Bullying among school-aged children and adolescents is recognised as an important social problem, and the adverse consequences for victims are well established. However, despite growing interest in the socio-demographic profile of victims, there is limited evidence on the relationship between bullying victimisation and childhood disability. This article enhances our understanding of bullying ex...

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 of amirkola, (2007)....

although researchers in this decade have proposed several answers concerning the association between socio-economic levels of health, still one question is not well understood: whether in school or domestic environments, low and high socio-economic status may influence asthma and respiratory symptoms on primary school students. the aim of this study was to investigate the extent to which primar...

using the persian version of gadow's child syptom inventory (sci-4), an attempt was made to determine the prevalence of attention deficit and disruptive behaviours among elementary school children of gonabad town in the north eastern khorasan province of iran. subjects consisted of 400 children (202 boys and 198 girls) ages 7 to 12 years attending grades 1-5 of public primary schools. they...

iron deficiency can cause cognitive and functional learning disorders in children. some studies have reported a relationship between low serum ferritin levels in patients with anemia and helicobacter pylori (h. pylori) infection. therefore, we aimed to determine the relationship between these two common diseases. this descriptive analytical cross-sectional study was performed to assess serum fe...

Skin fungal infections are common global problems with attendant morbidity amongaffected individuals. Children are mostly affected because of predisposing factors such aspoverty, overcrowding, and lack of guidance. Investigation on the prevalence ofsuperficial fungal infections among primary school pupils was carried out in Awka SouthLocal Government Area of Anambra State, Nigeria. Six public p...

OBJECTIVE To determine the prevalence of snoring and its potential associations with sleep problems, such as daytime symptoms, medical conditions, school performance, and behavioral disturbances in Portuguese children attending primary school. METHODS A previously validated questionnaire was sent to the parents of 1381 children attending primary schools in a parish of Coimbra, Portugal. To as...

Twenty-five years ago educational services for children with disabilities were frequently fragmented, underfunded, highly segregated, and unreliable. Public schools were often ill prepared and unwilling to provide special and necessary services to children with disabilities. Over the past two decades, efforts to provide an appropriate education for children with disabilities in America—through ...

Background and purpose: Current evidence shows physical fitness (PF) among children and adolescents in Africa and around the world is declining and the trend is associated with increased cardiovascular morbidity and mortality. This study aimed to evaluate the baseline PF data of primary school children in Lagos State, Nigeria, and to determine the predictors of low PF within the cohort. Materi...

OBJECTIVES 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. METHOD 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 pr...