Abstract PR-19: Impact of a cancer health education curriculum among Milwaukee public high school students

Author(s):  
Abigail Kerschner ◽  
Kathleen Jensik ◽  
Anne Mathias ◽  
Dakota Berg ◽  
Alexis Visotcky ◽  
...  
2020 ◽  
Vol 136 (1) ◽  
pp. 115-168
Author(s):  
Desmond Ang

Abstract Nearly 1,000 officer-involved killings occur each year in the United States. This article documents the large, racially disparate effects of these events on the educational and psychological well-being of Los Angeles public high school students. Exploiting hyperlocal variation in how close students live to a killing, I find that exposure to police violence leads to persistent decreases in GPA, increased incidence of emotional disturbance, and lower rates of high school completion and college enrollment. These effects are driven entirely by black and Hispanic students in response to police killings of other minorities and are largest for incidents involving unarmed individuals.


Med Phoenix ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-5
Author(s):  
Abubakr Omar Mohamed Abdelsalam ◽  
Ibrahim Ahmed Ghandour

Background: This study was designed to measure the prevalence of chronic gingivitis among 16- year-old public high school students in Khartoum State.Methods: A total of 385 high school students of 16 years of age, from public schools in different geographical locations representing different socioeconomic classes in Khartoum were randomly selected and examined. The variables of the present study had been collected by one examiner using a direct interview questionnaire and all the present teeth were examined at four sites (Mesiobuccal, distobuccal, mesiolingual, distolingual) for the presence of plaque, using the Plaque Index (Loe and Sillness) and Gingival Index (Sillness and Loe).Results: Prevalence of gingivitis was 96.9%, of which 68.6% were of mild form (majority), 27.5% of moderate condition and only 0.8% was of severe grade. The most common form of gingivitis was the generalized form that accounted for 94.5%. The relationship between oral hygiene and degree of gingivitis was assessed after collecting data on study area, gender, socio-economic status, tooth brushing tool used, frequency of brushing per day, direction of tooth-brushing and regularity of dental visits. The adjusted relationship was still significant at the 99% confidence level (p-value 0.000), with a correlation coefficient of 0.704.Conclusions: The study showed significantly higher prevalence of chronic gingivitis among 16-year-old public high school students in Khartoum State. The degree of gingivitis showed statistical significance when correlated with oral hygiene status, socioeconomic status, frequency and horizontal direction of tooth brushing, while it showed insignificance when correlated with gender. Med Phoenix. Vol. 3, Issue. 1, 2018, Page : 1-5 


1974 ◽  
Vol 4 (2) ◽  
pp. 187-195 ◽  
Author(s):  
Steven E. Lerner ◽  
Ronald L. Linder ◽  
Judy C. Drolet

An upward trend of psychoactive drug use within the lower grade levels was observed among 616 high school students. Although different patterns of drug use exist between parochial and public high school sophomores, by their junior year the two groups were similar. Over half of the public high school students claimed they take drugs either “for kicks” or “for curiosity”.


2014 ◽  
Vol 14 (1) ◽  
pp. 65-82 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yuvitza Daniella Aranzales Delgado ◽  
José Jaime Castaño Castrillón ◽  
Reinaldo Augusto Figueroa Salcedo ◽  
Sebastián Jaramillo Ruiz ◽  
Johan nicolás Landazuri Quiñones ◽  
...  

Objetivo: Determinar la frecuencia y formas de presentación de acoso y ciber-acoso en estudiantes de secundaria de instituciones educativas de la ciudad de Manizales, Caldas, Colombia. Materiales y métodos: Estudio de corte transversal realizado en tres instituciones educativas públicas de Manizales. La población de estudiantes fue de 1 769, de los cuales se tomó una muestra de 574. Se tomaron variables demográficas, de acoso escolar empleando el instrumento para medir violencia escolar de la Fundación Paz Ciudadana,  ciber-acoso, funcionalidad familiar, ansiedad, depresión y autoestima según cuestionarios empleados en estudios anteriores. Resultados: 50% de la población de género femenino, con promedio de edad de 14,3 años.  El cuestionario empleado arrojó un 5% en el rango 3-5 de acoso, 2,4% en el rango 3-5 de acosadores, 1,6% en el mismo rango de la escala de ciber-acoso, y 0,9% en la de ciber-acosadores. Si bien es cierto que estas proporciones son bajas, se debe tener en cuenta que en el rango 2-3 de todos los cuestionarios podría haber tanto acoso o acosador  Se encontró que la baja autoestima, los altos niveles de depresión y la disfuncionalidad familiar correlacionan con altos niveles tanto de acoso, como de acosador, y también sus contrapartes virtuales. El género femenino es tan acosado como el masculino pero son más los acosadores de género masculino que de femenino (p=0,000). Conclusiones: En esta población el “bullying” es un fenómeno de ocurrencia no despreciable. Se encontró igualmente que los efectos psicológicos del “bullyng” afectan tanto al acosado como al acosador.Objective: Determine the frequency and the ways of presentation of bullying andcyberbullying in high school students from schools in Manizales, Caldas, Colombia,between January and June of 2013. Materials and methods: A cross-sectional studyrealized in three public schools of Manizales. The population of students was 1769,of which 574 were gotten as a sample. Many variables were taken from previousquestionnaires’ studies: Demographic, bullying using the instrument for bullying ofFundación Paz Ciudadana, cyberbullying, family functioning, anxiety, depression andself-esteem. Results: 50% of the sample was male and the rest was female with anaverage of 14.3 years old. The questionnaire showed a prevalence of 5% within the3-5 range in regards to the bullied, 2,4% in regards to the bully and 1,6% in regardto the cyber-bullies. It was found that low self-esteem, high levels of depression andfamily dysfunction are correlated to the high levels of bulling and cyber-bulling. Malesand females are being bullied equally, but males are more often the bully (p=0,000).Conclusions: In the population bullying is not of low occurrence. It was found as wellthat the psychological effects are present in the bullied as well as the bully.


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