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Sascha W. Hoffmann - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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Obesity prevalence and unfavorable health risk behaviors among German Kindergarten Teachers: cross-sectional results of the Kindergarten Teacher health study
BMC public health, 2013Co-Authors: Sascha W. Hoffmann, Suzan Tug, Perikles SimonAbstract:The aim of the study was to investigate obesity status and associated health risk behaviors in a sample of German Kindergarten Teachers. At present, such data are not available, despite the fact that Kindergarten Teachers educate children at a formative time in their lives. Kindergarten Teachers aged 18–62 years (n = 313) were invited to participate in the Kindergarten Teacher Health Study (KTHS) by completing a self-reported questionnaire. We analyzed their obesity status, health risk behaviors (i.e., habitual physical activity, screen time activities, eating behavior patterns, smoking), and their general ability to identify overweight children and the associated health risks of overweight and obesity based on special age- and sex-specific silhouettes. After adjusting for covariates, bivariate correlations were conducted for associations between body mass index (BMI) and health risk behaviors, while analyses of variance (ANOVAs) were used to analyze differences of health risk behaviors between BMI groups. Logistic regression analyses were conducted to predict determinants of Kindergarten Teachers who did not correctly identify the overweight silhouettes and their associated physical and mental health risks. Additionally, data regarding Kindergarten Teachers’ weight status and smoking behavior were compared with nationally representative data from the 2009 Microcensus (n = 371310) using the Mann–Whitney U-test. The prevalence rates of overweight and obesity were 41.2% and 17.9%, respectively. The prevalence of obesity was significantly higher in Kindergarten Teachers (p
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obesity prevalence and unfavorable health risk behaviors among german Kindergarten Teachers cross sectional results of the Kindergarten Teacher health study
BMC Public Health, 2013Co-Authors: Sascha W. Hoffmann, Suzan Tug, Perikles SimonAbstract:The aim of the study was to investigate obesity status and associated health risk behaviors in a sample of German Kindergarten Teachers. At present, such data are not available, despite the fact that Kindergarten Teachers educate children at a formative time in their lives. Kindergarten Teachers aged 18–62 years (n = 313) were invited to participate in the Kindergarten Teacher Health Study (KTHS) by completing a self-reported questionnaire. We analyzed their obesity status, health risk behaviors (i.e., habitual physical activity, screen time activities, eating behavior patterns, smoking), and their general ability to identify overweight children and the associated health risks of overweight and obesity based on special age- and sex-specific silhouettes. After adjusting for covariates, bivariate correlations were conducted for associations between body mass index (BMI) and health risk behaviors, while analyses of variance (ANOVAs) were used to analyze differences of health risk behaviors between BMI groups. Logistic regression analyses were conducted to predict determinants of Kindergarten Teachers who did not correctly identify the overweight silhouettes and their associated physical and mental health risks. Additionally, data regarding Kindergarten Teachers’ weight status and smoking behavior were compared with nationally representative data from the 2009 Microcensus (n = 371310) using the Mann–Whitney U-test. The prevalence rates of overweight and obesity were 41.2% and 17.9%, respectively. The prevalence of obesity was significantly higher in Kindergarten Teachers (p < 0.001) compared to national Microcensus data. Only 44.6% of Teachers were able to identify overweight children correctly. The fact that being overweight is associated with physical and mental health risks was only reported by 40.1% and 21.2% of Teachers, respectively. Older Kindergarten Teachers were more likely to misclassify the overweight silhouettes, while younger, normal-weight, and overweight Kindergarten Teachers were more likely to underestimate the associated health risks. Obese Kindergarten Teachers reported spending more time in front of computer and television screens than their normal-weight counterparts, especially on weekends. In addition, obese Kindergarten Teachers reported eating less often with their families and more frequently reported watching television during meals. Advanced monitoring and multifaceted interventions to improve the health behaviors of Kindergarten Teachers should be given high priority. Because Kindergarten Teachers’ behavioral modeling presumably mediates children’s health behaviors, additional research is needed about Kindergarten Teachers’ health and its proposed interaction with children’s health.
