Practices Regarding Human Papillomavirus and Cervical Cancer in A Sample of Paramedical Staff in Al- Najaf Governorate, Iraq by Alaa Mehdi Salih, Atta Ah Mousa Al –Sarray

“…In addition, almost half of the participants came from medical institutions, accounting for 51.6 percent of the total, while just 2.4 percent were graduates of secondary schools. Only 2.4% of the paramedical staff had any kind of education or training on HPV or cervical cancer. …”
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Prevalence and Associated Factors of Adolescent Obesity among Rural School Adolescents in Nepal: A Cross-Sectional Study by Deekshanta Sitaula, Aarati Dhakal, Nimesh Lageju, Amisha Silwal, Samjhana Kshetri Basnet, Niki Shrestha, B. C. Anup Bikram, Niraj Phoju

“…An institution-based cross-sectional study was conducted among the adolescent students studying in classes 8, 9, and 10 in four secondary schools of Gosaikunda rural municipality of Rasuwa district, Nepal. …”
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Teaching methods for critical thinking in health education of children up to high school: A scoping review. by Anna Prokop-Dorner, Aleksandra Piłat-Kobla, Magdalena Ślusarczyk, Maria Świątkiewicz-Mośny, Natalia Ożegalska-Łukasik, Aleksandra Potysz-Rzyman, Marianna Zarychta, Albert Juszczyk, Dominika Kondyjowska, Agnieszka Magiera, Małgorzata Maraj, Dawid Storman, Sylwia Warzecha, Paulina Węglarz, Magdalena Wojtaszek-Główka, Wioletta Żabicka, Małgorzata M Bała

“…As health literacy and critical thinking should be developed at school age, we reviewed teaching methods or educational interventions used in empirical studies focused on the development of critical thinking regarding health and implemented by teachers in preschools, primary schools, or secondary schools. We searched seven databases (Medline, Embase, Web of Science, ERIC, ProqQuest, PsycArticles, and CINAHL) from inception to 20 September 2023 for any type of empirical studies. …”
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Exploring the acceptance of mozzarella cheese in school lunches among school-aged children: a pilot study by Xiaofang Lin, Qin Zhang, Qiong Wu, Wenxuan Huo, Xiaoying Zhang, Xiaoying Zhang, Shanshan Geng, Yizhou Lv, Yuanyuan Li, Yilun Wang, Yilun Wang, Linjing Dong, Xue Leng, Xue Leng, Zhenghao Lin, Ignatius Man-Yau Szeto, Ignatius Man-Yau Szeto, Zhixu Wang

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Subjective Well-Being of High School Students Belonging to Indigenous Peoples of the North as a Basis for Readiness to Choose a Profession by G. V. Kuhterina, E. A. Solov’eva, L. V. Fedina, M. V. Muravyeva

“…The current study enhances the understanding of the influence of relationships between personal characteristics and subjective well-being on the readiness to choose a career by graduates of secondary schools located in the Arctic.Practical significance. …”
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Status of sleeping habits and its influence on growth and metabolism of children in Beijing: a population-based cross-sectional study by Yiren Chen, Lijun Wu, Zijun Liao, Yiying Huang, Qin Liu, Shaoli Li, Junting Liu, Xinnan Zong, Jun Tai, Fangfang Chen

“…Methods This cross-sectional study included 5832 children and adolescents aged 6–18 years from 10 primary and secondary schools in a district in Beijing between 2022 and 2023. …”
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Lithuania's Image in Modem History Schoolbooks of Russia by Nerijus Šepetys

“…The group comprises more than ten books selected by the Russian historians, all of which (except the textbook of Russian history) are used in Russian schools (mainly in secondary schools) up until these days. Not included are all subsequently published textbooks of modern Russian history, written for the 10th grade pupils, with a "blessing" of the president of the Russian Federation. …”
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Teachers' Motivation and Students' Academic Performance in Schools in Kanungu Town Council Kanungu District. by Arineitwe, Benson

“…The study assessed teachers' motivation and students' academic performance in selected secondary schools of Kanungu town council Kanungu district. …”
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Factors Affecting Teachers in Implementing the Thematic Curriculum in Primary Schools in Uganda: A Case Study of Butogota Primary School Kanungu District. by Twinomujuni, Dorothy

“…The study was carried out in all secondary schools in Butogota Primary School, Kanungu District. …”
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Effects of the MyBFF@school program on anthropometry and body composition among overweight and obese adolescent schoolchildren by Nur Zati Iwani Ahmad Kamil, Abdul Halim Mokhtar, Abqariyah Yahya, Fuziah Md. Zain, Rusidah Selamat, Zahari Ishak, Muhammad Yazid Jalaludin

“…Methods This is a cluster randomized controlled trial which involved schoolchildren aged 13, 14 and 16 years old from 15 out of 415 government secondary schools in central Peninsular Malaysia which were randomly assigned into six intervention (N = 579 schoolchildren) and nine control (N = 462 schoolchildren).The intervention group followed MyBFF@school program carried out by trained personnel for 6 month while the control group only followed the existing school curriculum by the Ministry of Education. …”
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Sociodemographic Risk Factors for Mental Health Disorders Among School Children in Umuahia, South-East Nigeria by Ikechukwu F. Ogbonna, Chizoba F. Achor, Joseph Ezeogu

