A nationwide survey of 504 county agricultural agents received 468 replies indicating that agents understand farmers' risk management strategies but feel least qualified to teach about futures markets, crop insurance, hedging, and options. (JOW)

Surveyed 60 prostitutes in Ciudad Juarez, Mexico, to evaluate knowledge, attitudes, and behaviors related to AIDS. Found that the prostitutes are not utilizing risk reduction behaviors while having sexual relations with their clients. Provides implications for social workers and public health workers who must develop strategies to work effectively…

Examined college students' (n=113) knowledge of the strength of malt beverages, wines, fortified wines, and distilled spirits. Results indicated rates of correct responses were well below 50 percent for each type of beverage. Alcohol content of malt beverages tended to be less accurately estimated than other beverages. Women's estimates were less…

Examined basic knowledge about college that first-generation (n=58) and second-generation (n=142) college students possess, and assessed their parents' support in passing this knowledge on to them. Found second-generation perceived more support from their families for attending college than did first-generation students. (ABL)

Notes that life-saving advances in medicine have created difficult ethical and legal dilemmas for health care professionals. Presents beginning knowledge base for bioethical practice, especially in hospital neonatal units. Outlines key elements of bioethical decision making and examines potential social work role from clinical and organizational…

Rehabilitation counselors (n=1,535) reported that they were at least moderately prepared in vocational services; foundations of rehabilitation; case management/services; group/family counseling; medical/psychosocial aspects; workers' compensation, employer services, and technology; individual counseling/development; social, cultural, and…

Examined association between knowledge of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS) and skill among social workers (n=552) and attitudes toward people with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) and AIDS. Found that AIDS-related knowledge and skill were significantly associated with improving general attitudes of social workers toward HIV/AIDS…

Vocational education teachers in Northwest Ohio (n=569) completed a test on entrepreneurship; marketing and business teachers had the highest scores. The teachers with strongest entrepreneurship knowledge completed at least one college business course, are certified in marketing or business, are aged 26-44, and have taught entrepreneurship before.…

Addresses the nature of knowledge that works in practice in the context of professional education and learning, suggesting that knowledge that works plausibly can be viewed as causal knowledge of action-result linkages. Explores the difficulties involved in data-based inferences. (SLD)

Nurses (n=35) participating in an experimental education program on HIV-associated tuberculosis were compared with 15 controls. The experimental group had greater knowledge of tuberculosis and more adherence to universal precaution protocols. However, there was no tangible increase in their AIDS knowledge, attitudes, or concerns. (SK)

Discusses the role of theoretical knowledge in seeing and makes the case that direct and indirect forms of cognitive perception are pervasive forms of seeing in educational practice, and that both forms are fundamentally theory laden. Suggests that theoretical knowledge enhances our capacity to see in practice. (SLD)

Examined extent of use and knowledge of herbal drugs by pharmacy students through a print survey completed by a convenience sample of culturally diverse students. Found a low knowledge level about popular herbal products; individual scores were affected by ethnicity, work experience, family tradition, and sources of information. Concluded that…

Developed a structural analysis of 3 spatial diagrams (matrices, networks, and hierarchies) that specifies 10 properties on which these diagrammatic representations are hypothesized to differ. Coded verbal protocols of 23 college students about these representations. Results suggest that the organization of students knowledge is consistent with…

Whether agency awareness estimates provided by physicians might be inflated due to agency awareness acquiescence (reporting being aware of a fictitious agency among real ones) was studied with 113 physicians. Few identified variables were correlated with agency awareness acquiescence, although some evidence suggested that social desirability was…

Articulates and operationalizes a framework for investigating the level of quantitative literacy in the United States. Uses data from the Third International Mathematics and Science Study (TIMSS) to document the level of quantitative literacy in the U.S. Indicates that students fall short in their understanding of the nature of mathematics and the…