Immigrant families' perceptions on walking to school and school breakfast: a focus group study

Background  

Immigrant children face an increased risk of being overweight. Little is known about how immigrant families perceive school programs that may help prevent obesity, such as walking to school and school breakfast.     

School lunch and snacking patterns among high school students: Associations with school food environment and policies

Objectives  

This study examined associations between high school students' lunch patterns and vending machine purchases and the school food environment and policies.     

Geographical patterns in blood lead in relation to industrial emissions and traffic in Swedish children, 1978–2007

Background  

Blood lead concentrations (B-Pb) were measured in 3 879 Swedish school children during the period 1978–2007. The objective was to study the effect of the proximity to lead sources based on the children's home and school location.     

School wellbeing among children in grades 1 - 10

Background  

Determinants of children's school wellbeing have not been extensively studied. In this cross-sectional study of school children we assessed how factors assumed to promote wellbeing and factors assumed to adversely influence wellbeing were associated with self-reported wellbeing in school.     

The school food environment and adolescent obesity: qualitative insights from high school principals and food service personnel

Objectives  

To examine high school personnel's perceptions of the school environment, its impact on obesity, and the potential impact of legislation regulating schools' food/beverage offerings.     

Obesity increase among low SES Australian schoolchildren between 2000 and 2006: time for preventive interventions to target children from low income schools?

Objectives  

To examine change from 2000 to 2006 in obesity and overweight by gender, school year and school socioeconomic status (SES) in a national sample of students from Australia.     

A prospective study of methamphetamine use as a predictor of high school non-attendance in Cape Town,South Africa

Background  

This prospective study investigated the association between life-long methamphetamine and other drug use and high school non-attendance, in a sample of high school students in Cape Town, South Africa.     

The role of anxiety symptoms in school performance in a community sample of children and adolescents

Background  

Anxiety symptoms are relatively common among children and adolescents and can interfere with functioning. The prevalence of anxiety and the relationship between anxiety and school performance were examined among elementary, middle, and high school students.     

Dampness,food habits,and sick building syndrome symptoms in elementary school pupils

Objectives  

We investigated dampness/mold in schools and dwellings, and food habits and subjective symptoms in elementary school pupils, in order to clarify the effect of dampness and food habits on subjective symptoms in elementary school pupils.     

Changing rates of physical and psychosocial impairments over 9 years in cohorts of school beginners in Germany

Objective  

The aim of this study was to investigate the prevalence of impairments of physical and psychosocial development in children commencing primary school and to analyse changes over 9 years in consecutive cohorts.     

A systematic review of interventions for promoting active transportation to school

Background  

Active transportation to school is an important contributor to the total physical activity of children and adolescents. However, active school travel has declined over time, and interventions are needed to reverse this trend. The purpose of this paper is to review intervention studies related to active school transportation to guide future intervention research.     

Measuring mental health and well-being of school-children in 15 European countries using the KIDSCREEN-10 Index

Objectives:  

To test the psychometric properties and measurement results of the KIDSCREEN-10 Mental Health Index in school children from 15 European countries.     

The epidemiology and factors associated with nocturnal enuresis among boarding and daytime school children in southeast of Turkey: a cross sectional study

Background  

Nocturnal enuresis is an important problem among young children living in Turkey. The purpose of this study was to determine the possible differences in the prevalence of enuresis between children in boarding school and daytime school and the association of enuresis with sociodemographic factors.     

Validation of pediatric Functional Assessment of Cancer Therapy: patient version 2 of “brain tumor survivor” for grade school patients aged 7–12 years

Background  

We evaluated the reliability and validity of the Pediatric Functional Assessment of Cancer Therapy-Childhood Brain Tumor Survivor version 2.0 (pedsFACT-BrS; patient version for grade school children aged 7–12 years).     

What explains between-school differences in rates of smoking?

Background  

Schools have the potential to influence their pupils' behaviour through the school's social organisation and culture (non-formal school characteristics), as well as through the formal curriculum. This paper examines whether these school characteristics (which include a measure of quality of social relationships) can account for school differences in smoking rates.     

Contribution of parental and school personnel smoking to health risk behaviours among Finnish adolescents

Background  

This study compared parental smoking with school personnel smoking in relation to adolescents' smoking behaviours, alcohol use, and illicit drug use.     

Prevalence,types and demographic features of child labour among school children in Nigeria

Background  

To determine the prevalence, types and demographic features of child labour among school children in Nigeria.     

The influence of a verbal prompt on school lunch fruit consumption: a pilot study

Background:  

This study evaluated an environmental intervention intended to increase consumption of the fruit serving among elementary school children participating in the National School Lunch Program (NSLP).     

Impact of stress reduction on negative school behavior in adolescents

Background  

The purpose of this study was to determine the effect of stress reduction via the Transcendental Meditation program on school rule infractions in adolescents.     

What's "quickest and easiest?": parental decision making about school trip mode

Background  

The potential benefits of active school travel (AST) are widely recognized, yet there is consistent evidence of a systematic decline in the use of active modes of transportation to school since the middle part of the 20^th century. This study explored parental accounts of the school travel mode choice decision-making process.