School‐Based Pediatric Asthma Surveillance in Massachusetts From 2005 to 2009

Medaglia, Frances; Knorr, Robert; Condon, Suzanne K.; Charleston, Alicia C.

doi:10.1111/josh.12109

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“…These results align with previous studies reporting that children with higher fitness levels score higher in reaction time and response accuracy,26 have better integrity of cognitive control processes27 and perform better on academic achievement, than their less fit peers 10–12,28. Additionally, longitudinal studies support that positive changes in aerobic capacity could be translated into better cognitive scores and academic achievement 29,30…”

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<p>Cardiorespiratory fitness as a mediator of the relationship between birth weight and cognition in school children</p>

Álvarez‐Bueno

Cavero‐Redondo

Díez‐Fernández

et al. 2019

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Objectives: To examine differences in cognition parameters by birth weight categories and to analyze whether the relationships between birth weight and cognitive functions are mediated by cardiorespiratory fitness (CRF) in schoolchildren. Methods: A cross-sectional study using a sample of 664 school children from the MOVI-Kids study. Variables: i) cognitive function measured by the Battery of General and Differential Aptitudes (BADyG); ii) birth weight, reported by parents; and iii) CRF (20-m shuttle run test). ANCOVA models were estimated to assess differences in cognitive function categories across birth weight and CRF categories. Mediation analysis was conducted with Hayes’ PROCESS macro. Results: CRF is a full mediator of the association between birth weight with the verbal and numerical factors, and general intelligence; and is a partial mediator when logical reasoning and the spatial factor were the dependent variables. The available data suggest that, in schoolchildren, the influence of birth weight on cognitive function is mediated by CRF. Conclusions: These findings highlight that children with lower birth weight values and lower fitness levels should be target subgroups to improve children’s cognition, in which long-life physical activity interventions at early ages are a priority.

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<p>Cardiorespiratory fitness as a mediator of the relationship between birth weight and cognition in school children</p>

Álvarez‐Bueno

Cavero‐Redondo

Díez‐Fernández

et al. 2019

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“…Studies of asthma prevalence and communicable diseases (e.g., influenza, dengue) have suggested school absenteeism data are timely, relatively inexpensive, and complementary to existing methods. 11, 12, 47, 48 Additionally, this investigation could inform future studies of school absenteeism as a health indicator for other child health concerns such as diabetes or substance abuse. 17, 49–52 …”

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Asthma-Related School Absenteeism, Morbidity, and Modifiable Factors

Hsu

Qin

Beavers

et al. 2016

American Journal of Preventive Medicine

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Background Asthma is a leading cause of chronic disease-related school absenteeism. Little data exist on how information on absenteeism might be used to identify children for interventions to improve asthma control. This study investigated how asthma-related absenteeism was associated with asthma control, exacerbations, and associated modifiable risk factors using a sample of children from 35 states and the District of Columbia. Methods The Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System Child Asthma Call-back Survey is a random-digit dialing survey designed to assess the health and experiences of children aged 0–17 years with asthma. During 2014–2015, multivariate analyses were conducted using 2006–2010 data to compare children with and without asthma-related absenteeism with respect to clinical, environmental, and financial measures. These analyses controlled for sociodemographic and clinical characteristics. Results Compared to children without asthma-related absenteeism, children who missed any school because of asthma were more likely to have not well controlled or very poorly controlled asthma (prevalence ratio: 1.50; 95% CI: 1.34–1.69) and visit an emergency department or urgent care center for asthma (prevalence ratio: 3.27; 95% CI: 2.44–4.38). Mold in the home and cost as a barrier to asthma-related health care were also significantly associated with asthma-related absenteeism. Conclusions Missing any school because of asthma was associated with suboptimal asthma control, urgent or emergent asthma-related health care utilization, mold in the home, and financial barriers to asthma-related health care. Further understanding of asthma-related absenteeism could establish how to most effectively use absenteeism information as a health status indicator.

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“…To enhance the efficiency and effectiveness of reporting, we suggest giving "School of the Month" awards for recognizing the most dedication in reporting, along with continuing training programs, and simple pre-and post-training feedback are necessary. In addition, incorporating valuable information, including the subsequent medical transfers, vaccination records, child's growth development progress, body mass index, asthma and history of chronic diseases [39][40][41] into the SID-SSS can maximize its usefulness. However, the surveillance of school children should adhere to safeguards to minimize stigmatizing or labeling [42].…”

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Early Detection for Cases of Enterovirus- and Influenza-Like Illness through a Newly Established School-Based Syndromic Surveillance System in Taipei, January 2010 ~ August 2011

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School children may transmit pathogens with cluster cases occurring on campuses and in families. In response to the 2009 influenza A (H1N1) pandemic, Taipei City Government officials developed a School-based Infectious Disease Syndromic Surveillance System (SID-SSS). Teachers and nurses from preschools to universities in all 12 districts within Taipei are required to daily report cases of symptomatic children or sick leave requests through the SID-SSS. The pre-diagnosis at schools is submitted firstly as common pediatric disease syndrome-groups and re-submitted after confirmation by physicians. We retrieved these data from January 2010 to August 2011 for spatio-temporal analysis and evaluated the temporal trends with cases obtained from both the Emergency Department-based Syndromic Surveillance System (ED-SSS) and the Longitudinal Health Insurance Database 2005 (LHID2005). Through the SID-SSS, enterovirus-like illness (EVI) and influenza-like illness (ILI) were the two most reported syndrome groups (77.6% and 15.8% among a total of 19,334 cases, respectively). The pre-diagnosis judgments made by school teachers and nurses showed high consistency with physicians’ clinical diagnoses for EVI (97.8%) and ILI (98.9%). Most importantly, the SID-SSS had better timeliness with earlier peaks of EVI and ILI than those in the ED-SSS. Furthermore, both of the syndrome groups in these two surveillance systems had the best correlation reaching 0.98 and 0.95, respectively (p<0.01). Spatio-temporal analysis observed the patterns of EVI and ILI both diffuse from the northern suburban districts to central Taipei, with ILI spreading faster. This novel system can identify early suspected cases of two important pediatric infections occurring at schools, and clusters from schools/families. It was also cost-effective (95.5% of the operation cost reduced and 59.7% processing time saved). The timely surveillance of mild EVI and ILI cases integrated with spatial analysis may help public health decision-makers with where to target for enhancing surveillance and prevention measures to minimize severe cases.

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School‐Based Pediatric Asthma Surveillance in Massachusetts From 2005 to 2009

Cited by 10 publications

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<p>Cardiorespiratory fitness as a mediator of the relationship between birth weight and cognition in school children</p>

<p>Cardiorespiratory fitness as a mediator of the relationship between birth weight and cognition in school children</p>

Asthma-Related School Absenteeism, Morbidity, and Modifiable Factors

Early Detection for Cases of Enterovirus- and Influenza-Like Illness through a Newly Established School-Based Syndromic Surveillance System in Taipei, January 2010 ~ August 2011

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