AIM Japan has low rates of cervical cancer screening and Human papilloma virus (HPV) vaccination. This research examines the effectiveness of a family medicine resident-led, intervention in increasing knowledge about HPV and cervical cancer in middle school-girls and increasing knowledge and intention to have cervical cancer screening in their mothers. METHODS We utilized a pre-test/post-test...

Vocational degree earners represent a major portion of the work force in Taiwan. In courses of computer application software, however, most teaching and learning efforts have been devoted to helping students pass written tests, and thus, receiving official certificates. Under such constraints but moving toward more practical orientation, the authors first re-designed a course and then conducted...

BACKGROUND The United Kingdom incidence of anaphylaxis has increased very sharply over the last decade, with the highest rates of hospital admissions occurring in school-aged children. This raises concerns about the extent to which schools are aware of approaches to the prevention and treatment of anaphylaxis. METHODS AND FINDINGS We undertook a national postal survey of 250 Scottish schools ...

AIM In Italy, a handbook has been developed based on the principles of cooperative learning, life skills, self-effectiveness, and problem-solving at high school level. Early studies have shown the handbook's effectiveness. It has been hypothesized that the revised handbook could be more effective in middle schools. METHOD The study design is a "pre- and posttest" that compares the results obt...

background: investing in the health of children in learning situation is one of the most important health interventions. the aim of this study was to determine the effect of health promoting schools in improving the health status of schools in urmia, north west of iran.methods and materials: this interventional study was conducted on 155 schools executing the health promoting schools program th...

There is no information in the field of nutritional status in middle schools adolescents' in South of Iran (Kish Island), therefore, this study was performed in Kish Island girl's middle schools to determine association body mass index (BMI) with physical activity and family size. In a crosssectional descriptive analytic study and without sampling were studied 488 girls from all Middle schools ...

Mortality data for 8,799 Jamaican diabetics who died between 1970 and 1979 were collected by reviewing the death certificates of all Jamaicans that were recorded for that period. Diabetes was found to account for 6.5% of all deaths; 62% of these deaths occurred among females; and diabetics were found to die earlier than nondiabetics. There was also underreporting of diabetes in the official Reg...

Undergraduate students from the health area often handle piercing-cutting instruments in their academic activities, which exposes them to the risk of contracting infections. This study aimed to analyze accidents with biological material among these students. Out of 170 accidents registered, 83 (48.8%) occurred with Dentistry students, 69 (40.6%) with Medical students, 11 (6.5%) with Nursing stu...