PURPOSE The present study concerns the effectiveness of an educational intervention for improving knowledge, attitudes and practices (KAP) of breast cancer early detection among target group women (TGW) in the district of Gampaha, Sri Lanka. MATERIALS AND METHODS The study was a community-based intervention. Two medical officer of health areas in Gampaha district were selected using random sa...

OBJECTIVE After the September 11 terrorist attacks, many adults and children received counseling. The authors assessed the prevalence and correlates of counseling for experiences related to the disaster received by children aged four to 18 years living in Manhattan. METHODS From a representative sample of 1,008 adult residents of Manhattan who were living below 110th Street five to eight week...

the support of the Indiana General Assembly. The grant provided annual funding for schools to implement Reading Recovery, a highly regarded early literacy program, or other literacy interventions. From its inception, approximately $31.4 million has been distributed through the grant program. Since 1997, the Center for Evaluation and Education Policy (CEEP, formerly the Indi-ana Education Policy...

It is indeed rewarding to see that Treasure & Russell, in their editorial on early intervention in anorexia nervosa, offer much in support of it. Over many years our therapeutic approach in Bristol placed great emphasis on getting patients into treatment as soon as possible after the onset of anorexia. This was supported by evidence from a study which compared outcome in Bristol with two other ...

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