The aim of this study was to compare behavioral profile and school performance of school-age children living with a mother who presents clinical history of recurrent depression, diagnosed according to CID-10 criteria in ...

This research studies the relationships that promote well-being in the school setting from the perspective of Chilean children’s understandings and how these vary with age by comparing 10- to 11- and 14- to 15-year-old ...

We conducted a retrospective cohort study of children who had chronic fascioliasis in the highlands of Peru to determine triclabendazole treatment efficacy. Children passing Fasciola eggs in stool were offered directly ...

Aims: Childhood obesity is emerging as a relevant public health concern because a significant proportion of obese children will become obese in adulthood. The prevalence of childhood and adolescent obesity has increased ...

Objective We studied the prevalence of weight excess and short stature among school-age children in Chile over the past decade. Methods We designed a descriptive cross-sectional, school-based study to analyze nutritional ...

There is little empirical evidence establishing the value of schoolhouse education of children and the repercussions on their families; a quantitative analysis of instructional intervention in health and its reflection on ...