scholarly journals Hepatitis B marker seroprevalence and vaccination coverage in adolescents in the City of Itajaí, State of Santa Catarina, Southern Brazil, in 2008

2011 ◽  
Vol 44 (4) ◽  
pp. 416-419 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gabriela Chiochetta Tonial ◽  
Ana Maria Passos ◽  
Andréa do Livramento ◽  
Natália Gazzoni Scaraveli ◽  
Anna Paula de Borba Batschauer ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Hepatitis B ◽  
Secondary School ◽  
Vaccination Coverage ◽  
Secondary School Students ◽  
Age Groups ◽  
Hepatitis B Vaccination ◽  
Prevention Strategies ◽  
School Students ◽  
Santa Catarina ◽  
The City

INTRODUCTION: Hepatitis B infection constitutes an important cause of morbidity and mortality worldwide. In Brazil, however, the current epidemiological situation is not clear. Considering the importance of establishing this prevalence, the aim of this study was to determine the prevalence of HBV markers in voluntary adolescents, junior high (secondary school) students, in the City of Itajaí, State of Santa Catarina, Brazil. METHODS: A seroepidemiological, transverse study was conducted with 353 randomly chosen adolescents from elementary school in 2008. Blood samples were analyzed for HBsAg, anti-HBc and anti-HBs. All analyses were conducted by automated microparticle enzyme immunosorbent assay (Abbott®, AxSYM system, Deerfield, IL, USA), according to the manufacturer's instructions. RESULTS: The prevalence of HBsAg was 0.6% (CI 95% 0.1 - 2.0), that of anti-HBc was 1.1% (CI 95% 0.3 - 2.9) and that of detectable anti-HBs was 83.6% (CI 95% 79.3 - 87.3). Hepatitis B vaccination coverage was 97.5% (CI 95% 95.2 - 98.8). CONCLUSIONS: These results demonstrate the success of the vaccination program against hepatitis B in the region studied and indicate that prevention strategies must be maintained and, if possible, expanded to contribute to the establishment of positive prevalence rates in all age groups.

scholarly journals Analysis on math success of secondary school students playing and not playing chess (Sakarya province sample)

2016 ◽  
Vol 13 (1) ◽  
pp. 1689
Author(s):  
Enes Işıkgöz
Keyword(s):  
Secondary School ◽  
Secondary School Students ◽  
Secondary Level ◽  
School Students ◽  
Significance Level ◽  
Screening Model ◽  
Math Success ◽  
Math Scores ◽  
Significant Difference ◽  
The City

The aim of this research is to analyze the contribution of the secondary level chess in the success of math lesson by comparing end-year math scores of the secondary school students playing and not playing chess. The research is a relational screening model and the research data are composed of end-year math scores in promotion sheets of the students. Thereby, the research group is composed of totally 274 students - 200 males and 74 females - studying at 5th, 6th, 7th and 8th grades in 5 secondary schools selected from the central districts of the city of Sakarya at the end of 2014-2015 school years. SPSS 22.0 statistical software package was used and the significance level was taken as p< 0.05. The obtained data was handled within the scope of descriptive and inferential statistics, and t-test and one-way analysis of variance (ANOVA) were used. A significant difference was found out between the end-year math scores of the students playing and not playing chess in favor of the playing ones. No significant difference was found between the end-year math scores of the students playing chess in relation to their genders and grades.

scholarly journals Prevalence of scabies among secondary school students in Anambra State, Nigeria

2021 ◽  
Vol 8 (1) ◽  
pp. 001-007
Author(s):  
Nweze Kenneth Emeka
Keyword(s):  
Secondary School ◽  
Secondary School Students ◽  
Neglected Tropical Diseases ◽  
Age Groups ◽  
Test Method ◽  
Rural Students ◽  
Control Measures ◽  
School Students ◽  
Anambra State ◽  
Scabies Infestation

