Youth Risk Behavior Surveillance—United States, 2005 Tập 76 Số 7 - Trang 353-372 - 2006
Danice K. Eaton, Laura Kann, Steve Kinchen, James G. Ross, Joseph Hawkins, William A. Harris, Richard Lowry, Tim McManus, David Chyen, Shari L. Shanklin, Connie Lim, Branko Grünbaum, Howell Wechsler
Changes in Weight Over the School Year and Summer Vacation: Results of a 5‐Year Longitudinal Study Tập 83 Số 7 - Trang 473-477 - 2013
Jennette P. Moreno, Craig A. Johnston, Deborah Woehler
ABSTRACTBACKGROUNDEvidence suggests that children gain more weight during the
summer months compared with the school year. To examine the impact of the school
and summer environment on children's weight further, we conducted a 5‐year
longitudinal study examining changes in standardized BMI (zBMI) of students
entering kindergarten.METHODSHeights and weights were obtained at the beginning
and end of... hiện toàn bộ
A Comparison of the Gatehouse Bullying Scale and the Peer Relations Questionnaire for Students in Secondary School Tập 77 Số 2 - Trang 75-79 - 2007
Lyndal Bond, Sarah Wolfe, Michelle Tollit, Helen Butler, George Patton
ABSTRACTBackground: Bullying occurs in all schools. Measuring bullying in
schools is complicated because both definitions of bullying and methods for
measuring bullying vary. This study compared a brief 12‐item Gatehouse Bullying
Scale (GBS) with items drawn from the Peer Relations Questionnaire (PRQ), a
well‐established bullying questionnaire to measure the concurrent validity of
the GBS.Methods... hiện toàn bộ
Weight‐Related Behaviors When Children Are in School Versus on Summer Breaks: Does Income Matter? Tập 85 Số 7 - Trang 458-466 - 2015
Y. Claire Wang, Seanna Vine, Amber Hsiao, Andrew Rundle, Jeff Goldsmith
ABSTRACTBACKGROUNDIncome disparities in US youth in academic achievement appear
to widen during the summer because of discontinued learning among children from
lower‐income households. Little is known about whether behavioral risk factors
for childhood obesity, such as diet and physical activity, also demonstrate a
widening difference by income when children are out of school.METHODSData from
US c... hiện toàn bộ
Data Collection Procedures for School‐Based Surveys Among Adolescents: The Youth in Europe Study Tập 83 Số 9 - Trang 662-667 - 2013
Álfgeir L. Kristjánsson, Jón Sigfússon, Inga Dóra Sigfúsdóttir, John P. Allegrante
ABSTRACTBACKGROUNDCollection of valid and reliable surveillance data as a basis
for school health promotion and education policy and practice for children and
adolescence is of great importance. However, numerous methodological and
practical problems arise in the planning and collection of such survey data that
need to be resolved in order to ensure the validity of the data and to maximize
the res... hiện toàn bộ
The Relationship Between School Policies and Youth Tobacco Use* Tập 79 Số 1 - Trang 17-23 - 2009
Monica Adams, Leonard A. Jason, Steven B. Pokorny, Yvonne Hunt
ABSTRACTBACKGROUND: The school setting is frequently used both to educate youth
about risks involved in tobacco use and to implement tobacco prevention and
cessation programs. Given that school‐based programs have resulted in limited
success, it is necessary to identify other setting‐level intervention
strategies. School tobacco policies represent a type of universal intervention
that might have ... hiện toàn bộ