the evaluation of plaque and tooth decay represents the oral health status of society. lack of oral hygiene, can adversely affect the health of students. this study was designed with the aim to determine the oral- dental health status of the first grade guidance students in hamadan: using health belief model (hbm). this was a descriptive- analytical study which was conducted on 268 students of ...

background: indicators of the level of education are the most important parameters infl uencing each country’s development. social indicators considered to be a determinant of one’s health consists of two constituents namely; (1) rate of students enrolled in elementary, guidance, secondary and higher education and (2) the rate of adult literacy. this study is aimed to evaluate the situation of ...

Background: This study aimed to investigate and compare the social skills of students addicted to computer games with normal students. The dependent variable in the present study is the social skills. Methods: The study population included all the students in the second grade of public secondary school in the city of Isfahan at the educational year of 2009-2010. The sample size included 564 stu...

BACKGROUND School-based body mass index (BMI) measurement has attracted much attention across the nation from researchers, school officials, legislators, and the media as a potential approach to address obesity among youth. METHODS An expert panel, convened by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) in 2005, reviewed and provided expertise on an earlier version of this article. T...

This mini-workshop will follow a “train-thetrainer” model. Experts will provide guidance and resources for college computing faculty who wish to organize workshops for high school computer science teachers. These workshops will enable the teachers to attract more and diverse students to their computer science classes, which will add to the college-bound population of students prepared for and i...

background: asthma, allergic rhinitis and eczema as a common disorder in childhood, has many epidemiologic variations in different geographic areas. this study aimed at determining the prevalence of pediatric allergic disease in rural area of babol. methods: this analytical-cross sectional study was performed in 2012 by random sampling on 2 groups of children the first group aged 6-7 years (n=1...