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Social differences in implementation of a school based smoking preventive intervention

Tobacco Induced Diseases, 2018
Background If school based preventive initiatives are well implemented they have the possibility to reach almost all adolescents, thereby helping to reduce the social inequality in health.
Lotus Sofie Bast, Pernille Due, Anette Andersen   +2 more
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Study protocol: can a school gardening intervention improve children’s diets? [PDF]

, 2012
Background The current academic literature suggests there is a potential for using gardening as a tool to improve children’s fruit and vegetable intake.
Joan K Ransley, EL Evans Charlotte, Cade Janet E, Charlotte EL Evans, Mark Conner, Evans, CEL, Conner, M, Ransley Joan K, Christian Meaghan S, El Evans, C, Janet E Cade, Conner Mark, Christian, MS, Ransley, JK, Cade, JE, Meaghan S Christian   +15 more
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Does Additional Physical Education Improve Exam Performance at the End of Compulsory Education? A Secondary Analysis from a Natural Experiment: The CHAMPS-Study DK

Children, 2021
It remains unclear whether the provision of additional physical activity in school improves academic outcomes. We conducted a secondary analysis of the Childhood Health, Activity, and Motor Performance School Study Denmark (CHAMPS-study DK), a natural ...
Jakob Tarp, Anne Kær Gejl, Charles H. Hillman, Niels Wedderkopp, Anna Bugge   +4 more
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Reducing child abuse amongst adolescents in low- and middle-income countries: A pre-post trial in South Africa

BMC Public Health, 2016
Background No known studies have tested the effectiveness of child abuse prevention programmes for adolescents in low- or middle-income countries.
Lucie Cluver, Franziska Meinck, Alexa Yakubovich, Jenny Doubt, Alice Redfern, Catherine Ward, Nasteha Salah, Sachin De Stone, Tshiamo Petersen, Phelisa Mpimpilashe, Rocio Herrero Romero, Lulu Ncobo, Jamie Lachman, Sibongile Tsoanyane, Yulia Shenderovich, Heidi Loening, Jasmina Byrne, Lorraine Sherr, Lauren Kaplan, Frances Gardner   +19 more
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Investigating the effectiveness of three school based interventions for preventing psychotic experiences over a year period – a secondary data analysis study of a randomized control trial

BMC Public Health, 2023
Introduction Psychotic experiences (PEs) are associated with increased risk of later mental disorders and so could be valuable in prevention studies. However, to date few intervention studies have examined PEs. Given this lack of evidence, in the current
Lorna Staines, Colm Healy, Paul Corcoran, Helen Keeley, Helen Coughlan, Elaine McMahon, Padraig Cotter, David Cotter, Ian Kelleher, Camilla Wasserman, Romuald Brunner, Michael Kaess, Marco Sarchiapone, Christina W. Hoven, Vladimir Carli, Danuta Wasserman, Mary Cannon   +16 more
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Effect of a school-based intervention to promote healthy lifestyles in 7–11 year old children. [PDF]

, 2009
Copyright 2009 Goreley et al; licensee BioMed Central Ltd. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/, which permits unrestricted use, distribution ...
Nevill, A, Mary E Nevill, John G Morris, Morris, John G., Morris John G, Gorely Trish, Nevill, Alan M., Stensel David J, Nevill, Mary E., Stensel, DJ, David J Stensel, Trish Gorely, Nevill Alan, Nevill Mary E, Stensel, David J., Alan Nevill, Morris, JG, Gorely, Trish, Nevill, ME, Gorely, T   +19 more
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Child-focused state cash transfers and adolescent risk of HIV infection in South Africa: a propensity-score-matched case-control study

The Lancet Global Health, 2013
Background: Effective and scalable HIV prevention for adolescents in sub-Saharan Africa is needed. Cash transfers can reduce HIV incidence through reducing risk behaviours.
Lucie Cluver, PhD, Mark Boyes, PhD, Mark Orkin, PhD, Marija Pantelic, MSc, Thembela Molwena, Lorraine Sherr, PhD   +5 more
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Improving dietary intake during lunch through the provision of a healthy school lunch at Dutch primary schools: design of a pretest-posttest effectiveness study

BMC Public Health, 2020
Background Since there is a shift from eating lunch at home to eating lunch at primary schools in the Netherlands, providing a school lunch may be an important opportunity to improve the diet quality of Dutch children.
Ellen van Kleef, Frédérique C. Rongen, Monique H. Vingerhoeds, S. Coosje Dijkstra, Jaap C. Seidell   +4 more
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Pediatric obesity: prevention is better than care

Italian Journal of Pediatrics, 2020
Pediatric obesity is one of the most relevant health issues of the last century. Obesity-related short and long-term consequences are responsible of a large amount of economic cost.
Roberta Romanelli, Nicola Cecchi, Maria Grazia Carbone, Michele Dinardo, Giuseppina Gaudino, Emanuele Miraglia del Giudice, Giuseppina Rosaria Umano   +6 more
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Evaluation of implementation and effect of primary school based intervention to reduce risk factors for obesity [PDF]

, 2001
OBJECTIVES: To implement a school based health promotion programme aimed at reducing risk factors for obesity and to evaluate the implementation process and its effect on the school.
Cade, J, Rudolf, MC, Cade, J., Barth, JH, Hill, A.J., Sahota, P, Hill, AJ, Barth, J.H., Dixey, R., Sahota, P., Dixey, R, Rudolf, M.C.J.   +11 more
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