scholarly journals Doctors in secondary schools program: the first year of program implementation in a rural Victorian school

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Carol Reid ◽  
Kaye Ervin ◽  
Leanne Kelly
Keyword(s):  
Secondary Schools ◽  
Program Implementation ◽  
First Year

Eat Smart! Ontario's Healthy Restaurant Program: A Survey of Participating Restaurant Operators

2003 ◽  
Vol 64 (4) ◽  
pp. 202-207 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lesley A. Macaskill ◽  
John J.M. Dwyer ◽  
Connie L. Uetrecht ◽  
Carol Dombrow
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Program Implementation ◽  
Design Method ◽  
Mail Survey ◽  
Health Promotion Program ◽  
First Year ◽  
Communication Education ◽  
Family Style ◽  
Quick Service ◽  
Almost All

Eat Smart! Ontario's Healthy Restaurant Program is a standard provincial health promotion program. Public health units grant an award of excellence to restaurants that meet designated standards in nutrition, food safety, and non-smoking seating. The purpose of this study was to assess whether program objectives for participating restaurant operators were achieved during the first year of program implementation, and to obtain operators’ recommendations for improving the program. Dillman's tailored design method was used to design a mail survey and implement it among participating operators (n = 434). The design method, which consisted of four mail-outs, yielded a 74% response rate. Fifty percent of respondents operated family-style or quick-service restaurants, and 82% of respondents learned about the program from public health inspectors. Almost all respondents (98%) participated in the program mainly to have their establishments known as clean and healthy restaurants, 65% received and used either point-of-purchase table stands or postcards to promote the program, and 98% planned to continue participating. The respondents’ suggestions for improving the program were related to the award ceremony and program materials, media promotion, communication, education, and program standards. Program staff can use the findings to enhance the program.

Advanced Placement Computer Science

1984 ◽  
Vol 77 (5) ◽  
pp. 372-379
Author(s):  
James S. Braswell
Keyword(s):  
Secondary School ◽  
Secondary Schools ◽  
Computer Science ◽  
Advanced Placement ◽  
Secondary School Teachers ◽  
First Year ◽  
School Teachers ◽  
College Board ◽  
Science College ◽  
Teacher's Guide

The College Board's Advanced Placement (AP) offering in computer science is in its first year of operation. In the spring of 1983 the board (1984) published a course description to serve as a guide to those secondary schools that wish to offer AP Computer Science. This course description is also the basis of the first AP examination in computer science that is being administered in May 1984. A teacher's guide for AP Computer Science (College Board 1983) has also been prepared to assist secondary school teachers in planning and teaching the course.

Music in the National Curriculum: The First Year

1994 ◽  
Vol 11 (3) ◽  
pp. 191-196 ◽  
Author(s):  
Janet Mills
Keyword(s):  
Secondary Schools ◽  
Primary Schools ◽  
National Curriculum ◽  
Good Practice ◽  
First Year ◽  
Music Teaching ◽  
Music Lessons ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
Academic Year

During the academic year 1992–93 HM Inspectors of Schools (HMI) inspected 1208 class music lessons in maintained schools in England. These included almost 400 lessons attended by pupils in their first, third or seventh year of statutory schooling, that is pupils to whom the National Curriculum applies. HMI found a wide range in the quality of the practice in both primary and secondary schools. However, the proportion of lessons which HMI judged to be satisfactory or better in at least one of three important dimensions was substantially higher in primary schools. Primary class teachers often under-rated the quality of their music teaching. Some principles for developing good practice were identified.

scholarly journals Reproductive Health Choices Among Adolescents in Secondary Schools: A Case Study of Selected Schools in Limpopo, South Africa

2018 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
pp. 319-329
Author(s):  
Netshikweta ML ◽  
Olaniyi FC ◽  
Tshitangano TG
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
Reproductive Health ◽  
Parental Involvement ◽  
Secondary Schools ◽  
Sexual Debut ◽  
Survey Design ◽  
Limpopo Province ◽  
First Year ◽  
Health Choices ◽  
First Time

Objectives:This study was conducted to determine the knowledge, opinions and practices of female adolescents in selected secondary schools in Limpopo Province of South Africa about reproductive health issues and assess the level of parental involvement in their choices.Materials and methods:A quantitative, exploratory, survey design was adopted. A total of 512 learners from grades 8 (first year of secondary school) and 12 (final year) were conveniently sampled from 24 randomly selected secondary schools in Limpopo Province. Data was collected with a structured, self-administered questionnaire and analysis was done using the Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS) version 20.0.Results:Sixteen (3.9%) of the learners attained menarche at or before the early age of 8 years and 102 (29.3%) experienced sexual debut before age 14 years. More than half of grade 12 (n =84, 52.5%) and 49 (14%) of grade 8 learners were sexually active and 80% (n = 444, 86.7%) of them were unaware of contraceptives when engaging in sexual intercourse for the first time. Only 116 (22.7%) of the respondents admitted to having knowledge about contraceptives before engaging in sex for the first time and more than a third (n = 172, 33.6%) have been pregnant at least once before the study was conducted. Parental involvement in Sexual and Reproductive Health (SRH) education was found to be low and many obtained the little information they have mainly through friends.Conclusion:Many adolescents are lacking in vital information regarding their SRH and some hold wrong opinions about contraception. Parents are advised to initiate and sustain discussions regarding SRH with their children to help them make informed reproductive health choices.

scholarly journals Illness absenteeism rates in primary and secondary schools in 2013–2014 in England: was there any impact of vaccinating children of primary-school age against influenza?

