School Context Matters: The Impacts of Concentrated Poverty and Racial Segregation on Childhood Obesity

Autor/inn/en	Piontak, Joy Rayanne; Schulman, Michael D.
Titel	School Context Matters: The Impacts of Concentrated Poverty and Racial Segregation on Childhood Obesity
Quelle	In: Journal of School Health, 86 (2016) 12, S.864-872 (9 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0022-4391
DOI	10.1111/josh.12458
Schlagwörter	Educational Environment; Obesity; Statistical Analysis; Elementary School Students; Body Composition; Elementary School Teachers; Poverty; Physical Health; Socioeconomic Status; Racial Composition; Institutional Characteristics; Rural Schools; Urban Schools; Counties; Measurement; Correlation; Minority Group Students; School Segregation; North Carolina + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Lernumgebung; Pädagogische Umwelt; Schulumwelt; Adipositas; Statistische Analyse; Elementary school; Teacher; Teachers; Grundschule; Volksschule; Lehrer; Lehrerin; Lehrende; Armut; Gesundheitszustand; Socio-economic status; Sozioökonomischer Status; Rural area; Rural areas; School; Schools; Ländlicher Raum; Schule; Schulen; Urban area; Urban areas; Stadtregion; Stadt; Messverfahren; Korrelation
Abstract	Background: Schools are important sites for interventions to prevent childhood obesity. This study examines how variables measuring the socioeconomic and racial composition of schools and counties affect the likelihood of obesity among third to fifth grade children. Methods: Body mass index data were collected from third to fifth grade public school students by teachers from 317 urban and rural North Carolina schools in 38 counties. Multilevel models are used to examine county-, school-, and individual-level effects. Results: Low concentrations of poverty at the school level are associated with lower odds of obesity. Schools in rural counties had significantly higher rates of obesity, net the other variables in the model. Students in minority-segregated schools had higher rates of obesity than those in more racially diverse schools, but the effect was not statistically significant once school-level poverty was controlled. Conclusions: Place-based inequalities are important determinants of health inequalities. The results of this study show that school-level variables related to poverty are important for understanding and confronting childhood obesity. (As Provided).
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Update	2020/1/01