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Investigating how children’s health behaviour changes when starting high school

Research Highlight: Professor Louise Masse’s project will examine how physical activity, sedentary behaviour and diet changes when children move from elementary to high school, with the potential to change unhealthy behaviours seen during this period. Photo credit: stevepb/Pixabay

Programs that teach emotional intelligence in schools have lasting impact

Social and emotional learning programs for youth not only immediately improve mental health, social skills, and learning outcomes but also continue to benefit children years later, according to new research from UBC, University of Illinois at Chicago and Loyola University.

Tool launched to help parents allow ‘risky play’

A free online tool to encourage parents to allow their children to take part in ‘risky play’ is now live, developed by School of Population and Public Health and Department of Pediatrics Associate Professor Mariana Brussoni and her team.

School of Population and Public Health

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School of Population and Public Health
2206 East Mall
Vancouver, BC Canada V6T1Z3
Tel: 604 822 2772
Website: spph.ubc.ca
Email: info@spph.ubc.ca

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School of Population and Public Health
Vancouver Campus
School of Population and Public Health
2206 East Mall
Vancouver, BC Canada V6T1Z3
Tel 604 822 2772
Website spph.ubc.ca
Email info@spph.ubc.ca
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