| Title |
A school-based interdisciplinary approach to promote health and academic achievement among children in a deprived neighborhood: study protocol for a mixed-methods evaluation
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| Published in |
BMC Public Health, April 2018
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| DOI | 10.1186/s12889-018-5309-9 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
Mariëlle E. Abrahamse, Caroline S. Jonkman, Janneke Harting |
| Abstract |
The large number of children that grow up in poverty is concerning, especially given the negative developmental outcomes that can persist into adulthood. Poverty has been found as a risk factor to negatively affect academic achievement and health outcomes in children. Interdisciplinary interventions can be an effective way to promote health and academic achievement. The present study aims to evaluate a school-based interdisciplinary approach on child health, poverty, and academic achievement using a mixed-method design. Generally taken, outcomes of this study increase the knowledge about effective ways to give disadvantaged children equal chances early in their lives. An observational study with a mixed-methods design including both quantitative and qualitative data collection methods will be used to evaluate the interdisciplinary approach. The overall research project exists of three study parts including a longitudinal study, a cross-sectional study, and a process evaluation. Using a multi-source approach we will assess child health as the primary outcome. Child poverty and child academic achievement will be assessed as secondary outcomes. The process evaluation will observe the program's effects on the school environment and the program's implementation in order to obtain more knowledge on how to disseminate the interdisciplinary approach to other schools and neighborhoods. The implementation of a school-based interdisciplinary approach via primary schools combining the cross-sectoral domains health, poverty, and academic achievement is innovative and a step forward to reach an ethnic minority population. However, the large variety of the interventions and activities within the approach can limit the validity of the study. Including a process evaluation will therefore help to improve the interpretation of our findings. In order to contribute to policy and practice focusing on decreasing the unequal chances of children growing up in deprived neighborhoods, it is important to study whether the intervention leads to positive developmental outcomes in children. ( NTR 6571 ) (retrospectively registered on August 4, 2017). |
Mendeley readers
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Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Unknown | 64 | 100% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Master | 9 | 14% |
| Student > Doctoral Student | 8 | 13% |
| Researcher | 6 | 9% |
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 5 | 8% |
| Student > Postgraduate | 4 | 6% |
| Other | 9 | 14% |
| Unknown | 23 | 36% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Social Sciences | 11 | 17% |
| Psychology | 7 | 11% |
| Medicine and Dentistry | 5 | 8% |
| Nursing and Health Professions | 4 | 6% |
| Unspecified | 2 | 3% |
| Other | 8 | 13% |
| Unknown | 27 | 42% |
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