The paper examines some of the peculiar problems militating against effective implementation of educational programmes in local communities in Nigeria which have almost rendered educational planning impotent. This serves as an eye opener to stakeholders in education especially the government on some of the challenges facing successful educational planning in Nigeria particularly as they relate ...

BACKGROUND A community's readiness for change is a precursor to the effective application of evidence-based practices for health promotion. Research is lacking regarding potential strategies to improve readiness to address obesity-related health issues in underserved communities. COMMUNITY CONTEXT This case study describes SaludABLEOmaha, an initiative to increase readiness of residents in a ...

in this research 600 staff of an educational office (distric seven) were being studied before and after they were educated about breast self-examination. necessary information was gathered before and after they were educated through questionnaires. the result of the study showed that the average scores of their awareness before and after they were educated was 42.3 and 44.2, respectively. hence...

OBJECTIVES This study examined the role of behavioral and material factors in explaining educational differences in all-cause mortality, taking into account the overlap between both types of factors. METHODS Prospective data were used on 15,451 participants in a Dutch longitudinal study. Relative hazards of all-cause mortality by educational level were calculated before and after adjustment f...

BACKGROUND Analysis of the effects of social gradients on women's health requires a suitable means of assessing social standing. METHODS We compared social gradients in stroke risk among 9317 married Japanese women from the Japan Public Health Center-based Prospective Study over a 16-year period. Social gradient was estimated by 3 methods of indicating social position: education level derived...

INTRODUCTION Many studies have investigated the relationship between motivation and educational outcomes. The present study was conducted to determine whether the students' motivation in Shiraz University of Medical Sciences (SUMS) decreases during educational years. METHODS 770 students in SUMS were selected by multi-stage stratified random sampling from each field and entrance year. The fir...

The sociological research literature on intergenerational educational attainment has highlighted three types of theoretical frameworks in explaining to what extent social origins influences people’s educational choices and possibilities. The three explanatory frameworks are 1) the socio-economic situation in the upbringing, 2) the “cultural capital” of the home (e.g. the level of education of t...

BACKGROUND As a result of prolonged survival, more patients with cystic fibrosis (CF) participate in the labour force. The aim of this study was to evaluate their education, occupation levels and risk factors for work disability. METHOD 207 patients answered a self-administered questionnaire about their educational level and work status. Independently, medical records were reviewed for illnes...