Nutrition Status Survey of the Sixth Grade School Population of Cuba

1958 ◽  
Vol 64 (3) ◽  
pp. 355-398 ◽  
Author(s):  
Norman Jolliffe ◽  
Robert S. Goodhart ◽  
Morton Archer ◽  
Hady Lopez ◽  
Flavio Galban Diaz
1963 ◽  
Vol 10 (1) ◽  
pp. 22-27
Author(s):  
Ramon Ross

For most children the development of competencies in a quantitative world proceeds at an orderly pace. For a few, howover, growth does not occur in a normal fashion. Various studies have revealed that roughly 15 percent of sixth-grade pupils, for example, are one or more yeats below grade level in arithmetic as measured by standardized tests [4].* While the mentally deficient would account for a portion of this percent, there still remains a sizable portion of the school population who experience difficulty in one or more of the basic processes. These children require remediation, but prerequisite to that remediation is adequate diagnosis.


1929 ◽  
Vol 22 (1) ◽  
pp. 38-48
Author(s):  
L. E. Mensenkamp

Certain tendencies which have long been operating in our schools have by their cumulative effect brought about a change in the ninth grade school population which has made classification into ability groups and other devices for adjusting instruction to the varying needs of the individual pupil more important than ever before.


2021 ◽  
Vol 21 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Lin Que ◽  
Mao Jia ◽  
Zhen You ◽  
Li-cheng Jiang ◽  
Chun-guang Yang ◽  
...  

Abstract Background Dental caries is one of the most preventable oral diseases among children in developing countries. This study aims to estimate the prevalence and severity of dental caries in the first permanent molar and analyze the related risk factors among sixth-grade students in São Tomé Island. Methods A cross-sectional study with a stratified cluster sampling method was conducted on 1855 sixth-grade school children, mainly aged 11 to 14 years old, from 10 schools in 6 regions of São Tomé Island, from April 17 to June 27, 2021. Dental caries examination was performed by using the CAST criteria (DMFT) index, and the self-administered questionnaires about family background, oral hygiene, and relevant behaviors were collected. Multivariable logistic regression was used to study risk factors related to dental caries of the first permanent molar, and all data analyses were done using SPSS version 25. Results The prevalence of dental caries in the first permanent molar was 68.79%, without significant difference between gender, age, residence, and whether only child or not. The mean Decayed, Missing, and Filled Teeth (DMFT) index and mean Decayed, Missing, and Filled Surface (DMFS) index were 1.751 ± 1.514 and 3.542 ± 3.941, respectively. The rate of filling teeth was 5.50%, and Pit and Fissure Sealant (PFS) rate was 2.21%. The overall prevalence and DMFT index of dental caries of permanent teeth was 76.01% and 2.753 ± 4.569, respectively. The results of logistic regression analysis indicated that the frequency of candy/chocolate consumption (OR = 1.095) and fair self-assessment of dental health (OR = 1.354) were significantly associated with dental caries (P < 0.05). Conclusions The high prevalence of dental caries in the first permanent molar was a public health issue among sixth-grade school children in São Tomé Island. The prevalence of dental caries, mean DMFT and DMFS scores were higher, while the rate of filling and PFS teeth were lower than the average score of other African countries. Thus, oral health education, implement oral health preaching to school children and their parents is crucial to prevent dental caries.


2021 ◽  
pp. 1-7
Author(s):  
Yiyao Zhou ◽  
Jieyu Chen ◽  
Xiaoyan Gong ◽  
Zhongying Lu ◽  
Haimei Hua ◽  
...  

1978 ◽  
Vol 7 (1) ◽  
pp. 41-47 ◽  
Author(s):  
E W BRINK ◽  
W D A PERERA ◽  
S P BROSKE ◽  
N R HUFF ◽  
N W STAEHLING ◽  
...  

1975 ◽  
Vol 41 (2) ◽  
pp. 419-422
Author(s):  
Barbara Bledsoe Keller

The brief (19-item) Conceptual Style Test was individually administered to 85 first, third, and sixth grade school children. Analytic and relational responses were tabulated. An analytic response is one in which visual stimuli are grouped on the basis of similarity of stimulus elements. A relational response is one in which the grouping of the stimuli is based on a functional relationship between the stimuli. The number of analytic responses produced increased with age. This is consistent with previous findings in which the 30-item Conceptual Style Test was used. Although no sex differences were found in conceptual style, the developmental trend for boys appeared to differ from that of the girls. One advantage of the 30-item test is that it appears to elicit a higher percentage of scorable analytic and relational responses in first graders than does the brief form.


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