Scabies has been listed as one of the Neglected Tropical Diseases. Therefore, this study aimed at estimating the prevalence of Scabies among Secondary School Students in Anambra State, Nigeria. A survey of Scabies infection was conducted in fifty (50) randomly selected secondary schools in the three geographical zones of Anambra State, Nigeria. A well-structured questionnaire was employed to elucidate information on age, sex and also on knowledge, attitude and perception (KAP). Focus group discussions, direct clinical observations and microscopic examinations using the skin scraping test method for the confirmation of scabies infestation were also employed. Data analysis was done using a statistical package for social sciences (SPSS) version 23 and Microsoft Excel version 16. Out of the five thousand (5000) students examined 500 (10.0%) were identified as positive from the research works, the sex-specific prevalent rate showed that 209 out of the 3000 females (6.97%) were positive while 291 out of the 2000 males (14.55%) were positive. The age-specific prevalence showed that age groups 10 to 12 years had the highest prevalence rate (29.0%) and 9.6% in both the male and female students respectively. The infectivity rate among urban and rural schools showed that rural students were more prone to scabies infections (14.12%) than their urban counterparts (5.88%) and the difference was statistically significant. The result of this study helped identify some students with Scabies infection in Anambra state Nigeria for appropriate treatment, prevention and control measures to curb the menace of Scabies infestation.

Age-Related Increase in Sexual Behaviours and Decrease in Regular Condom Use among Adolescents in Australia

1994 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
pp. 41-47 ◽  
Author(s):  
M P Dunne ◽  
M Donald ◽  
J Lucke ◽  
R Nilsson ◽  
R Ballard ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Secondary School ◽  
Condom Use ◽  
Secondary School Students ◽  
Age Groups ◽  
Female Students ◽  
School Students ◽  
Sexual Behaviours ◽  
Age Related ◽  
Older Adolescents ◽  
Related Increase

The prevalence of sexual behaviours was estimated from a survey of 3854 Australian secondary school students. Self-reported prevalence of intercourse increased from 9.9% (age 13 years or less) to 23.9% (age 15) and 51.2% at age 17 and over. Among 932 sexually experienced youth in the final 3 years of secondary school, 26% of males and 18% of females reported having 3 or more partners in the previous year; 89.4% had used a condom at least once, with males (71.8%) reporting more last occasion condom use than females (53.4%). ‘Last occasion’ and ‘usual’, but not lifetime, condom use was significantly lower among older respondents. Although nearly 90% of females in each of 3 age groups reported lifetime condom use, just 27.6% of female students aged 17 or more reported that condoms were always used during intercourse. The decline with age, noted in research with adults and older adolescents, may begin in the middle teens.

Stress-Responsivity in Secondary School Students: Implications for Educational Psychologists

1990 ◽  
Vol 7 (1) ◽  
pp. 15-18
Author(s):  
Christopher F Sharpley ◽  
Andrew Mavroudis ◽  
Anne-Maree James
Keyword(s):  
Heart Rate ◽  
Secondary School ◽  
Physical Fitness ◽  
Stress Management ◽  
Secondary School Students ◽  
Age Groups ◽  
Stressful Event ◽  
Resting Heart Rate ◽  
School Students ◽  
Stress Responsivity

ABSTRACTThe range and incidence of responsivity to the onset of a stressful event was investigated with two different age groups of teenagers. There was a wide degree of responsivity to the stressor used and this responsivity was not found to be related to performance on the stressful event, sex of respondent, or physical fitness as measured by resting heart rate. Implications for effective stress-management of secondary school students' hyperresponsivity to similar stressors are discussed, with several suggestions given for implementation of these procedures.

scholarly journals EFFECTIVENESS OF DISTANCE LEARNING DURING COVID-19 PANDEMIC FROM EDUCATIONAL PROCESS PARTICIPANTS’ VIEWPOINT

2021 ◽  
Vol 86 (6) ◽  
pp. 357-372
Author(s):  
Nataliia I. Polikhun ◽  
Oksana M. Vilchynska ◽  
Іryna A. Slipukhina ◽  
Kateryna H. Postova
Keyword(s):  
Distance Learning ◽  
Secondary School ◽  
Educational System ◽  
Secondary School Students ◽  
Educational Institution ◽  
Age Groups ◽  
Educational Process ◽  
Individual Choice ◽  
School Students ◽  
Learning Platform

