In the Present study investigator attempt to find out the significance difference of various groups of sex, student residents, type and nature of School in awareness on Biodiversity among Higher Secondary students in Vilathikulam area. The investigator himself developed a questionnaire on identifying awareness on Biodiversity. The sample consists of 240 School students from Govt., aided and Sel...

OBJECTIVES: This study assessed students' awareness of radiation exposures and determined the impact a curriculum in clinical radiology (CICR) had on awareness. METHODS: Six hundred seventy medical students at one medical school were studied. CICR was delivered in yearly modules over the 5-year programme. Five hundred twenty-three students (years 1-5), exposed to increasing numbers of CICR mod...

The primary recommendation of the 2010 President's Council of Advisors on Science and Technology report on K-12 education was to inspire more students so that they are motivated to study science. Scientists' visits to classrooms are intended to inspire learners and increase their interest in science, but verifications of this impact are largely qualitative. Our primary goal was to evaluate the ...

CONFLICT OF INTEREST NONE DECLARED. INTRODUCTION Necessity of data transmission and getting contact with specialists is so evident in impassable regions. In order to solve such problems, there are different solutions one of which is mobile health technology. Being small and user-friendly, easy to enter data and having low expense are some of its advantages. This study aims to define the assoc...

Aim: To determine the following among the final year students of the Lahore Medical & Dental College, Lahore: their knowledge & awareness regarding biomedical (BM) waste management policy and practices, their attitude towards biomedical waste management, and their awareness regarding needle-stick injury and its prevalence among different categories of health care providers. Methods: A cross-sec...

OBJECTIVES Despite the importance of the protection of patients' health information in clinical settings, little is known about the awareness of this concept in nursing students due to the lack of a suitable measurement tool. Hence, this study attempted to redevelop the Patients' Health Information Protection Awareness Scale, and evaluate its construct validity and reliability for nursing stude...

BACKGROUND Cardiovascular diseases is the leading cause of death worldwide, yet very little data is available assessing the awareness of the younger population of Pakistan. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the awareness, knowledge and the preventive measures taken to avoid the health issues related to cardiovascular diseases. METHODS It was a community based cross sectional descripti...

Business colleges and schools expose students to core business principles, which yield potential employees having certain marketable skills and awareness. However, the current business environment also advocates an intensive use of information technology to enable competitive advantage, which requires a basic awareness of information security practices. This study empirically explores the aware...

In the context of observations that students lack mastery of elementary reading comprehension in Malayalam even by the end of 5-7 years of formal schooling, this study applies multiple regression analysis for reading comprehension. Longitudinal survey data from a representative sample of 159 lower primary students from grade 2 to 4 revealed Reading Comprehension as significantly and positively ...

article history: received date: 25 september, 2016 review date: 12 october 2016 accepted date:23 november 2016 printed on line: 5 january purpose the aim of the present study was to study the impact of meta cognitive skills training on the reduction of academic procrastination and anxiety exam in male students. material & method: statistical population in this study consisted of all high school...