A Study of Periodic School Medical Examinations. III. The Remediability of Certain Categories of “Defects”
- 1 November 1957
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Public Health Association in American Journal of Public Health and the Nations Health
- Vol. 47 (11_Pt_1), 1421-1429
- https://doi.org/10.2105/ajph.47.11_pt_1.1421
Abstract
In a group of 617 elementary school children followed with careful annual examinations for 4 years, 2/3 of the defects (exclusive of eye, ear and dental) present in the 1st grade were still present in the 4th grade. Most of these conditions were under medical care; half were considered insignificantly handicapping and only 1/3 potentially remediable. Parents sought care for somatically handicapping conditions in direct relationship to the severity of the handicap, but this relationship did not hold for conditions with a predominately pyschic basis. Significance of findings is discussed.Keywords
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