Assessing social work and nursing students’ intentions to work with dying patients

This study assessed social work and nursing students’ intentions to provide end-of-life care, based on the Theory of Planned Behavior. A total of 181 social work and nursing students completed a questionnaire examining intentions to provide end-of-life care, attitudes, subjective norms, perceived control, death anxiety, subjective knowledge, and sociodemographic characteristics. Students manifested a moderate level of intentions to provide end-of-life care, with nursing students indicating higher levels of intentions than social work students. Multiple regression analyses revealed that attitudes, subjective norms, and previous experience were the main predictors of intentions to provide end-of-life care. Recommendations for academic programs are discussed.     

Comparing measures of general and abdominal adiposity as predictors of blood pressure in college students

Objective: To compare anthropometric measures of body mass index (BMI), waist circumference (WC), waist-to-height ratio (WHtR), and sagittal abdominal diameter (SAD) as predictors of blood pressure in college students. Participants: Students (N = 116) were recruited from November 2012 to May 2014 at an urban university and rural community colleges. Methods: Students underwent a brief physical examination during which anthropometric measures were obtained and blood pressure was measured. Covariates were measured using self-reported questionnaires. Hierarchical multiple linear regressions were used for the data analysis. Results: All anthropometric measures were predictive of systolic (SBP) and diastolic blood pressure (DBP). WC was the strongest predictor of SBP (β = .582, p < .01) explaining an additional 3–4% of the variance than BMI, WHtR, or SAD. The measures were similar in predicting DBP. WC predicted SBP independent of BMI. Conclusions: Clinicians should consider using WC to assess the risk for hypertension in college students.     

Evaluating the effect of a campus-wide social norms marketing intervention on alcohol-use perceptions,consumption, and blackouts

Objective: To evaluate the effect of a campus-wide social norms marketing intervention on alcohol-use perceptions, consumption, and blackouts at a large, urban, public university. Participants: 4,172 college students (1,208 freshmen, 1,159 sophomores, 953 juniors, and 852 seniors) who completed surveys in Spring 2015 for the Spit for Science Study, a longitudinal study of students' substance use and emotional health. Methods: Participants were e-mailed an online survey that queried campaign readership, perception of peer alcohol use, alcohol consumption, frequency of consumption, and frequency of blackouts. Associations between variables were evaluated using path analysis. Results: We found that campaign readership was associated with more accurate perceptions of peer alcohol use, which, in turn, was associated with self-reported lower number of drinks per sitting and experiencing fewer blackouts. Conclusions: This evaluation supports the use of social norms marketing as a population-level intervention to correct alcohol-use misperceptions and reduce blackouts.     

简论三代的史官、学校与历史教育

我国夏商西周三代时期,用文字记载的典册的不断出现,为历史教育提供了可资依据的教材;史官制度的逐步确立,巫史职责的逐渐分野,一方面使我国丰富而连续的历史记载不断出现,另一方面则使历史教育有了比较专职的历史教师;学校教育的产生,则使历史教育成为其中一项重要的内容。而且,"学在官府"、"官师合一"的教育体制,也使史官在学校中传授历史知识、进行历史教育成为一种经常性的活动。     

当代大学生婚恋观嬗变的原因探究

大学生的婚姻观已趋于多元化。当代大学生的婚恋观、择偶观以及性观念;当代大学生的生活态度及社会原因值得认真研究,并应引起足够的重视,以便更好地预测其将来的生活方式。     

试述高校贫困生救助的伦理价值

高校贫困生一直是高等教育领域值得关注的特殊群体,旨在缓解其经济状况的相应的救助体系也在完善之中。但是关于救助贫困生的隐性伦理问题尚未引起人们足够的重视,而这正关乎个体存在之为根本的人格尊严,同时通过救助使善良的本意和互助的美德得以发扬光大,是救助更深刻的伦理价值所在。     

青年教师实践能力提高路径论略

近年来,随着党中央、国务院科教兴国战略的实施和高等教育大众化的需要,社会急需具有综合实践能力的创造性人才,高等教育必须适应这种社会需求。目前高等院校教师队伍中,青年教师所占的比重越来越大,他们大多从校门到校门,实践动手能力差,难以解答学生提出的工程实际问题,直接影响学校的人才培养质量,因此,加强高等院校青年教师工程实践能力的培养已显得十分迫切。     

开发与培养高职物流人才可行性分析

本文从我国现代物流及其发展现状出发,揭示了物流业人才需求日益增加与普通高校人才培养速度相对滞后之间的矛盾,从而推导出通过高职培养物流人才势在必行,并通过可行性分析以突出其实践意义。     

高职职业道德教育的人口——研究学生

本文指出研究高职生是高职院校开展职业道德教育的人口和重要实践前提,学院应为丌展职业道德教育创造最佳的教育环境。