Household Hardships, Public Programs, and Their Associations with the Health and Development of Very Young Children: Insights from Children's HealthWatch

Autor/inn/en	Joyce, Katherine M.; Breen, Amanda; Ettinger de Cuba, Stephanie; Cook, John T.; Barrett, Kathleen W.; Paik, Grace; Rishi, Natasha; Pullen, Bianca; Schiffmiller, Ashley; Frank, Deborah A.
Titel	Household Hardships, Public Programs, and Their Associations with the Health and Development of Very Young Children: Insights from Children's HealthWatch
Quelle	In: Journal of Applied Research on Children, 3 (2012) 1, Artikel 4 (32 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	2155-5834
Schlagwörter	Young Children; Child Health; Child Development; Disadvantaged; Low Income Groups; Food; Hunger; Security (Psychology); Welfare Services; Research Methodology; Research Projects; Surveys; Family Programs; Federal Programs; Diseases; Barriers; Housing; Energy; Maryland (Baltimore); Massachusetts (Boston); Arkansas (Little Rock); Minnesota (Minneapolis); Pennsylvania (Philadelphia) + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Frühe Kindheit; Kindesentwicklung; Lebensmittel; Security; Psychology; Sicherheit; Fürsorgeeinrichtung; Research method; Forschungsmethode; Forschungsvorhaben; Survey; Umfrage; Befragung; Family program; Familienprogramm; Disease; Krankheit; Unterkunft; Energie
Abstract	America's low-income families struggle to protect their children from multiple threats to their health and growth. Many research and advocacy groups explore the health and educational effects of food insecurity, but less is known about these effects on very young children. Children's HealthWatch, a group of pediatric clinicians and public health researchers, has continuously collected data on the effects of food insecurity alone and in conjunction with other household hardships since 1998. The group's peer reviewed research has shown that a number of economic risks at the household level, including food, housing and energy insecurity, tend to be correlated. These insecurities alone or in conjunction increase the risk that a young child will suffer various negative health consequences, including increases in lifetime hospitalizations, parental report of fair or poor health, or risk for developmental delays. Child food insecurity is an incremental risk indicator above and beyond the risk imposed by household-level food insecurity. The Children's Healthwatch research also suggests public benefits programs modify some of these effects for families experiencing hardships. This empirical evidence is presented in a variety of public venues outside the usual scientific settings, such as congressional hearings, to support the needs of America's most vulnerable population through policy change. Children's HealthWatch research supports legislative solutions to food insecurity, including sustained funding for public programs and re-evaluation of the use of the Thrifty Food Plan as the basis of SNAP benefits calculations. Children's HealthWatch is one of many models to support the American Academy of Pediatrics' call to "stand up, speak up, and step up for children." No isolated group or single intervention will solve child poverty or multiple hardships. However, working collaboratively each group has a role to play in supporting the health and well-being of young children and their families. (As Provided).
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Update	2020/1/01