Purpose : Physical literacy is understood to be important for adolescents’ behavioral and psychological wellness. Yet, date, limited empirical data exist support such reasoning. Addressing this gap, the present study examined relationships between physical early education engagement, leisure-time exercise behavior, well-being. Methods The level of 187 adolescents ( M age = 12.84, SD 0.55, girls...

We explored longitudinal effects of a two-generation preschool programme on receptive language scores in children (n = 78) at age 10 years, living with low income. Scores at four time-points, programme intake, exit, age 7, and age 10 years were measured using the Peabody picture vocabulary test (3rd ed.). Effects of culture (Aboriginal, other Canadian-born, and recent immigrant), and gender of ...

OBJECTIVE Little is known of the beverage intake patterns of Canadian children or of characteristics within these patterns. The objective was to determine beverage intake patterns among Canadian children and compare intakes of fourteen types of beverages, along with intakes of vitamin C and Ca, and sociodemographic factors across clusters. DESIGN Dietary information was collected using one 24...

This study examined the effects of marital status, family income, and family functioning on African American adolescents' self-esteem. One hundred sixteen adolescents participated, 64% of whom were female. Compared with boys with nonmarried parents, boys with married parents had higher overall self-esteem, even when family income and family functioning were controlled. Parental marital status h...

BACKGROUND The Canadian health system is undergoing reform. Over the past decade a prominent trend has been creation of health regions. This structural shift is concurrent with a greater emphasis on population health and the broad determinants of health. In parallel, there is a movement toward more intersectoral collaboration (i.e., collaboration between diverse segments of the health system, a...

We examined the relations between reading self-concept, interest, task-focused behavior, and skills, whether culture moderates their in a longitudinal study across Western (Canadian) East Asian (Japanese) cultural contexts. Three hundred six children were assessed on self-concept interest at beginning of Grade 2, skills end 2. Teachers rated children’s behavior Results showed that whereas was u...

Objective: A study was conducted to ascertain the impact of dysmenorrhea on quality life of adolescent girls of Chandigarh. Methods: Multistage stratified sampling was done and 5 sectors, 5 villages, 5 slums were selected by lottery method. Then from each area 20 respondents were selected by simple random sampling. A Self-designed interview schedule was used to collect data from 300 Adolescent ...