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PubMed2003

[School retardation in a suburban community of Tunisian Sahel].

This study tries to assess the prevalence of the school retardation in a suburban community of the Tunision Sahel, to identify its determinants factors and to propose a preventive strategy. It is a transverse investigation having interested 540 registered pupils at the 6th year in six randomly chosen primary schools of Kalaa Kebira (Sousse-Tunisia). Showed that the prevalence of the school retardation is 29%. It appears therefore that the school retardation is especially a complex problem dominated by the socio-educational factors requiring the orientation of the school health team toward a multi sectorial intervention integrating teachers, social workers and representatives of parents.

Adolescent↗
PubMed2003

Behavioral problems and scholastic adjustment among Bedouin-Arab children from polygamous and monogamous marital family structures: some developmental considerations.

Families in the Bedouin-Arab community in Israel are characterized by monogamous and polygamous marriages. Such diversity in family structure occurs in other parts of the world, yet scant empirical evidence exists to refute or to support the claim that polygamous family structure can be a risk factor for children's school maladjustment and negative developmental outcomes. The purpose of the current study was to test this claim. Participants were 255 3rd-grade children from the Negev Bedouin community in Israel. One hundred fifty-three children came from monogamous families that were characterized by 1 wife (i.e., 1-wife families), and 102 children came from polygamous families consisting of 2 wives (i.e., 2-wife families). Teachers completed the Teacher's Report Form of the Child Behavior Checklist (T. M. Achenback, 1991b). A series of logistic regression analyses, after adjusting for maternal education level, revealed that 2-wife children tended to have higher levels of externalizing problems in general and higher levels of attention problems in particular than did their 1-wife counterparts. Also, 2-wife children had higher rates of school absenteeism and lower levels of overall academic achievement than did 1-wife children. Implications for the Bedouin society are discussed.

Absenteeism↗
PubMed2005

Early school leaving in the lower vocational track: triangulation of qualitative and quantitative data.

This study assessed the reasons for very early school leaving of boys in the lower secondary vocational track. A unique combination of quantitative and qualitative data from different sources provided background data on these boys from a national cohort study on their elementary and high school periods. In-depth interviews in which the boys reflect on their early school leaving were conducted. Four case studies are presented in which the boys' own reflections are interpreted in light of the cohort data. It was found that several factors contribute simultaneously to early school leaving; however, the emphasis lies with learning problems, lack of motivation, and problems arising from choosing the wrong vocational track. Specific personal problems also negatively affect the school career. While the boys do not feel alienated from school, they do not enjoy studying and would rather start work. This approach of combining data appears to be worth reproducing.

Adolescent↗
PubMed2005

[Peer reputation of adolescents: sociometric status differences].

Successful communication with peers, positive classroom acceptance influence psychosocial health of children, while social maladjustment in childhood has emerged as high risk predictor of later delinquency and conduct problems (dropping out of school, criminality, psychopathology). Though these issues have devoted increasing attention in recent years, but still there is a lack of studies analyzing peer relation of adolescents. The primary purposes of the present study were to examine sociometric status, peer reputation and peer relations of adolescents and reveal connections between these results. Data were obtained on 502 adolescents (mean age 13+/-0.03) attending secondary schools of Kaunas city. The findings revealed peer reputation connections with status and sex groups.

Adolescent↗
PubMed2005

[Academic problems and school failure in adolescence].

Success at school increases self-esteem. Any difficulty will have consequential effects on the psychological health of the subject. The conditions now prevailing in the educational institutions (mass schooling without any individual orientation before the end of college) oblige the teenager to submit to teaching methods and to the school system. School can reveal the subject's personal problems (anxiety, phobia or depression), but may equally create pathology by not recognising the heterogeneity of individual development and differences in cognitive functioning. In adolescence, the ego is particularly vulnerable. Anything that may induce its instability can create behavioural problems (instability, aggressiveness, inhibition) or problems of thought (anxiety links, difficulties in abstraction). In order to cope with such a haemorrhage of the ego, the adolescent may have recourse to certain behaviours (e.g. use of drugs leading to dependence). So it is important the know well the links between school failure and behavioural problems or drug consumption because, in one way or another, by their sanction or by lack of motivation, these situations will lead very quickly to school disengagement, which in turn leads to the breakdown of the ego.

Adolescent↗
PubMed2005

School non-enrollment and its relation with health and schistosomiasis knowledge, attitudes and practices in rural Egypt.

Children who are not enrolled in school are deprived of schistosomiasis treatments delivered through school health programmes. We explored perceptions of barriers to school enrolment and health and schistosomiasis knowledge, attitude and practices among 58 enrolled and 41 non-enrolled children and 80 adults in a village in El-Fayoum governate, Egypt. Economic factors, cultural factors and the school system were perceived as barriers. Maternal education had a significant role in enrolment. Non-enrolled children were more anaemic and had more signs of vitamin deficiency. Enrolled children had better schistosomiasis knowledge and attitudes, but not practice; both groups had high Schistosoma mansoni infection rates (51.7% enrolled and 65.8% non-enrolled). Education and health policies should tackle perceived barriers. Introduction

Adolescent↗
PubMed2006

Effects of radiography program admissions practices on student retention.

This study examined the admissions practices of 24-month radiography programs to determine the extent to which the practices affect retention rates. Survey data from 327 programs representing 6,443 radiography program matriculants, 5,191 graduates, and 1,252 withdrawals showed that retention rates were significantly (p < or = 0.05) higher in programs that used a competitive admission process than in those that did not. Also, it was observed that the use of selective grade point average and reference letters in the competitive admission process was significant (p < or = 0.05) in predicting increased retention rates in a radiography program.

Analysis of Variance↗
PubMed1991

Consultation-liaison psychiatric approach for school-refusal students in Hiratsuka City, Kanagawa Japan.

In current school health care programs, it is necessary to check not only the physical condition but also for mental disorders caused by changes of sociocultural, economic or environmental conditions and, in fact, the relative importance of the latter is increasing every year. Taking these changes into consideration, the Kanagawa Prefectural Joint Teacher-Visiting School Doctor Mental Health Committee started various activities aimed at raising the psychiatric ability of school doctors in 1983. In parallel with the activities of the Kanagawa Prefectural committee, the Hiratsuka Medical Society established the Hiratsuka City Joint Teacher-Visiting School Doctor Mental Health Committee in May 1985. In April 1988, as an extention of the activities of the Hiratsuka Committee, a counseling class for non-attending junior high school students was set up. The purpose of this class was, to provide an opportunity for school, families and medical organization to exchange information and to collaborate to provide more effective treatment and education to cope with recent advanced and prolonged cases of school refusal. In addition to Hiratsuka City, Fukuoka is engaged in practical activities under the direction of a joint committee led by the local Medical Society.

Adaptation, Psychological↗
PubMed1991

Vision screening of an adolescent inner city population: a high failure rate and low compliance on follow-up care.

625 inner city high school students were screened. Some 45.8% of this sample were designated as special education students. The referral rate was 52.3% for all students screened. Detailed failure rate by group and category are reported. Special education students had a higher incidence of uncorrected hyperopia and binocular dysfunction. Intervention strategies to improve a poor compliance rate for follow-up care are discussed.

Adolescent↗