Background Supporting the family and educating the parents helps them in taking care of their infants. Recent developments in mobile technology have created many opportunities to enhance people's health and welfare. The purpose of the study was to compare face-to-face education and education through Nonahal mobile app on neonatal weight gain and mother-neonate attachment in the NICU. Method: T...

INTRODUCTION Adherence to diet and fluids is the cornerstone of patients undergoing hemodialysis. By informing hemodialysis patients we can help them have a proper diet and reduce mortality and complications of toxins. Face to face education is one of the most common methods of training in health care system. But advantages of video- based education are being simple and cost-effective, although...

This paper describes models that have been used in delivering initial and inservice teacher education in Jamaica over the last 30 years. These include: • The In-Service Teacher Training Thrust model of the 1970s and early 1980s that combined face-to-face instruction delivered during vacations and evenings and weekends to provide formal training for unqualified teachers. • The UWIDITE model, usi...

The experiences of students taking the same course by distance learning were compared when tutorial support was provided conventionally (using limited face-to-face sessions with some contact by telephone and email) or online (using a combination of computer-mediated conferencing and email). Study 1 was a quantitative survey using an adapted version of the Course Experience Questionnaire and the...

background : due to the recognized benefits of breastfeeding, health policies have been based on the promotion of breastfeeding and it seems that one suitable way to promote breastfeeding is electronic learning. in this survey, the impact of a breastfeeding electronic education package on mothers’ knowledge of breastfeeding was evaluated. methods: this quasi-experimental and single blind study ...

For many men and women across the world, distance education has improved access to higher education. Distance education could potentially help bridge the gap that divides the East and the West. A group of highly motivated young men and women from the Middle-East with undergraduate degrees in electrical engineering, computer engineering, and computer science students were given an opportunity to...

BACKGROUND Measurement of socioeconomic position (SEP) over the life course in population health surveillance systems is important for examining differences in health and illness between different population groups and for monitoring the impact of policies and interventions aimed at reducing health inequities and intergenerational disadvantage over time. While face-to-face surveys are considere...