We read with interest the article by Patel et al and wish to comment on their findings with specific regard to smokers’ risk perception, motivation and low participation rates in CT screening programmes. Based on the studies to date, there is a consistent theme that smokers’ participation in CT screening programmes for lung cancer is poor when their motivation is low and much greater when their...

The Internet potentially provides government with great opportunities for delivering services, encouraging democracy and promoting economic vitality. E-government is regarded with such importance that the UK Prime Minister has set various targets that ensure all UK citizens have access to the Internet by 2005 (www.e.envoy.gov.uk). However, with these opportunities come many problems. This paper...

Engaging private landowners in conservation activities for imperiled species is critical to maintaining and enhancing biodiversity. Market-based approaches can incentivize conservation behaviors on private lands by shifting the benefit-cost ratio of engaging in activities that result in net conservation benefits for target species. In the United States and elsewhere, voluntary conservation agre...

The Alzheimer's Association and National Institutes of Health have emphasized the need for participation of racial/ethnic populations in Alzheimer disease (AD) clinical research. Many articles have described strategies to enhance participation including establishing enduring ties to the community and tailoring the site to be more culturally welcoming or user-friendly to the community. Yet, most...

Exercise-based cardiac rehabilitation (CR) programs have been a part of the secondary prevention landscape for more than 50 years. Multiple controlled trials and meta-analyses have confirmed its proven benefits with regard to mortality and, to a lesser extent, morbidity. Due to the strong evidence supporting its role in secondary prevention, CR is recognized as a class I recommendation. Despite...

Interactive lecturing involves an increased interchange between teachers, students and the lecture content.The use of interactive lectures can promote active learning, heighten attention and motivation, g ive feedback to the teacher and the student, and increase satisfaction for both.This article describes a number of interactive techniques that can be used in large group presentations as well ...

It’s a pleasure to write a commentary that has as its basis a study which examines the impact of reflection on learning. As one considers the evolution of our understanding of reflection and its place in health professions education, several observations emerge. Educators have understood reflection as a key element of learning for decades, dating at least back to John Dewey [1]. However, its pl...

This paper considers the impact of community participation on outcomes of development projects. It Ž rst offers a theoretical framework for participation by using the property rights literature to model how participation in an activity, in addition to involving information exchange, also results in greater in uence in the activity. The model predicts that community participationmay not always ...

To cite: Singh H, Mishra A, Alam D, et al. J Fam Plann Reprod Health Care 2014;40:64–65. WHY IS THERE A NEED TO INCREASE MALE PARTICIPATION IN FAMILY PLANNING? In India, family planning is considered to be the woman’s responsibility and tubal ligation is much more popular compared to vasectomy. For every 98 women who undergo tubal ligation, only two men accept vasectomy, which reflects a seriou...