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Health Variables and School Achievement
Author(s) -
Brown Jane O.,
Grubb Sylvia B.,
Wicker Tommie E.,
O'Tuel Frances S.
Publication year - 1985
Publication title -
journal of school health
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.851
H-Index - 86
eISSN - 1746-1561
pISSN - 0022-4391
DOI - 10.1111/j.1746-1561.1985.tb04068.x
Subject(s) - socioeconomic status , psychology , academic achievement , family history , developmental psychology , cognition , health education , medicine , public health , environmental health , nursing , psychiatry , population , radiology
Students who failed the Cognitive Skills Assessment Battery (CSAB) at the beginning of first grade were compared to those who passed on health factors, health history, family characteristics, socioeconomic factors, health ratings by the classroom teacher and the school nurse, and achievement on the Basic Skills Assessment Program (BSAP) at the end of first grade. Significant differences were found on family characteristics, birth history, and health ratings. Only ear problems were significantly related to the academic variables. Health problems were found to be moderately related to academic variables. This relationship is influenced by family socioeconomic variables.