“…Materials and Methods: It was a cross-sectional study of 384 school children aged 2–17 years attending primary or secondary schools in Umuahia, South-East Nigeria, and enrolled through a multistage sampling method. …”
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A staged integrated model informing the promotion of healthy dietary behaviors in adolescents: a prospective study by Qijiao Liu, Huanyu Xu, Zihao Yuan, Lan Yu, Ruizhe Shang, Wanjie Tang, Yuchen Li, Shiying Li, Qiaolan Liu

“…Methods A two-year prospective study was conducted in southwest China, involving a sample of 1990 adolescents (mean age: 15.06 years) from two randomly selected secondary schools. A total of 765 adolescents were exposed to the three-phase interventions while 1225 adolescents participated as the control group. …”
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Effects of the MyBFF@school obesity intervention program with nutrition education intervention on nutrition knowledge and attitude of secondary schoolchildren: a cluster randomized... by Rusidah Selamat, Junidah Raib, Nur Azlina Abdul Aziz, Norlida Zulkafly, Ainan Nasrina Ismail, W Nurul Ashikin W Mohamad, Ainol Aizuddin Zulkiply, Muhammad Yazid Jalaludin, Fuziah Md. Zain, Zahari Ishak, Abqariyah Yahya, Abdul Halim Mokhtar

“…Methods This is a cluster randomized controlled trial which involved schoolchildren aged 13, 14 and 16 years old from 15 out of 415 government secondary schools in central Peninsular Malaysia which were randomly assigned into six intervention (N = 579 schoolchildren) and nine control (N = 462 schoolchildren). …”
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Tea Growing and Social Economic Development of Local Communities in Rubanda: A Case Study of Ikumba Sub-County Rubanda District. by Aharimpisya, Janet

“…It was concluded that the majority of the participants 80 (60%) strongly agreed that tea factories were setting up primary and secondary schools to provide quality education for the children in the area in Ikumba sub-county thus reducing the illiteracy rate and giving jobs to educated people in the area and also with still majority agreeing that local community has got money to pay school fees as indicated with (Mean= 3.41, SD = 0.854). …”
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Primary Schools’ Determinants of Pupils Academic Performance in Primary Leaving Examinations in Bubaare Sub-County Uganda. by Busingye, Annet

“…Education serves as a foundation for enhancing an individual’s ability to adapt to the ever-changing world. Private secondary schools significantly contribute to providing education for Ugandans. …”
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Assessment of adolescent physical development using body mass index and body self-perception by G.M. Cherniakova, O.H. Avdiievska, H.M. Danylenko

“…This study was conducted in Kharkiv secondary schools in November 2021. The total number of participants was 14,853, of which 8,290 were girls and 6,563 were boys, aged 10-17 years. …”
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Re-imagining education in Haiti through a lens of de-coloniality by Rudolph Damas

“…Not to mention that only 50% of children attend primary schools and 20% attend secondary schools (UNICEF Haiti, 2011, as cited in Jean-Marie and Sider, 2014). …”
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Associations between social networks, messaging apps, addictive behaviors, and sleep problems in adolescents: the EHDLA study by María Navalón-González, José Adrián Montenegro-Espinosa, Héctor Gutiérrez-Espinoza, Jorge Olivares-Arancibia, Rodrigo Yañéz-Sepúlveda, Daniel Duclos-Bastías, Daniel Duclos-Bastías, Miriam Garrido-Miguel, Miriam Garrido-Miguel, Miriam Garrido-Miguel, Arthur Eumann Mesas, José Francisco López-Gil, Estela Jiménez-López, Estela Jiménez-López

“…ObjectiveThe current study aims to provide a comprehensive analysis of the relationships between social network (SN) use, messaging apps use, and addictive behaviors related to SNs, and sleep-related problems in a sample of Spanish adolescents.MethodsThis was a cross-sectional study using data from the Eating Healthy and Daily Life Activities (EHDLA) project, which involved adolescents aged 12–17 years from three secondary schools in Valle de Ricote (Region of Murcia, Spain). …”
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Unelongated Stems are an Active Nitrogen-Fixing Site in Rice Stems Supported by Both Sugar and Methane Under Low Nitrogen Conditions by Takanori Okamoto, Yukina Hotta, Rina Shinjo, Yoko Masuda, Arisa Nishihara, Ryosuke Sasaki, Masami Yokota Hirai, Reo Nishiwaki, Sota Miyado, Daisuke Sugiura, Motohiko Kondo

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Evaluating the Efficacy of a Serious Game to Deliver Health Education About Invasive Meningococcal Disease: Clustered Randomized Controlled Equivalence Trial by Lauren Bloomfield, Julie Boston, Martin Masek, Lesley Andrew, Donna Barwood, Amanda Devine

“…MethodsThis clustered, randomized controlled equivalence trial involved students (Years 7-10) from 6 secondary schools across metropolitan Western Australia who completed pre- and postintervention questionnaires with a follow-up at 3 months postintervention to measure the primary outcome of IMD knowledge acquisition following this self-guided intervention. …”
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