due to the high prevalence of anthroponotic cutaneous leishmaniosis (acl) in barn city, a survey was carried out to determine epidemiological characteristics of acl in barn in 1992. for this purpose, 23 out of the total 51 schools (elementary, junior high and senior high) were randomly selected and 6053 students were examined. the prevalence of acute sores and scars were 2% and 17% respectively...

The aim was to determine the prevalence of obesity and overweight among students in the Kumasi metropolis. In a descriptive cross-sectional study, 500 students aged 10 to 20 years were examined from two junior high schools selected by multistage sampling technique and three randomly selected senior high schools. Height and weight were measured in all participants and the body mass index (BMI) o...

The aim of this study was to identify the opinions of administrators and teachers about the knowledge management process in primary, secondary and high schools. The population of the study was teachers who work in primary, secondary and high schools in Kocaeli, Izmit. The sample of the study was 270 teachers that were randomly selected. The Knowledge Management Process in Schools Scale that was...

The study authors conducted a cluster randomized controlled trial (RCT) in which 16 schools were randomly assigned to conditions: eight to the intervention group and eight to the comparison group. All kindergarten and first-grade classrooms within each school were included in the evaluation. Within each eligible classroom, five struggling and five nonstruggling readers were randomly selected fo...

The birth or presence of a child with hearing defect provides unique and different challenges for family. However, in this situation all family members are hurt and their functions are impaired, but the mother, due to the traditional role of caregiver for these children to have more responsibility, more psychosocial problems may be encountered. The assumption is that the problems associated wit...

background: educational centers have higher standards for controlling noise pollution as it has been shown that noise pollution is a major cause of discomfort for teachers and students. noise pollution reduces concentration, interferes in the conversation, and leads to dropouts and lower grades especially in mathematics. the present study aimed to evaluate noise pollution in the schools of birj...

BACKGROUND To determine the mean eruption time of permanent teeth of Pakistani children and to evaluate the effects of gender, type of schools, height, weight and body mass index on it. METHODS This cross sectional study was conducted from September 2007 to April 2008. 4370 children of 'just erupted' teeth were obtained from 102 randomly selected schools from 18 towns of Karachi, using system...

This study sought to establish the availability of ICT facilities and teachers competence in use among public secondary schools Ngara, Tanzania. The employed a mixed research approach that interview schedule questionnaire were as sources data. population was 525 stakeholders from 31 schools, including DEO, WEO, Heads manager teachers. Simple random sampling purposive used determine sample 84 re...