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Parental knowledge of school backpack weight and contents
1 Department of Family Medicine, Scott & White Memorial Hospital and Scott, Sherwood and Brindley Foundation, Texas A&M University System Health Science Center, College of Medicine, Temple, TX, USA
2 Department of Surgery, Scott & White Memorial Hospital and Scott, Sherwood and Brindley Foundation, Texas A&M University System Health Science Center, College of Medicine, Temple, TX, USA
3 Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Scott & White Memorial Hospital and Scott, Sherwood and Brindley Foundation, Texas A&M University System Health Science Center, College of Medicine, Temple, TX, USA
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Dr S N Forjuoh, Department of Family Medicine, Scott & White Santa Fe Center, 1402 West Avenue H, Temple, TX 76504, USA;
sforjuoh{at}swmail.sw.org
Parental knowledge of their students’ backpack weight and contents was assessed by identifying 188 students who carried backpacks weighing at least 10% of their body weights through a survey of 745 students in three elementary schools. Most parents (96%) had never checked their child’s backpack weight; 34% had never checked the backpack contents.
Keywords: backpack contents; backpack weight; parental knowledge; school backpacks
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