OBJECTIVE Evaluate the literature on interventions targeting tertiary education staff within colleges and universities for improvements in health behaviors such as physical activity, dietary intake, and weight loss. DATA SOURCE One online database, Medline, was searched for literature published between January 1970 and February 2013. STUDY INCLUSION AND EXCLUSION CRITERIA All quantitative s...

Taxation and Education Investment in the Tertiary Sector by Fredrik Andersson and Kai A. Konrad In this paper we briefly report some key data on educational expenditure and output in OECD countries and then turn to the motivations for public education. Public education can be important for equal opportunities and has a number of redistributional aspects within and between generations. We furthe...

INTRODUCTION Rural emergency departments (EDs) generally have limited access to continuing education and are typically staffed by clinicians without pediatric emergency specialty training. Emergency care of children is complex and the majority of children receive emergency care in non-pediatric tertiary care centers. In recent decades, there has been a call to action to improve quality and safe...