Abstract:Background: Secondary education has lifelong implications for wellbeing. We evaluated associations between the duration and timing of special health care needs (SHCN) across childhood and academic achievement in secondary school.Methods: Cohort design. The structured modelling approach was used to evaluate life-course models for associations between the duration and timing of SHCN (measured using a two-item SHCN screener across ages 4-5, 6-7, 8-9 and 10-11 years) and Grade 7 (median age 12.5 years) reading and… Show more
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