This study examined the influence of childhood socioeconomic position (SEP) and social mobility on activity and fitness tracking from childhood into adulthood. In a prospective cohort of 2,185 Australian adults (aged 26-36 years), first examined in 1985 (at ages 7-15 years), self-reported physical activity and cardiorespiratory fitness (subsample only) were measured. SEP measures included retro...

With the increasing number of citizens accessing the Internet, governments at all levels around the world have no other choice but to utilize information technology, especially the Internet, to provide improved services to their citizens. This paper studies and analyzes the status and challenges of e-government services within early childhood education context in ten of the largest municipaliti...

This chapter discusses the importance of different types early language education in public system according to national policy two geopolitical contexts: Continental Northern Europe and UK. We define as policies childhood (ECE) including planning, practices, ideologies related teaching learning languages. present a variety theoretical approaches discuss their applicability field research. Thes...

BACKGROUND Low socioeconomic status (SES) in childhood is known to be a significant risk factor for mental disorders in Western societies. The purpose of this study was to investigate whether a similar association exists in Japan. METHODS We used data from the World Mental Health Japan Survey conducted from 2002-2006 (weighted N=1,682). Respondents completed diagnostic interviews that assesse...

PURPOSE Adult bone mass depends on acquisition in childhood and decline in adulthood, and may be influenced by socioeconomic conditions over the entire life course. METHODS We examined associations of bone mineral density (BMD) in adulthood with life course socioeconomic status in 729 participants in the Midlife in the United States Biomarker Project, adjusting for age, menopausal transition ...

Early child-hood Education is the bedrock upon which excellent basic and sound education is built. This study examined the concept of quality in early childhood education in Ekiti State. It is a descriptive research design of the survey type, which aimed at assessing the quality of early-child-hood education in 12 randomly selected private nursery schools in Ado-Ekiti Local Government area of E...

This paper aims to propose an invitation look at the kind of childhood we have been constructing from practices Special Education, in articulation with Early Childhood Education. It problematizes discursive webs formed this articulation, considering way that Education teachers working public schools regard childhood. Such discussions derived uneasiness thinking about how producing childhood, gi...

OBJECTIVE Recent studies conclude childhood intelligence has no direct effect on adult obesity net of education, but evolutionary psychological theories suggest otherwise. DESIGN AND METHODS A population (n = 17,419) of British babies has been followed since birth in 1958 in a prospectively longitudinal study. Childhood general intelligence is measured at 7, 11, and 16, and adult BMI and obes...

Issues of pedagogy are critical in all aspects of early childhood education. Early childhood mathematics is no exception. There is now a great deal of guidance available to teachers in terms of high-quality early childhood mathematics teaching. Consequently, the characteristics of high-quality early childhood mathematics education are clearly identifiable. Issues such as building on young child...

Abstract Background Leukemia is the most prevalent childhood cancer, and Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia (ALL) constitutes 75% of all cases. Some epidemiological studies have shown a relationship between socioeconomic status (SES) and some childhood cancers. In the present study, an attempt was made to assess socioeconomical status in a case-control study. Materials and Methods In 2010, a c...