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... 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 questionnai...... 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 ...... 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...... 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 rep...... hiện toàn bộ
New Evidence: Data Documenting Parental Support for Earlier Sexuality Education Tập 84 Số 1 - Trang 10-17 - 2014
Elissa M. Barr, Michele Moore, Tammie M. Johnson, Jamie R. Forrest, Melissa Jordán
ABSTRACTBACKGROUNDNumerous studies document support for sexuality education to be taught in high school, and often, in middle school. However, little research has been conducted addressing support for sexuality education in elementary schools.METHODSAs part of the stat...... hiện toàn bộ