Background: The most important barriers to patient education are nurses’ poor motivation and training, and poor quality of managerial supervision. Clinical supervision could be a powerful tool for overcoming these barriers. However, the associated patient, staff, and organization-related outcomes still require further research. Aim: The present study aimed to evaluate the patient-, staff-, and ...

Abstract This study analyzes the interplay between segregation level, education cost, and evolution of group inequality. In a market economy, individuals have incentives to invest in skill acquisition because wage differentials. Because achievement is costly, person with higher inherent ability or better community background more likely invest. Bowles, Loury, Sethi (2014) show possibility inequ...

Clinicians are overlooked and undervalued in the sexual health education equation for teens and their parents. As trusted health professionals, providers have a unique opportunity to educate entire families on sexual health issues using clear, medically accurate information that is developmentally appropriate and unbiased. Teen pregnancy rates in the United States are at an alltime low [1,2]. D...

Background: Communication is the key role in the nursing profession. Nurse-patient communication is highly important especially when the patient is a child. Studies indicate inappropriate contact with children in the pediatric wards. This study investigated effect of training on communication skills of nurse with child through small group discussion. Methods: This study is a clinical trial wit...

Background & aim: Sexual health education is an important part of health promotion services. Families including mothers have a major role  in boys’ sexual education so that they have to be equipped with enough knowledge regarding their young teens. The present study aimed to investigate the effect of group training on maternal knowledge and attitude toward sexual healt...

Qualitative investigation can provide invaluable information towards understanding the influence of school nutrition education (NE). The study explored teachers’ perceptions of the immediate impact of NE on learners’ eating behaviours. Twenty-four primary school teachers in the Bronkhorstspruit district, Gauteng, South Africa, who taught nutrition topics to grades four to seven learners, partic...

Diabetes self-management education (DSME) is recognized as a fundamental component of diabetes care.1 The goal of DSME is to help patients acquire the knowledge, information, self-care practices, coping skills, and attitudes required for the effective selfmanagement of their diabetes. Several reviews and meta-analyses have found DSME interventions to have a positive impact on diabetes-related h...