Elementary After School Programs

After-school child care programs.

When the public, elected officials, and child advocates focus on the risks and opportunities inherent in after-school hours, discussions quickly hone in on the benefits that after-school programs might offer. This article points out, however, that parents and children consider a wide variety of options for the after-school hours. Children may be with a parent or relative, they may go to lessons...

Walking school bus programs in U.S. public elementary schools.

BACKGROUND Active transportation to school provides an important way for children to meet physical activity recommendations. The "walking school bus" (WSB) is a strategy whereby adults walk with a group of children to and from school along a fixed route. This study assessed whether school-organized WSB programs varied by school characteristics, district policies, and state laws. METHODS Schoo...

After-School Programs for High School Students An Evaluation of After School Matters

PTSD symptoms in elementary school children after Typhoon Rusa.

PURPOSE A natural disaster negatively affects children's emotional and behavioral adjustment. The purpose of this paper was to examine the prevalence, symptoms, and correlates of PTSD after the occurrence of Typhoon Rusa. METHOD 261 elementary school children living in Kimcheon, which was a devastated rural area in South Korea by Typhoon Rusa, were selected. Data were collected 4 months after...

Elementary School Children

Quality of life (QOL) factors have become an area of emphasis for health care and particularly for optometry. The College of Optometrists in Vision Development designed a 30-item checklist (COVDQOL-30). This was later reduced to 19 items (COVD-QOL-19). The two instruments have been shown to have good testretest reliabilities and both have been demonstrated to have validity. The reliability of b...