title: Parental knowledge of school backpack weight and contents.
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.
authors.affiliation: 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. sforjuoh@swmail.sw.org
authors.forename: S N
authors.initials: SN
authors.lastname: Forjuoh
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Little
authors.forename: J A
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Schuchmann
authors.forename: B L
authors.initials: BL
authors.lastname: Lane
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001416:Back Pain / Q000209:etiology; D001835:Body Weight; D002648:Child; D002669:Child Welfare; D003257:Consumer Product Safety; D007722:Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice; D006801:Humans; D017770:Lifting; D016487:Parenting; D012574:Schools; D013314:Stress, Mechanical; D013334:Students; D016474:Weight-Bearing