The educational system of Ukraine, like those of most countries in the world, was not ready for the long-term changes caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. The survey of participants of the educational process revealed that 25% of secondary school students did not start the educational process at all for various reasons, which indicates the need to rethink and restructure the educational process based on new organizational and methodological approaches. The article presents the results of a study of the data of the survey “Challenges of distance learning” conducted by the Institute of Gifted Child of the National Academy of Pedagogical Sciences of Ukraine from 25.05.2020 to 10.08.2020 on determining the opinion of participants of the educational process in conditions of the COVID-19 pandemic. The purpose of the study was to determine the features of distance learning and identify the disadvantages and advantages of distance education for individual participants (parents, students, educators). The research used statistical methods: summarizing and grouping data and visualization methods for their presentation, the method of testing hypotheses using the chi-square criterion, as well as analysis of variance. Respondents evaluated the effectiveness of forms and means of distance learning for different age groups of secondary school students, in particular, the importance for the educational institution of a unified learning platform, resources, partnership, individual choice of forms and methods of distance learning by the teacher, reasonable workload, weekly planning. Educators evaluate the existing measures to improve the effectiveness of distance learning higher than students and parents. In general, parents' assessment of the effectiveness of remote forms and means is the lowest. The study identified gender characteristics of views on the quality of distance learning. In addition, the survey participants, based on their experience, outlined a vision for the future of the educational system.

scholarly journals Surveying children and adult vaccination program against diphtheria, tetanus, measles and viral hepatitis B in the Russian Federation

2020 ◽  
Vol 9 (5-6) ◽  
pp. 779-786
Author(s):  
N. P. Galina ◽  
A. Ya. Mindlina ◽  
R. V. Polibin
Keyword(s):  
Hepatitis B ◽  
Russian Federation ◽  
Vaccination Coverage ◽  
Adult Population ◽  
Age Groups ◽  
Immunization Coverage ◽  
Automated System ◽  
Hepatitis B Vaccination ◽  
The Russian Federation

Over the last years, incidence of vaccine-preventable infections tended to increase both in Russia and multiple European countries due to diverse reasons, including loss of alertness in medical workers to ensure proper quality of immunization. Currently, vaccination is considered to be the most efficient means for preventing infectious diseases. However, vaccination efficacy is directly related to population coverage and proper timeframe for its application.Materials and methods. Diphtheria, tetanus, measles and hepatitis B vaccination coverage and timeframe were analyzed for population of Russia, Moscow as well as the three pediatric and adult out-patient hospitals.Results. It was found that compared to adults, pediatric subjects were vaccinated better. However, in case of 95% or higher coverage against all infections, shortcomings in vaccination timeframe were uncovered. In 2017, despite pediatric subjects should be vaccinated against diphtheria and tetanus at the age of 3-to-6 months, coverage was as low as 46.9% in Russia, 48.7% in Moscow that ranged in some polyclinics from 21.8% in 2012 down to 1.7% in 2017. Moreover, this situation was even more unfavorable in case of revaccination program. In particular, it was found that at the age of 18 months only 50, 54, and 49–55% underwent revaccination in the Russia, Moscow 54%, and some out-patient hospitals, whereas at the age of 7–14 years in Russia there were revaccinated up to 97% population. Likewise, at the age of 6 months there were covered with vaccination against hepatitis B as few as 49% population in Russia and Moscow, whereas more than 90% coverage was achieved only at the age of 1 year. Immunization coverage reaching more than 85% of adult population against hepatitis B is superior to diphtheria and tetanus. Immunization coverage against measles in Russia at all age groups was over 90% population. Thus, it is necessary to optimize activities on adhering to vaccination timeframe, as decline in quality of vaccination inevitably leads to elevated incidence rate of vaccine-preventable infections. This and vaccination coverage might be adjusted by introducing a Preventive Vaccination Surveillance and Reporting Automated System in the Russian Federation.

scholarly journals An Investigation of Middle Secondary School Bhutanese Students’ Assertiveness

2021 ◽  
Vol 2 (2) ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Secondary School ◽  
Secondary Schools ◽  
Secondary School Students ◽  
Age Groups ◽  
Female Students ◽  
Male Students ◽  
School Students ◽  
Mind Training ◽  
Two Age Groups

The purpose of this study was to investigate and determine middle secondary school students’ assertiveness. A total of 88 IT students in one of the middle secondary schools in central Bhutan was surveyed. Students were classified based on two age groups of below 15 years and 15 to 18 years of age. Questionnaire was used to assess whether the attitudes of the students were passive, aggressive or assertive. The questionnaire was developed based on the book "Assertiveness" by Chalvin, (1981) and the interpretations from Pro mind training (2012). The questions corresponded to the three attitudes i.e. passive, aggressive and assertive attitude. 53.4 %, 35.2% and 11.4% of the total students were found passive, assertive and aggressive respectively. The results indicated female students to be more assertive than the male students from the age groups.

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