We present multi-method case studies of two Zimbabwean primary schools - one rural and one small-town. The rural school scored higher than the small-town school on measures of child well-being and school attendance by HIV-affected children. The small-town school had superior facilities, more teachers with higher morale, more specialist HIV/AIDS activities, and an explicit religious ethos. The r...

This study reports the results of motor performance measurements of Senegalese children aged 3.5-5.5 years. A total of 69 children were studied, of whom 30 were from a town and were attending a nursery school, while 39 were from rural areas and did not attend school. The tests were administered three times at 6 months intervals. The children were divided into two age groups: younger group (less...

China is a large country where rapid development is accompanied by growing inequalities. How economic inequalities translate to health inequalities is unknown. Baseline health assessment is lacking among rural Chinese children. We aimed at assessing baseline student health of rural Chinese children and comparing them with those of urban children of similar ages. A cross-sectional study was cond...

147 words Manuscript: 6175 words 1 Center for Chinese Agricultural Policy, Institute of Geographical Sciences and Natural Resources Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China 2 Northwest Socioeconomic Development Research Center, Northwest University, Xi’an, China 3 Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, USA Abstract: The main goal of t...

BACKGROUND Refractive error is one of the major causes of blindness and visual impairment in children; but community based studies are scarce especially in rural parts of Ethiopia. So, this study aims to assess the prevalence of refractive error and its magnitude as a cause of visual impairment among school-age children of rural community. METHODS This community-based cross-sectional descript...

AIM OF THE STUDY This study aims to evaluate the prevalence and to make a comparison between the ocular morbidity pattern in school going children of urban and rural areas of West Uttar Pradesh. MATERIALS AND METHODS A school-based cross-sectional study design was adopted to examine children aged 5-15 years in randomly selected urban and rural schools of West Uttar Pradesh from June 2012 to A...

BACKGROUND The prevalence of asthma and role of atopy in asthma among children has not been clearly defined in Nigeria. OBJECTIVE To determine the prevalence of asthma and investigate risk factors related to allergy sensitization among urban and rural school children in southwest Nigeria. METHODS Validated ISAAC questionnaire was administered to 1736 high school children in randomly selecte...

The investigation was conducted to study the socio-economic profile and food consumption pattern of pre-school children of 3-5 years of age from rural areas of Yamunanagar district of Haryana State (India). Three hundred pre-school children were selected randomly. Information was collected on socio-economic profile, food frequency, mean daily food intake, nutrient intake and adequacy of food an...

BACKGROUND Gender disparities in China are concentrated in poor rural areas and among poor households. The difference in intelligence between boys and girls is less clear in rural China. The purpose of this paper was to assess sex differences in the intellectual function of early school-aged children in rural China. METHODS One thousand seven hundred forty four early school-aged offspring of ...

Background: In the developing world, intestinal parasitic infection plays a significant role in high morbidity and mortality among the general population. In a developing country like Nepal, burden of parasitic infection appears in all ages mainly due to factors like lack of education, low socio-economic status, poor sanitation, consumption of unhealthy food and water. The burden and impact is ...