2016 ◽  
Vol 144 (16) ◽  
pp. 3412-3421 ◽  
Author(s):  
H. K. GREEN ◽  
N. BROUSSEAU ◽  
N. ANDREWS ◽  
L. SELBY ◽  
R. PEBODY
Keyword(s):  
Secondary Schools ◽  
Primary Schools ◽  
School Level ◽  
First Year ◽  
Healthy Children ◽  
Multilevel Regression ◽  
Indirect Impact ◽  
Influenza Activity ◽  
The Uk ◽  
Primary School Age

SUMMARYA phased introduction of routine influenza vaccination of healthy children was recommended in the UK in 2012, with the aim of protecting both vaccinated children and the wider population through reducing transmission. In the first year of the programme in 2013–2014, 4- to 11-year-olds were targeted in pilot areas across England. This study assesses if this was associated with school absenteeism, an important societal burden of influenza. During the spring 2014 term when influenza predominantly circulated, the proportion of absence sessions due to illness was compared between vaccination pilot and non-pilot areas for primary schools (to measure overall impact) and secondary schools (to measure indirect impact). A linear multilevel regression model was applied, adjusting for clustering within schools and potential school-level confounders, including deprivation, past absenteeism, and ethnicity. Low levels of influenza activity were reported in the community in 2013–2014. Primary schools in pilot areas had a significantly adjusted decrease in illness absenteeism of 0·05% relative to non-pilot schools; equivalent to an average of 4 days per school. In secondary schools, there was no significant indirect impact of being located in a pilot area on illness absenteeism. These insights can be used in conjunction with routine healthcare surveillance data to evaluate the full benefits of such a programme.

scholarly journals 35 Economic Considerations of Pre-Weaning Calf Health Management

2019 ◽  
Vol 97 (Supplement_1) ◽  
pp. 68-68
Author(s):  
John M Riley ◽  
Courtney Hurt ◽  
Derrell Peel ◽  
Kellie Raper
Keyword(s):  
Program Implementation ◽  
Health Program ◽  
Health Management ◽  
Meta Analysis ◽  
First Year ◽  
Calf Health ◽  
Diarrhea Virus ◽  
Second Year ◽  
Cow Calf ◽  
Eradication Costs

Abstract The impacts of bovine viral diarrhea virus (BVDv) and persistently infected (PI) are felt across the cattle industry. This project utilized data and parameters from a meta-analysis of reported results along with partial budgeting procedures to determine economic costs and benefits of herd and calf health management. A base herd of 100 head, consisting of 50 breeding females, 43 calves, and 7 replacement heifers and bulls was implemented. Ninety- six percent of cow-calf operations are uninfected from BVDv. Introduction of an enhanced health program as an uninfected herd resulted in a net loss of $7.64 per bred cow in the first year of the program and a net loss of $6.46 in year two. First-year costs were higher due to initial testing, while second-year costs did not include testing under the assumption that carriers were culled. Infected herds incurred net losses of health program implementation of $96.21 per bred cow for the first year but a gain of the program of $27.96 in year two. First-year losses were larger due to increased testing and eradication costs. Gains in the second year stemmed from increased productivity across the herd. Furthermore, gains were discovered beyond cow-calf operations. Evaluation of down-stream demand for calves (i.e., stocker operations) resulted in gains of $4.39 per stocker for a producer that retains ownership of their calves and $48.89 for producers purchasing calves from cow-calf operators (commercial). Commercial stocker operators benefited from fewer health issues without added cow-calf level costs. These results indicate cow-calf producers would carry the burden of the costs of managing, and attempting to eradicate, BVDv/PI across the industry. These results provide industry stakeholder groups and policymakers benchmarks for incentives to induce health programs, targeted largely at the cow-calf level

Modern Tendencies in the Teaching of Algebra

1909 ◽  
Vol 1 (3) ◽  
pp. 94-104
Author(s):  
N. J. Lennes
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
Secondary Schools ◽  
Colleges And Universities ◽  
First Year ◽  
The Subject

One of the most obvious facts about mathematics in our secondary schools is a very general dissatisfaction which is expressed on all sides. There is an alarming number of failures, especially in the first year of the high school, which argues that the pupils do not find the subject suited to their tastes and capacities. Instructors in the colleges and universities rarely miss an opportunity for declaring that their students came poorly prepared. The programs of teachers' meetings and the tables of contents of pedagogical journals are teeming with titles which assume that something is wrong.

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