Low Vision Clinical Services in a Rural Area: An Outreach Model for School-Age Children

1983 ◽  
Vol 77 (4) ◽  
pp. 145-149 ◽  
Author(s):  
Cindy Lubke ◽  
Anne L. Corn
Keyword(s):  
Rural Area ◽  
Low Vision ◽  
School Age Children ◽  
School Age ◽  
Clinical Services ◽  
Service Center ◽  
Populated Area ◽  
Education Service Center ◽  
Education Service ◽  
Related Service

Clinical low vision services are a vital related service for students with low vision. A rationale and a model are offered for the delivery of services through a regional Education Service Center in a sparsely populated area of Texas. Optical aids and vision stimulation programs were provided for students who could benefit from them.

Weight Status Is Associated with Blood Pressure, Vital Capacity, Dental Decay, and Visual Acuity among School-Age Children in Chengdu, China

2016 ◽  
Vol 69 (3-4) ◽  
pp. 237-245 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rong Peng ◽  
Shiyun Li ◽  
Hongbin Zhang ◽  
Honglian Zeng ◽  
Biyu Jiang ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Blood Pressure ◽  
Visual Acuity ◽  
Weight Status ◽  
Vital Capacity ◽  
Low Vision ◽  
Normal Weight ◽  
School Age Children ◽  
School Age ◽  
Obese Children ◽  
Dental Decay

Aims: To examine the association of weight status with the prevalence of blood pressure (BP), vital capacity, dental decay, and visual acuity among school-age children in Chengdu, China and to find the potential role of weight status to predict the common and frequently occurring diseases among school-age children. Methods: A cross-sectional study was conducted among 12,297 children aged 6-18 years from 10 schools in the Jinniu District of Chengdu, China. Body height, weight, waist circumference (WC), and BP were measured. Vital capacity, dental decay, and visual acuity were detected. Results: The overall prevalence of underweight, overweight, obesity, abdominal obesity, high BP, bad vital capacity weight index, dental decay, and low vision were 7.18, 13.47, 7.57, 18.90, 2.78, 21.93, 38.81, and 45.79%, respectively. After controlling for age, gender, and WC, it was found that overweight and obese children had a higher risk of developing high BP than normal weight children ([OR 4.20, p < 0.001] and [OR 8.76, p < 0.001], respectively), And adjusting for age, gender, and chest circumference, the risk of having bad vital capacity weight index among children with overweight and obesity was higher ([OR 2.15, p < 0.001] and [OR 5.40, p < 0.001], respectively), and the risk with underweight was lower (OR 0.35, p < 0.001). After eliminating the influential factors of gender and age, children who were underweight were 1.16 times (OR 1.16, p = 0.048) more likely to have caries than children with normal weight, but obese children were found to have a lower prevalence for dental cavities than children with normal weight (OR 0.79, p = 0.002). Underweight and obese children had a higher prevalence of low vision; the OR of the appearance of low vision was 1.21 (p = 0.016) for underweight children and 1.23 (p = 0.009) for obese children after adjusting the age and gender. Conclusions: Abnormal weight status among Chengdu urban school-age children was found to be a severe health problem, and it was strongly associated with BP, vital capacity, dental decay, and visual acuity.

scholarly journals Malaria Parasite Species Composition of Plasmodium Infections Among Asymptomatic and Symptomatic School-Age Children in Rural and Urban Areas of Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sabin S. Nundu ◽  
Richard Culleton ◽  
Shirley V. Simpson ◽  
Hiroaki Arima ◽  
Jean-Jacques Muyembe ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Urban Area ◽  
Rural Area ◽  
Malaria Parasite ◽  
Parasite Species ◽  
Democratic Republic ◽  
Democratic Republic Of Congo ◽  
School Age Children ◽  
Asymptomatic Malaria ◽  
School Age ◽  
Republic Of Congo

Abstract Background. Malaria remains a major public health concern in Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), and school-age children are relatively neglected in malaria prevalence surveys and may constitute a significant reservoir of transmission. This study aimed to understand the burden of malaria infections in school-age children in Kinshasa/DRC.Methods. 634 (427 asymptomatic and 207 symptomatic) blood samples were collected from a cross-sectional survey of school-age children aged 6 to 14 years both without and with malaria symptoms. Nested-PCR was performed for malaria parasite species typing. Results. The overall prevalence of Plasmodium spp., Plasmodium falciparum, Plasmodium malariae and Plasmodium ovale was 62.3, 58.1, 19.9 and 10.8% among asymptomatic whereas it was 94.4, 93.2, 12.6 and 15.9% in symptomatic children, respectively. All Plasmodium species infections were significantly more prevalent in the rural area compared to the urban area in asymptomatic infections (p<0.001). Living in a rural as opposed to an urban area was associated with a five-fold greater risk of asymptomatic malaria parasite carriage (p<0.001). Amongst asymptomatic malaria parasite carriers, 43% of children in the rural area were co-infected with two or more species with P. falciparum + P. malariae the most common (24%) whereas in the urban setting, fewer children carried co-infections (16%) with P. falciparum + P. malariae again the most common (9%). A fifth of rural-dwelling symptomatic children were co-infected with two or more species with P. falciparum + P. ovale the most common (14%), while a quarter of symptomatic children in the urban area carried multiple species, with co-infections of P. falciparum + P. malariae the most common (11%). Conclusion. School-age children are at significant risk from both asymptomatic and symptomatic malaria parasite infections. Continuous systematic screening and treatment of school-age children in high-transmission settings across the country may reinforce malaria intervention measures.

What's Going On

1982 ◽  
Vol 30 (3) ◽  
pp. 39
Keyword(s):  
Problem Solving ◽  
San Antonio ◽  
Service Center ◽  
Education Service Center ◽  
Title Iv ◽  
Education Service ◽  
Teacher Inservice ◽  
The Subject ◽  
Teachers Attitudes ◽  
Inservice Program

Teachers' attitudes toward and competencies in mathematics. The Education Service Center in San Antonio, Texas has developed a teacher inservice program to reduce teacher anxiety in teaching mathematics in grades K-8. The purpose of the program is to change teacher attitudes toward the teaching of the subject by showing that mathematics deals with practical, problem-solving situations. Materials that emphasize the process of problem solving are used. The funding for training staff to conduct the inservice activities and to develop materials was provided by a Title IV-C grant. For more information contact Dwain Estes, Executive Director, Education Service Center, Region 20, 1314 Hines Avenue, San Antonio, TX 78208.

Reduced risk of atopy among school-age children infected with geohelminth parasites in a rural area of the tropics

2003 ◽  
Vol 111 (5) ◽  
pp. 995-1000 ◽  
Author(s):  
Philip J. Cooper ◽  
Martha E. Chico ◽  
Laura C. Rodrigues ◽  
Marisol Ordonez ◽  
David Strachan ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Rural Area ◽  
School Age Children ◽  
School Age ◽  
The Tropics ◽  
Reduced Risk
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