Perikles Simon - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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Obesity prevalence and unfavorable health risk behaviors among German Kindergarten Teachers: cross-sectional results of the Kindergarten Teacher health study
BMC public health, 2013Co-Authors: Sascha W. Hoffmann, Suzan Tug, Perikles SimonAbstract:The aim of the study was to investigate obesity status and associated health risk behaviors in a sample of German Kindergarten Teachers. At present, such data are not available, despite the fact that Kindergarten Teachers educate children at a formative time in their lives. Kindergarten Teachers aged 18–62 years (n = 313) were invited to participate in the Kindergarten Teacher Health Study (KTHS) by completing a self-reported questionnaire. We analyzed their obesity status, health risk behaviors (i.e., habitual physical activity, screen time activities, eating behavior patterns, smoking), and their general ability to identify overweight children and the associated health risks of overweight and obesity based on special age- and sex-specific silhouettes. After adjusting for covariates, bivariate correlations were conducted for associations between body mass index (BMI) and health risk behaviors, while analyses of variance (ANOVAs) were used to analyze differences of health risk behaviors between BMI groups. Logistic regression analyses were conducted to predict determinants of Kindergarten Teachers who did not correctly identify the overweight silhouettes and their associated physical and mental health risks. Additionally, data regarding Kindergarten Teachers’ weight status and smoking behavior were compared with nationally representative data from the 2009 Microcensus (n = 371310) using the Mann–Whitney U-test. The prevalence rates of overweight and obesity were 41.2% and 17.9%, respectively. The prevalence of obesity was significantly higher in Kindergarten Teachers (p
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obesity prevalence and unfavorable health risk behaviors among german Kindergarten Teachers cross sectional results of the Kindergarten Teacher health study
BMC Public Health, 2013Co-Authors: Sascha W. Hoffmann, Suzan Tug, Perikles SimonAbstract:The aim of the study was to investigate obesity status and associated health risk behaviors in a sample of German Kindergarten Teachers. At present, such data are not available, despite the fact that Kindergarten Teachers educate children at a formative time in their lives. Kindergarten Teachers aged 18–62 years (n = 313) were invited to participate in the Kindergarten Teacher Health Study (KTHS) by completing a self-reported questionnaire. We analyzed their obesity status, health risk behaviors (i.e., habitual physical activity, screen time activities, eating behavior patterns, smoking), and their general ability to identify overweight children and the associated health risks of overweight and obesity based on special age- and sex-specific silhouettes. After adjusting for covariates, bivariate correlations were conducted for associations between body mass index (BMI) and health risk behaviors, while analyses of variance (ANOVAs) were used to analyze differences of health risk behaviors between BMI groups. Logistic regression analyses were conducted to predict determinants of Kindergarten Teachers who did not correctly identify the overweight silhouettes and their associated physical and mental health risks. Additionally, data regarding Kindergarten Teachers’ weight status and smoking behavior were compared with nationally representative data from the 2009 Microcensus (n = 371310) using the Mann–Whitney U-test. The prevalence rates of overweight and obesity were 41.2% and 17.9%, respectively. The prevalence of obesity was significantly higher in Kindergarten Teachers (p < 0.001) compared to national Microcensus data. Only 44.6% of Teachers were able to identify overweight children correctly. The fact that being overweight is associated with physical and mental health risks was only reported by 40.1% and 21.2% of Teachers, respectively. Older Kindergarten Teachers were more likely to misclassify the overweight silhouettes, while younger, normal-weight, and overweight Kindergarten Teachers were more likely to underestimate the associated health risks. Obese Kindergarten Teachers reported spending more time in front of computer and television screens than their normal-weight counterparts, especially on weekends. In addition, obese Kindergarten Teachers reported eating less often with their families and more frequently reported watching television during meals. Advanced monitoring and multifaceted interventions to improve the health behaviors of Kindergarten Teachers should be given high priority. Because Kindergarten Teachers’ behavioral modeling presumably mediates children’s health behaviors, additional research is needed about Kindergarten Teachers’ health and its proposed interaction with children’s health.
