The 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development aims to “ensure inclusive and equitable quality education and promote lifelong learning opportunities for all” (United Nations, 2015). Whereas, the principal focus of global education planning since 2000 had been on getting children into schools, sustainable development goal 4 (above) reflects concerns about quality. As improving learning outcomes sta...

The kites shown above were part of an innovative project wherein schools acted as an effective medium to reach out to the community regarding disaster preparedness and response. The pilot project “Testing Communication strategies for Industrial Disaster Risk Reduction” built upon schools and children as an effective way to create awareness and build up capacities of the community to be prepared...

After the internet explosion in the 90’s, technology was immediately integrated into the school system. Technology which symbolizes advancement in human knowledge was seen as a setback by many educators. Efforts have been made to help stem this erroneous believes and help educators realize the benefits of technology and ways of implementing it in the classrooms especially in the sciences. This ...

partnership between schools and clusters of general practices, how music and the arts can contribute to healing and building communities. We will highlight the social and occupational impacts on mental health at all stages of life – parents, schools, workplace, retirement, the third age, end of life. We will argue that primary care does not have to do all of this, but that it is key to orchestr...

OBJECTIVE To develop, implement and evaluate a workshop to help adolescents develop independent and active relationships with their physicians. METHODS A needs-assessment survey informed the development of a workshop delivered by medical student volunteers and incorporated into the career and personal planning curriculum of high schools in Vancouver, Canada. RESULTS Over a 6-year period, 64...

The widening income gap between specialists and primary care physicians (PCPs) has spurred many physician associations to reform the current Resource-Based Relative Value Scale fee schedule and sustainable growth rate expenditure target system. Hoping to better represent primary care, the American Association of Family Physicians formed a task force in 2011 to suggest supplements to the Relativ...

In August of 2002, the Schools of Engineering at Purdue University began an effort to identify “signature areas” as part of the commitment to reinforce the Schools’ standing as a preeminent academic engineering institution. The University administration has allocated 75 new faculty positions, above the current number of engineering faculty, to pursue highly relevant, multidisciplinary activitie...

BACKGROUND Multi-level, longer-term obesity prevention interventions that focus on inequalities are scarce. Fun 'n healthy in Moreland! aimed to improve child adiposity, school policies and environments, parent engagement, health behaviours and child wellbeing. METHODS All children from primary schools in an inner urban, culturally diverse and economically disadvantaged area in Victoria, Aust...

BACKGROUND British children do not meet daily physical activity recommendations, and as yet no sustainable intervention has been reported to address their sedentary lifestyle. The purpose of this investigation was twofold: First, to examine whether painting playgrounds with multicolored markings would increase the percent of recess time spent in moderate to vigorous physical activity (MVPA) and...