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Brown, Eleanor D.; Holochwost, Steven J.; Laurenceau, Jean-Philippe; Garnett, Mallory L.; Anderson, Kate E. – Child Development, 2021
This study deconstructs cumulative risk to probe unique relations to basal cortisol for family income and four distinct aspects of poverty-related instability. Participants were 288 children aged 3-5 years who attended Head Start preschool. Parents reported on poverty risks. Children provided samples of salivary cortisol at four times of day on…
Descriptors: At Risk Persons, Preschool Children, Poverty, Biochemistry
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Robert L. Nix; Sukhdeep Gill; Michelle L. Hostetler; Mark E. Feinberg; Lori A. Francis; Cynthia A. Stifter; Cheryl B. McNeil; Sarah M. Kidder; Damon E. Jones; Ye Rang Park; Christina N. Kim; Ashleigh G. Engbretson; Sarah M. Braaten; Vivian L. Tamkin – Child Development, 2024
The Recipe 4 Success preventive intervention targeted multiple factors critical to the health and well-being of toddlers living in poverty. This randomized controlled trial, which was embedded within Early Head Start home visits for 12 weeks, included 242 racially and ethnically diverse families (51% girls; toddler mean age = 2.58 years; data…
Descriptors: Parents, Toddlers, Eating Habits, Health Promotion
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Ryan, Carey S.; McCall, Robert B.; Robinson, Debbie R.; Groark, Christina J.; Mulvey, Laurie; Plemons, Bradford W. – Child Development, 2002
Examined benefits of the federal Comprehensive Child Development Program (CCDP) as a function of socioeconomic and welfare status. Found that more families in the CCDP left Aid to Families with Dependent Children (AFDC) than control families. The CCDP produced benefits for children whose parents were not receiving AFDC, who tended to choose…
Descriptors: Family Characteristics, Federal Programs, Poverty Programs, Socioeconomic Status