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A healthy body and a healthy mind: the relationship between ill-health and cognitive function in school-age children

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  31 July 2008

C. Nokes
C. Nokes
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Partnership for Child Development, University of Oxford, South Parks Road, Oxford OX1 3PS
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Health of school age children and the Partnership for Child Development

Until recently, health programmes in developing countries have focused on infant survival and on the health of adolescents and, consequently, the health concerns of children of school age, falling between the ages of infancy and adolescence, have been neglected. The World Bank Development Report of 1993, stated a need to move beyond the focus on survival and to capture the concept that community health depends on the quality of life and opportunities for development. In response, the Partnership for Child Development was set up in 1992 to address the problem of ill-health among school-age children in the developing world.

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Session 2: Physical Factors
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Journal of Biosocial Science , Volume 28 , Special Issue 4: Proceedings of the Galton Institute Symposium on Biological and Social Aspects of Intelligence , October 1996 , pp. 452 - 462
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1996

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