abstract background and aims: attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (adhd) is the most prevalent disorder in children. due to the importance of the disorder in children and its complications, this study aimed to assess the relation of the disorder with demographic factors in students of schools located in the hamadan city, west of iran. methods: in this study, 1000 students were selected thr...

BACKGROUND Once high levels of work-related stress among teachers were confirmed many studies concentrated on identifying and investigating key stress factors among school teachers. Unfortunately there are very few researches made on stress causing factors among teachers in Republic of Macedonia. AIM To determine the most frequent stress causing factors among teachers in elementary schools an...

BACKGROUND Improving academic achievement and reducing the rates of obesity in elementary school students are both of considerable interest. Increased physical activity during academic instruction time during school offers a potential intervention to address both issues. A program titled "Physical Activity Across the Curriculum" (PAAC) was developed in which classroom teachers in 22 elementary ...

OBJECTIVE To evaluate the impact of Playworks on students' physical activity during recess. METHOD Twenty-seven elementary schools from six U.S. cities were grouped into blocks and randomly assigned to implement Playworks (treatment) or not (control) during an entire school year (either 2010-2011 or 2011-2012). Study data were collected at the end of the school year only. Fourth- and 5th-grad...

BACKGROUND Food allergy reactions and anaphylaxis may occur in children while at school. However, information regarding school readiness for children with food allergies is unknown. OBJECTIVE To identify school education and prevention and treatment policies for food-allergic children in Michigan. METHODS A questionnaire assessing food allergy awareness and avoidance and treatment strategie...

OBJECTIVE To evaluate the effectiveness of a 12-month multicomponent obesity prevention intervention. Setting. 9 elementary schools in Santiago, Chile. Subjects. 6-8 y old low-income children (N = 1474). DESIGN Randomized controlled study; 5 intervention/4 control schools. We trained teachers to deliver nutrition contents and improve the quality of PE classes. We determined % healthy snacks b...

Abstract. Value-added models have been widely used to assess the contributions of individual teachers and schools to students’ academic growth based on longitudinal student achievement outcomes. There is concern, however, that ignoring the presence of missing values, which are common in longitudinal studies, can bias teachers’ value-added scores. In this article, a flexible correlated random ef...

Accessing and assessing the controlling beliefs of teachers about the role of faith in curriculum decisions is an essential first step in efforts to address the gap between the faith integration mission of Christian schools and actual practices (Boerema, 2011). Without intervention, teachers’ beliefs about teaching—shaped by early classroom experiences and a culture in which God is depicted as ...

BACKGROUND Many schools throughout the United States reported an increase in dismissals due to the 2009 influenza A H1N1 pandemic (pH1N1). During the fall months of 2009, more than 567 school dismissals were reported from the state of Michigan. In December 2009, the Michigan Department of Community Health, in collaboration with the United States Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, condu...