scholarly journals Prevalence of Internet Addiction during the COVID-19 Outbreak and Its Risk Factors among Junior High School Students in Taiwan

2020 ◽  
Vol 17 (22) ◽  
pp. 8547 ◽  
Author(s):  
Min-Pei Lin
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Risk Factors ◽  
High School ◽  
High School Students ◽  
Junior High School ◽  
Internet Addiction ◽  
Junior High ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Junior High School Students ◽  
School Students

The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) outbreak has significantly disrupted normal activities globally. During this epidemic, people around the world were expected to encounter several mental health challenges. In particular, Internet addiction may become a serious issue among teens. Consequently, this study aimed to examine the prevalence of Internet addiction and identify the psychosocial risk factors during the COVID-19 outbreak. This study was constructed using a cross-sectional design with 1060 participants recruited from among junior high school students around Taiwan using stratified and cluster sampling methods. Taiwan’s first COVID-19 case was diagnosed on 28 January 2020. New cases exploded rapidly in February, and as a result, participants were surveyed during March 2 through 27 March 2020. The prevalence of Internet addiction was found to be 24.4% during this period. High impulsivity, high virtual social support, older in age, low subjective well-being, low family function, and high alexithymia was all independently predictive in the forward logistic regression analyses. The prevalence rate of Internet addiction was high among junior high school students during the COVID-19 outbreak. Results from this study can be used to help mental health organizations and educational agencies design programs that will help prevent Internet addiction in adolescents during the COVID-19 pandemic.

scholarly journals Profile of iron deficiency anemia among junior high school students

2001 ◽  
Vol 41 (2) ◽  
pp. 111
Author(s):  
Dewi Iriani ◽  
Alan R. Tumbelaka ◽  
Sri Sudaryati Nasar
Keyword(s):  
Risk Factors ◽  
High School ◽  
High School Students ◽  
Iron Deficiency ◽  
Iron Deficiency Anemia ◽  
Junior High School ◽  
Junior High ◽  
Junior High School Students ◽  
Deficiency Anemia ◽  
School Students

Iron deficiency anemia (IDA) is a serious significant public health problem, since it’s negative impact on physicaland psycological development, behavior and work capacity. There are many risk factors influencing the development of IDA.A cross-sectional study has been conducted in 301 Junior High School students at East Jakarta in January-February 2000.A structural questionnaire, physical, cell blood count (CBC) and Serum Iron ( SI ) examinations were performed. We foundsome of the many variables were connected with IDA by using bivariat analysis. Anemia was found in 41 out of 301 students(13,6%) and only 25 children (8.3%) suffered from IDA. Among 179 female students, only 33 children (18.5%) were anemicand 20 out of 33 (12.0%) have IDA. Bivariat analysis revealed a significant association between IDA with sex, parent’seducation, food frequency questionnaire (FFQ) scores, and menstruation. It is concluded that the prevalence of IDA in thisstudy was lower than found in some previous studies in Indonesia. Gender, menstruation, low educated parents, and low FFQscores were risk factors for IDA.

Rural Junior High School Students' Risk Factors For and Perceptions of Teen-age Parenthood

1998 ◽  
Vol 68 (8) ◽  
pp. 334-338 ◽  
Author(s):  
K. Lynne Robinson ◽  
James H. Price ◽  
Cynthia L. Thompson ◽  
Hans D. Schmalzried
Keyword(s):  
Risk Factors ◽  
High School ◽  
High School Students ◽  
Junior High School ◽  
Junior High ◽  
Junior High School Students ◽  
School Students

scholarly journals An examination of sleep health, lifestyle and mental health in junior high school students

2002 ◽  
Vol 56 (3) ◽  
pp. 235-236 ◽  
Author(s):  
HIDEKI TANAKA ◽  
KAZUHIKO TAIRA ◽  
MASASHI ARAKAWA ◽  
ATUSHI MASUDA ◽  
YUKARI YAMAMOTO ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
High School ◽  
High School Students ◽  
Junior High School ◽  
Junior High ◽  
Junior High School Students ◽  
School Students ◽  
Sleep Health ◽  
Health Lifestyle

scholarly journals CAUSES AND EFFECTS OF EXAMINATION MALPRACTICES AMONG JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS IN NEW EDUBIASE

2021 ◽  
Vol 2 (7) ◽  
pp. 492-511
Author(s):  
Justice Agyei Ampofo
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
High School Students ◽  
Junior High School ◽  
Educational System ◽  
Junior High ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Junior High School Students ◽  
Job Seekers ◽  
School Students ◽  
Ashanti Region

The level of students’ involvement in examination malpractice in Junior High Schools in Ghana has become increasingly worrying, problematic and threatening to the well-being of Ghanaian educational system. However, there seems to be paucity of studies on the causes and effects of examination malpractices among Junior High School students in Ghana and Adansi South District (New Edubiase) of the Ashanti Region of Ghana in particular. This research seeks to bridge this knowledge gap by identifying and discussing the causes and effects of examination malpractices among Junior High School students in New Edubiase. Study methods include the use of questionnaire (open and close ended questions). A total of ninety (90) respondents comprising of sixty (60) students and thirty (30) teachers who took part in this study were randomly and purposively selected. The results indicate that collusion, examination leakages, smuggling of answers scripts and late submission of parcels, sending foreign materials into the examination hall, impersonation, dubbing, writing on items (sheets of papers, handkerchief, erasers, and covers of calculator), writing answers on question papers and exchanging them with others to copy, communicating orally or through gestures during examination and using fake names index numbers, buying examination questions for students and offering money to examination authorities to assist their children and mass cheating are the nature of examination malpractices among Junior High School students in New Edubiase. The study revealed that examination malpractices brings total loss of trust in the educational system, reduced enrolmentof students in school, frequent cancellation of results, discourages good students/candidates from studying hard, derives innocent students’ opportunity for admission, decrease job efficiency, bring dissatisfaction on the part of the candidates, renders the goals of education invalid, examination cheats obtain certificates which they cannot defend, examination malpractice has reduced the quality and standard of education in the country, examination malpractice adversely affects national productivity as the certificates workers possess are not backed with commensurate knowledge, skills and values, examination malpractice makes employers of labour lose confidence in the educational system and the credentials that are paraded by job seekers and lastly examination malpractice leads to high educational wastage as those who cheat to pass examinations at a lower level, achieve very poorly at a higher level.Keywords: Causes, Effects, Examination, Malpractices, Junior High School, Students, New Edubiase, Ashanti Region, Ghana.

