ArticleThe Journal of school health2014
Health and academic achievement: cumulative effects of health assets on standardized test scores among urban youth in the United States.
Article in The Journal of school health, 2014. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT02043626 (School Wellness Policy), which is not on this map. Cited by 29 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.
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School Wellness Policy: RCT to Implement & Evaluate Impact on Childhood Obesity
Who cites it
29 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.
- School-Based Health Centers to Advance Health Equity: A Community Guide Systematic Review.American journal of preventive medicine · 2016Pooled it
- Implementing School-Based Policies to Prevent Obesity: Cluster Randomized Trial.American journal of preventive medicine · 2019Trial
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- The Consumption of Sweets and Academic Performance among Mongolian Children.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2020Article
- Clustering of health-related behaviours and its relationship with individual and contextual factors in Portuguese adolescents: results from a cross-sectional study.BMC pediatrics · 2020Article
- School Achievement and Oral Health Behaviour Among Adolescents in Finland: A National Survey.Oral health & preventive dentistry · 2020Article
- Identification of Cultural and Transcultural Health Assets Among Moroccan, Romanian and Spanish Adolescents Through Photovoice.Journal of immigrant and minority health · 2020Article
- Grit as Perseverance in Physical Activity Participation.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2020Article
- EmpoweringHawai'i journal of health & social welfare · 2019Article
- An evidence-based nutrition education programme for orphans and vulnerable children: protocol on the development of nutrition education intervention for orphans in Soweto, South Africa using mixed methods research.BMC public health · 2019Article
- Independent and combined influence of healthy lifestyle factors on academic performance in adolescents: DADOS Study.Pediatric research · 2019Article
- Relationships among physical activity, sleep duration, diet, and academic achievement in a sample of adolescents.Preventive medicine reports · 2018Article
- Well-Being and Academic Achievement: Differences Between Schools From 2002 to 2010 in the Helsinki Metropolitan Area.The Journal of school health · 2018Article
- Differences in health-related quality of life by academic performance in children of the city of Cordoba-Argentina.Quality of life research : an international journal of quality of life aspects of treatment, care and rehabilitation · 2018Article
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Abstract
backgroundThe Institute of Medicine (2012) concluded that we must "strengthen schools as the heart of health." To intervene for better outcomes in both health and academic achievement, identifying factors that impact children is essential. Study objectives are to (1) document associations between health assets and academic achievement, and (2) examine cumulative effects of these assets on academic achievement.
methodsParticipants include 940 students (grades 5 and 6) from 12 schools randomly selected from an urban district. Data include physical assessments, fitness testing, surveys, and district records. Fourteen health indicators were gathered including physical health (eg, body mass index [BMI]), health behaviors (eg, meeting recommendations for fruit/vegetable consumption), family environment (eg, family meals), and psychological well-being (eg, sleep quality). Data were collected 3-6 months prior to standardized testing.
resultsOn average, students reported 7.1 health assets out of 14. Those with more health assets were more likely to be at goal for standardized tests (reading/writing/mathematics), and students with the most health assets were 2.2 times more likely to achieve goal compared with students with the fewest health assets (both p < .001).
conclusionsSchools that utilize nontraditional instructional strategies to improve student health may also improve academic achievement, closing equity gaps in both health and academic achievement.
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