This study investigated the balance and emphasis of scientific literacy themes in Zambian high school physics course in an attempt to find out its potential of contributing to preparation of scientifically literate citizens. Results show that the national syllabus and examinations emphasized the investigative nature of science while textbooks placed most emphasis on basic knowledge of science. ...

Routine medical inspections have been a traditional part of starting school in the United Kingdom since the early 1900s. When the school health services were incorporated into the NHS in 1974 medical inspections ceased to be a statutory requirement, and the numbers of routine medical examinations of children over the age of 5 have declined. Most areas have, however, retained a system of routine...

background & aim: acquired immune deficiency syndrome (aids) is an infectious disease caused by human immunodeficiency virus (hiv). the awareness of hiv preventive measures and its transmission routes have an important role in controlling the hiv infection in the society. regarding this, the present study aimed to investigate the awareness and attitudes of the high school students regarding hiv...

a cross-sectional survey was conducted .using a modified questionnaire for the study of cigarette smoking prevalence in khalkhal city, iran, during may-â june 1999. a simple random sample with size 260 was selected for this study. all of the students in the sample completed a questionnaire. the results showed among 260 students, 104 of them (40%) experienced at least once cigarette smoking and ...

this study have done to assess knowledge 200 girls and boys from 20 schools in 18th districts in south of tehran about individual hygiene. for gathering data use a questionnaire by 30 questions about knowledge of health in different part of body. the results of study show most of subjects have relatively good knowledge about individual hygiene. but their knowledge in some areas is more than oth...

purpose: to determine the distribution of axial length (al), vitreous chamber depth (vcd), anterior chamber depth (acd), lens thickness (lt), lens power (lp), radius of curvature (cr), and white-to-white corneal diameter (wtw) in the 14-20 year age range methods: in a cross-sectional study, sampling was done from aligoodarz high schools using multistage simple cluster sampling. for all students...