Being Healthy and Ready to Learn Is Linked with Family and Neighborhood Characteristics for Preschoolers

Autor/inn/en	Moore, Kristin Anderson; Paschall, Katherine; Pina, Gabriel; Anderson, Samantha
Institution	Child Trends
Titel	Being Healthy and Ready to Learn Is Linked with Family and Neighborhood Characteristics for Preschoolers
Quelle	(2020), (20 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Monographie
Schlagwörter	Family Influence; Family Characteristics; Family Environment; Neighborhoods; Preschool Children; Child Health; School Readiness; Correlation; Physical Health; Mental Health; Well Being; Parent Influence; Parenting Styles; Emotional Response; Socioeconomic Status; Social Problems; Environmental Influences; Poverty; Racial Differences; Ethnicity; Gender Differences; Family Structure; Parent Background; Educational Attainment + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Familienmilieu; Neighbourhoods; Nachbarschaft; Pre-school age; Preschool age; Child; Children; Pre-school education; Preschool education; Vorschulalter; Kind; Kinder; Vorschulkind; Vorschulkinder; Vorschulerziehung; Vorschule; Readiness for school; School ability; Schulreife; Korrelation; Gesundheitszustand; Psychohygiene; Well-being; Wellness; Wohlbefinden; Emotionales Verhalten; Socio-economic status; Sozioökonomischer Status; Social problem; Soziales Problem; Environmental influence; Umwelteinfluss; Armut; Rassenunterschied; Ethnizität; Geschlechterkonflikt; Familienkonstellation; Familiensystem; Elternhaus; Bildungsabschluss; Bildungsgut
Abstract	Because families are the first nurturers and educators of their children, it is helpful for policymakers and other stakeholders to understand how family characteristics, the activities in which families engage, and their neighborhood circumstances are associated with preschool children's health and readiness for learning. The analyses presented in this brief examine the associations between various family and neighborhood factors and the extent to which a child is reported to be healthy and ready to learn, using data from the 2017 and 2018 waves of the National Survey of Children's Health (NSCH) for children ages 3 to 5. These analyses find that family factors are consistently and strongly associated with the extent to which preschool children are healthy and ready to learn. In addition, neighborhood factors, particularly neighborhood supports for children and families, also tend to be associated with children's readiness. These findings suggest that, if policymakers want to improve children's health and readiness to learn, they need to support families and communities. (ERIC).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2022/1/01