INTRODUCTION Surveys of dental health among Aboriginal children in Canada, using scales such as the Decayed, Missing, and Filled Teeth (DMFT) score, indicate that Aboriginal children have 2 to 3 times poorer oral health compared with other populations. A remote First Nations community approached requested assistance in addressing the health of their children. The objective was to work with the ...

relationship between sweetness preference and dental caries in mother child pairs dr. a. pakdel* - eng. n. valaei** - dr. n. mirzabeygi*** *- assistant professor of pedodontics dept. - faculty of dentistry – tehran islamic azad university. **- the member of islamic azad university. ***- dentist. background and aim: considering the existing concern on increasing caries and the importance of swee...

background: malnutrition among tribal preschool children is highly prevalent in almost all states of india and is the predisposing factor for morbidity as well as mortality. objectives: aim of the study was to detect prevalence of malnutrition and their associated factors. study design: a cross sectional study. study subjects: lodha tribal children aged 1-5 years. sample size: a total of 141 ch...

INTRODUCTION School health instruction (SHI) is the instructional aspects of school health programme. It provides information on key health issues to school children who are in their formative years. METHODS A cross sectional descriptive study of all the primary schools in a focal Local Government Area in Nigeria was carried out to ascertain the implementation of SHI with regards to the conte...

This study presents an empirically-based statewide system that links information about pre-kindergarten programs with children’s school readiness scores to certify pre-kindergarten classrooms as promoting school readiness. Over 8,000 children from 1,255 pre-kindergarten classrooms were followed longitudinally for one year. Pre-kindergarten quality indicators of intentional instruction, an early...

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OBJECTIVE To explore eating patterns and snacking among US infants, toddlers and pre-school children. DESIGN The Feeding Infants and Toddlers Study (FITS) 2008 was a cross-sectional national survey of children aged 6-47 months, weighted to reflect US age and racial/ethnic distributions. Dietary data were collected using one multiple-pass 24h recall. Eating occasions were categorized as meals,...

Background: Valid measures of asthma and eczema in epidemiological studies may be a challenge. Population-based registers can be useful as they do not rely on recall and allow for follow-up. Our aim was to ascertain if asthma/eczema medication is a suitable proxy for asthma/ eczema and to validate register-based asthma diagnoses. Method: Data were retrieved on all 0-17-year-old individuals with...