Teachers’ work is influenced by their perception of environment, projecting this into the quality education and product delivered to society. Therefore, study analyzes how environment manifests itself in a Higher Education Institution, considering affiliation, commitment, communication, motivation, recognition, other factors that affect performance university teacher. The results show teachers’...

Out-of-school teenage sexual harassment is a problem for both boys and girls in our society today, and the effects of this experience can affect their lives negatively in later adult life. The data on sexual harassment, particularly those on the out-of-school teenage population in Nigeria are very scanty, as a result of the sensitive nature of, and the stigma attached to the subject. This study...

Vocal education takes place in a variety of settings: private studios, small groups, classrooms and vocal ensembles of many sizes, types and genres. The benefits of such experiences have been documented at length, but little has been achieved in collaboration between the various factions. While most conflict appears to exist between vocal teachers and choral directors, classroom experiences and...

This paper proposes a model for the structure and content of a university World Wide Web site, by a process of: (1) identifying who the site is serving and the information needs of these individuals or groups; (2) identifying institutional information needs; (3) relating this data to the content provided; (4) presenting the content in a manner suited to the characteristics and information needs...

BACKGROUND Although working smoke alarms halve deaths in residential fires, many households do not keep alarms operational. We tested whether theory-based education increases alarm operability. METHODS Randomised multiarm trial, with a single arm randomly selected for use each day, in low-income neighbourhoods in Maryland, USA. Intervention arms: (1) Full Education combining a health belief m...

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE We performed a pilot project to assess the need for and feasibility of a church-based stroke risk reduction intervention in a predominantly Mexican American community. METHODS Participants were recruited after each mass on a single weekend from 2 Catholic churches in Corpus Christi, Texas. Questionnaires about personal stroke risk factors and interest in program partici...

BACKGROUND Although many planners of professional continuing education programs believe that this type of education positively affects the nurses' performance, the results obtained by conducted research do not confirm such a perspective. In fact, inadequate application of these trainings in clinical practice is among the most challenging areas in nursing practices. Hence, this study was conduct...

The interest in nephrology as a career has declined over the last several years. Some of the reasons cited for this decline include the complexity of the specialty, poor mentoring and inadequate teaching of nephrology from medical school through residency. The purpose of this article is to introduce the reader to advances in the science of adult learning, illustrate best teaching practices in m...

Florence Nightingale, recognized as the founder of professional nursing, is credited as an early voice acknowledging nursing as an inherently artistic endeavor. Many nursing leaders have subsequently described the practice of nursing also as an intimate endeavor in which nurses care for patients at the most private and stressful times of life. Nowhere is this more important than in the area of ...

There is little documentation about the recruitment process for church-based health education programs. In this study, the authors recruit African American, Latino, and white churches and women members (age 50 to 80) for a randomized church-based trial of mammography promotion in Los Angeles County. Efforts to enhance recruitment began 10 months before churches were invited to participate and i...