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Children with Secondary Care Episodes for Otitis Media Have Poor Literacy and Numeracy Outcomes: A Data Linkage Study
- Source :
- International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, Vol 18, Iss 10822, p 10822 (2021), International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, Volume 18, Issue 20
- Publication Year :
- 2021
- Publisher :
- MDPI AG, 2021.
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Abstract
- We examined the association between otitis media (OM) and educational attainment in a retrospective population cohort of Western Australian children who participated in the grade 3 National Assessment Program—Literacy and Numeracy in 2012 (N = 19,262). Literacy and numeracy scores were linked to administrative hospital and emergency department data to identify secondary care episodes for OM. Results of multivariate multilevel models showed that children with OM episodes had increased odds of poor performance on literacy and numeracy tests, compared to children without OM episodes (46–79% increase in odds for Aboriginal children<br />20–31% increase in odds for non-Aboriginal children). There were no significant effects found for age at the first episode, nor for OM episode frequency (all ps &gt<br />0.05). Regardless of the timing or frequency of episodes, children with OM episodes are at risk of poor literacy and numeracy attainment. Aboriginal children with OM appeared to be particularly at risk of poor literacy and numeracy achievement. Intervention to reduce the prevalence of otitis media in young children, and early treatment of OM, are important for limiting the negative effects on academic outcomes.
- Subjects :
- Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis
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Information Storage and Retrieval
literacy
Article
Secondary Care
Literacy
Odds
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0302 clinical medicine
Numeracy
030225 pediatrics
Humans
Medicine
030212 general & internal medicine
Child
Retrospective Studies
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First episode
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Multilevel model
Australia
Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health
otitis media
Emergency department
Educational attainment
Otitis
Child, Preschool
linked administrative data
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business
numeracy
Demography
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Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 16617827 and 16604601
- Volume :
- 18
- Issue :
- 10822
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....c88189acb2365b223ae80d237f07fbdb