As governments are increasingly turning to cost sharing in order to meet the growing demand for, and decreasing government investment in, public higher education, the choice among different tuition fee policies becomes of great importance. Tuition fee policies and the financial assistance policies that accompany them are critical both for the very considerable revenue at stake and for the poten...

BACKGROUND Finding solutions to global health problems will require a highly-trained, inter-disciplinary workforce. Global health education and research can potentially have long-range impact in addressing the global burden of disease and protecting and improving the health of the global population. METHODS We conducted an online survey of twelve higher education institutions in the Pacific R...

Few studies have been performed to use the detailed healthy eating index (HEI) to estimate consumer demand for diet quality. In this article, we apply household production theory to systematically estimate consumer demand for diet quality using the HEI developed by the U.S. Department of Agriculture. The results show that consumers have insufficient consumption of food containing dark green and...

OBJECTIVE To evaluate the association between psychological demand and job control and demand with psychological distress among nurses. METHODS A cross-sectional study included 502 female nurses working in a public hospital at the city of Salvador, state of Bahia, Brazil. The Demand-Control Model proposed by Karasek to evaluate the association between job control-demand and psychological dist...

Higher education in general (Bogue, 1998) and study abroad programming in particular (Gillespie, Braskamp & Braskamp, 1999) are hardly strangers to stringent demands for accountability. What is new to higher education and to study abroad is the demand for accountability in terms of measurable student learning outcomes. This article is a first report from a system-wide initiative to document lea...

BACKGROUND For the first time, models using multilevel analysis of Indian data and related simulation results are reported. They take hierarchical structure into account and incorporate variables from all levels to get correct analysis and proper interpretation of data on current contraceptive use (including sterilization and modern methods). METHODS The data from an Indian State, Uttar Prade...

Mobile software industry is suffering from the illegal usage of the software. PKI will not be a solution for small software distribution. We introduce a lightweight but safe method to prevent illegal usage of mobile phone software, by instrumentation on binary for device-identity check. The method is now being implemented on a presumable code on demand (COD) server for WIPI (Wireless Internet P...

introduction: many studies have focused on the need of health systems to educated physicians in the clinical prevention, research methodology, epidemiology and health care management and emphasize the important role of this training in the public health promotion. on this basis, shiraz university of medical sciences (sums) has established md/mph dual degree program since the year 2012. methods:...

nearly three decades ago, the master of public health (mph) academic degree was introduced to tehran university of medical sciences' school of public health, tehran, iran. a new program for simultaneous education of medical, pharmaceutical and dental students was initiated in 2006. talented students had the opportunity to study mph simultaneously. there were some concerns about this kind of adm...

as a part of leisure time schedule education of art public has been carried out by public & private organizations and cultural institutions. not only leisure art learning will increase artistic skills and the familiarity with artistic styles but also sharing artistic experiences will increase teamwork skills, cultural collaborations and finally self-confidence. therefore, engaging in education ...