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Education systems, education reforms, and adult skills in the Survey of Adult Skills (PIAAC) [PDF]

OECD Education Working Papers, 2018
This study uses the PIAAC data to examine the relationships between education system characteristics (e.g. early tracking and vocational education orientation) and distributions of adult numeracy skills. It also investigates the effects of postponing the tracking age and easing university access for students on a vocational track on the average skills ...
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The prevalence and predictive factors of breast cancer screening among older Ghanaian women

Heliyon, 2020
Background: Breast cancer cases are on the rise in Ghana, with older adult women being more at risk of the disease. However, there is a paucity of current studies on factors that predict breast cancer screening among older adult women using nationally ...
Akosua F. Agyemang, Agnes Naki Tei-Muno, Veronica Millicent Dzomeku, Emmanuel Kweku Nakua, Precious Adade Duodu, Henry Ofori Duah, Anna Boakyewaa Bentil, Pascal Agbadi   +7 more
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Book Review: Disrupting Adult and Community Education: Teaching, Learning, and Working in the Periphery

, 2017
Mizzi, R. C., Rocco, T. S., & Shore, S. (Eds.). (2016). Disrupting Adult and Community Education: Teaching, Learning and Working in the Periphery. Albany, NY: SUNY Press 352pp., $90.00 (hardcover).
Lutomia, Anne.N, Anne Namatsi Lutomia
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Transition and transfer of adolescents and young adults with pediatric onset chronic disease: The patient and parent perspective

Journal of Pediatric Rehabilitation Medicine, 2014
PURPOSE: To determine patients' and parents' perceptions regarding the delivery of transition education and perceived barriers to transfer to adult oriented care.
Susan M. Fernandes, Joanne O'Sullivan-Oliveira, Michael J. Landzberg, Paul Khairy, Patrice Melvin, Gregory S. Sawicki, Sonja Ziniel, Lisa B. Kenney, Katharine C. Garvey, Amy Sobota, Rebecca O'Brien, Peter A. Nigrovic, Niraj Sharma, Laurie N. Fishman   +13 more
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Education of complementary and alternative medicine in adult education centers in Germany: a web-based survey

Wiener Medizinische Wochenschrift, 2022
Summary Background Adult education centers are an important part of health education worldwide. Our aim was to evaluate the courses offered by German adult education centers with regard to complementary medicine and nutrition.
Kai-Uwe Ott, Christian Keinki, Lukas Kaesmann, Jutta Huebner   +3 more
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The Effect of Adult Children's Education Attainment on Their Parents' Cognitive Health: An Intergenerational Support Perspective

Frontiers in Public Health, 2022
The purpose of this study is to examine the relationship between adult children's education attainment and their parents' cognitive health, and to further explore the mechanism of intergenerational support.
Ying Xu, Yaping Luo
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Exploring transformative learning in vocational online and distance education

Journal of Open, Flexible and Distance Learning, 2020
reformulation of their experience, and new ways of acting in the world) is widely understood as an important outcome of adult education (Mezirow, 1990, 2018).
Mark Nichols, Neeru Choudhary, Doug Standring   +2 more
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Early Body Mass Index z‐Score Change and Resolution of Severe Malnutrition in Children With Sickle Cell Anemia in a Low‐Income Setting: A Prospective Single‐Arm Extension Study

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Children with sickle cell anemia (SCA) in low‐income settings are at risk of severe malnutrition, but optimal nutritional management has not been established. We evaluated an intensified ready‐to‐use therapeutic food (RUTF) regimen in children with persistent severe malnutrition after initial treatment and assessed whether early ...
Safiya Gambo, Shehu Umar Abdullahi, Hassan Adam Murtala, Halima Kabir, Khadija A. Shamsu, Sari A. Acra, Virginia A. Stallings, Mark Rodeghier, Michael R. DeBaun, Lauren J. Klein   +9 more
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How to decrease teenage pregnancy: rural perspectives in Ecuador

Frontiers in Public Health
IntroductionThis study aimed to understand the sociocultural context of teenage pregnancy in an Ecuadorian city with a large indigenous population, to gauge the acceptability of a multifaceted pregnancy prevention program for adolescents, and to elicit ...
Allpa Tituaña, Keren Herrán, Omar Galárraga, Iván Palacios   +3 more
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Impact of Radiation Therapy on Physical and Psychosocial Health of Adolescents and Young Adults: A Joint Report From the Children's Oncology Group AYA and Radiation Oncology Committees

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Rates of cancer among adolescents and young adults (AYA), age 15–39 years, are increasing. Consequently, radiation oncologists are treating more AYAs who have diagnoses spanning both pediatric and adult practices. Compared to pediatric and older adult patients, AYAs face a unique set of challenges.
Hesham Elhalawani, Rachel K. Peterson, Avani D. Rao, Laurie J. McKenzie, Ahmed Magdy Elmotayam, Leslie Chang, Michael Roth, Susan L. McGovern   +7 more
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