OBJECTIVE The purpose of this paper is to discuss various statements related to chiropractic identity from1 D. D. Palmer2; selected chiropractic organizations, associations, and colleges; and3 attitudes and perceptions of chiropractic from chiropractic students, practitioners, and patients. DISCUSSION For comparison purposes, identity statements and perceptions from the various chiropractic a...

OBJECTIVES To describe and compare perceptions of key informants representing U.S. colleges/schools of pharmacy and community pharmacy practice sites regarding (1) value associated with community pharmacy residency programs (CPRPs) and (2) barriers to offering CPRPs . DESIGN Descriptive, non-experimental, cross-sectional study. SETTING United States, June 13, 2009, through July 13, 2009. ...

OBJECTIVES The present study is aimed at figuring out the status of new-born hearing screening program being conducted in India, estimate the use of different screening instruments used and tests practiced, study the role of various professionals involved and document the current practices of audiologists in the country. METHOD A questionnaire on "Newborn Hearing Screening Survey" was sent to...

CONTEXT Adolescent smoking prevalence is tracked annually and has increased since 1991. In contrast, little is known about trends in smoking among college students, a group that has previously been more resistant to tobacco use than other young adults. OBJECTIVE To examine changes in cigarette smoking among college students between 1993 and 1997 and among different types of students and colle...

e primary goal of this study was to identify variables predictive of €rst-year persistence among Black male students enrolled in community colleges. Speci€cally, this study explored persistence variables in four domains: 1) background/de€ning variables, 2) academic variables, 3) social variables, and 4) environmental variables. Data used in this study were derived from the Education Longitudin...

OBJECTIVE To assess the knowledge, attitudes and practices regarding sexuality, high risk sexual behaviors and methods of contraception, among college/university students of Karachi, Pakistan. STUDY DESIGN Cross-sectional observational study. PLACE AND DURATION OF STUDY Higher Education Commission-recognized government and private colleges/universities in Karachi from 2005-2006. METHODOLO...

The Interdisciplinary Family Health course at the University of Florida Health Science Center is a course for beginning health profession students designed to teach core values, such as community-based family health, health promotion and disease prevention, and teamwork in the context of home visits. In addition, the course provides a valuable service to volunteer families by helping them ident...

OBJECTIVE This study aims at investigating the effect of response rate and class size interaction on students' evaluation of instructors and the courses offered at heath science colleges in Saudi Arabia. METHODOLOGY A retrospective study design was adapted to ascertain Course Evaluation Surveys (CES) conducted at the health science colleges of the University of Dammam [UOD] in the academic ye...