This study aimed to identify the psychological and social effects of distance education from viewpoints students’ guardians in Jordan. The sample comprised 1206 guardians, whom 71% have completed their undergraduate studies or a higher level. Furthermore, 62% participants aged more than 35 years. Results also indicated that 34% children studying primary education, 21.9% secondary 13.4% all leve...

Legislation to prohibit smoking in most enclosed public places was implemented in Scotland in March 2006. It has been suggested that an unintended consequence of such legislation is the displacement of adult smoking from public places into the home. Researchers investigated whether exposure to secondhand smoke in primary schoolchildren changed after the implementation of the legislation. A befo...

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE Cutaneous warts are common in primary schoolchildren; however, knowledge on the routes of transmission of human papillomavirus (HPV) causing warts is scarce. This study examines the association between the degree of HPV exposure and incidence of warts in primary schoolchildren to support evidence-based recommendations on wart prevention. METHODS In this prospective co...

background: the aim of this study was to assess the associations between nutrition and dental caries in permanent dentition among schoolchildren. methods: a cross-sectional survey was undertaken on 698 schoolchildren aged 10 to 12 yr from a random sample of primary schools in kermanshah, western iran, in 2014. the study was based on the data obtained from the questionnaire containing informatio...

OBJECTIVE To compare the prevalences of and risk factors for asthma, wheeze, hay fever and eczema in primary schoolchildren in Aberdeen in 2014. DESIGN Cross-sectional survey. SETTING Primary schools in Aberdeen, North-East Scotland. PARTICIPANTS Children in Scottish school years primary 1-7 were handed a questionnaire by their class teacher to be completed by their parents and returned t...

We determine the relationship between premature loss of primary teeth and oral hygiene, consumption of soft drinks, dental care and previous caries experience. This study focused on 833 Mexican schoolchildren aged 6-7. We performed an oral examination to determine caries experience and the simplified oral hygiene index. The dependent variable was the prevalence of at least one missing tooth (or...