OBJECTIVES This study was performed to investigate the mumps transmission control status and inapparent infection rate among middle and high school students in Daegu City during a mumps outbreak. METHODS Nine schools (two middle schools and seven high schools), which reported a number of mumps cases between 2007 and 2008 were selected for investigation. During March-May 2008, a standard quest...

BACKGROUND Screening of students' health problems could lead to timely prevention and control of many health disorders. This study aimed to determine the nationwide prevalence of common disorders through school health screening program in Iran METHODS This cross-sectional national screening program was conducted in 2007-2008 among first- and third-grade-students in primary schools, first-grad...

Literature on condomavailability inmiddle schools is sparse, because most publications focus on high schools and colleges. However, the age of pubertal onset has continually decreased during the past several decades because of improvements in nutrition and overall health (Rosen, 2004). Early onset of puberty has been shown to be associated with a variety of risk-taking behaviors, such as alcoho...

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BACKGROUND The HEALTHY study was designed to respond to the alarming trends in increasing rates of overweight, obesity, and type 2 diabetes mellitus in youth. The objective of this analysis was to examine the effects of the HEALTHY study on student self-reported dietary intakes (energy, macronutrients and grams consumed of selected food groups). METHODS HEALTHY was a cluster-randomized study ...

Empirical antibiotics constitute the cornerstone of medical therapy for chronic sinusitis due to difficulties of obtaining cultures from the paranasal sinuses. Indirect isolation of the pathogenic microorganisms outside the paranasal sinuses with a non-invasive method may enable administration of specific antibiotics. In this prospective study, we obtained cultures from the middle meatus and et...

BACKGROUND Poor power quality (dirty electricity) is ubiquitous especially in schools with fluorescent lights and computers. Previous studies have shown a relationship between power quality and student behavior/teacher health. OBJECTIVES The purpose of this study is to determine the ability of power line filters to reduce dirty electricity in a school environment and to document changes in he...

abstract as hybrid spawn is propagated asexually in edible mushrooms, producers may propagate it without the permission of the owner. for the protection of the owner right, there is a great need for a molecular certificate for each commercial line. the high-resolution genotyping method of amplified fragment length polymorphism (aflp) analysis was used to prepare molecular certifications and fin...

National curriculum standards call for mean' ingful teaching and learning that are developmentally appro priate and that help all students reach proficiency not only in basic skills but also in higher order thinking skills and real world application of skills. Service-learning (SL) is among recommendations from educators for including real-world experiences into students* education. The paucity...