Health service management education programs emerged in the early 1980s in China as a result of changing demands on health service managers created by new directions in health policy. This paper reports on an evaluation of the Jiangsu-Victoria Health Management Training Program and discusses five of the main findings. Participants in the study believed that the Program has impacted positively o...

The aim of this work was to investigate how managed care organizations (MCOs) currently approach asthma treatment and management and to determine factors affecting asthma outcomes. A Web-based survey was administered to a national sample of 351 medical directors of MCOs to investigate the asthma management program components in their organizations as well as gaps and barriers in the management ...

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Formal development of asthma education programs began in the early 1970s. More powerful inhaled medications had become available, yet their benefits were not being fully realized.' Patients' technique in using metered-dose inhalers, upon which so much of the current pharmacologic management depends, was seriously inadequate.2'3 High rates of nonadherence to medication regimens were documented f...

The development of construction education curricula has undergone several significant changes over the last several decades. Existing construction programs fall primarily under two categories, construction engineering and construction management programs. Further, construction education is significantly different at the undergraduate and graduate levels and within engineering and non-engineerin...

OBJECTIVE Primary care plays a central role in the prevention and management of cardiovascular disease. We expected that countries with strong primary care systems would have programs to improve management of disease, but wondered how they dealt with lifestyle interventions delivered in primary care. STUDY DESIGN Observational comparative study. METHODS Using country coordinators and key in...

Introduction Can individuals in emerging democracies learn democratic values and skills through participation in civic education programs? Certainly the U.S. government expects the answer to be yes. The State Department's Agency for International Development (USAID) and other governmental organizations spend tens of millions of dollars annually on civic education programs as part of their effor...

This report was developed to stimulate a discussion about best practices in the delivery of programs that support improvements in education access and quality at the pre-tertiary education levels in developing countries. Looking at the experience of the Aga Khan Development Network (AKDN) and others, it synthesizes evidence, experiences, and lessons learned in the broad field of pre-primary, pr...

Objective: This study aimed to determine the personal profiles of teacher education students and assess extent stress they experienced, in addition it sought compare levels on identified indicators with students' profiles. Theoretical framework: utilized a structured survey questionnaire gather data from enrolled seven campuses University. The participants were selected through systematic rando...