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Showing 1 to 20 of 25 for “"low-income children"”.
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Socioemotional Development of Low-Income Children in the Public School Intervention Program
… (Virginia Site), and included only data on the children who were part of Cohort II (i.e., enrolled in kindergarten in 1993). This database was examined to determine how select child and family characteristics uniquely contributed to parents' and teachers' ratings of the children's social skills …
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Effect of Medicaid/SCHIP and WIC on Oral Health of Low-Income Children
… is the most prevalent chronic disease among US children, and disproportionately impacts those of low socioeconomic status. Studies have shown that the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women Infants and Children (WIC) improves access to dental care among Medicaid children. This study …
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Trauma, Dissociation, and Traumatic Stress at a Trauma Center Serving Low-Income Children and Adolescents
… and detrimental experience in the lives of children and adolescents in impoverished, urban communities. This study explored the relationships among trauma, dissociation, and posttraumatic stress in a clinic-referred sample of children and adolescents living in urban poverty. Trauma was …
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The Role of Health Behaviors and Food Insecurity in Predicting Food Intake in Low-Income Children
… insecurity, and food intake in elementary-aged children (i.e., ages 5 - 10). A measurement model was specified to ensure good fit between the data and predictive model. Following this step, the structural model was conducted and several significant findings emerged. Food insecurity significantly …
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The contribution of school meals to the daily intake of low income children and associations with age, gender and ethnicity
… of school meals to total dietary intake of low income children and to observe whether there are differences by gender, ethnicity, and age. Participants were between the ages of 9 and 12 years old and were children in the after school programs at four different Houston area Boys and Girls …
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The impact of after-school childcare arrangements on the developmental outcomes of low-income children and the labor conditions of their working mothers
While working mothers with school-aged children make up 78.6% labor force, finding suitable, available, affordable childcare is still significant challenge. Even though after-school programs (hereafter ASPs) and other types of childcare arrangements have been implemented, childcare for school-aged …
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The impact of an after-school garden enhanced nutrition education (gene) program on skin carotenoids as a measure of vegetable consumption on diverse, low-income children
… and anthropometric changes among school-aged children participating in the Boys and Girls Club of Greater Houston. Two locations of the Boys and Girls Clubs of Greater Houston were chosen: Havard and Morefield. Children participated in 10 weekly sessions of the Learn, Grow, Eat and Go! …
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Voices of poverty: Perspectives of one school's student, teachers. and parents
… the needs, challenges, and obstacles confronting children in poverty in a small Michigan town by focusing on the perspectives and experiences of low-income students and their parents/guardians. Two families and one teacher were interviewed in depth, using open-ended, semi-structured interview …
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Improvoing Head Start Children's Emergent Literacy and Phonemic Awareness Through Parent Training
… literacy and phonemic awareness is focused on children older than five years of age. The research clearly suggests that emergent literacy and phonemic awareness skills are precursors for children to learn to read and that low-income children often lack these skills. However, very little …
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Cost analysis of the Miles of Smiles Program, a school-based preventive oral health program
… access to oral health care issues that affect low income children within the school district. The analysis of the program utilized an inventory list and an existing de-identified database to determine the costs associated with operating the program throughout the 2008-2009 school term. Costs …
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An Assessment of School Adjustment in Head Start Children
… of school adjustment in a sample of Head Start children (N = 36). Past research examining school adjustment in low-income children has failed to address all of the components of school adjustment while often employing the same reporter (the teacher) for both predictor and outcome measures. …
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The Role of Public Libraries in Addressing Food Insecurity: A Model for Community Feeding
… having enough food to eat can negatively impact children more severely than adults. Children who are food insecure are more likely to suffer from a range of physical, mental, and developmental delays in growth. There is prior evidence that the effects of food insecurity in children can be …
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Essays on childhood obesity
… The first essay, “What Money Can Buy: Family Income and Childhood Obesity” investigates the relationship between family income and childhood obesity using the Early Childhood Longitudinal Study, Kindergarten Class of 1998-99 (ECLS-K). In this essay I report three new findings. First, family …
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Mindfulness and Work-Related Functioning Among Head Start Staff
… staff members and between staff and clients (children and their families) is a key factor in how successful these programs are in achieving their goals. Head Start, the nation’s largest publicly-funded early childhood education program, is based on a service model that provides educational, …
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Contextual and Dispositional Influences on Low-Income Children's School Adjustment
… relationships is of vital importance to children's socio-emotional development, school success, and the prevention of future problem behaviors. In response, the current project examined the interaction of parenting style, child temperament, and the quality of the teacher-child …
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Goal Conflict in the State Children's Health Insurance Program
… state-level empirical analysis of the State Children's Health Insurance Program (SCHIP) from 1999-2007. This program was selected for analysis because it is a program in which goal conflict has been readily manifest, particularly during the 2007 SCHIP reauthorization attempts. Goal conflict …
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Educating the Whole Child: Evidence of Health and Wellness Instruction in the Schools Serving Low-Income Students
… the past three decades, and today, one in five children experiences symptoms of mental illness. Low-income children are especially subject to these conditions. The long-term consequences for the country as a whole are significant. Schools are particularly well placed to address these problems by …
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How Social Emotional Development Skills Gained in High Quality Public School Prekindergarten Impact Kindergarten Academic Readiness
<p>Longitudinal research has demonstrated that children’s emotional and social skills are linked to their early academic achievement (Wentzel & Asher, 1995). Children who have difficulty paying attention, following directions, getting along with others, and controlling negative emotions like anger …
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A trend analysis of Ohio's state funding for public and nonpublic school students
The flow of taxpayer money to public and private schools in today’s atmosphere of scarce and highly contested fiscal resources heavily influences the debate over school choice. While there is considerable information on disparate funding among public school systems across the nation there is little …
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<b>Black and Latina Family Child Care Educators' </b><b>Community-Centered Care</b><b>: Cultivating Healthy Development and Family Well-Being</b>
… nearly 60% of the 15.3 million households with children under the age of five relied on non-parental care, reflecting a significant reliance on such services (Cui & Natzke, 2021). Additionally, approximately 2.7 million parents reported modifications of their employment circumstances in response …
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