The Value of an Informal Before-School Exercise Opportunity for Adolescent Girls Living in a Low-Socioeconomic Community.

Background: Physical activity is beneficial to physical, social, and emotional well-being, and schools are required to provide opportunities to engage in physical activity. While physical education and school sport have been extensively researched, little is known about the value of informal, unstructured, exercise opportunities.

Methods: This study involved interviews with 19 adolescent girls who attended "extra" exercise opportunities provided by their school.

Comparison of Two Serological Assays in Detecting Strongyloides Infection in Immunocompromised Patients.

Strongyloides infection may develop into fatal hyperinfection and dissemination syndrome in immunocompromised hosts. Despite suboptimal specificity issues, the detection of IgG antibodies by ELISA has been central in the serodiagnosis of Strongyloides infection. Recently, an IgG4-based lateral-flow test (SsRapid) using recombinant NIE (rNIE) protein with good diagnostic performance has been reported.

Incorporating a health team as part of a disadvantaged high school's interconnected community learning model.

Child poverty rates in Australia remain consistently high, with one in six children living in poverty. High levels of disadvantage result in compounding effects over the life trajectory and include adverse adult health vocational outcomes, increased premature morbidity and mortality and an intergenerational effect. Access to and the availability of services, including health, are restricted due to a complex mix of reasons that include a disconnection between an enabling strategic intent and action.

A Multidisciplinary Evaluation of a Virtually Supervised Home-Based High-Intensity Interval Training Intervention in People With Type 1 Diabetes.

Objective: Adopt a multidisciplinary approach to evaluate a virtually supervised home-based high-intensity interval training (Home-HIT) intervention in people with type 1 diabetes.

Research Design And Methods: Eleven individuals with type 1 diabetes (seven women; age 30 ± 3 years; [Formula: see text] 2.5 ± 0.

Is there a role for a primary health nurse in a learning support team in a disadvantaged high school? Evaluation of a pilot study.

Disadvantaged children experience more health problems and have poorer educational outcomes compared with students from advantaged backgrounds. This paper presents the quantitative and qualitative findings from a pilot study to determine the impact of the Healthy Learner model, where an experienced primary care nurse was embedded in a learning support team in a disadvantaged high school. Students entering high school with National Assessment Program, Literacy and Numeracy (NAPLAN) scores in the lowest quartile for the school were assessed by the nurse and identified health issues addressed.