Health behavior models and oral health: a review.

Dental hygienists help their clients develop health promoting behaviors, by providing essential information about general health, and oral health in particular. Individual health practices such as oral self-care are based on personal choices. The guiding principles found in health behavior models provide useful methods to the oral health care providers in promoting effective individual client behaviors.

Organizing and presenting program outcome data.

This article focuses on the challenging process of collecting, organizing, and presenting outcome data for systematic program evaluation. Critical thinking is used as an example of outcome criteria. The article indicates how a baccalaureate and master's program benefited from the development of a systematic, creative method of data collection, analysis, and reporting.

A comparative analysis of computer-based grading programs.

There are several elements to nursing students' course grades: quizzes, examinations, and presentations. There are several weights for the elements, which adds to the complexity of calculating grades. The accuracy and efficiency of calculating grades can be increased with the help of an appropriate computer program.