The objective of this pilot study was to assess and describe changes in knowledge, attitudes and practice regarding influenza vaccination in an inner city setting using an interactive computer-based educational program. A convenience sample of ninety participants whose children were in the age group of 6 months to 5 years was enrolled in this study during October 2007November 2007. A pre-post n...

I n 1999, the President’s New Freedom Commission Report reported that nearly 14 million children were in need of mental health services, but the vast majority of these youth did not receive care. One underlying cause of the system failure was the shortage of providers for children with mental health needs, a shortage that continues, particularly among clinicians who prescribe psychiatric medica...

This final rule updates the meal pattern requirements for the Child and Adult Care Food Program to better align them with the Dietary Guidelines for Americans, as required by the Healthy, Hunger-Free Kids Act of 2010. This rule requires centers and day care homes participating in the Child and Adult Care Food Program to serve more whole grains and a greater variety of vegetables and fruit, and ...

BACKGROUND The oral hygiene of patients with a mental illness is an important concern in psychiatric care, and it is necessary to increase the level of self-care among these patients. In this study, we administered an oral care questionnaire to people with mental illness in Japan and compared their answers before (baseline) and at 1 week and 1, 3 and 6 months after they participated in an educa...

H ealth education is a critical "therapeutic strategy" in asthma management.' Various teaching tools and educational programs play distinct roles in education. Table 1 outlines some educational tools on asthma. A program is a package of services or information intended to produce particular results (Table 2). Specific and clear goals, combined with appropriate methods for reaching the goals, ar...

Global health learning experiences for medical students sit at the intersection of capacity building, ethics, and education. As interest in global health programs during medical school continues to rise, Northwestern University Alliance for International Development, a student-led and -run organization at Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, has provided students with the opport...

this study aimed to examine the effectiveness of educational program, which is based on seven educational principles of the prophet mohammad, on the social skills of 5 to 6 year old children. the present study was semi experimental with pretest-posttest and control group. the study population consisted of all families with 5 to 6 year old children in the 1500 household are of koshtargah in shah...

In the United States, 3 of 5 children <5 years of age are in a child care arrangement.‍1 In addition to potential opportunities for early socialization and education for children, parents often rely on child care to participate in the work force.‍ However, child care exposure has also been associated with an increased risk in children for gastrointestinal (GI) and upper respiratory infection.‍ ...

aims: the most important causes for mortality rate and poor quality of life in cardiovascular patients arise from insufficient and inappropriate self-care. this study aimed to examine the effect of an educational self-care program on awareness and performance in patients with coronary syndrome. materials & methods: this is an experimental study conducted in hospitals affiliated with qom univers...