background iron deficiency is one of the most prevalent anemia. 2 million people in the world suffer from it. all young girls are at higher risk for iron defiency anemia, therefore,diagnosis and prevention of this anemia in the young age is very important. materials and methods: a total of 1500 high school girls educated in five regions of education of mashhad (ages 14-18 years) were studied. c...

OBJECTIVE To determine prevalence of rheumatic heart disease (RHD) using clinical and echocardiographic criteria and to study influence of socioeconomic status (SES) we studied school children in a north-western Indian town. METHODS 3292 school children, age range 5-14 years, in two private schools, ten middle SES government schools and six low SES government schools were invited to participa...

introduction: family has a profound influence on personality traits of child. it also makes changes in mental processes of family members. due to the fact that the absence of one parent or both of them has unpleasant effect on mental growth of children and adolescents, this study is looking for the comparison between parented and unparented adolescents in terms of psychological hardiness . meth...

the students who live in boarding schools experience more stress than others which live with their parents.therefore, the mental health of this group is of special importance. the present study attempted to examine the mental health status of adolescent students in boarding high schools in . this was a cross-sectional study which was conducted by using stratified cluster sampling method. this s...

OBJECTIVES To conduct outcome and process evaluations of school-located HPV vaccination clinics in partnership with a local health department. METHODS Temporary clinics provided the HPV vaccine to middle school girls in Guilford County, North Carolina, in 2009-2010. RESULTS HPV vaccine initiation was higher among girls attending host schools than satellite schools (6% vs. 1%, OR = 6.56, CI ...

background one of human’s psychological needs is to have a transcendent relationship with an omnipotent and superior force. prayer and praise is one of the manifestations of human relationship with the lord of the universe. objectives the study aims to comparatively examine the effect of prayer and praise on peace of mind and physical health from male and female students’ points of view in gona...

BACKGROUND The prevalence of childhood overweight and obesity has become a public health problem worldwide. The objectives of the study were: 1) to establish the BMI prevalence in 12-year olds residing in Puerto Rico, and 2) to determine BMI differences by sex, public-private school type, and geographic regions. METHODS Data was obtained from an island-wide probabilistic stratified sample of ...

A growing body of research reports associations of school contexts with adolescents' weight and weight-related behaviors. One interesting, but under-researched, dimension of school context that potentially matters for adolescents' weight is the gender composition. If boys and girls are separated into single-sex schools, they might be less concerned about physical appearance, which may result in...