Using semistructured interviews, we explored barriers and facilitators to school-based parent involvement (SBPI) in a sample of predominately African American parents (N = 44) whose children attended urban public middle schools. Barriers to SBPI (e.g., perceptions of hostile parent-teacher interactions and aggressive, disrespectful students in the school) were more commonly reported than facili...

PURPOSE To evaluate the impact of the Second Step: Student Success Through Prevention (SS-SSTP) Middle School Program on reducing youth violence including peer aggression, peer victimization, homophobic name calling, and sexual violence perpetration and victimization among middle school sixth-grade students. METHODS The study design was a nested cohort (sixth graders) longitudinal study. We r...

background: pediculosis capitis is a common parasitic infection of children, which has been neglected in many areas as well in shahriar county, tehran province. this study was conducted to determine the prevalence of pediculosis capitis among pupils in primary schools of shahriar county. m aterials and methods: this descriptive-analytical study was conducted in shahriar for the period of 2012 t...

results the results of repeated measures test revealed a significant reduction (p < 0.001) in pms symptoms. overall, the mean score of pms intensity in the intervention group was 42.56 + 15.73 before the intervention and changed to 32.72 ± 13.24, 30.02 ± 12.08, and 13.90 ± 10.22 at the three consecutive months after the intervention, respectively (p = 0.001). conclusions m. officinalis capsules...

background : anthropometric data can be used to identify the physical dimensions of equipment, furniture, etc. the use of furni­ture that fails to fulfill the anthropometric data of its users has a negative impact on human health. specific anthropomet­ric dimensions are necessary to design school furniture. anthropometric data have been measured in many communi­ties especially among schoolchild...

with the publication of the first book by menger, the austrian school was established in 1871. while different factors such as migration of the austrian scholars to foreign countries and focus on market mechanisms against the ideas of down drift from crisis led to the decline of this school in 1930s, it reemerged in 1970s due to the same factors, too. the purposes in this research– by using lib...

rubella or german measles is a mild contagious disease in non-pregnant women, but in pregnant affected mother’s possibility of fetus infection in the first twelve weeks of gestation is 80%. between 13-14 weeks of gestation is 54% and by the end of the second trimester is 25%. if fetus gets infected severe anomalies will progress. at present no vaccination against rubella is begin envisaged by t...

background: inattention to ergonomic factors will influence the students’ health and cause discomfort during their adulthood. objective: the aim of this study was to determine the relationship between ergonomic and environmental conditions of classrooms and pain sensation in students. methods: this cross-sectional study was carried out on 442 elementary students of zahedan city in 2007. the typ...

in the macro education plan for iran (2010-2025), twelve years of schooling has been characterized as “general” education. such a characterization is prone to certain misconceptions. general education does not equal “uniform,” or standardized, education and should refrain from identifying as such. yet it is misinterpreted that there is a relationship between offering a general type of education...