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Ormston, R.; van der Pol, M.; Ludbrook, A.; McConville, S.; Amos, A. – Health Education Research, 2015
The "quit4u" stop smoking service (SSS) was developed by National Health Service (NHS) Tayside for smokers in deprived areas of Dundee (UK). quit4u combined behavioural support and pharmacotherapy with financial incentives for each week that participants remained quit. A quasi-experimental study was undertaken with smokers using quit4u…
Descriptors: Program Descriptions, Health Promotion, Smoking, Foreign Countries
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Burgess, Michael; Dixon, Pauline – Educational Management Administration & Leadership, 2012
The principal aim of this article is to describe and document a comparison of public and private school effectiveness in the marginalized (often referred to as slum) district of Aguablanca, in the city of Cali, Colombia. The data suggest that teachers and parents are largely satisfied with the current status of education provision in Aguablanca.…
Descriptors: Private Schools, Academic Achievement, School Effectiveness, Comparative Analysis