This review covers the contributions of cognitive trainings to stability in cognitive, everyday, and brain functioning across adulthood. For these functional domains, relevant types of empirical evidence were defined for training-induced enhancement in absolute, differential, and dimensional stability in the light of developmental decline. The state of research regarding these types of evidence...

Background and Aims: The issue of the quality in healthcare cannot be ignored anymore. Laboratories play vital roles in control and prevention of diseases by providing timely and accurate result for patient management including disease surveillance. The aim of the study is to assess the quality of laboratory services in a Tertiary Health Institution in Sokoto. Materials and Methods: A descript...

atls or advanced trauma life support and the family training courses like atcn and phts, are training courses planning for medical staff who are involved in trauma care to mange injured  people in proper way to save lives and reduce the morbidity significantly. from the scene of accident ems who passed phtls for pre hospital trauma care to emergency rooms in hospital doctors and nurses could pe...

From Compassion Fatigue to Resilience: Children’s Hospital Colorado Kelly Johnson, MSN, RN, CRRN, NEA-BC/Dr Dori Biester Chair in Pediatric Care Services; Chris Griffin RN, BSN, CPN Background: Healthcare is a stressful profession. The executives at Children’s Hospital Colorado are well aware of the affects that caring for sick children and the pressure associated with it have on our entire sta...

BACKGROUND Physical activity and exercise programs (PAEPs) are an important factor in increasing and maintaining physical and mental health. This holds particularly true for patients with psychiatric disorders undergoing treatment in a psychiatric hospital. To understand whether the benefits reported in the literature are mirrored in current treatment modalities, the aim of the present study wa...

Background on Cheetah Paprika (CP) Extension services provided by CP consist of preliminary meetings to market paprika seed to farmers and teach them about the growing process, additional group trainings about farming techniques, individual support for growers provided by the field assistants, and information about grading and marketing the crop. The farmer receives extension services and a pac...

PURPOSE Examine the effectiveness of the "Eat Healthy, Stay Active!" pilot program, a multisite, 6-month educational intervention to promote healthy nutrition and physical activity among Head Start staff, parents, and children. DESIGN Comparison of within-group preintervention and postintervention knowledge and behavior, along with anthropomorphic measurements. SETTING The study was conduct...

This study evaluated the level of information and communications technologies (ICTs) adoption in the administration of the National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS) in Ghana within the context of the Activity Theory. The study used the mixed methods which involved the survey of 104 staff using questionnaires and an interview with the Regional ICT Coordinator of the NHIS in Accra. The study reveal...