低水平,早期生活的暴露和学校的行为
Ron Shadbegian1, Linda Bui2, Heather Klemick3
1Appalachian State University, Boone, North Carolina.
Pediatrics
|October 1, 2024
概括
儿童早期的暴露对学校行为产生了负面影响,增加了3-8年级学生的停学. 即使低于3.5μg/dL的血水平 (BLLs) 也会产生不良影响,特别是在老年学生中.
科学领域:
- 环境健康 环境健康
- 儿科健康 儿科健康
- 教育心理学教育心理学
背景情况:
- 儿童早期暴露是一个重大的公共卫生问题,可能会对长期发育产生影响.
- 了解暴露与学术/行为结果之间的关系对于有针对性的干预至关重要.
- 学校的行为,特别是停学率,是潜在的学习和发展挑战的关键指标.
研究的目的:
- 调查儿童早期血水平 (BLLs) 与三年级到八年级学生的学校行为之间的关联.
- 量化暴露对学校停课的频率和持续时间的影响,包括校外停课 (OSS).
- 为了确定BLL低于当前参考值的不良影响是否观察到.
主要方法:
- 使用Poisson模型与284,701名北卡罗来纳州学生 (2006-2008) 的大量队列.
- 调整以人口统计学,社会经济学和学年级的队列效应.
- 使用粗制精确匹配来比较2-10μg/dL的BLL的儿童与BLL≤1μg/dL的基准组.
主要成果:
- 血水平 (BLLs) ≥3μg/dL与六年级到八年级学生的学校停学增加有显著的关联.
- 校外停课 (OSS) 比总停课更受影响;学生BLL=3μg/dL有16%更多的OSS事件和22%更多的OSS日.
- 对于三年级到五年级的学生,只有在较高的BLL (8-10μg/dL) 时才观察到显著的影响.
结论:
- 儿童血液中含量 (BLLs) 对三年级到八年级学生的学校行为产生了显著的不良影响.
- 这些负面影响即使在BCL低于CDC的3.5μg/dL参考值的情况下也会发生.
- 预防幼儿暴露为学生行为和教育成果提供了长期的实质性益处,特别是对于表现出更严重破坏性行为的老年学生.
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