A Psychosocial Model of Children’s Health Status

1996 ◽  
pp. 231-282 ◽  
Author(s):  
Melanie J. Bonner ◽  
Jack W. Finney
Keyword(s):  
Health Status ◽  
Children's Health ◽  
Children’S Health ◽  
Psychosocial Model

scholarly journals Children's Health Status in Uganda

2005 ◽  
Author(s):  
Godfrey Bahiigwa ◽  
Stephen D. Younger
Keyword(s):  
Health Status ◽  
Children's Health ◽  
Children’S Health

scholarly journals Mother’s well-being to the rescue of future generation’s health

2018 ◽  
Vol 74 ◽  
pp. 10006
Author(s):  
Rian Sabrina Rahmani ◽  
Irfani Fithria Ummul Muzayanah
Keyword(s):  
Health Status ◽  
Food Consumption ◽  
Fast Food ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Smoking Behaviour ◽  
Children's Health ◽  
Children’S Health ◽  
Economic Class ◽  
Using Data ◽  
Prepared Food

Children are important asset for a country’s future and development. Their health and well-being matter in determining their productivity in the future. However, obesity rates amongst children in Indonesia is on the rise. Ministry of Health in Indonesia reported the highest national prevalence of obesity occurred in children aged 5-12 years (18.8%), followed by groups 13-15 years (10.8 %), and 16-18 years (7.3%). Obesity itself is caused by increased intake of sugar and fat that are mostly found in prepared food and junk food as well as low physical activity. Accordingly, prepared food consumption is on the rise as well due to the modern fast-paced lives these days. Using data from Indonesian Family Life Survey wave 5, this paper aims to find association between family’s characteristics and children’s health status. The result shows economic class have no significant effect on children’s health status. On the other hand, mother’s years of schooling, mother’s health, fast food consumption and father’s smoking behaviour have a significant association on children’s health. The outcome of mother’s well-being give positive effect on children’s health since they are traditionally the caregiver of the family, hence with better well-being, they are able to create better environment for the children.

Associations between Developmental Assets and Adolescent Health Status: Findings from the 2016 National Survey of Children's Health

2022 ◽  
Author(s):  
Katherine Zheng ◽  
Eugene C. Roehlkepartain ◽  
John S. Santelli ◽  
Arlene Smaldone ◽  
Jean‐Marie Bruzzese
Keyword(s):  
Health Status ◽  
Adolescent Health ◽  
National Survey ◽  
Developmental Assets ◽  
Children's Health ◽  
Children’S Health ◽  
Adolescent Health Status

scholarly journals The Impact of Children's Public Health Insurance Expansions on Educational Outcomes

2009 ◽  
Vol 12 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Phillip B Levine ◽  
Diane Schanzenbach
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Health Insurance ◽  
Health Status ◽  
Educational Outcomes ◽  
Test Scores ◽  
Children's Health ◽  
Public Health Insurance ◽  
Children’S Health ◽  
Percentage Point Increase ◽  
The Impact

This paper examines the impact of public health insurance expansions through both Medicaid and SCHIP on children's educational outcomes, measured by 4th and 8th grade reading and math test scores, available from the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP). We use a triple difference estimation strategy, taking advantage of the cross-state variation over time and across ages in children's health insurance eligibility. Using this approach, we find that test scores in reading, but not math, increased for those children affected at birth by increased health insurance eligibility. A 50 percentage point increase in eligibility is found to increase reading test scores by 0.09 standard deviations. We also examine whether the improvements in educational outcomes can be at least partially attributed to improvements in health status itself. First, we provide further evidence that increases in eligibility are linked to improvements in health status at birth. Second, we show that better health status at birth (measured by rates of low birth-weight and infant mortality), is linked to improved educational outcomes. Although the methods used to support this last finding do not completely eliminate potentially confounding factors, we believe it is strongly suggestive that improving children's health will improve their classroom performance.

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