OBJECTIVE To assess the effectiveness of an intervention programme to improve kindergarten children's eating and leisure habits in Israel. DESIGN A cluster-randomised controlled trial. SETTING Six full-day kindergartens in Israel were randomly divided into three groups. Group A received the full intervention programme, which included lessons on good eating habits and daily physical exercise...

The preschool period is critical for gender equality education. Through analyzing the results of questionnaires on awareness and education answered by 492 teachers from 18 kindergartens, this study aimed at having a basic understanding status quo educational environment in kindergartens equality. Additionally, preschoolers’ role behaviors were 3712 parents to understand characteristics children...

BACKGROUND AND AIM: The purpose of this study was to determine the prevalence of finger sucking habit among three-six-year-old children from kindergartens of Kerman, Iran. METHODS: This descriptive, cross-sectional study used census sampling to select 1000 children from 40 kindergartens. Data was collected by a checklist and clinical examination.  Chi-square test in SPSS16 was used for statisti...

Artikkelen er basert på fem intervjuer med ansatte i barnehager som har muslimske barn barnegruppa. Målet denne undersøkelsen å få mer kunnskap om hvordan barnehagene jobber islam og hva de mener fungerer dette arbeidet. Funnene viser at ulike ulik grad, men alle forholder seg til religionen, særlig religiøse praksisene. English abstract “The pee-pee is haram!” A study of how staff in kindergar...

Pre-school children were examined for the presence of Enterobius vermicularis egg by perianal swab method. We visited 67 nurseries and 25 kindergartens between January, 1999 and April, 1999 in Chunchon, Korea. Of the 4,711 children examined, 434 (9.2%) were found to be positive for E. vermicularis egg. The egg positive rates of boys and girls were 10.1% and 8.1%, respectively. The rates were 7....

BACKGROUND Dental caries is the most prevalent chronic disease in early childhood in most communities worldwide. Several studies conducted in the Gulf Cooperation Council countries have documented a high prevalence of early childhood caries (ECC). To date, no studies have been conducted in Qatar to examine the prevalence of ECC and enamel developmental defects in preschool children. The present...

Information and Communication, Technology (ICT) is dramatically expanding in Taiwan; however, ICT in early childhood education is deficient in educational implication. The purpose of this study is to apply ICT in developing digital learning materials for enhancing young children’s creativity. To achieve the purpose, the methods of the study included focus group, observation and experimental res...

AIM To examine the kinds of changes parents would like to see in those settings where children spend time (kindergartens and schools, child care centres and after-school care facilities, and the local neighbourhood) in policies and practices that impact on children's risk of obesity, and to establish whether parents might be willing to advocate for changes in these settings. MATERIALS AND MET...