Jinal Shashin Parmar, Prathyusha Sanagavarapu, Sowbhagya Micheal, Navira Chandio, Susan Cartwright, Amit Arora
A Qualitative Study of Preschool Children's Perspectives on an Oral Health Promotion Program in New South Wales, Australia
Children (Basel, Switzerland)
growing evidence exists candidate factors childhood cognitive performance mainly limited singleexposure studies sought systematically simultaneously identify validate wide range potential modifiable factors childhood cognitive performance used data five waves data china family panel studies cfps2010 2012 2014 2016 2018 analytical sample restricted children aged 25 baseline valid exposure information total 80 modifiable factors identified childhood cognitive performance assessed using vocabulary mathematics test wave 5 used environmentwide association study enwas screen exposureoutcome associations independently used least absolute shrinkage selection operator lasso variable selection algorithm identify factors associated cognitive performance multivariable linear model used evaluate causal relationships identified factors cognitive performance 1305 participants included study mean sd 35 11 years age baseline 451 girls eight factors retained lasso regression analysis six factors across community characteristics percentage poverty community percentage children community household characteristics family size child health behaviors mobile internet access parenting behaviors cognitive enrichment parental involvement child education parental wellbeing paternal happiness domains significantly associated childhood cognition using threestage approach study validates several actionable targets improving childhood cognitive performance