Nutritional and socio-economic determinants of cognitive function and educational achievement of Aboriginal schoolchildren in rural Malaysia
| Autor: | Ariffin Wa, Johari Surin, Abdulsalam M. Al-Mekhlafi, Hesham M. Al-Mekhlafi, Adel A. Amran, Atiya A. Sallam, Mohammed A. K. Mahdy |
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| Přispěvatelé: | University of Malaya [Kuala Lumpur, Malaisie], Sana'a University |
| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2011 |
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Gerontology
Male Rural Population Intelligence Medicine (miscellaneous) MESH: Cognition MESH: Parasitic Diseases Feces 0302 clinical medicine Cognition MESH: Rural Population [SDV.MHEP.MI]Life Sciences [q-bio]/Human health and pathology/Infectious diseases MESH: Child Medicine 030212 general & internal medicine Educational achievement Child 2. Zero hunger Nutrition and Dietetics Intelligence quotient 1. No poverty MESH: Feces Nutrition Surveys MESH: Nutritional Status Nutrition Disorders MESH: Malaysia Female Child Nutritional Physiological Phenomena MESH: Socioeconomic Factors MESH: Population Groups Nutritional Status 03 medical and health sciences MESH: Cross-Sectional Studies Population Groups 030225 pediatrics MESH: Nutrition Surveys Parasitic Diseases Humans Learning MESH: Nutrition Disorders MESH: Intelligence Socioeconomic status MESH: Humans business.industry MESH: Child Nutritional Physiological Phenomena Malaysia Stepwise regression MESH: Male Cross-Sectional Studies El Niño Socioeconomic Factors Household income MESH: Learning Rural area business MESH: Female Demography |
| Zdroj: | Br J Nutr Br J Nutr, 2011, 106 (7), pp.1100-6. ⟨10.1017/S0007114511001449⟩ |
| DOI: | 10.1017/S0007114511001449⟩ |
| Popis: | A community-based cross-sectional study was carried out among Aboriginal schoolchildren aged 7–12 years living in remote areas in Pos Betau, Pahang, Malaysia to investigate the potential determinants influencing the cognitive function and educational achievement of these children. Cognitive function was measured by intelligence quotient (IQ), while examination scores of selected school subjects were used in assessing educational achievement. Blood samples were collected to assess serum Fe status. All children were screened for soil-transmitted helminthes. Demographic and socio-economic data were collected using pre-tested questionnaires. Almost two-thirds (67·6 %) of the subjects had poor IQ and most of them (72·6 %) had insufficient educational achievement. Output of the stepwise multiple regression model showed that poor IQ was significantly associated with low household income which contributed the most to the regression variance (r2 0·059; P = 0·020). Low maternal education was also identified as a significant predictor of low IQ scores (r2 0·042; P = 0·043). With educational achievement, Fe-deficiency anaemia (IDA) was the only variable to show significant association (r2 0·025; P = 0·015). In conclusion, the cognitive function and educational achievement of Aboriginal schoolchildren are poor and influenced by household income, maternal education and IDA. Thus, effective and integrated measures to improve the nutritional and socio-economic status of rural children would have a pronounced positive effect on their education. |
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