Parental education related to their children’s health in late childhood and early adolescence for Pacific families within New Zealand
Abstract Pacific people continue to carry a disproportionately heavy social and health burden relative to their non-Pacific peers in New Zealand, and those with less formal education are experiencing social and health declines. Improving education and educational needs is seen as being central to de...
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| author | Philip J. Schluter Jesse Kokaua El-Shadan Tautolo Leon Iusitini Rosalina Richards Troy Ruhe |
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| description | Abstract Pacific people continue to carry a disproportionately heavy social and health burden relative to their non-Pacific peers in New Zealand, and those with less formal education are experiencing social and health declines. Improving education and educational needs is seen as being central to decreasing these health inequities. While expansive, the empirical evidence-base supporting this stance is relatively weak and increasingly conflicting. Using a large birth cohort of 1,368 eligible Pacific children, together with their mothers and fathers, this study longitudinally investigates the relationship between paternal education levels and sentinel measures of their children’s physical health, mental health and health risk taking behaviours during late childhood and early adolescence. In adjusted analyses, it was found that mothers and fathers who undertook further schooling over the 0–6 years postpartum period had children with significantly lower logarithmically transformed body mass index increases at 11-years and 14-years measurement waves compared to 9-years levels than those who did not study (p = 0.017 and p = 0.022, respectively). Furthermore, fathers who undertook further schooling over this 0–6 years postpartum period also had children with significantly lower odds of risk taking behaviours (p = 0.013). These results support policy aimed at increasing educational opportunities for Pacific people in New Zealand. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-4958fddbcbca40f09e7fb31272b96bf42022-12-21T19:04:30ZengNature PortfolioScientific Reports2045-23222022-03-0112111110.1038/s41598-022-09282-xParental education related to their children’s health in late childhood and early adolescence for Pacific families within New ZealandPhilip J. Schluter0Jesse Kokaua1El-Shadan Tautolo2Leon Iusitini3Rosalina Richards4Troy Ruhe5School of Health Sciences – Te Kura Mātai Hauora, and Child Well-being Research Institute – Te Kāhui Pā Harakeke, University of Canterbury – Te Whare Wānanga o WaitahaDivision of Health Sciences, Va’a O Tautai, University of OtagoCentre for Pacific Health and Development Research, Auckland University of TechnologyCentre for Pacific Health and Development Research, Auckland University of TechnologyDivision of Health Sciences, Va’a O Tautai, University of OtagoDivision of Health Sciences, Va’a O Tautai, University of OtagoAbstract Pacific people continue to carry a disproportionately heavy social and health burden relative to their non-Pacific peers in New Zealand, and those with less formal education are experiencing social and health declines. Improving education and educational needs is seen as being central to decreasing these health inequities. While expansive, the empirical evidence-base supporting this stance is relatively weak and increasingly conflicting. Using a large birth cohort of 1,368 eligible Pacific children, together with their mothers and fathers, this study longitudinally investigates the relationship between paternal education levels and sentinel measures of their children’s physical health, mental health and health risk taking behaviours during late childhood and early adolescence. In adjusted analyses, it was found that mothers and fathers who undertook further schooling over the 0–6 years postpartum period had children with significantly lower logarithmically transformed body mass index increases at 11-years and 14-years measurement waves compared to 9-years levels than those who did not study (p = 0.017 and p = 0.022, respectively). Furthermore, fathers who undertook further schooling over this 0–6 years postpartum period also had children with significantly lower odds of risk taking behaviours (p = 0.013). These results support policy aimed at increasing educational opportunities for Pacific people in New Zealand.https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-022-09282-x |
| spellingShingle | Philip J. Schluter Jesse Kokaua El-Shadan Tautolo Leon Iusitini Rosalina Richards Troy Ruhe Parental education related to their children’s health in late childhood and early adolescence for Pacific families within New Zealand Scientific Reports |
| title | Parental education related to their children’s health in late childhood and early adolescence for Pacific families within New Zealand |
| title_full | Parental education related to their children’s health in late childhood and early adolescence for Pacific families within New Zealand |
| title_fullStr | Parental education related to their children’s health in late childhood and early adolescence for Pacific families within New Zealand |
| title_full_unstemmed | Parental education related to their children’s health in late childhood and early adolescence for Pacific families within New Zealand |
| title_short | Parental education related to their children’s health in late childhood and early adolescence for Pacific families within New Zealand |
| title_sort | parental education related to their children s health in late childhood and early adolescence for pacific families within new zealand |
| url | https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-022-09282-x |
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