Forming students’ readiness for family life involves the formation of their readiness for responsible parenthood. The aim of the study was the theoretical basis and experimental testing of the training program to form the students’ readiness for parenthood. The article deals with the relevance of the problem, defining parenting in psychological, educational, social and philosophical literature,...

School readiness not only affects children's school adaptation, but also leads to social and economic stratification a certain extent. is the individual preparation of young children, entire education ecosystem, that is, kindergarten, primary school, family community should be prepared for entrance. Many foreign countries have taken interventions prepare children high-quality preschool most eff...

Commercial drivers suffer from sedentary lifestyles, poor nutrition and numerous stressors that can impact their health. This study aimed to assess the health lifestyle risk level of microbus drivers in Giza, Egypt, and to compare their level of readiness for change with their knowledge about chronic diseases of lifestyle, before and after an educational intervention. Data were collected from 2...

147 words Manuscript: 6175 words 1 Center for Chinese Agricultural Policy, Institute of Geographical Sciences and Natural Resources Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China 2 Northwest Socioeconomic Development Research Center, Northwest University, Xi’an, China 3 Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, USA Abstract: The main goal of t...

background: underutilization of mental health care services has been a challenge for the health care providers for many years. this challenge could be met in part by improving the clients’ readiness to use such services. this study aimed to introduce the important aspects of the clients’ readiness to use mental health services in the iranian context. materials and methods: a thematic analysis o...

PURPOSE/OBJECTIVES To assess differences in acculturation, knowledge, beliefs, and stages of readiness for mammograms from pre- to postintervention among Korean American women aged 40 years or older. DESIGN Prospective, repeated measures, quasi-experimental. SETTING A Korean American senior center in the midwestern United States. SAMPLE 300 Korean American women aged 40 years or older wit...

A developmental ecological model was used to identify child attributes, father characteristics, and familial factors associated with multidimensional father involvement with preschool children enrolled in Head Start. The relations between father involvement and children’s school readiness were also investigated. Eightyfive African American fathers and father figures were surveyed about their in...

This article allows readers to look at racial and ethnic disparities in school readiness from a neuroscience perspective. Although researchers have traditionally measured gaps in school readiness using broad achievement tests, they can now assess readiness in terms of more specific brain-based cognitive functions. Three neurocognitive systems--cognitive control, learning and memory, and reading...