Nicolas Feltgen - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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isolated ocular jarisch herxheimer reaction after initiating tuberculostatic therapy in a child
International Ophthalmology, 2014Co-Authors: Henrike Neunhöffer, Annika Gold, Hans Hoerauf, Carl P. Herbort, Arnd Heiligenhaus, Ortrud Zimmermann, Nicolas FeltgenAbstract:After being exposed to a Kindergarten Teacher with infectious pulmonary tuberculosis, a7-year-old girl with a positive tuberculin skin test was treated with isoniazid. 3 days after initiation of the tuberculostatic therapy, the girl was referred to our hospital with an acute onset of blurred vision. Visual acuity (VA) was 20/200 in both eyes. Examination revealed mild anterior chamber inflammation, optic disc swelling, cystoid macular edema and periphlebitis in both eyes. However, although active tuberculosis was ruled out, the interferon-gamma release assay was positive. The anti-tuberculosis therapy was intensified with pyrazinamide, isoniazid, rifampicin and methylprednisolone. Within 10 days we saw a resolution of the macular edema and VA was 20/25. The paradoxical worsening of the patient’s condition after initiation of tuberculostatic therapy with isoniazid and the prompt response to systemic steroids are typical for Jarisch-Herxheimer reaction (JHR). Our patient presented no symptoms before the isoniazid therapy was started and the reaction was ocular without any generalized symptoms. This is unique among all other reported cases of ocular JHR.
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Isolated ocular Jarisch−Herxheimer reaction after initiating tuberculostatic therapy in a child
International Ophthalmology, 2013Co-Authors: Henrike Neunhöffer, Annika Gold, Hans Hoerauf, Carl P. Herbort, Arnd Heiligenhaus, Ortrud Zimmermann, Nicolas FeltgenAbstract:After being exposed to a Kindergarten Teacher with infectious pulmonary tuberculosis, a7-year-old girl with a positive tuberculin skin test was treated with isoniazid. 3 days after initiation of the tuberculostatic therapy, the girl was referred to our hospital with an acute onset of blurred vision. Visual acuity (VA) was 20/200 in both eyes. Examination revealed mild anterior chamber inflammation, optic disc swelling, cystoid macular edema and periphlebitis in both eyes. However, although active tuberculosis was ruled out, the interferon-gamma release assay was positive. The anti-tuberculosis therapy was intensified with pyrazinamide, isoniazid, rifampicin and methylprednisolone. Within 10 days we saw a resolution of the macular edema and VA was 20/25. The paradoxical worsening of the patient’s condition after initiation of tuberculostatic therapy with isoniazid and the prompt response to systemic steroids are typical for Jarisch-Herxheimer reaction (JHR). Our patient presented no symptoms before the isoniazid therapy was started and the reaction was ocular without any generalized symptoms. This is unique among all other reported cases of ocular JHR.
