thalassemia (thal) is the most single gene disorders in southeast of iran. about one quarter of total iranian new thal cases were born in the sistan and balouchistan province so the aim of this study is to assess knowledge level and attitudes towards thal in high school students in zahedan, capital of sistan and balouchistan province in iran.cross-sectional descriptive survey.this study was con...

Gender segregation in employment may be explained by women's reluctance to choose technical occupations. However, the foundations for career choices are laid much earlier. Educational experts claim that female students are doing better in math and science and are more likely to choose these subjects if they are in single-sex classes. One possible explanation is that coeducational settings reinf...

Beninngton, Fouty and Hugie (1972) were of the opinion that freedom between two sexes of school going girls and not the standard of living was directly related to urinary infection. Such infections, in western countries, ranged between 0.5-3.5% of girls. Present study reveals that a high percentage of significant bactcriuria were found in 8% positive cases among the school going girls and 20% i...

OBJECTIVE To determine the possible association between carbonated beverage consumption and bone fractures among teenaged girls given the awareness of the concern about the impact of carbonated beverage consumption on children's health. SETTING An urban high school. METHODS A cross-sectional (retrospective) study. Four hundred sixty 9th- and 10th-grade girls attending the high school partic...

We studied the incidence of injury in girl's varsity basketball to characterize injury demographics in high school athletics. We defined a reportable injury as one that occurred during organized practice or competition, resulted in either missed practice or game time, required physician consultation, or involved the head or face. We prospectively evaluated the athletes on team rosters during th...

BACKGROUND Physical activity behavior is influenced by a person's physical environment, but few studies have used objective measures to study the influences of the physical environment on physical activity behavior in youth. The purpose of this study was to examine the relationship between selected neighborhood physical activity resources and physical activity levels in high school girls. MET...

Objective: To study dysmenorrhoea in the high school girls in Masjed Solayman Khzestan Province in Iran. Methodology: Six hundred sixty high school students living in Masjed Soleiman in Khuzestan province in Iran participated in this study. All the participants were invited by letter to take part in the study. Correlation coefficient measures and Pitman’s permutation test applicable to both dis...

BACKGROUND The Alberta Immunization Program offers a vaccine against the Human Papillomavirus (HPV) free of charge to all girls in Grades 5 and 9. The vaccine is provided in two different service delivery models depending upon the acceptance of the program by the local school board. Vaccinations may be provided "in-school" or in "community" through appointments at Public Health Clinics. The pur...

Recent trends show noticeable increases in the involvement of girls in the juvenile justice system. A disproportionately high number of these girls have co-occurring mental health diagnoses that are related in part to their victimization through sexual, physical, and emotional abuse. Many girls also come from unstable families, whereas others are homeless, and a significant number have substanc...