Modifying unhealthy behaviors among primary school children

Using health belief model on preventive behaviors related to road traffic injuries among primary school students

  Abstract  One of the suitable and beneficial methods in promoting behaviors of road traffic injury prevention could be the application of educational programs. Therefore, the aim of this study was to determine the effect of health belief model on preventive behaviors related to road traffic injuries among primary school students. 100 participants was randomly selected among four...

Associations between unhealthy dieting behaviors and tobacco use among adolescents

BACKGROUND Cigarette smoking is an important risk factor for unhealthy dieting behaviors (UDBs) in youth. The role of alternative tobacco products and UDB engagement has yet to be examined empirically despite concerning trends in use. This study aimed to examine UDB prevalence in a U.S. geographic region-specific adolescent sample and associations with a variety of tobacco use behaviors and per...

Why Do Unhealthy Children Do Worse in School? Understanding Links among Children’s Health, Education and Race*

fundamental movement skills among iranian primary school children.

to determine the relationship between anthropometric indicators, physical activity (pa) and socioeconomic status (ses) with fundamental movement skills (fms) among iranian male students.in this descriptive study, based on ses scores, 241 students (7-10 years) were randomly selected and classified in high, medium and low groups. all children were measured by 8 morphology anthropometric measures....

The frequency of dyscalculia among primary school children.

BACKGROUND Formal education, daily living activities and jobs require knowledge and application skills of counting and simple mathematical operations. Problems with mathematics start in primary school and persist till adulthood. This is known as dyscalculia and its prevalence in the school population ranges from 3 to 6.5%. SUBJECTS AND METHODS The study included 1424 third-grade students (age...