Mercy Mercy Me: Social Injustice and the Prevention of Environmental Pollutant Exposures among Ethnic Minority and Poor Children

Autor/inn/en	Dilworth-Bart, Janean E.; Moore, Colleen F.
Titel	Mercy Mercy Me: Social Injustice and the Prevention of Environmental Pollutant Exposures among Ethnic Minority and Poor Children
Quelle	In: Child Development, 77 (2006) 2, S.247-265 (19 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0009-3920
DOI	10.1111/j.1467-8624.2006.00868.x
Schlagwörter	Low Achievement; Standardized Tests; Poverty; Longitudinal Studies; Minority Group Children; