Educational Attainment at Age 10-11 Years Predicts Health Risk Behaviors and Injury Risk During Adolescence. 2017

Joanne C Demmler, and Rebecca A Hill, and Muhammad A Rahman, and Amrita Bandyopadhyay, and Melanie A Healy, and Shantini Paranjothy, and Simon Murphy, and Adam Fletcher, and Gillian Hewitt, and Ann John, and Ronan A Lyons, and Sinead T Brophy
Farr Institute, School of Medicine, Swansea University, Swansea, Wales, United Kingdom. Electronic address: j.demmler@swansea.ac.uk.

OBJECTIVE To examine the effect of educational attainment in primary school on later adolescent health. METHODS Education data attainments at age 7 and 11 were linked with (1) primary and secondary care injury consultation/admissions and (2) the Health Behaviour in School-aged Children survey. Cox regression was carried out to examine if attainment in primary school predicts time to injury in adolescence. RESULTS Pupils that achieve attainment at age 7 but not at age 11 (i.e., declining attainment over time in primary school) are more likely to have an injury during adolescence. These children are also more likely to self-report drinking in adolescence. CONCLUSIONS Interventions aimed at children with declining attainment in primary school could help to improve adolescent health.

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