BACKGROUND Every day, physicians engage in teaching during their patient encounters. It may be that medical students who are introduced to the principles of teaching and learning are more likely to become good communicators and learners. Service-learning may be an effective way for medical students to practice skills in teaching and communication in a real-world setting, while also filling a ne...

background: existence the risk of health problems as well as the environmental consequences of the growing environment to the mental health professionals involved owe in hand to the government in the way of their way to improve of health and environmental facilities societies employ considering the focus sustainable development of human say serious consideration and careful planning in order to...

OBJECTIVES Children do not eat enough servings of vegetables, underscoring the need for effective interventions encouraging this behavior. The purpose of this research was to measure the impact that daily exposure to branded vegetable characters has on vegetable selection among boys and girls in elementary schools. METHODS In a large urban school district, 10 elementary schools agreed to part...

Article History: Received 27.10.2015 Received in revised form 10.02.2016 Accepted 29.02.2016 Available online 21.03.2016 The study aimed to investigating the opinions of elementary classroom teachers and children with normal levels of development in whose classes children with special needs were also present. The researchers conducted interviews with 10 teachers who worked at elementary schools...

BACKGROUND PE2GO is a self-contained physical education (PE) program that provides classroom teachers with the tools they need to lead developmentally appropriate PE lessons. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the PE2GO pilot programs in 6 school districts across the United States. METHODS We used paper and pencil surveys at pre intervention (n = 114) and mid intervention (n = 94) and ...

Registered nurse Kathleen Hunthausen, coordinator of Saint Alphonsus's School Health Program, brings health education to youths in five Catholic schools in Idaho. A s proof it has done its homework, Saint Alphonsus Regional Medical Center in Boise, I D , is receiving good grades for a partnership with five local Catholic schools designed to meet students' health and spiritual needs. The School ...

OBJECTIVES We determined whether physical education (PE) taught by specialists contributed to academic development and prevention of obesity in elementary school children. METHODS Our 2-year longitudinal study involved 620 boys and girls initially in grade 3 in Australia, all receiving 150 minutes per week of PE. One group (specialist-taught PE; n = 312) included 90 minutes per week of PE fro...