BACKGROUND The incidence of cervical cancer in South Africa (SA) remains high, and the current screening programme has had limited success. New approaches to prevention and screening tactics are needed. OBJECTIVES To investigate acceptance of school-based human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccination, as well as the information provided, methods of obtaining consent and assent, and completion rates ...

Background: Clinical anecdote suggests that rates of eating disorders (ED) vary between schools. Given their high prevalence and mortality, understanding risk factors is important. We hypothesised that rates of ED would vary between schools, and that school proportion of female students and proportion of parents with post-high school education would be associated with ED, after accounting for i...

Smoking among pupils of secondary medical schools is of particular public health interest because of their role in the health system in the future. The study was part of the survey of smoking among students of Croatian medium medical schools. Data of 3 survey periods were available (1990-2002-2006). Specific smoking trends among 14-18 year olds were examined using odds ratios and multiple regre...

BACKGROUND Many children do not meet current UK physical activity (PA) guidelines. Girls are less active than boys throughout childhood, and the age-related decline in PA, particularly from early adolescence, is steeper for girls than for boys. Dance is the favourite form of PA among UK secondary school aged girls. Delivering dance sessions after school could make a significant contribution to ...

asthma is one of the most common problems of childhood, responsible for a significant proportion of abstinence from school because of chronic illness. this study was carried out among the school-aged children (7-18 years) in tehran schools during 2002-2003, in order to determine the frequency of asthma. according to the recommendation of who (world health organization), we designed a questionna...

Income inequality within the same place of residence may impact the nutritional status of children. This study therefore investigated the impact of income inequality on the nutritional status of children living in the same place of residence, using anthropometric tools. Children in four schools (Schools 1-4) within the vicinity of a housing estate in Umuahia, Nigeria, that charge fees making th...

This study assesses how variations in heteronormative culture in high schools affect the well-being of same-sex-attracted youth. The authors focus on the stigmatization of same-sex attraction (rather than identity or behavior) to better understand how heteronormativity may marginalize a wide range of youth. Specifically, the authors use data from the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent He...

OBJECTIVE To assess the impact on children's health of translating an evidence-based national intervention trial (Child and Adolescent Trial for Cardiovascular Health [CATCH]) to low-income elementary schools with primarily Hispanic students. DESIGN An untreated, matched control group design with repeated dependent pretest and posttest samples was used. SETTING Four El Paso CATCH and 4 cont...

OBJECTIVE The aim of this study was to determine the influence of smoking habits and education of family, parents, the type of school and gender on smoking in adolescents. METHODS This cross-sectional study was performed on 1062 students from eight high schools in Eyup, Istanbul. RESULTS Twenty-five per cent of students were current smokers (30.1% of boys [n = 551], 20.9% girls [n= 511] 95%...