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Download full textOffice of Head Start, US Department of Health and Human Services, 2024
This National Services Snapshot summarizes key data on demographics and services for children from birth to age five and pregnant women served by Head Start, Early Head Start, and Migrant and Seasonal Head Start programs. The data in this Snapshot is a subset of the annual Program Information Report (PIR) submission to the Office of Head Start.…
Descriptors: Low Income Students, Federal Programs, Social Services, Early Intervention
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Direct linkTavares, Jousilene de Sales; Gama, Gabriela Lopes; Cavalcante Guedes Pinheiro, Hannah; Souza de Azevedo, Girlene; Balbino da Silva, Mariana; Ayalla de Castro Meira, Chanazy; Melo, Adriana Suely Oliveira; Amorim, Melania Maria Ramos – Early Child Development and Care, 2023
To describe and analyze the changes in anthropometric parameters in children with congenital Zika syndrome (CZS) from birth to four years of age. This prospective study evaluated 117 children diagnosed with CZS. Anthropometric indices evaluated annually were classified with respect to presence of microcephaly and adequacy of weight-for-age,…
Descriptors: Congenital Impairments, Infants, Preschool Children, Human Body
Grossman, Jennifer M.; Jones, Charnell; Richer, Amanda M. – Sex Education: Sexuality, Society and Learning, 2023
The protective effects of talk with parents about sex in delaying sex and reducing young people's risky sexual behaviour may extend from adolescence to emerging adulthood. However, little is known about the content and process of this communication, or how parents and their emerging adult children perceive their conversations about sex and…
Descriptors: Parent Child Relationship, Sexuality, Risk Management, Interpersonal Communication
Foley, Sarah; Devine, Rory T.; Hughes, Claire – Developmental Psychology, 2023
This study examined the development of caregiver mind-mindedness--defined as the propensity to see one's child as an agent with an independent mind--across the first 1,000 days of life. At four timepoints (i.e., third trimester of pregnancy, 4, 14, and 24 months postpartum), 384 first-time mothers (M[subscript age] = 32.55, SD = 3.63 years) and…
Descriptors: Metacognition, Mothers, Fathers, Infants
Catherine Poehling; Margaret Mary Downey; Melissa Indera Singh; Candice C. Beasley – Journal of Social Work Education, 2023
This conceptual article aims to inform social work educators on facilitating critical discourse among social work students by applying reproductive justice, leveraging interdisciplinary practice, and addressing the Social Work Grand Challenges. Reproductive justice tenets provide an interdisciplinary framework that assists in the development of…
Descriptors: Social Work, Teachers, Pregnancy, Social Justice
McFarlane, Megan D.; Alaybek, Balca; Schatz, Anna; Painter, Julia E.; Olsen, Gordon P.; Hogan, Kathryn M.; Mondoloka, Tondi; Zhang, Hanzhe; McCleary-Sills, Jennifer; Richmond, Alicia – American Journal of Sexuality Education, 2023
Although U.S. adolescent birth rates in general have declined in recent decades, they continue to be a primary public health concern due to notable disparities among adolescent birth rates. In response, pregnancy prevention program development has increasingly focused on understanding how to better serve the needs of adolescents in underserved…
Descriptors: Minority Group Children, Teachers, Adolescents, Pregnancy
Kirsten Slungaard Mumma – Annenberg Institute for School Reform at Brown University, 2023
The recent spike in book challenges has put school libraries at the center of heated political debates. I investigate the relationship between local politics and school library collections using data on books with controversial content in 6,631 public school libraries. Libraries in conservative areas have fewer titles with LGBTQ+, race/racism, or…
Descriptors: Childrens Literature, Books, School Libraries, Library Materials
Hirokawa, Kumi; Kimura, Takashi; Ikehara, Satoyo; Honjo, Kaori; Ueda, Kimiko; Sato, Takuyo; Iso, Hiroyasu; Kishi, Reiko; Yaegashi, Nobuo; Hashimoto, Koichi; Mori, Chisato; Ito, Shuichi; Yamagata, Zentaro; Inadera, Hidekuni; Kamijima, Michihiro; Heike, Toshio; Iso, Hiroyasu; Shima, Masayuki; Kawai, Yasuaki; Suganuma, Narufumi; Kusuhara, Koichi; Katoh, Takahiko – Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 2020
