OBJECTIVE This paper explores the longitudinal effects of socioeconomic factors (i.e., parent education and family income level), foreign media, and attitude toward appearance on general and central adiposity among Chinese adolescents. METHOD A longitudinal analysis was performed using data from the China Seven Cities Study, a health promotion and smoking prevention study conducted in seven c...

the aim of this study was to investigate the mental health state of high school students of hamideyh branch ahvaz city. the present survey was an analytical study. a sample of 305 (93 girl and 212 boy) students was selected using random stratified sampling and proportion and base of krejcie and morgan table from primary to college years high school students in suburb of ahvaz township and compl...

BACKGROUND The aim of this study was to examine the relationships between demographic and socioeconomic characteristics and engaging in multiple risk behaviours among adolescents in Republic of Serbia. METHODS This study presents a cross sectional study of 683 adolescents aged 15 to 19 attending high school. The database from the 2006 National Health Survey was used. As a measure of demograph...

OBJECTIVES To study associations between healthcare seeking in 15-16-year-olds and high school dropout 5 years later. DESIGN Longitudinal community study. SETTING Data from a comprehensive youth health survey conducted in 2000-2004, linked to data from national registries up to 2010. PARTICIPANTS 13 964 10th grade secondary school students in six Norwegian counties. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURE...

Abstract Background: This study investigated the epidemiology of drug abuse among high school students in Kerman. Methods: This was a cross-sectional study on a randomly selected sample of 652 first and second grade high school students (256 boys, 396 girls) in Kerman. They were informed that their answers would be classified and nameless before they filled questionnaires. Schools and ...

BACKGROUND There are conflicting findings regarding the relationship between socio-economic status (SES) and bone mineral density. We aimed to investigate bone status and its possible determinants by comparing students from two schools, located in a high and a low SES district. METHODS Data were gathered by using anthropometric measurements and a questionnaire for both families and the studen...

The purpose of this study is to establish the median timing of permanent teeth emergence in a low to high socio-economic level school children. A sample of 1648 Jat-Sikh children which includes 821 children (452 boys, 369 girls) from public schools and 827 children (377 boys, 460 girls) from government schools forms the basis of this study. Each child has been studied for permanent dental erupt...