OBJECTIVES To examine the association of family factors on oral health behaviors of children and compare them between permanent residents and migrant children. METHODS A total of 3015 children in grades 4, 5, and 6 from 16 elementary schools and their parents in Beijing and Guangzhou, China, were selected through multistage stratified cluster random sampling. Questionnaires constructed for th...

This paper discusses findings on issues related to sex and AIDS based on focus-group discussions conducted among students and teachers in the rural areas of Maharashtra. Most students were not sure whether AIDS could affect them, or how it could be contracted; some standard IX girl students stated the need for sex education at early ages. Most teachers did not want to talk about sex or student ...

CONTEXT College students are more likely than other student populations to be sexually active. To improve sex education in China among this group, educators must know college students' needs and their preferences for receiving information on sexuality. METHODS In 2002, students at a large Chinese university completed surveys about their history of school-based sex education and their other so...

RATIONALE, AIMS AND OBJECTIVES Based on input from 400 stakeholders over 6 years, the 2011 Program Evaluation Standards represents an in-depth analysis of values, meaning and measurement and their relationships in programme evaluation. Evaluation quality is achieved by balancing five attributes: utility, feasibility, propriety, accuracy and evaluation accountability. These attributes are used t...

OBJECTIVE To verify the impact of a health education program on elderly patients' knowledge of cardiovascular diseases. METHODS A qualitative study with a participatory approach. The population was composed of seven elderly patients who took part in eight educational interventions on issues related to cardiovascular health. The data was analyzed with thematic content analysis. RESULTS The c...

The Minnesota Indian Women's Resource Center offers harm reduction programming to at-risk adolescent American Indian girls, including outreach, case management, advocacy, healthy sexuality education, and support groups. To evaluate program impact, participants are assessed at intake and every 6 months afterward for current vulnerability to commercial sexual exploitation, violence, and addiction...

BACKGROUND & OBJECTIVES The field of medical education in our country remains deeply fragmented and polarised between the biomedical technical domains which are overrepresented and the humanitarian domains which are under-represented within the universe of medical pedagogy. To overcome this imbalance, we designed a module that integrates the two domains in a holistic biomedical and socio-cultur...

There are disparities in engagement and retention in HIV care and outcomes of care across segments of society. For example, HIV mortality rates remain markedly elevated among black women and men compared with their white counterparts. These differences reflect broader disparities across social, economic, and cultural lines. Improvement in engagement and retention in HIV care requires interventi...

OBJECTIVES The medicalization and clinic-based distribution of contraceptive methods have been criticized as barriers to increasing levels of contraceptive use in Nigeria and other settings; however, our understanding of how clients themselves perceive the contraceptive method decision-making process is very limited. METHODS Focus group discussions among men and women in Ibadan and Kaduna, Ni...

poning sexual activity, and reproductive health educators who traditionally provide information about contraception and disease prevention (information that is not part of the curriculum) eventually came to support ENABL’s approach for middle school youths.5 Three and one-half years after its launch, ENABL had evolved from a groundbreaking health education campaign into a way of life for the ag...