BACKGROUND In tropical settings, malaria education at school is potentially useful, but textbook content related to malaria education has so far received little attention. This study aimed to examine whether school textbooks contain sufficient knowledge and skills to help children in primary and lower secondary schools and their family members to cope with malaria. METHODOLOGY/PRINCIPAL FINDI...

In Slovenia, textbooks are an integral part of the curriculum. Nationally certified guarantee both teachers and students that they provide all necessary knowledge in each subject. There many available for subject must decide which will be source instruction their students. Our research question is whether groups who use different as mandatory learning resource differ attitudes towards learning....

We examined 70 abnormal psychology textbooks published from 1920s to the present to identify consistent cross-cultural themes with regard to human depressive experiences over time and across regions of the world. The cultural and cross-cultural literature on abnormality and depression, in particular, has contributed to widening the scope of abnormal psychology textbooks over time. However, the ...

BACKGROUND Skin prick test (SPT) and specific IgE (sIgE) are approved for evaluation of allergen sensitization. Local allergen extracts are less expensive and more available but need to be standardized. OBJECTIVE To compare SPT results of local and imported allergen extracts and sIgE levels in response to the American cockroach, dog, cat, Dermatophagoides pteronyssinus (Dp), Dermatophagoides ...