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Factors Affecting the School Achievements of Asthmatic Children: A Review

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 October 2015

Chiara Zincone  and
Heather Mohay
Chiara Zincone
Affiliation:
Department of Child Health, University of Queensland
Heather Mohay
Affiliation:
Department of Child Health, University of Queensland
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Abstract

Asthma is a chronic respiratory disease which is experienced by a large number of Australian school children. Although these children are of comparable intelligence to their non-asthmatic peers, they generally achieve less well at school. In the paper we review the literature on the following factors in an attempt to explain the depressed educational achievements: 1) neurological damage resulting from anoxia during asthma attacks; 2) side effects of medication used to control asthma; 3) frequent absence from school, and 4) attitudes and expectations of teachers, parents and peers. Clearly more research is required to investigate the interaction between these factors.

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The Educational and Developmental Psychologist , Volume 5 , Issue 2 , November 1988 , pp. 17 - 19
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Copyright © Australian Psychological Society 1988

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