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Recent Developments in School-Based Health Services in Turkey [PDF]

Journal of Pediatric Research, 2018
Seventeen million students aged between five and nineteen years and one million teachers and staff attending over 55.000 schools account for more than twenty percent of the Turkish population. They can present with a broad range of medical disorders.
Serpil Uğur Baysal, Tolga İnce
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Are more physical education classes related to less time in leisure-time sedentary behavior? An analysis including adolescents from 73 countries

BMC Public Health, 2023
This study aimed to verify the association between the weekly frequency of physical education (PE) classes and leisure sitting time among adolescents.
Danilo R. Silva, Raphael H. O. Araujo, André O. Werneck, Giada Ballarin, Federica Andricciola, Leandro dos Santos, Javier Brazo-Sayavera   +6 more
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Linking families with pre-school children from healthcare services to community resources: a systematic review protocol [PDF]

, 2017
Background: Poor health and health inequalities persist despite increasing investment in health improvement programmes across high-income countries. Evidence suggests that to reduce health inequalities, a range of activities targeted at different ...
Burns, Jacky, Conway, David I., Gnich, Wendy, Macpherson, Lorna M.D.   +3 more
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Associations between study questionnaire-assessed need and school doctor-evaluated benefit of routine health checks: an observational study

BMC Pediatrics, 2021
Background In Finland, school doctors examine all children at predetermined ages in addition to annual health checks by school nurses. This study explored the association of study questionnaire-assessed need for and school doctor-evaluated benefit of ...
Kirsi Nikander, Elina Hermanson, Tero Vahlberg, Minna Kaila, Tuire Sannisto, Silja Kosola   +5 more
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Influence of schoolchildren participating in an oral health education program on their family’s practices

Semina: Ciências Biológicas e da Saúde, 2021
This study aimed to verify the influence of schoolchildren participating in an oral health education program on their family’s practices, through the perception of their parents and / or legal guardians.
Gabriela Nascimento Salles, Marina Berti, Daniela Pereira Lima, Mariângela Monteiro de Melo Baltazar, Brenda Rex Machado, Helena Pfeffer, André Luiz Marçal Terreri   +6 more
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Using Data to Promote Collaboration in Local School Readiness Systems [PDF]

, 2010
Presents findings from the National Neighborhood Indicators Partnership's community-level data analysis on services that improve physical and mental health, family stability, and neighborhood environments to foster collaboration for school ...
G. Thomas Kingsley, Leah Hendey
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Skoolverpleging - 'n Voorligtingsuitdaging

Curationis, 1985
School health services cover three main areas which are health education, maintaining a healthy environment and services to school children. At present health education in schools is far from ideal. It should be planned according to the specific needs of
A.E.A. Moir
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Evolution of Public Health Human Papillomavirus Immunization Programs in Canada

Current Oncology, 2021
Background: Since 2007, all Canadian provinces and territories have had a publicly funded program for vaccination against human papillomavirus (HPV) infection.
Alexandra Goyette, Glorian P. Yen, Voica Racovitan, Parambir Bhangu, Smita Kothari, Eduardo L. Franco   +5 more
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Evaluating service supply in conditional cash transfers [PDF]

, 2015
textConditional cash transfers are poverty reduction mechanisms that seek to increase demand of social services by combining an income effect with a health or education requirement. This demand-side strategy relies on a tacit assumption about the quality
Sabat Pereyra, Nadia Melina
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Mapping Occupational Therapy Practice with Postsecondary Students: A Scoping Review

Open Journal of Occupational Therapy, 2020
Background: Legislation supports a role for occupational therapy in postsecondary settings, but this area is not a common practice area and the practice area is not well understood.
Karen M. Keptner, Karen McCarthy
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