Effect of Therapeutic Group Education on Adherence and Blood Pressure Control among Uncontrolled Hypertensive Patients in Sub Saharan Africa

Background: Hypertension is the leading cardiovascular risk factor worldwide, with the greatest burden in low-income settings. Blood pressure (BP) control is usually low resulting in high rates of uncontrolled patients and complications. Low awareness resulting in poor therapeutic adherence represents an important factor for insufficient blood pressure control in developing countries. Methods: This was a three months non-randomized control trial at the cardiology clinic of the Yaoundé Central Hospital. We included adults with essential and uncontrolled hypertension. The intervention consisted of group educative sessions every week focusing on knowledge of hypertension risk factors, complications, treatment, comorbidities, home self-monitoring of BP. Home blood pressure figures, drug compliance, and knowledge regarding hypertension were evaluated before and after. Results: 17 participants (8 women) with a mean age 56.2 ± 8.1 years. During intervention, mean SBP decreased by 30 mmHg while mean DBP drooped by 11 mmHg using home BP measures. Knowledge regarding hypertension, adherence and drug compliance increased by 36.5%, 88.2% and 81.4% respectively. Conclusion: Therapeutic group education resulted in a significant improvement in BP control amongst uncontrolled hypertensive patients in sub Saharan Africa.

Research on the High-Quality Development Path of Listed Private Education Groups

The rapid growth of the education industry and private education groups has brought the high-quality development of listed private education companies into focus for both the educational sector and the capital market.This study employs the fuzzy-set qualitative comparative analysis(fsQCA)method to explore pathways to high-quality development for these companies.Necessity analysis confirms that no single factor guarantees a company’s success,highlighting the importance of multi-factor interactions.Three main paths to high-quality development are identified:human resource optimization,precise market positioning,and comprehensive advantage.Conversely,four development paths for non-high-level companies are identified:dual insufficiency in resources and market,high turnover and over-investment,scale expansion with resource mismatch,and inadequate human resource development.The findings indicate that optimal allocation of educational resources,precise market positioning,rational resource allocation,and staff training are crucial for achieving high-quality development.Robustness tests,which raise the consistency threshold,verify the reliability and stability of the results.These findings provide a reference for policymakers,investors,and managers in the education industry.

Research on the Integrated Training Path of Secondary Vocational,Vocational,and Undergraduate Talents Based on Modern Vocational Education Group

Accelerating the construction of modern vocational education groups and promoting the integrated training of secondary vocational,vocational,and undergraduate talents,providing talent support for regional economic development,are inevitable choices to enhance the adaptability of vocational education.Based on the new development and requirements in the new situation,vocational colleges actively explore the path of connecting and cultivating secondary vocational,vocational,and undergraduate talents in accordance with the talent needs of local economic development and industrial system development.The linkage between government,school,and enterprise is established to build a modern vocational education group,aiming to build a professional chain in the industrial chain and promote innovative development of the new industrial system.Relying on the development needs of professional clusters,a multi-level system of connecting and cultivating secondary vocational,vocational,and undergraduate talents is constructed,which is in line with industry and enterprise standards.It is also necessary to build a“post-course competition certification”talent training model for connecting secondary vocational,vocational,and undergraduate students,rely on the advantages of multiple schools and enterprises,establish a platform for integrating industry and education,and innovate the evaluation system for connecting secondary vocational,vocational,and undergraduate students.

Second Group of National Human Rights Education and Training Bases Established

The Ministry of Education and the State Council Information Office on July 22 announced the second group of national human rights education and training bases, in- cluding the Human Rights Research Center at Renmin University of China, the Human Rights Research Center at Fudan University, the Human Rights Research Academy at Wuhan University, the Human Rights Research Center at Shandong University and the Human Rights Education and Research Center at the Southwest University of Politica~ Science arid Law.

Heart attack pervasiveness along with associated risk factors in District Headquarter Hospital in Karak,Khyber Pakhtunkhwa,Pakistan

Objective:To investigate the possible risk factors among heart patients of Karak District.Methods:Different questions were asked from the respondents regarding their educational level,stress taking,smoking,mode of medication and diabetic history.A total of 72 heart patients were included in this study with the confirmed medical history of myocardial disorder/heart attack either once or twice.Results:It was revealed in this study that a high prevalence of heart attack was observed in respondents at secondary level of education i.e.73.33%.This was followed by the respondents at primary level of education having 63.64%heart patients and then respondents at postgraduate educational level having 61.11%heart patients.Least number of heart patients were found at graduate group i.e.27.78%heart patients.This study revealed that stress takers were at a higher risk of heart attack,while nonstress takers were comparatively healthier than stress takers.About 83.33%stress taker respondents were heart patients,while 76.67%healthy respondents were nonstress takers.Current study also revealed that smoking was a leading cause of cardiovascular diseases as 88.10%heart patients were either occasional smokers or chain smokers,while 66.67%nonsmokers were healthy with no symptoms of heart disease.Self-medication was found an elevated cause of heart diseases as 76.19%heart patients had a history of self-medication.Conclusions:This practice was found low in healthy respondents where only 23.81%respondents had self-medication in their past history.Diabetes was found the associated disease with the heart patients.