Mounting evidence supports the need for more primary care physicians to care for an expanding, aging, and insured population. The U.S. primary care physician workforce is composed of graduates from both domestic and international medical schools. Trends in training, recruitment, and practice have policy and ethical implications. We used the American Medical Association Physician Masterfile to e...

BACKGROUND Limited evidence exists describing the effectiveness of strategies in facilitating the implementation of vegetable and fruit programs by schools on a population wide basis. The aim of this study was to examine the effectiveness of a multi-strategy intervention in increasing the population-wide implementation of vegetable and fruit breaks by primary schools and to determine if interve...

SETTING Childhood obesity is of growing public health concern in Fiji. The study setting was primary schools in Fiji's Western Division. OBJECTIVE 1) To assess primary schools' compliance with national school canteen guidelines, 2) to understand reasons for non-compliance, and 3) to assess the relationship between compliance with the guidelines and students' body mass index (BMI). DESIGN Cr...

AIM To increase the awareness of environmental risk factors by determining the indoor air quality status of primary schools. MATERIALS AND METHODS Indoor air quality parameters in 172 classrooms of 31 primary schools in Kecioren, Ankara, were examined for the purpose of assessing the levels of air pollutants (CO, CO2, SO2, NO2, and formaldehyde) within primary schools. RESULTS Schools near ...

Outcomes in this area are generally good, with the exception of the rate of reduction in teenage pregnancies. Healthy lifestyles are promoted through partnership between key services; for example, participation in sport is satisfactory overall and is a strength in primary schools. There are good initiatives in primary and secondary schools to promote the drinking of water. The proportion of sch...

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