School Social Capital and Body Mass Index in the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent Health

Journal of School Health

Volumn 84, Issue 12, 2014, Pages 759-768

  Richmond, Tracy K ^a   Milliren, Carly ^a   Walls, Courtney E ^b   Kawachi, Ichiro ^c  

^a BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b Decision Resources Group   (United Kingdom)

^c HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Body mass index; Schools; Social capital; Social cohesion

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; BODY MASS; CHILD; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PARENT; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; PSYCHOLOGY; PUBLIC RELATIONS; SCHOOL; SEX RATIO; SOCIAL CAPITAL; SOCIAL CLASS; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; STUDENT; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; BODY MASS INDEX; CHILD; COMMUNITY-INSTITUTIONAL RELATIONS; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MODELS, STATISTICAL; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PARENTS; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; SCHOOLS; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SOCIAL CAPITAL; SOCIAL CLASS; STUDENTS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84930319974     PISSN: 00224391     EISSN: 17461561     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/josh.12213     Document Type: Article

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