sectional study, the strengths, challenges and current status of baccalaureate nursing education in Ghana were described using a descriptive design. The World Health Organization Global Standards for the Initial Education of Nurses and Midwives were used as the organizing framework, with baseline data on the status of nursing education from two state-funded universities in Ghana p...

OBJECTIVE This study examined the relationship between aging and regular physical activity. The moderating effects of education and the extent to which employment and health status influence physical activity were also examined. METHOD Multilevel logistic regression was conducted using longitudinal data from a national sample of 7,595 adults aged 54 to 72. RESULTS An age-related decline in ...

The associations among educational level, occupational status, and atherosclerosis were investigated during 1992-1994 in a general population sample of 4,176 Swedish men and women. Carotid artery intima-media thickness (IMT) and carotid stenosis were determined by B-mode ultrasound. Socioeconomic differences in mean carotid IMT and odds ratios for carotid stenosis prevalence were estimated. In ...

Objective: This study examined the correlation between parenting style and oral health status. Methods: Eighty-seven children aged 2 14 years old were examined and their oral health status was measured by the decayed, missing, filled teeth (DMFT/dmft) index, untreated caries and caries experience. Caries experience was defined as untreated and treated teeth, either restored or filled. The paren...

1 Using rare surnames we follow the socioeconomic status of initial groups of rich, middling, and poor in England from 1800 until 2011. We measure social status through wealth at death, education, and average age at death. Our method allows unbiased estimates of mobility rates. Mobility rates are much lower than conventionally estimated, even for recent generations. There is considerable persis...

introduction: adolescents are the important portions of the iranian population. adolescents health status has a critical role in their learning ability and their performance. the present study aimed to determine the predictive factors for general health status in iranian high school students in 2014. materials and methods: in a cross-sectional study evaluated the predictive factors for general ...

Using rare surnames we follow the socio-economic status of initial groups of rich, middling, and poor in England from 1800 until 2012. We measure social status through wealth, education, occupation, membership in political elites, and average age at death. Our method allows unbiased estimates of mobility rates. Mobility rates are much lower than conventionally estimated, including the most rece...