News tagged with school health
Most High School Students Are Sleep Deprived
Only about 8 percent of high school students get enough sleep on an average school night, a large new study finds. The others are living with borderline-to-serious sleep deficits that could lead to daytime drowsiness, depression, ...
Jan 05, 2010 |
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'Top dogs' at school have better health in adulthood
Children who are the most popular and powerful at school also enjoy better health in adult life compared to counterparts at the bottom end of the pecking order, said a Swedish study published Tuesday.
Sep 28, 2009 |
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Key to school improvement: Reading, writing, arithmetic ... and character?
A study of 20 elementary schools in Hawaii has found that a focused program to build social, emotional and character skills resulted in significantly improved overall quality of education, as evaluated by teachers, parents ...
Other Sciences / Social Sciences
Dec 30, 2011 |
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If you build it, will they walk to school?
An individual's decision to walk to school is actually quite complex. It is influenced-perhaps-by distance and an attractive walkable environment, but also by intertwined social, psychological and environmental perceptions ...
Aug 16, 2010 |
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Tragedy in Tucson: Could it have been stopped?
It's easy to point to signs of mental illness in the accused Arizona gunman. What's harder to pin down is whether health, legal or education systems should have prevented his bloody rampage.
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Jan 11, 2011 |
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The Scientific State of the Union
The guest list for Wednesday night's State of the Union address included two young but elite members of the scientific community. High school students Li Boynton and Gabriela Farfan spent the school night ...
Jan 29, 2010 |
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Teens who smoke, drink and use drugs more likely to get pregnant
(PhysOrg.com) -- High school students who smoke, drink, use drugs, carry a weapon to school, get involved in fights or engage in other risky behaviors also are more likely to become pregnant or to impregnate ...
Feb 04, 2011 |
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New study findings reveal US high school science standards in genetics are 'inadequate'
A new study by the American Society of Human Genetics (ASHG), the country's leading genetics scientific society, found that more than 85 percent of states have genetics standards that are inadequate for preparing America's ...
Other Sciences / Social Sciences
Sep 01, 2011 |
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Ethnic pride key to black teen mental health
Ethnic pride may be as important as self-esteem to the mental health of young African-American adolescents, according to a new study in the Nov/Dec issue of the journal Child Development.
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Dec 01, 2009 |
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Wiki health site aims to provide sound medical information
With four children under the age of 5, James Currier had lots of questions about sniffles, rashes and fevers. One late night, while holding a sick child in his lap, he tried searching for answers online.
Mar 01, 2009 |
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Survey of young adults finds wide majority support health reform
An overwhelming majority -- 88 percent -- of young adults across the political spectrum think it is important for Congress and the President to pass health reform legislation that would assure affordable health insurance ...
Dec 18, 2009 |
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New studies highlight needs of boys in K-12, higher education
Boys face high rates of a variety of mental health issues, in addition to lagging behind girls in academic performance and college attendance, according to two new papers by University of Alaska Fairbanks researcher Judith ...
Other Sciences / Social Sciences
Jan 26, 2010 |
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Physically fit kids do better in school
A new study in the Journal of School Health found that physically fit kids scored better on standardized math and English tests than their less fit peers.
Jan 28, 2009 |
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Runaway girls reap strong benefits from nurse interventions
A nurse intervention program that helps sexually exploited runaway girls re-connect to family, school and health care reduces trauma and restores healthy behaviors, according to a new study led by University of British Columbia ...
Aug 26, 2009 |
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Witnesses to bullying may face more mental health risks than bullies and victims
Students who watch as their peers endure the verbal or physical abuses of another student could become as psychologically distressed, if not more so, by the events than the victims themselves, new research suggests.
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Dec 14, 2009 |
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