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Annotated bibliography

Children’s Health at UTEP

Danny J. Magaña

University of Texas at El Paso

RWS 1301

Dr. Vierra

October 23, 2018

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Research Questions

1. How would school affect the health of a child or adolescent?

2. Is a child’s health affected if they have one or both parents attending university?

3. How does the introduction to something such as University/College affect an adolescent

near the end of their maturity?

4. Does the idea of University/ College affect the health of adolescents when they reach the

end of high school?

5. Are parents the main factors that contribute to a child’s/adolescent’s health, or do others

around them cause more of an impact?

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Annotated Bibliography

Ashiabi, G. S., O’Neal, K. K. (2007). Children's health status: Examining the associations among

income poverty, material hardship, and parental factors: Retrieved from http://0-

link.galegroup.com.lib.utep.edu/apps/doc/A472243353/HRCA?u=txshracd2603&sid=HR

CA&xid=37442d4a

According to Godwin Ashiabi and Keri O’Neal (2007), Factors such as biology,

behavior, parents mental state, health care, and the family’s income all contribute to the

health of the children present in the family (p.1). For a family’s income it is observed that

lack of food or “food insecurity” along with lack of medical assistance are present (p.2).

With a parent’s mental state, it was seen that lack of other catagories (i.e. income and

health care) lead to this such as depression and a change in parental behaviors which

greatly effect a child’s health whether it be psychological or physical (p.2). Taking into

account how most of these are linked together in some fashion (i.e. a family’s income and

whether or not they have health care) it can be observed that the factors presented by

Ashiabi and O’Neal contribute to a child’s health.

Delgadillo R. (2018, February 20, 2018). Professor receives award for her work in LGBT

health. The Prospector, pp. 4.

Oralia Loza was presented with one of three 2018 Pillars of Public Health from the city

of El Paso due to the contributions she had done in the LGBT community. She helped in

the creation of the Purple Pages of El Paso ( a webpage launched in 2015), which assisted

in LGBT-friendly healthcare and social work services in El Paso. Observation is still

being conducted in the ramifications presented to the LGBT community present in the

University of Texas at El Paso.

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El Paso Prospector. (1953). Help fight polio. El Paso Prospector, pp. 2. Retrieved from

https://theprospector.newspaperarchive.com/el-paso-prospector/1953-01-10/page-2/

The March of Dimes campaign assisted in the eradication of Polio, which effected tens of

thousands of children and adults. The disease was widespread in the early 1950s, with

funding being gathered as fast as possible during this time. With so many effected it is

safe to say students of the University of Texas at El Paso were affected, leaving them out

of school for an extended period or even succumbing to the disease itself. College

students at this period were a valuable source of collecting funds for the March of Dimes

cause.

Francis D. E. M. (1986). Nutrition for children (First ed., pp. 1-140). Osney Mead, Oxford:

Blackwell Scientific.

According to Dorothy Francis (1986), all children must a diet that can provide the proper

nutrition needed for growth and be acceptable within their society/community along with

being financially viable. Presented was how under- and over-nutrition could potentially

or be related to infections and catabolic issues farther down the line (p. 6). Alongside this

the best times to regulate the diet of a child/adolescent is in any period of rapid growth

(i.e. infancy and adolescence) and adding to the aforementioned potential issues of

under/over-nutrition, growth failure and other nutritional disorders could plague any

selected child. From this it could be determined that it is quite important for a child’s diet

to be regulated on some level to improve their overall quality of life.

Freyler, A., et al. (2013). Modern health worries, subjective somatic symptoms, somatosensory

amplification, and health anxiety in adolescents. Journal of Health Psychology, 18(6),

773-781. doi:10.1177/1359105313479629
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According to Freyler et al, (2013), the definition of “worry” being presented for anxiety

disorder is a big departure from the full extent to which it could be defined. Presented

within the article is a stance that environmental factors play a big thing in how/why an

anxiety disorder may for. An example is through mass media and modern technologies,

mostly due to newer forms of technology and environmental occurrences being discussed

in their most negative of lights. Therefore, this makes it hard for people to see how their

world could be better, instead giving a newer form of “worry” for the included person(s).

Kenney, G. (2007, 08; 2018/9). The impacts of the state children's health insurance program on

children who enroll: Findings from ten states.42, 1520+. Retrieved from http://0-

link.galegroup.com.lib.utep.edu/apps/doc/A167107111/HRCA?u=txshracd2603&sid=HR

CA&xid=a08f04cc

According to Kenney (2007), there is a difference in insurance companies of currently

enrolled clients and newly established accounts. To prove this claim, a study was

conducted with surveys of 16,700 SCHIP clients (p.1522). The people within these

surveys were split into three different section, being (1) people newly enrolled, (2) people

enrolled for 5 months or more, (3) and people who had recently dropped the service

(p.1523). An observation made was that longer established clients had a higher rate of

receiving the assistance they required/wanted and parents of children with established

insurance were less likely to feel they were not meeting their child’s needs, while others

suffered to some degree.

