Introduction The role of education in local, state and national economic development has become a central public policy issue in recent years. Rural localities, in particular, which typically have lower education levels among the adult population than urban areas, view increased educational investments as an important component of an economic development strategy. At the same time, rural commun...

The following is a transcript of a talk in Center for Cities & Schools speaker’s series. Housed in the Institute of Urban and Regional Development (IURD) at Berkeley and affiliated with the Graduate School of Education (GSE) and the Department of City and Regional Planning (DCRP), The Center for Cities & Schools is committed to bridging the fields of education and urban policy to create equitab...

The association between socioeconomic status (SES) and current regular alcohol use was examined separately for urban and rural residents of Hubei, China, using the third Chinese National Health Service Survey conducted in 2003. A probability sample of 15,609 respondents, ages 15 through 101 years, was selected from the study base. Alcohol use was a dichotomized variable (current regular users v...

Children's relationships with their peers become more intimate as they grow older, with girls tending to experience intimacy in their friendships at an earlier age than their male counterparts. The size, friendship composition, and activity of elementary school children's play groups were recorded in an attempt to identify probable environmental causes of gender differences in the development o...

It is my great pleasure to welcome you to Fairfield University Marion Peckham Egan School of Nursing and Health Studies. In selecting Fairfield for your graduate education, you have chosen to join a community where excellence is valued and innovation is embraced. In the Jesuit tradition, the Marion Peckham Egan School of Nursing strives for Cura Personalis, or education of the whole person. The...

Architecture and urban space play an important role among the sociological and psychological factors that influence humans and their well-being. Sociology and psychology analyse the role of architecture in the conscious shaping of urban space in the 21 century. This issue is very important from the point of view of sustainable development, as well as education of civil engineering graduates and...

PURPOSE/OBJECTIVES To understand the experiences of women having same-day breast cancer surgery and make recommendations to assist healthcare professionals effect change to enhance quality of care. RESEARCH APPROACH Thematic analysis of audiotaped interviews. SETTING Outpatient departments of two city hospitals on the east coast of Canada. PARTICIPANTS Purposive sample of 13 women who had...

maldistribution of health professionals between urban and rural areas has been a serious problem in china. urban hospitals attract most of the health professionals with serious shortages in rural areas. to address this issue, a number of policies have been implemented by the government, such as free medical education in exchange for obligatory rural service.