We have recently read an article in this Journal by Bowyer et al. that found ethnicity to be the only significant factor that predicted human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine uptake amongst adolescent girls in England, UK. Shortly after the start of the vaccination programme, multivariate analysis of our cross-sectional study demonstrated that the level of knowledge regarding the HPV vaccination pr...

The paper is a study conducted to explore gender difference in goal orientation and learning strategies among elementary school students in relation to academic achievement. Elliot and Church’s (1997) Achievement Goal Questionnaire (AGQ) and Biggs’ (2001) revised two-factor study process Questionnaire were used to measure achievement goal orientation and learning strategies among elementary sch...

BACKGROUND Schools are frequently cited as a favorable venue to promote physical activity (PA), however little data exist describing times when students are least active. Our objective was to overcome this limitation and describe time periods when students are least active. METHODS We used a cross-sectional design to assess patterns of PA in 923 grade 5 students [mean age: 10.9 (± 0.4) years]...

©ARC Page | 76 Abstract Background: Childhood mastery of manipulative skills predicted their adolescent learning and mastering specialized skills needed for successful participation in sports and activity. This study investigated relationships between levels of manipulative skill competency and participation in physical activity in school-aged children. Methods: 265 fifth-grade students volunta...

OBJECTIVE To describe smoking habits and to identify their determinants in adolescent students. METHODS A cross-sectional study was carried out on smoking habits comprising 1,052 girls and 984 boys aged 13 years attending public and private schools in the city of Porto, Portugal. The proportion of participation was 77.5%. Information on sociodemographic and behavioral characteristics was obta...

BACKGROUND Dysmenorrhoea is the term for painful menstruation. It is a common gynaecological complaint among female adolescent. The objective of this study was to assess attitude and knowledge about treatment of dysmenorrhoea among medical students of Isra University. METHODS This study was conducted at Isra University Hyderabad. Non-probability, convenient random selection from MBBS student ...

The first documented day-long program to encourage girls to consider computing as a career was held in 1987 in the U.K. Over the last 20 years these one-day events, labeled Girls into Computing days, have been conducted by academics and professionals to foster female-student interest in information technology (IT) degrees and careers. This paper charts the growth and popularity of these types o...

This paper attempts to analyze the opinion of parents, teachers and secondary level school students about the enhancement of academic performance of students in relation to the participation in festivals. The study covers 200 parents encompassing of 100 in ‘Below Poverty Line (BPL) and 100 in ‘Above Poverty Line’(APL) households, 200 teachers comprising of 100 in trained and 100 in untrained ca...

Studies investigating the life satisfaction of intellectually gifted and non-gifted students are scarce and often suffer from methodological shortcomings. We examined the life satisfaction of gifted and non-gifted adolescents using a rather unselected sample of N = 655 German high-school students (n = 75 gifted), adequate comparison groups of non-gifted students, and a clear definition of gifte...