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Influence Of Social And Economic Factors On Elementary Student Health In Northwest Arkansas, Megan Marks
Influence Of Social And Economic Factors On Elementary Student Health In Northwest Arkansas, Megan Marks
The Eleanor Mann School of Nursing Undergraduate Honors Theses
A child’s wellbeing is influenced by many factors related to the environment they are raised in. The purpose of this study was to investigate the relationship between a child’s social and economic factors and his or her health. A convenience sample of 588 2nd and 4th grade children was taken from three elementary schools in Springdale Independent School District. Health status was represented by calculations of each child’s body mass index (BMI) and number of days counted absent from school. Socioeconomic and demographic factors examined include the child’s grade level, gender, ethnicity, number of parents over the household, number of …