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Kuperminc, Michelle N.; Stevenson, Richard D. – Developmental Disabilities Research Reviews, 2008
Growth and nutrition disorders are common secondary health conditions in children with cerebral palsy (CP). Poor growth and malnutrition in CP merit study because of their impact on health, including psychological and physiological function, healthcare utilization, societal participation, motor function, and survival. Understanding the etiology of…
Descriptors: Body Composition, Body Weight, Body Height, Child Development
Schrag, Howard L.; And Others – 1974
This study reports on the needs of young children in Idaho, relating to: (1) health and related factors during early childhood, (2) heredity and environmental factors which influence the child's development. Initial data were drawn from already existing studies and sources. Missing data were collected in face-to-face interviews with 2 percent of…
Descriptors: Child Care, Child Welfare, Childhood Needs, Cognitive Development
Arnold, Charles B. – 1977
The scores of the Scholastic Aptitude Test (SAT) have been declining since 1963. While this decline has occurred, scores on achievement tests administered to students in grades 3 to 11 have been stable. An alalysis of the medical and epidemiological literature was conducted to determine whether there could be a health factor that might have caused…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Birth, Child Development, College Bound Students
Birch, Herbert G.; Gussow, Joan Dye – 1970
This book examines the relationships between poverty, disadvantage, and educational failure in a way considered to be more comprehensive and complex than is possible when such an examination is based solely on a concept of cultural disadvantage and defective experience. The mortality of infants and their mothers around birth, held to be both the…
Descriptors: Academic Failure, Body Weight, Child Development, Compensatory Education
Wilson, Charles C., Ed.; Wilson, Elizabeth Avery, Ed. – 1969
A broad range of topics deals with the development, maintenance, and full utilization of a healthful school environment, encompassing such areas as--(1) school organizations which affect the student environment, (2) accident prevention, (3) the criteria for healthful food services, (4) physical education and the necessary athletic facilities, (5)…
Descriptors: Acoustics, Ancillary School Services, Building Design, Cleaning
Navajo Health Authority, Window Rock, AZ. – 1976
The Indian Health Committee met with key staff of the Indian Health Service (IHS) Area Office to review the environmental health services provided on the Navajo Reservation and make recommendations for improvement or expansion of current programs, if needed. Recommendations were made regarding environmental health and institutional personnel,…
Descriptors: Agency Role, American Indian Reservations, American Indians, Delivery Systems