Pubertal status is related to childhood growth and independently associated with health outcomes such as lung function, blood pressure and mental health (1). However, self-assessment of pubertal status is difficult in young children as relevant questions may either be too difficult for young children, especially boys, to answer reliably or perceived to be culturally inappropriate (1–5). This is...

UNLABELLED Normal growth is a sign of good health. Monitoring for growth disturbances is fundamental to children's health care. Early detection and diagnosis of the causes of short stature allows management of underlying medical conditions, optimizing attainment of good health and normal adult height. CONCLUSION This review summarizes currently available information on monitoring for short st...

earnings. For example, a sibling study found that those with poor health in childhood had 24 percent lower earnings than their healthier siblings. Second, child health can affect schooling and cognitive achievement, which can in turn affect income. For example, a study of the effects of the eradication of hookworm disease in the American south in the early 1900s found large increases in educati...

• health: physical and mental health, public health issues; • education: including low educational attainment and skill levels; • employment: low status and precarious employment, worklessness and low levels of employability; • behaviour: inhibiting and anti-social behaviour including crime, smoking, substance misuse and suicide; • financial: income, assets and material hardship; • family and p...

Individuals with higher educational attainment live healthier and longer lives. However, not everyone benefits equally from higher education. In particular, the black-white gap in life expectancy is greater at higher levels of educational attainment. Furthermore, recent research suggests that disadvantaged African Americans in the rural Southeast who attend college have worse physical health th...

BACKGROUND Several studies have demonstrated that perceived financial status has a significant impact on health status among the elderly. However, little is known about whether such a subjective perception interacts with objective socioeconomic status (SES) measures such as education that affect the individual's health. METHODS This research used data from the Survey of Health and Living Stat...

The approach of Ayurveda to health care is through the relationship of man and his environment and the attainment of harmony between the internal and external environment. Restoration of the natural equilibrium through the right approach by an all round health practices as has been enumerated concisely in the Ayurvedic system and implemented in the social practice, is possibly the best means of...

N ursing and health care in Canada and elsewhere are experiencing profound change. A paradigm shift away from an emphasis on disease and illness towards wellness and health is evident in healthcare research, education and practice. Nursing practice has traditionally focused on the attainment and maintenance of health in individuals, families and communities. This historical focus provides nurse...

Social capital, including engagement with mentors, facilitates educational attainment. However, mentors differs significantly across groups of adolescents different backgrounds, an immigrant background. We investigate how generation predicts adolescents’ and types (i.e., school-based non-school-based), the association attainment, these estimates’ heterogeneity based on generation. analyzed nati...

background: chronic illnesses are by definition long lasting and without a definitive cure. in iran, like in many other developing countries, chronic diseases are not merely diseases of the elderly. they also affect a much higher proportion of people during their prime working years and more so than in the developed countries. therefore, it is essential to understand the factors influencing the...