Parental knowledge of school backpack weight and contents
- 1Department 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
- 2Department 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
- 3Department 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
- Correspondence to:
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
- Accepted 18 June 2002
Abstract
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.
