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Khezri, Nashmin; Rezaei, Mehdi; Aram, Mozafarl – Education and Urban Society, 2020
Formal education in Iran, especially higher education, has been a means to smoothen the road to social mobility, provide good jobs, and boost people's earnings. Now, being a university graduate and remaining unemployed is regarded as a challenge. In addition, governments consider this new unemployment a threat to their legitimacy. It seems that…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Gender Differences, Content Analysis, Social Mobility
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Fashafsheh, Imad; Ayed, Ahmad; Eqtait, Faeda; Harazneh, Lubna – Journal of Education and Practice, 2015
Health care professionals are constantly exposed to microorganisms. Many of which can cause serious or even lethal infections. Nurses in particular are often exposed to various infections during the course of carrying out their nursing activities. Therefore nurses should have sound knowledge and strict adherence to infection control practice. Aim…
Descriptors: Questionnaires, Disease Control, Computer Software, Nurses
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Pellowski, Jennifer A.; Kalichman, Seth C.; Matthews, Karen A.; Adler, Nancy – American Psychologist, 2013
The U.S. HIV/AIDS epidemic has evolved over the past 30 years and is now concentrated in socially marginalized and disenfranchised communities. The health disparities in this epidemic are striking, with most HIV infections occurring in sexual minorities and communities of color. While widely recognized, the health disparities in HIV and AIDS are…
Descriptors: Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome (AIDS), Sexually Transmitted Diseases, Epidemiology, Disease Incidence
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Bowden, Dawn E.; Barr, Nikki; Rickert, Shannon – Health Education Journal, 2012
Objective: This study examined the effects of chronic health conditions on tobacco cessation and participation in a follow-up assessment among 13,900 smokers in a telephone-based tobacco cessation programme. Design: This study involved gathering data from individuals during pre- and post-intervention telephonic assessments following their decision…
Descriptors: Smoking, Health Conditions, Program Effectiveness, Depression (Psychology)