Suzan Tug - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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Obesity prevalence and unfavorable health risk behaviors among German Kindergarten Teachers: cross-sectional results of the Kindergarten Teacher health study
BMC public health, 2013Co-Authors: Sascha W. Hoffmann, Suzan Tug, Perikles SimonAbstract:The aim of the study was to investigate obesity status and associated health risk behaviors in a sample of German Kindergarten Teachers. At present, such data are not available, despite the fact that Kindergarten Teachers educate children at a formative time in their lives. Kindergarten Teachers aged 18–62 years (n = 313) were invited to participate in the Kindergarten Teacher Health Study (KTHS) by completing a self-reported questionnaire. We analyzed their obesity status, health risk behaviors (i.e., habitual physical activity, screen time activities, eating behavior patterns, smoking), and their general ability to identify overweight children and the associated health risks of overweight and obesity based on special age- and sex-specific silhouettes. After adjusting for covariates, bivariate correlations were conducted for associations between body mass index (BMI) and health risk behaviors, while analyses of variance (ANOVAs) were used to analyze differences of health risk behaviors between BMI groups. Logistic regression analyses were conducted to predict determinants of Kindergarten Teachers who did not correctly identify the overweight silhouettes and their associated physical and mental health risks. Additionally, data regarding Kindergarten Teachers’ weight status and smoking behavior were compared with nationally representative data from the 2009 Microcensus (n = 371310) using the Mann–Whitney U-test. The prevalence rates of overweight and obesity were 41.2% and 17.9%, respectively. The prevalence of obesity was significantly higher in Kindergarten Teachers (p
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obesity prevalence and unfavorable health risk behaviors among german Kindergarten Teachers cross sectional results of the Kindergarten Teacher health study
BMC Public Health, 2013Co-Authors: Sascha W. Hoffmann, Suzan Tug, Perikles SimonAbstract:The aim of the study was to investigate obesity status and associated health risk behaviors in a sample of German Kindergarten Teachers. At present, such data are not available, despite the fact that Kindergarten Teachers educate children at a formative time in their lives. Kindergarten Teachers aged 18–62 years (n = 313) were invited to participate in the Kindergarten Teacher Health Study (KTHS) by completing a self-reported questionnaire. We analyzed their obesity status, health risk behaviors (i.e., habitual physical activity, screen time activities, eating behavior patterns, smoking), and their general ability to identify overweight children and the associated health risks of overweight and obesity based on special age- and sex-specific silhouettes. After adjusting for covariates, bivariate correlations were conducted for associations between body mass index (BMI) and health risk behaviors, while analyses of variance (ANOVAs) were used to analyze differences of health risk behaviors between BMI groups. Logistic regression analyses were conducted to predict determinants of Kindergarten Teachers who did not correctly identify the overweight silhouettes and their associated physical and mental health risks. Additionally, data regarding Kindergarten Teachers’ weight status and smoking behavior were compared with nationally representative data from the 2009 Microcensus (n = 371310) using the Mann–Whitney U-test. The prevalence rates of overweight and obesity were 41.2% and 17.9%, respectively. The prevalence of obesity was significantly higher in Kindergarten Teachers (p < 0.001) compared to national Microcensus data. Only 44.6% of Teachers were able to identify overweight children correctly. The fact that being overweight is associated with physical and mental health risks was only reported by 40.1% and 21.2% of Teachers, respectively. Older Kindergarten Teachers were more likely to misclassify the overweight silhouettes, while younger, normal-weight, and overweight Kindergarten Teachers were more likely to underestimate the associated health risks. Obese Kindergarten Teachers reported spending more time in front of computer and television screens than their normal-weight counterparts, especially on weekends. In addition, obese Kindergarten Teachers reported eating less often with their families and more frequently reported watching television during meals. Advanced monitoring and multifaceted interventions to improve the health behaviors of Kindergarten Teachers should be given high priority. Because Kindergarten Teachers’ behavioral modeling presumably mediates children’s health behaviors, additional research is needed about Kindergarten Teachers’ health and its proposed interaction with children’s health.
Michael A Gottfried - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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a Kindergarten Teacher like me the role of student Teacher race in social emotional development
American Educational Research Journal, 2017Co-Authors: Adam C Wright, Michael A GottfriedAbstract:Our nation’s classrooms have become increasingly racially and ethnically diverse. Given these demographic changes, many policymakers and practitioners have expressed the need for increased attention to how Teacher diversity might be linked to reducing racial/ethnic differences in Teachers’ ratings of social-emotional skills for students of color. Using the most recent nationally representative data, we investigated whether Kindergarteners have different social-emotional ratings when they had a Teacher whose racial/ethnic group was the same as their own. We found that having a Teacher of the same race was unrelated to Teachers’ ratings of children’s internalizing problem behaviors, interpersonal skills, approaches to learning, and self-control. However, students whose Teachers’ race/ethnicity matched their own had more favorable ratings of externalizing behaviors. Results are discussed in terms of implications for school disciplinary policies.
