Role of contextual and compositional characteristics of schools for health inequalities in childhood and adolescence: a scoping review.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

To synthesise the evidence on the role of compositional or contextual characteristics of schools in the association between students' socioeconomic position and their health in primary and secondary education in developed economies.

Design

Scoping review. We included studies examining the role of at least one school or class characteristic on students' health inequalities and was published since 1 January 2000, in English or German. We searched PubMed/Medline, Web of Science and Education Resources Information Center. We provided a narrative synthesis and an overview of findings. School characteristics were grouped into five broad categories: school composition, school climate, school policies and organisation, food environment and facilities.

Results

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SUBMITTER: Herke M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8808395 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature