CONTENTS Executive Summary 4 Introduction 11 Background 13 Children's health in England 13 Current service provision 27 Methods 29 Research design 29 Collection of data 30 Results 33 Locality A 33 Needs profile 33 The local school environment 33 Focus groups 35 Locality B 42 Needs profile 42 The local school environment 42 Focus groups 45 Locality C 48 Needs profile 48 The local school environm...

This paper investigates the effects of soft drink bans in schools on purchases outside of schools. Using unique household-level data, we exploit the implementation of a state-mandated ban on soft drinks in Connecticut (USA) in a triple difference approach. We compare soft drink purchases of households with school-age children before and after implementation with purchases of households without ...

Impulsivity is a salient individual difference in children with well-established predictive validity for life outcomes. The current investigation proposes that impulsive behaviors vary systematically by domain. In a series of studies with ethnically and socioeconomically diverse samples of middle school students, we find that schoolwork-related and interpersonal-related impulsivity, as observed...

OBJECTIVES Elevated alanine aminotransferase can heighten concern for the presence of nonalcoholic fatty liver disease in obese children. Guidelines recommend alanine aminotransferase screening of obese children start at the age of 10 years. We examined alanine aminotransferase values routinely obtained for tertiary obesity care among preschool (2-5 years) and school-age children. METHODS Med...

conclusions children use variable methods to cope with their stress. therefore, parents, health trainers and school authorities should distinguish non-adaptive methods of children and teach them the adaptive coping strategies. results all coping methods inserted in the questionnaire were used by students. more than 70% of students mentioned “pray”, “say i’m sorry or tell the truth”, and “try to...

BACKGROUND Malnutrition is a major public health concern affecting a significant number of school age children influencing their health, growth and development, and school academic performance. OBJECTIVE To establish the determinants of under nutrition among school age children between 6-12 years in a low-income urban community. DESIGN A cross-sectional descriptive study. SETTING Kawangwa...

The combination of the food, fuel and financial crises coming together is threatening the livelihoods and food security of millions of people in developing countries which has enhanced the interest of researchers in under nutrition. Under nutrition continues to be an important cause of ill-health and premature mortality and morbidity among children [1]. Nutritional deprivation is rampant in chi...

introduction: scoliosis is the lateral deviation of spinal column accompanied with the rotation & twisting of vertebrae on perpendiculars axis and it is one of the most common diseases in children. the importance of scoliosis as a health problem has been known in school aged children. extensive screening programs have been implemented or are being implemented in different regions in the world. ...

Introduction: Malnutrition remains the most serious children health problem and the most main cause of children mortality in the World Health Organization (WHO) Eastern Mediterranean Region. Nearly one-third of children in the region are either underweight or stunted, and more than 30% of the population suffers from micro-nutrient deficiencies.The aim of this study is to determine the prevalenc...

BACKGROUND The purpose of this study was to identify the characteristics of injuries of school-aged children transported via emergency medical services (EMS) that occurred in schools by comparing with injuries that occurred outside of school. METHODS Data from the 119 EMS from 2012 to 2014 were analyzed. School and non-school injuries were analyzed in children 6 to 17 years of age. The epidem...