OBJECTIVE To examine whether neighbourhood green space is beneficially associated with (i) waist circumference (WC) and (ii) waist-to-height ratio (WtHR) across childhood. METHODS Gender-stratified multilevel linear regressions were used to examine associations between green space and objective measures of weight status in the Longitudinal Study of Australian Children, a nationally representa...

this study has been conducted to evaluate what boys and girls consider healthy family criteria. to this end, a sample of 169 students (75 girls and 94 boys) was selected through the availability sampling method and was studied using the healthy family criteria questionnaire. the validity of the questionnaire was measured using the content validity method and its reliability was measured by cron...

Musculoskeletal symptoms are one of the top ten health problems among schoolchildren in Hong Kong. Whether or not these symptoms are related to school furniture has yet to be determined and published data on furniture size are lacking. The purpose of the study was to determine whether the design of furniture in schools is appropriate for children's anthropometry. A total of 214 volunteer subjec...

To investigate the point prevalence of mental disorders in school students, multistage cluster stratified random sampling and two-phase survey methods were used to identify 40 primary and middle schools. The students were screened using the Chinese version of the Child Behavior Checklist and diagnosed using the Mini International Neuropsychiatric Interview. The prevalence of behavioral problems...

BACKGROUND Smoking and tobacco use is a major public health issue in developing countries. We performed an epidemiological study to determine the prevalence of smoking and tobacco-use and awareness of risks of tobacco use among school children. METHODS Students in randomly selected schools in Jaipur were studied. Students in classes 9-12 (age 13-18 years, boys 2866, girls 939) were enrolled. ...

ABSTRACT Introduction: Adolescence is associated with a change in self-concept made up of social interactions and experiences. Recent researches indicate the possible role of aggressive computer games on adolescents’ self-concept. The aim of this study is to evaluate the impact of violent computer games on the self-concept of second grade junior high school students in Band...

conclusions results of the current study showed that at preschool stage girls had higher performance compared to boys in fine motor skills and at preschool stage boys had significantly higher performance compared to girls in gross motor skills. hence, it seems to be necessary to train preschool authorities in teaching fine and gross motor skills, considering the gender. patients and methods the...

BACKGROUND Is it possible to reach performance equality between boys and girls in a science class? Given the stereotypes targeting their groups in scientific domains, diagnostic contexts generally lower girls' performance and non-diagnostic contexts may harm boys' performance. AIM The present study tested the effectiveness of a mastery-oriented assessment, allowing both boys and girls to perf...

background: skeletal anomalies rate are increasing, especially among young people. the aim of this study was to investigate skeletal anomalies among male and female students in the middle school of the bayangan region kermanshah iran.  methods: 260 students from guidance schools in bayangan region (120 girls and 140 boys) participated in this study. using posture screen and new york test the sk...

this survery investigated the secondary school students attitude regarding parent- adolescent inter-relationships. the study covered 19 town districts in tehran.   following a multi-stage process 150 girls and boys attending secondary school with an age range of 13-15 years were selected randomly.   a two parts questionnaire was developed. the first part covered information on personal and soci...