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Cornaglia, Francesca; Crivellaro, Elena; McNally, Sandra – Centre for the Economics of Education (NJ1), 2012
Mental health problems--and depression in particular--have been rising internationally. The link between poor mental health and poor educational outcomes is particularly interesting in the case of the UK which has a low international ranking both on measures of child wellbeing and the probability of early drop-out from the labour market and…
Descriptors: Outcomes of Education, Mental Health, Labor Market, Foreign Countries
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McManus, Beth M.; Mandic, Carmen Gomez; Carle, Adam C.; Robert, Stephanie A. – International Journal of Disability, Development and Education, 2012
Using the 2007 National Survey of Children's Health, the association between parent-child function and physical activity and television viewing was investigated among a national sample of adolescents in the United States. Parent-child function was measured using the National Survey of Children's Health "Family Function" survey items and…
Descriptors: Television Viewing, Physical Activities, Physical Activity Level, Adolescents
Blacksin, Beth; Gall, Gail; Feldman, Elizabeth; Miller, Elizabeth – National Assembly on School-Based Health Care, 2010
Health inequities exist largely among socially disadvantaged people who are denied the highest attainable standard of health available to many Americans. Access to culturally competent, high quality, first-contact primary care through school-based health centers is an effective way to reduce health inequities and, therefore, improve health…
Descriptors: Access to Health Care, Public Health, Adolescents, Minority Group Children
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Rosenbaum, Sara; Blum, Robert – Future of Children, 2015
The past century has seen vast improvements in our children's health. The infectious diseases that once killed huge numbers of children have largely been conquered. Infant mortality has also fallen markedly, although the United States lags behind other industrialized nations in this and other measures of children's health. Accidents and injuries…
Descriptors: Child Health, Communicable Diseases, Infant Mortality, Accidents
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McCormack, Gavin R.; Rutherford, Jack; Giles-Corti, Billie; Tudor-Locke, Catrine; Bull, Fiona – Research Quarterly for Exercise and Sport, 2011
The purpose of this study was to establish sex-specific criterion-referenced standards for pedometer-determined physical activity related to body mass index (BMI)-defined weight status among youth. We analyzed data from 7-16-year-old boys (n = 338) and girls (n = 337) and used pedometer-assessed physical activity and anthropometric data to derive…
Descriptors: Obesity, Body Composition, Physical Activities, Health Promotion
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Baisch, Mary J.; Lundeen, Sally P.; Murphy, M. Kathleen – Journal of School Health, 2011
Background: With the increasing acuity of student health problems, growing rates of poverty among urban families, and widening racial/ethnic health disparities in child and adolescent health indicators, the contributions of school nurses are of increasing interest to policymakers. This study was conducted to evaluate the impact of school nurses on…
Descriptors: Urban Schools, Quasiexperimental Design, School Nurses, Child Health
Deviney, Frances; Hattemer, Kori – Center for Public Policy Priorities, 2012
The 2012 data book explores how our kids have fared during the last decade--some outcomes are positive, some negative. But positive or negative outcomes for kids don't just happen. They are the inevitable results of effective or failed policy choices. The State of Texas Children 2012 combines data and policy to tell the story of Texas kids. It's…
Descriptors: Well Being, Child Welfare, Population Trends, Counties
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Comer, Jonathan S.; Olfson, Mark; Mojtabai, Ramin – Journal of the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry, 2010
Objective: To examine patterns and recent trends in multiclass psychotropic treatment among youth visits to office-based physicians in the United States. Method: Annual data from the 1996-2007 National Ambulatory Medical Care Surveys were analyzed to examine patterns and trends in multiclass psychotropic treatment within a nationally…
Descriptors: Medical Services, Physicians, Mental Disorders, Drug Therapy
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Jirikowic, Tracy; Gelo, Julie; Astley, Susan – Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities, 2010
Children with fetal alcohol spectrum disorders (FASDs) present with a wide range of developmental disabilities; however, clinical standards of care after a diagnosis are not well established. This retrospective review summarizes the types of intervention recommendations generated by an interdisciplinary FASD diagnostic team for 120 children ages…
Descriptors: Intervention, Developmental Disabilities, Clinical Diagnosis, Content Analysis
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Fanti, Kostas A.; Henrich, Christopher C. – Developmental Psychology, 2010
How and why do internalizing and externalizing problems, psychopathological problems from different diagnostic classes representing separate forms of psychopathology, co-occur in children? We investigated the development of pure and co-occurring internalizing and externalizing problems from ages 2 to 12 with the use of latent class growth…
Descriptors: Check Lists, Child Health, Early Adolescents, Psychopathology
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Farrell, Anne; Faigenbaum, Avery; Radler, Tracy – Strategies: A Journal for Physical and Sport Educators, 2010
The urgency to improve fitness levels and decrease the rate of childhood obesity has been at the forefront of physical education philosophy and praxis. Few would dispute that school-age youth need to participate regularly in physical activities that enhance and maintain both skill- and health-related physical fitness. Regular physical activity…
Descriptors: Physical Education, Obesity, Physical Activities, Children
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Alriksson-Schmidt, Ann I.; Armour, Brian S.; Thibadeau, Judy K. – Journal of School Health, 2010
Background: The purpose of this study was to investigate whether US female adolescents who self-reported having a physical disability or long-term health problem were more likely to report having been physically forced to have sexual intercourse than US female adolescents without a physical disability or long-term health problem. Methods: Using…
Descriptors: Violence, Sexual Harassment, Females, Physical Disabilities
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LaVeist, Thomas A.; Zeno, Tia L.; Fesahazion, Ruth G. – Journal of Family Issues, 2010
This article explores the effects of being raised by married parents during childhood on health and well-being in adolescence and young adulthood in a longitudinal sample of African Americans. This study aims to address the following three questions: Does childhood with married parents lead to better health and well-being during adolescence? Does…
Descriptors: Marital Status, Health Behavior, Marriage, Young Adults
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Chen, Kun-Hu; Yao, Grace – Social Indicators Research, 2010
The aim of the study was to investigate the relation between self-identity and health-related quality of life (HRQOL) in adolescence. This study assumed that four aspects (i.e. personal, social, ability, and academic identity) of identity firmness could predict adolescent's HRQOL more than four aspects of identity importance. Meanwhile, this study…
Descriptors: Quality of Life, Adolescents, Foreign Countries, Self Concept
Advocates for Children of New Jersey, 2014
Each year, New Jersey Kids Count provides a statewide view of how New Jersey's children are faring, with the goal of providing comprehensive information to assist local, county, and state leaders--and the broader public--in setting priorities for the state's limited resources. This annual snapshot of child well-being is intended to inform…
Descriptors: Well Being, Children, Family Income, Housing
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