BACKGROUND The Human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine has been available for protection against HPV-associated cervical cancer and genital warts since 2006. Nonetheless, uptake has varied among countries and populations within countries. Studies have found that individuals' knowledge and attitudes toward the vaccine are associated with immunization uptake. The purpose of the current review is to su...

Citation: Koutsoklenis A and Gaitanidis A (2017) Interrogating the Effectiveness of Educational Practices: A Critique of Evidence-Based Psychosocial Treatments for Children Diagnosed with AttentionDeficit/Hyperactivity Disorder. Front. Educ. 2:11. doi: 10.3389/feduc.2017.00011 interrogating the effectiveness of educational Practices: A critique of evidence-Based Psychosocial treatments for chil...

One of the key findings from decades of Educational Effectiveness Research is the importance of the classroom level as a predictor of pupil outcomes. Research has consistently shown not only that the classroom level can explain more of the variance in pupil outcomes than the school level, but that a large proportion of this classroom level variance can be explained by what teachers do in the cl...

INTRODUCTION The purpose of our study was to compare the cost-effectiveness of four strategies using components of 1% Or Less to promote population-based behavior change. 1% Or Less is a mass-media campaign that encourages switching from high-fat (whole or 2%) to low-fat (1% or skim) milk. Using a quasi-experimental design, campaigns were previously conducted in four West Virginia communities u...

BACKGROUND The UK has the highest rate of teenage pregnancies in Western Europe, a fifth are repeat pregnancies. Unintended conceptions can result in emotional, psychological and educational harm to teenage girls, often with enduring implications for their life chances. Babies of teenage mothers have increased mortality in their first year and increased risk of poverty, educational underachieve...