background: lead still remains an important problem for poor, inner-city, ethnic minority children, with a particular emphasis on lead paint and dust. in egypt, there is no national survey about the prevalence of elevated blood lead level among children. objective: to assess the environmental lead level as well as to determine blood lead level among primary school children and find out its rela...

Background: Functional Constipation (FC) is one of the important digestive disorders in pediatrics. Its prevalence varies in different communities. The purpose of this study was to determine the prevalence of FC in our area between the school children and the impact of school on it. Methods: This study was done on 4 to 12 years old children of nine schools and kindergartens...

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. ...

Background Anxiety is one of the most common childhood disorders, so it is necessary to explore extend and its related factors in the students. This study was conducted to determine the prevalence of anxiety and the related factors of anxiety among the children aged 9-12 years. Materials and Methods At a descriptive-analytic study 623 children aged 9-12 year- old who were studying in the fourth...

OBJECTIVE Overweight and obesity are common health problems among adolescents. This study was set up to evaluate these problems and certain socio-demographic-related factors among three ethnic groups as represented by primary school children in northern Iran in 2010. MATERIALS AND METHODS This was a descriptive and cross-sectional study performed on 7433 students (Fars-native=3268, Turkman=28...

OBJECTIVE To determine the prevalence of overweight and obesity in schoolchildren aged 10 to 16 years and its association with dietary and behavioral factors. METHODS Cross-sectional study that evaluated 505 adolescents using a structured questionnaire and anthropometric data. The data was analyzed through the T Test for independent samples and Mann-Whitney Test to compare means and medians, ...

BACKGROUND The assessment of oral health status of children in government and private schools provide data on the oral health status of children from different socio-economic background. AIM The aim of the following study is to assess and to compare the oral hygiene status, gingival status and caries experience between children from government and private schools in Andhra Pradesh, India. S...

BACKGROUND Reported prevalence of the insect stings and rates of allergic reactions vary among studies. The aim of the present study was to carry out the first epidemiological study on the prevalence of Hymenoptera allergy among school children in Izmir, Turkey. METHODS We planned to reach 6100 children, assuming the frequency of allergic reactions to Hymenoptera stings as 20%. Thirty-seven a...

the main purpose of this study was to compare parenting self efficacy between mothers of children with attention deficit-hyperactivity disorder (adhd) and mothers of normal children.one hundred twenty mothers including 60 mothers of children with adhd and 62 mothers of normal children were selected. in each group the participants were allocated between three subgroups of preschool, first and se...

a cross-sectional study with children's and parents' self-completed questionnaires was carried out to evaluate parents' ideas on children's risk-takjng behaviours and children's risky activities after school hours by age (7 and 9 years) and sex. nine elementary schools were randomly selected and 476 puphs aged seven and nine years and 471 parents were studied. most pare...