Introduction Importance of Patient Self-Management Education Components of Asthma Education Asthma Self-Management Education for Adults Asthma Self-Management Education for Children Patient Considerations When Planning Asthma Education Age Culture and Health Beliefs Health Literacy Access to Care Psychosocial Factors Setting Provider Factors Does Asthma Education Reduce the Cost of Asthma Care?...

Changes in life style, stimulated through planned education intervention by the professionals in health care system, can be obtained, do have an impact, and are absolutely essential (Simond, 1974). This has of course resulted in the various Health Education Programmes of the Ministry of Health Malaysia. The burden of bringing about this change should not only be the responsibility of the genera...

BACKGROUND Managing oral anticoagulant treatment (OAT) is a challenge for patients and primary care providers. It requires a high level of patient knowledge and adherence. Studies have shown that insufficient adherence and a low level of patient knowledge about OAT are primary causes for complications. This trial is the first to evaluate the long-term effects of a complex practice nurse-based p...

the purpose of educational technology is to facilitate, develop, and strengthen teaching-learning processes. computer-assisted language education technology is developed as a result of introducing information and communication technology in humanities. this technology has a multidisciplinary nature and is based on investigations carried out in theoretical and practical principles of applied lin...

thromboembolic phenomena are the serious consequences of assisted reproductive technology. we present a case of cerebral sinus vein thrombosis (cvst) following ovarian hyper stimulation syndrome (ohss). ten days after recovering from ohss, the patient presented in the emergency department with thunderclap headache. her magnetic resonance venography (mrv) showed occluded left transverse sinus an...

a survey on nurses clinical problems in patient education     vahedian azimi a [1] *, payami bosari m [2] , gohari moghaddam k [3]    received: 26 jan, 2011 accepted: 19 apr, 2011   abstract  background & aims: patient education is one of the most fundamental roles of nurses. it has a significant impact on prevention and treatment of many diseases. it is necessary to recognize barriers and reso...

background: despite the great body of knowledge on the effects of patient education, it has not been institutionalized in hospital settings. a collective effort was implemented to establish sustainable patient education in the clinical care of neurosurgical patients in a university hospital in arak through an action research in 2011-2012. this article shares a part of experiences and knowledge ...

BACKGROUND Legalization of euthanasia and physician-assisted suicide has been heavily debated in many countries. To help inform this debate, we describe the practices of euthanasia and assisted suicide, and the use of life-ending drugs without an explicit request from the patient, in Flanders, Belgium, where euthanasia is legal. METHODS We mailed a questionnaire regarding the use of life-endi...

objective: this study focused on the factors affecting the institutional delivery and delivery assisted by health professionals in urban slums. materials and methods: a semi-structured questionnaire was developed to collect information from women aged 15-49 who had at least one birth. totally 540 eligible women were interviewed. results: the results showed that around 20% of women delivered at ...

Medical education has witnessed the adoption of several teaching strategies over the years. There has been a shift from didactic teaching to more active methods. Currently, the flipped classroom is being implemented as a technology-enhanced teaching intervention. Here, learners are gifted with preparatory material prior to a class session through video or audio form, with class time spent probl...