scholarly journals Self-Rated Health and Lifestyle/Food Habits in Japanese Junior High School Students

2019 ◽  
Vol 11 (7) ◽  
pp. 80
Author(s):  
Tomoko Osera ◽  
Mitsuyo Awai ◽  
Misako Kobayashi ◽  
Setsuko Tsutie ◽  
Nobutaka Kurihara
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
High School Students ◽  
Junior High School ◽  
Junior High ◽  
Eating Habits ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Junior High School Students ◽  
School Students ◽  
Exercise Habits ◽  
Self Rated Health

Adolescence is a crucial period for health status formation. Adolescence is the period during which health-related behaviours, such as nutrition-related behaviours and physical activities, are developed. Self-rated health (SRH) assessment during adolescence is strongly associated with general well-being and psychosomatic symptoms. The current study investigated the relationship between SRH and lifestyle, eating habits and attitudes toward food among junior high school students. A total of 438 students aged 13–15 years and their parents in the Hyogo prefecture of Japan participated in this study. Questionnaires were distributed to the students, who attempted them at home with their parents and returned them via Freepost envelopes. The questionnaires comprised the SRH assessment, lifestyle information, an unidentifiable description of the subject and their guardian’s SRH, and 39 parameters regarding food-related habits and attitudes. The χ2 test or Fisher’s exact test were employed to assess any associations between the independent variables and SRH at a 5% level of significance. The differences between the healthy and unhealthy SRH groups were examined for all significant items using a logistic regression analysis after adjusting for sex and age. Of the participants, 188 (42.9%) returned both completed questionnaires. Among the respondents, 53.2% reported feeling very healthy. SRH assessment did not significantly differ with sex, age or school. Eleven parameters were significantly associated with SRH (P < 0.05 by χ2 test). The guardians’ SRH had no association with the students’ SRH. The excellent SRH group had no headaches [odd’s ratio (OR): 1.68; confidence interval (CI): 1.29–2.18], went to bed early [OR: 1.88; CI: 1.17–3.02], liked home-cooked meals to a greater extent [OR: 2.55; CI: 1.54–4.22], and had good exercise habits [OR: 2.98; CI: 1.27–6.99] compared with the very good to poor SRH group. High SRH was strongly associated with going to bed early, not having headaches, liking home-cooked meals, and having good exercise habits among Japanese junior high school students.

Abstract 2629: The Effectiveness Of A Stroke Educational Activity Performed By A Schoolteacher For Junior High School Students

Stroke ◽  
2012 ◽  
Vol 43 (suppl_1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Fumio Miyashita ◽  
Chiaki Yokota ◽  
Tatsuo Amano ◽  
Yasuteru Inoue ◽  
Yuya Shigehatake ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Risk Factors ◽  
High School ◽  
High School Students ◽  
Junior High School ◽  
Educational System ◽  
Stroke Risk ◽  
Junior High ◽  
Junior High School Students ◽  
School Students ◽  
Stroke Risk Factors

Background and Purpose: School-based programs of stroke enlightenment would be promising means to improve prevention of stroke as well as to spread the knowledge of stroke. Junior high school education is compulsory in Japan. We developed an educational system of stroke for junior high school students and teachers. Our purpose is to verify the effectiveness of this educational system to acquire knowledge of stroke for junior high school educations. Methods: Subjects were 100 students in the 3 rd grade of a public junior high school (40 girls, 14-15 years old). A stroke neurologist gave 45 minutes’ lesson in stroke to 25 students (S group) and 1 schoolteacher of health education by use of our educational system. A stroke neurologist also performed instructions to the schoolteacher how to use our stroke educational system to the students. The system includes stroke signs, symptoms, the FAST massage (Facial droop, Arm weakness, Speech disturbance, Time to call 119) and risk factors. After instructions by the stroke neurologist, the schoolteacher performed the lesson using the same educational system to the other 75 students (T group). Questionnaires on stroke knowledge (total 12 items for stroke signs and 10 items for risk factors) were examined for all students at the baseline and immediately after the lesson. Results: The total scores were not significantly different between the 2 groups either at the baseline or immediately after the lesson. In the S group, the items of correct answers on stroke signs[median 11(IQR 8-11) vs. 6(6-8.5) , P<0.001 ]and stroke risk factors [9(8-9) vs. 7(5-7.5), P<0.001] significantly increased after the lesson than at baseline. In the T group, the items of correct answers on stroke signs [10(8-11) vs. 7(6-9), P<0.001 ]and stroke risk factors [8(7-10) vs. 7(6-8); P<0.001]also significantly increased. On the FAST massage, there is no significant difference between 2 groups (73% vs. 92%; P=0.056). Conclusions: The stroke education program using our educational system would be promising means for junior high school educations.

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