introduction: the aim of this study is to investigate the entrepreneurial traits of school children in the city of tehran. methods: for this purpose, 48 students were selected with an average iq between 90 and 119. ranging from 7th to 12th grades, all the subjects were assessed using nowicki-strickland’s locus of control scale (n-slcs), torrance tests of creative thinking (ttct), and hyperkinet...

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...

The purpose of this study was to evaluate the perceptions and opinions of dental students from two different Dentistry Schools in Brazil, both known here as Dentistry Schools 1 and 2 about the Family Health Program FHP. The study analyzed if the Dentistry Schools had any influence on the students, graduating professionals with humanitarian and social sensibility, which are considered very impor...

BACKGROUND Based on the World Health Organization's global school health initiative we investigate intervention effects of statewide health promotion in schools on the numbers of children's sick days and visits to a physician, and parental days off work due to child illness. METHODS Cluster-randomized trial with 1-year follow-up in primary schools in the state of Baden-Württemberg, Germany. A...

background and objectives: childhood obesity is an increasing public health problem in iran, and there is no evidence for effective prevention strategies to date. the aim of this qualitative study was to identify and prioritise perceived potential interventions by parents and school staff to help inform the development of an obesity prevention intervention for iranian school children. materials...

purpose: web sites are considered as an important tool on the internet and it has an important role in the utilization of students from the internet. in this study, we tried to evaluate iranian schools web sites. method: research population consists of 122 school websites. we used a check list for evaluation of school websites. findings: we found that all aspects of iranian school websites (aut...

To test the hypothesis that participation in the School Breakfast Program by low-income children is associated with improvements in standardized achievement test scores and in rates of absence and tardiness, children in grades 3 through 6 were studied in the Lawrence, Mass, public schools, where the School Breakfast Program was begun at the start of the second semester 1986-1987 school year. Th...

The evolution of school spending over time is related to legislative school reforms expanding the scale and the scope of the school system. This study addresses the determination of legislative reforms and primary school spending, using a data base for Norway 1880 1990. Reforms are understood as the result of growth in demand for school services over time and economic and political conditions c...

In England, so-called ‘league tables’ based upon examination results and test scores are published annually, ostensibly to inform parental choice of secondary schools. A crucial limitation of these tables is that the most recent published information is based on the current performance of a cohort of pupils who entered secondary schools several years earlier, whereas for choosing a school it is...

background anxiety is one of the most common childhood disorders, so it is necessary to explore extend and its related factors in the students. this study was conducted to determine the prevalence of anxiety and the related factors of anxiety among the children aged 9-12 years. materials and methods at a descriptive-analytic study 623 children aged 9-12 year- old who were studying in the fourth...