The purpose of the present study was to investigate associations of dietary intake including vitamin D, folate, and n-3 and n-6 polyunsaturated fatty acids (PUFA) in pregnant women with broad autism phenotype (BAP). The Japan Environment and Children's Study is a government-funded birth cohort study. All complete data of 92,011 were analyzed. The…
Descriptors: Eating Habits, Dietetics, Nutrition, Pregnancy
Gatica-Domínguez, Giovanna; Rothenberg, Stephen J.; Torres-Sánchez, Luisa; Schnaas, Lourdes; Stein, Aryeh D.; Schmidt, Rebecca J.; López-Carrillo, Lizbeth – International Journal of Behavioral Development, 2020
Prenatal folate and vitamin B[subscript 12] status have been linked to child neuropsychological development, but less is known about maternal genetic influences on this association. We conducted an exploratory longitudinal study of 181 mother--child pairs to assess whether maternal MTHFR 677C>T genotype modifies the association between maternal…
Descriptors: Prenatal Influences, Child Development, Genetics, Mothers
Romy Gonçalves; Romy Gaillard; Kelly K. Ferguson; Sara Sammallahti; Manon H. Hillegers; Eric A. P. Steegers; Hanan El Marroun; Vincent W. V. Jaddoe – JCPP Advances, 2025
Background: Fetal life and infancy might be critical periods for brain development leading to increased risks of neurocognitive disorders and psychopathology later in life. We examined the associations of fetal and infant weight growth patterns and birth characteristics with behavior and cognitive outcomes at the age of 13 years. Methods:…
Descriptors: Birth, Infants, Body Weight, Child Development
Vecchione, Rachel; Vigna, Chelsea; Whitman, Casey; Kauffman, Elizabeth M.; Braun, Joseph M.; Chen, Aimin; Xu, Yingying; Hamra, Ghassan B.; Lanphear, Bruce P.; Yolton, Kimberly; Croen, Lisa A.; Fallin, M. Daniele; Irva Hertz-Picciotto; Newschaffer, Craig J.; Lyall, Kristen – Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 2021
We examined the association between prenatal fish intake and child autism-related traits according to Social Responsiveness Scale (SRS) and cognitive development scores in two US prospective pregnancy cohorts. In adjusted linear regression analyses, higher maternal fish intake in the second half of pregnancy was associated with increased child…
Descriptors: Correlation, Mothers, Pregnancy, Prenatal Influences
Rutherford, Alyssa; Llewellyn, Douglas – Science Teacher, 2021
Secondary school biology teachers constantly face the challenge of finding ways to connect students with topics that are engaging and relevant to them. In-vitro fertilization and other assisted reproductive technologies are increasingly common medical practices that students may hear about in their lives outside of school, whether from hearing…
Descriptors: Science Instruction, Secondary School Science, Biology, Relevance (Education)
Novotny, Maria – Community Literacy Journal, 2021
In the era of a global pandemic, this article claims that community literacy scholars are well poised to support challenges currently facing healthcare providers. To demonstrate this, I offer one example drawing on my work with The ART of Infertility and explain how I repurposed patient art and stories to curate emotional literacy amongst…
Descriptors: Rhetoric, Art, Patients, Emotional Intelligence
Rachana Desai; Ansuyah Magan; Robert A.C. Ruiter; Priscilla S. Reddy; Liesbeth A.G. Mercken – SAGE Open, 2024
Out of school youth (OSY) are adolescents who have not completed their schooling and are not currently enrolled in school. This study sought to understand why learners drop out of school by interviewing 41 OSY (aged 13-20 years). Respondent Driven Sampling was used to recruit OSY. Content analysis was used to analyze the data. Gender differences…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Adolescents, Out of School Youth, Dropouts
Rosa S. Wong; Keith T. S. Tung; Ka Man Yim; Ko Ling Chan; Patrick Ip – International Journal of Behavioral Development, 2024
Early childbearing is associated with high maternal stress and family violence. However, the long-term effects of rapid repeat pregnancy (RRP) in young motherhood on child outcomes remain largely unknown. This study examined the pathways between maternal RRP at young ages and child psychosocial problems and emergency room visits in later years. A…
Descriptors: Correlation, Stress Variables, Parent Child Relationship, Family Relationship
