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- School dental screening programmes for oral health
Cochrane Systematic Reviews, 27-Jul-2022
In school dental screening, a dental health professional visually inspects children’s oral cavities in a school setting and provides information for parents on their child's current oral health status and treatment needs. Screening at school aims to ident
- School feeding for improving the physical and psychosocial health of disadvantaged students
Cochrane Systematic Reviews, 12-Nov-2008
Early malnutrition and/or micronutrient deficiencies can adversely affect physical, mental, and social aspects of child health. School feeding programs are designed to improve attendance, achievement, growth, and other health outcomes.
- School policies for preventing smoking among young people
Cochrane Systematic Reviews, 10-Feb-2016
School tobacco policies (STPs) might prove to be a promising strategy to prevent smoking initiation among adolescents, as there is evidence that the school environment can influence young people to smoke. STPs are cheap, relatively easy to implement and h
- School‐based driver education for the prevention of traffic crashes
Cochrane Systematic Reviews, 23-Jul-2001
In the UK, drivers aged 17 to 21 years make up 7% of licence holders but 13% of drivers involved in road traffic crashes resulting in injury. As in many countries, the UK government has proposed to tackle this problem with driver education programmes in s
- School‐based education programmes for the prevention of child sexual abuse
Cochrane Systematic Reviews, 16-Apr-2015
Child sexual abuse is a significant global problem in both magnitude and sequelae. The most widely used primary prevention strategy has been the provision of school-based education programmes. Although programmes have been taught in schools since the 1980
- School‐based education programmes for the prevention of unintentional injuries in children and young people
Cochrane Systematic Reviews, 27-Dec-2016
Unintentional injuries are the leading cause of death in children aged four to 18 years and are a major cause of ill health. The school setting offers the opportunity to deliver preventive interventions to a large number of children and has been used to a
- School-based interventions for improving contraceptive use in adolescents
Cochrane Systematic Reviews, 13-Jun-2016
Young women, especially adolescents, often lack access to modern contraception. Reasons vary by geography and regional politics and culture. The projected 2015 birth rate in 'developing' regions was 56 per 1000 compared with 17 per 1000 for 'developed' re
- School‐based interventions for preventing HIV, sexually transmitted infections, and pregnancy in adolescents
Cochrane Systematic Reviews, 8-Nov-2016
School-based sexual and reproductive health programmes are widely accepted as an approach to reducing high-risk sexual behaviour among adolescents. Many studies and systematic reviews have concentrated on measuring effects on knowledge or self-reported be
- School‐based physical activity programs for promoting physical activity and fitness in children and adolescents aged 6 to 18
Cochrane Systematic Reviews, 23-Sep-2021
Physical activity among children and adolescents is associated with lower adiposity, improved cardio-metabolic health, and improved fitness. Worldwide, fewer than 30% of children and adolescents meet global physical activity recommendations of at least 60
- School‐based programmes for preventing smoking
Cochrane Systematic Reviews, 30-Apr-2013
Helping young people to avoid starting smoking is a widely endorsed public health goal, and schools provide a route to communicate with nearly all young people. School-based interventions have been delivered for close to 40 years.
- School‐based secondary prevention programmes for preventing violence
Cochrane Systematic Reviews, 19-Jul-2006
Early aggressive behaviour is a risk factor for later violence and criminal behaviour. Despite over 20 years of violence prevention interventions being delivered in the school setting, questions remain regarding the effectiveness of different intervention
- School‐based self‐management interventions for asthma in children and adolescents: a mixed methods systematic review
Cochrane Systematic Reviews, 28-Jan-2019
Asthma is a common respiratory condition in children that is characterised by symptoms including wheeze, shortness of breath, chest tightness, and cough. Children with asthma may be able to manage their condition more effectively by improving inhaler tech
- Sclerotherapy for lower limb telangiectasias
Cochrane Systematic Reviews, 7-Dec-2011
Sclerotherapy has been used in clinical practice for centuries, but there is still no consensus about which, if any, sclerosing agent provides the best results.
- Sclerotherapy versus beta‐blockers for primary prophylaxis of oesophageal variceal bleeding in children and adolescents with chronic liver disease or portal vein thrombosis
Cochrane Systematic Reviews, 10-Jan-2020
Portal hypertension commonly accompanies advanced liver disease and often gives rise to life-threatening complications, including bleeding (haemorrhage) from oesophageal and gastrointestinal varices. Variceal bleeding commonly occurs in children with chro
- Sclerotherapy versus sham or no intervention for primary prophylaxis of oesophageal variceal bleeding in children with chronic liver disease or portal vein thrombosis
Cochrane Systematic Reviews, 5-Mar-2020
Portal hypertension commonly accompanies advanced liver disease and often gives rise to life-threatening complications, including bleeding (haemorrhage) from oesophageal and gastrointestinal varices. Variceal bleeding commonly occurs in children with chro
- Scopolamine (hyoscine) for preventing and treating motion sickness
Cochrane Systematic Reviews, 15-Jun-2011
This is an update of a Cochrane Review first published in The Cochrane Library in Issue 3, 2004 and previously updated in 2007 and 2009.
- Screening and case finding instruments for depression
Cochrane Systematic Reviews, 19-Oct-2005
Screening or case finding instruments have been advocated as a simple, quick and inexpensive method to improve detection and management of depression in non-specialist settings, such as primary care and the general hospital. However, screening/case findin
- Screening and subsequent management for thyroid dysfunction pre‐pregnancy and during pregnancy for improving maternal and infant health
Cochrane Systematic Reviews, 21-Sep-2015
Thyroid dysfunction pre-pregnancy and during pregnancy (both hyper- and hypothyroidism) is associated with increased risk of adverse outcomes for mothers and infants in the short- and long-term. Managing the thyroid dysfunction (e.g. thyroxine for hypothy
- Screening for abdominal aortic aneurysm
Cochrane Systematic Reviews, 27-Jan-2011
Abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA) is found in 5% to 10% of men aged 65 to 79 years. The major complication is rupture which presents as a surgical emergency. The mortality after rupture is high, 80% for patients reaching hospital and 50% for those undergoin
- Screening for aspiration risk associated with dysphagia in acute stroke
Cochrane Systematic Reviews, 18-Oct-2021
Stroke can affect people’s ability to swallow, resulting in passage of some food and drink into the airway. This can cause choking, chest infection, malnutrition and dehydration, reduced rehabilitation, increased risk of anxiety and depression, longer hos
