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Zhang, Wangyang; Qin, Guomin; Zhao, Zijian; Liu, Wenhao; Zhang, Shiyu; Kumar, Priyan Malarvizhi – Early Child Development and Care, 2023
Gradients across socioeconomic status occur for many children's health and improvement in high-income countries. The objective is to explore infant growth and child development in four developed countries around the socioeconomic landscape. In this paper, Structural Equation Modeling (SEM) enhances the socioeconomic status gradients for the…
Descriptors: Children, Child Development, Infants, Child Health
Ryan J. Coller; Gregory P. DeMuri; Jens C. Eickhoff; Kristina Singh-Verdeflor; Gemma Warner; Sabrina M. Butteris; Mary L. Ehlenbach; Danielle Gerber; Barbara Katz; Shawn Koval; Michelle M. Kelly – Journal of School Health, 2024
Background: Disparities in school attendance exist for children with medical complexity (CMC) due to COVID-19. Longitudinal changes in family-reported school safety perceptions and predictors of full-time, in-person school attendance are unknown. Methods: This was a prospective, longitudinal cohort study with 3 survey waves (June 2021-June 2022)…
Descriptors: COVID-19, Pandemics, Chronic Illness, Child Health
Combe, Laurie G.; Mattern, Cheryl; Fleming, Laurie; Killingsworth, Suzie – National Association of School Nurses, 2017
It is the position of the National Association of School Nurses (NASN) that to optimize student health, safety, and learning, a professional registered school nurse (hereinafter referred to as school nurse) be present all day, every day. The American Academy of Pediatrics' Council on School Health (2016) highlights the important role school nurses…
Descriptors: Chronic Illness, Health Conditions, School Nurses, Position Papers
Healthy Schools Campaign, 2018
The link between health and learning is clear: healthy, active and well-nourished children are more likely to attend school, arrive ready to learn and stay engaged in class. Yet far too many students spend their days in schools that do not offer them adequate clean air and water, nutritious food, physical activity and the support of a school…
Descriptors: Educational Legislation, Elementary Secondary Education, Federal Legislation, Needs Assessment
Maughan, Erin D. – American Educator, 2016
The number of students with chronic and complex health conditions significantly affects a teacher's ability to teach and meet the needs of the whole child--especially combined with the impact of societal issues such as poverty, violence, and the growing population of families who speak a language other than English at home. Education in America is…
Descriptors: School Nurses, Child Development, Child Health, Health Needs
Markodimitraki, Maria; Linardakis, Michalis; Kypriotaki, Maria; Manolitsis, George – Early Child Development and Care, 2016
The aims of this study were to: (a) provide descriptive data of twins with physical difficulties among 120 Greek twins of preschool age; and (b) to investigate the impact of twins' health condition on parental perceptions towards twins' separation, closeness and friendship. The administration of School Policy for Twins and Higher Multiples…
Descriptors: Twins, Parent Attitudes, Friendship, Sibling Relationship
Ellen, Ingrid Gould; Glied, Sherry – Future of Children, 2015
In theory, improving low-income families' housing and neighborhoods could also improve their children's health, through any number of mechanisms. For example, less exposure to environmental toxins could prevent diseases such as asthma; a safer, less violent neighborhood could improve health by reducing the chances of injury and death, and by…
Descriptors: Housing, Neighborhoods, Obesity, Low Income
Pardo-Guijarro, María Jesús; Martínez-Andrés, María; Notario-Pacheco, Blanca; Solera-Martínez, Montserrat; Sánchez-López, Mairena; Martínez-Vizcaíno, Vicente – Journal of Deaf Studies and Deaf Education, 2015
The aim of this study was to assess the agreement between deaf children's and adolescents' self-ratings of health-related quality of life (HRQoL) and their parents' proxy reports. This observational cross-sectional study included 114 deaf 8- to 18-years-old students and proxy family members. HRQoL was measured using the KIDSCREEN-27 questionnaire,…
Descriptors: Quality of Life, Deafness, Children, Adolescents
Glied, Sherry; Oellerich, Don – Future of Children, 2014
Parents' health and children's health are closely intertwined--healthier parents have healthier children, and vice versa. Genetics accounts for some of this relationship, but much of it can be traced to environment and behavior, and the environmental and behavioral risk factors for poor health disproportionately affect families living in…
Descriptors: Health Programs, Family Programs, Child Health, Barriers
Hinckson, Erica A.; Dickinson, Annette; Water, Tineke; Sands, Madeleine; Penman, Lara – Research in Developmental Disabilities: A Multidisciplinary Journal, 2013
In children and youth with disability, the risk of obesity is higher and is associated with lower levels of physical activity, inappropriate eating behaviors, and chronic health conditions. We determined the effectiveness of a program in managing weight, through changes in physical activity and nutrition behaviors in overweight and obese New…
Descriptors: Prevention, Physical Activities, Well Being, Autism
Katz, Vikki S.; Ang, Alfonso; Suro, Roberto – Hispanic Journal of Behavioral Sciences, 2012
U.S. Latinos experience constrained access to formal health care resources, contributing to higher incidence of preventable diseases and chronic health conditions than the general population. The authors explore whether a rich set of informal health communication connections--to friends, family, radio, television, Internet, newspapers, magazines,…
Descriptors: Evidence, Social Status, Health Conditions, Health Insurance
Mitchell, Felicia M. – Health & Social Work, 2012
American Indians and Alaska Natives (AI/ANs) experience some of the greatest health inequities of any group within the United States. AI/ANs are diagnosed with diabetes more than twice as often as non-Hispanic white Americans. Diabetes is a chronic preventable disease often associated with individual risk factors and behaviors that indicate what…
Descriptors: Risk, Alaska Natives, American Indians, Pathology
Bryan, Charity L.; Sims, Sandra K.; Hester, Donna J.; Dunaway, Donna L. – Quest, 2013
Great anticipation surrounded the release of the first ever Surgeon General's report on physical activity and health in 1996. The report stated that physical activity can contribute significantly to overall levels of health and the quality of life for all Americans. However, since the report's release, little has improved in the health status of…
Descriptors: Physical Education, Physical Activities, Quality of Life, Physical Education Teachers
Lokshin, Michael; Radyakin, Sergiy – Journal of Human Resources, 2012
We use data from three waves of India National Family Health Survey to explore the relationship between the month of birth and the health outcomes of young children in India. We find that children born during the monsoon months have lower anthropometric scores compared to children born during the fall-winter months. We propose and test hypotheses…
Descriptors: Well Being, Foreign Countries, Young Children, Birth
Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, 2012
While it's known that education leads to better jobs and higher income, research also shows strong links between education and longevity, reduced risk of illness, and increased vitality and school success for future generations. Yet, changing demographic trends and rising college costs portend poorly for health. This brief examines the role that…
Descriptors: Youth, Paying for College, Health Conditions, Child Health