The Theory of Planned Behaviour (TpB: Ajzen, 1985; 1991) is based on a utility framework, and the Risk-as-Feelings hypothesis (RaF: Loewenstein, Weber, Hsee, & Welch, 2001) is a feelings-based behavioural model. The TpB and RaF are first compared and contrasted. Two empirical studies investigated the predictive power of consequence-based vs. affect-based evaluative judgements for behavioural in...

Objective To evaluate the effects of standalone versus clinically integrated teaching in evidence based medicine on various outcomes in postgraduates. Design Systematic review of randomised and non-randomised controlled trials and before and after comparison studies. Data sources Medline, Embase, ERIC, Cochrane Library, DARE, HTA database, Best Evidence, BEME, and SCI. Study selection 23 studie...

Dentists' self-reported attitudes towards patients with HIV/AIDS might not reflect their actual behaviour. In this study 2 observers posed as HIV-positive patients and directly evaluated the behaviour of 300 dentists in Tehran, Islamic Republic of Iran. Two months later another observer interviewed the same dentists at their offices regarding AIDS-related knowledge and self-reported attitudes. ...

BACKGROUND The evidence base for mental illness related stigma interventions in health care professionals and trainees is underdeveloped. This study aimed to examine the impact of mental illness related stigma training on third year medical students' knowledge, attitudes and behaviour related to people with mental illness. METHODS A non-randomised controlled trial was conducted with 110 third...

Objectives: Low levels of physical activity and poor dietary habits are common in people with serious mental illness and contribute to the poorer overall health and early mortality observed in this population. This paper examines the relationships between health behaviour knowledge and self-reported health behaviours in people with serious mental illness. Methods: We examined the health behavio...

E-learning and learning in ICT integrated learning environments will be a most important part of future learning scenarios, especially in the fields of ‘Media Education’ and ‘ICT in Education’. ICT integrated learning scenarios often only address the cognitive level of learning and teaching processes. But to learn successfully about problems of the digital divide, cyber risks, data privacy and ...

Both Illich and Leach raise important issues of the uses and abuses of medical manpower and knowledge. Predictably enough, Illich appears the more disturbing and radical, but Leach, in his more urbane manner, confronts us with problems no less fearsome. I am stimulated by their arguments, agree with a good deal of their different diagnoses, but am not totally persuaded. Leach's argument suffers...