PURPOSE To determine whether an educational brochure or a lottery-type incentive increases influenza immunization rates. PATIENTS AND METHODS In a prospective, single-blind factorial design randomized trial at an urban community health center, all high-risk patients (n = 797) seen in the preceding 18 months were randomly assigned to one of four groups: a control group; a group mailed a large ...

BACKGROUND Different methods have previously been tested to affect GPs' prescribing habits. Attention has been drawn to benzodiazepines and antipsychotic drugs that are associated with several adverse effects in the elderly. OBJECTIVE To evaluate if educational outreach visits to GP practices can affect the prescribing of benzodiazepines and antipsychotic drugs to the elderly and to evaluate ...

OBJECTIVE This study aimed to identify differences and similarities in health behavior clusters for respondents with different educational backgrounds. METHODS A total of 9449 respondents from the 2002 wave of the Dutch SMILE cohort study participated. Latent class analyses were used to identify clusters of people based on their adherence to Dutch recommendations for five important preventive...

background: medical education of iran witnessed a lot of changes in recent years. evaluation of educational activities has been one important intervention introduced in this regard. purpose: we designed a new format and evaluated the function of educational groups of tabriz medical science university at 2000 methods: educational group’s structure and function of internal medicine ward, infectio...

BACKGROUND In order to better understand the educational needs regarding appropriate recognition, diagnosis and management of pediatric hypertension (HTN), we asked practicing pediatricians questions regarding their educational needs and comfort level on this topic. METHODS We conducted 4 focus group sessions that included 27 participants representing pediatric residents, adolescent medicine ...

This study develops an educational computer game, FORmosaHope (FH), to explore the influences that an educational computer game might have on children’s cultural identities. FH is a role-playing game, in which children can actively explore a mini-world to learn about science, technology, and society. One hundred and thirty sixth-graders, about 11-12 years old, from four classes in a middle-size...

This study implemented and evaluated an educational computer game as a supplemental instructional method in a fundamental computer programming course. Twenty undergraduates who enrolled in a fundamental computer programming course for non-computer science majors participated in the study. They were randomly assigned to use one of two different supplemental instruction delivery methods for a thr...