with the expression of the modernization theory as the dominant paradigm of development during the 1950s, approaches towards development were extracted from this paradigm. but with the birth of the attachment school of thought, the modernization theory was scrutinized. for latin american countries however, the attachment school of thought was considered a marxist ideology up until the end of th...

American youth are more prone to storm and stress during adolescence than are Chinese youth (e.g., American youth's engagement in school declines more). However, it is unclear why. This research examined differences in conceptions of adolescence in the United States and China. Using both open- and closed-ended measures, youth (N = 397; 50 % female; mean age = 13.19 years) reported on their view...

Winnnetlca, Illinois assisted communities and schools of varying socioeconomic patterns to develop school volunteer programs using large numbers of older adults. The methods employed to share the Winnetka school volunteer pattern were basically demonstration, training, and visitations using visual aids and seminar techniques. Research possibilities include follow up of programs established unde...

The purpose of this paper is to discuss methods recommended and used by the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) to monitor the interruption of indigenous measles transmission in the Region of the Americas. The methods used include house-to-house monitoring of vaccination coverage as a supervisory tool during both campaigns and routine vaccination; thoroughly investigating all measles outbre...

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Blood pressure (BP) measurement is the most common procedure performed in clinical practice. Accurate BP measurement is critical if patient care is to be delivered with the highest quality, as stressed in published guidelines. Physician training in BP measurement is often limited to a brief demonstration during medical school without retraining in residency, fellowship, or clinical practice to ...

OBJECTIVE This article examines ethnic similarities and differences in profiles of mother-child interaction qualities for low-income African American and Latin American mothers and associations with preschoolers' emerging school readiness. DESIGN Videotaped mother-child interactions were collected at age 2.5 years from a sample of African American (n = 192) and Latin American (n = 210) famili...

my interest in the department of medical education started in the year 1955 when about 900 high school graduates in shiraz, participated in the “konkoor”, an iranian university entrance exam. of these 900 graduates, 42 passed and gained admissions into shiraz university medical school and six years later, 32 graduated and received a medical degree from shiraz university medical school. i was on...