introduction. training midwives on life saving skills is one of the most important strategies in preventing maternal and neonatal mortality, especially in areas that physicians are absent. the effectiveness of each training program must be evaluated. objective structured clinical evaluation can be applied to evaluate the learner skill improvement on special tasks with lowest skill evaluation bi...

conclusions the results showed that life skills training is an effective method in reducing symptoms of depression, anxiety, sleep and somatic disorders. also, it would be useful in reducing problems of social dysfunction. results in life skills training group, depressive and anxiety symptoms, somatization disorders, sleep disorders and disorders of social functioning were significantly decreas...

background: patients with breast cancer are predisposed to some psychiatric symptoms and mental disorders due to their life styles or disease conditions. these problems cause patients to deal with daily stress, feeling guilty, anxiety, dysphoric mood and impaired social relations. such problems will lead to serious mental disorders. therefore, life skills training may help the patients to cope ...

References State Sample Age Drugs. % Laure, 2007 FRA 3500 11 Proh. List. 1,2 Wanjek, 2007 GER 2319 11-18 Proh. List. 15,1 vandenBerg, 2007 USA 2516 16-18 A.A.S. 1,5 Laure, 2003 FRA 6402 14-18 Proh. List. 5,0 Valois, 2002 CND 3573 13-18 Proh. List. 25,0* Laure, 2001 FRA 1501 15-18 Proh. List. 5,0 Nilsson, 2001 SWE 5827 16-17 A.A.S. B 2,9 Wichstrom, 2001 NOR 8508 15-22 A.A.S. 0,8 Escapad, 2001 FR...

conclusions the present study showed that life skills training program did not affect self-efficacy of nursing students. perhaps, the methods used in education were influencing and then, more effective techniques such as role-play and group discussion should be substituted in life skills training. results in the untrained and trained groups, 23% and 8% of the students had very high self-efficac...