Powell S. B., Engelke M. K., Swanson M. S. (Jul/Aug2018). Quality of life in school-age

children with obesity. [Quality of Life in School-Age Children with Obesity.] (pp. p183-

188) Retrieved from http://0-

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web.a.ebscohost.com.lib.utep.edu/chc/detail?vid=2&sid=92f0a47a-1883-4128-8569-

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A study into the child obesity rates among children in today’s day and age makes the

claim that there are higher rates of obesity amongst Hispanic, black youth, and within

low-income households. According to the conductors of this study [Powell S. B., Engelke

M. K., and Swanson M. S.], school nurses have the most advantageous position in

steering a child’s mentality for physical and dietary well-being (p.183 Pediatric Nursing).

From the study nurses were given a set criterion of following protocols, which involved

creating specialized goals for the students, having nurses intervening when needed, and

an overall evaluation of the goals with each student. With the conclusion being that

children with higher BMI encounter higher rates of obesity and psychosocial issues

compared to those student with average or more regulated weights.

Russell, C. G. e. (2018). Parental feeding practices associated with children's eating and weight:

What are parents of toddlers and preschool children doing? Appetite, 128, 120. Retrieved

from http://0-

link.galegroup.com.lib.utep.edu/apps/doc/A547046863/HRCA?u=txshracd2603&sid=HR

CA&xid=b54bf85a

According to Russell, et al (2018), a parent’s feeding habits for their children directly

corollate to their eating habits and weight. A study was formed observing parental

feeding habits on children ranging from toddler to preschool. When going over the data

presented it could be seen that methods such as modeling, recommending a balance and

varied diet, and an environment abundant with healthy alternatives was present in both
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age groups. In exclusion the preschool demographic showed tactics such as pressuring to

eat, food restriction, and food as a reward were implemented as well.

Shrewsbury, V. A., et al (2018). School‐Level socioeconomic status influences adolescents'

Health‐Related lifestyle behaviors and intentions. Journal of School Health, 88(8), 583-

589. doi:10.1111/josh.12647

According to Shrewsbury, et al (2018), the period of adolescence is an important time

because developments of noncommunicable diseases (NCD) (i.e. cardiovascular disease,

stroke, diabetes, and cancers) could be prevented (para 1). Upon observation of both

sexes with variety in age range, through multiple schools (para 5), it was seen that

females were less likely to eat breakfast, sugary drinks, view an excessive amount of

television, and partake in exercising daily (para 2). On the other hand, males were

observed to do the complete opposite of them (para 2). With a control on specific aspects

of a child life the prevention of the diseases mentioned was seen to increase.

Torre C. T. (1979). Nutrition in adolescence. In Slattery J. S., Pearson G. A., and Torre C. T.

(Ed.), Maternal and child nutrition: Assessment and counseling (First ed., pp. 181-211).

New York: Appleton-Century-Crofts.

According to Torre (1979), nutritional needed between adolescents vary from sex to sex

and person to person, and the needs coincide with the growth in an individual. Torre

states that a report done in 1974 concludes that within an observed group of 7000

adolescents (p. 182), the period with the most rapid growth was between ages 12 to 17.

Aside from this the point in which height would change differed between sexes as well,

men being from about 12 to 16 and women being from about 10 to 13. From here it could

be concluded that these differences can point to offset needs of nutrition within the diets
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of the sexes at different points in their lifespan and do in-fact coincide with the growth of

each individual.

Walsh, A. M., et al (2015). Use of online health information to manage children's health care: A

prospective study investigating parental decisions. BMC Health Services

Research, 15 Retrieved from http://0-

link.galegroup.com.lib.utep.edu/apps/doc/A541448648/HRCA?u=txshracd2603&sid=HR

CA&xid=36004622

According to Walsh, et al (2015) the quality of health information accessible by parents

on the internet is of questionable quality. In order to observe the outcomes of parents who

use this method of obtaining health information, a study was conducted on consenting

parents where they needed to use online recourses as a means of providing “health

management” for their children (p.2). Upon conclusion of the study (p.9) it was observed

that not everything taken into account while using online recourses posed some risk

towards a child’s health yet provided enough other information to devise a way to

possibly regulate this later on.

Wendee N. (2018). Advocates for children's health: Working together to reduce harmful

environmental exposures. Environmental Health Perspectives, 126, 12001. Retrieved

from http://0-

link.galegroup.com.lib.utep.edu/apps/doc/A525839951/HRCA?u=txshracd2603&sid=HR

CA&xid=463fefca

According to Wendee, children born in the modern age act as some sort of warning sign

and believe that Health-Care systems should become more involved with the trends
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emerging in some areas. It is known that children, in total, are more susceptible to

diseases encountered within their environment (2018. Children's Special Vulnerability,

para. 1). With this it becomes easier to see a trend emerge if in some areas, revealing

more risks which are discovered from children just interacting with their environment.

Even with things such as cancer becoming more prominent within communities most

organizations don’t bother to investigate as to why it occurs, and how it could, if

possibly, be prevented. With this intervention in some community environments would

be crucial to preventing a disease or assisting the treatment of someone with a more

serious one as of now.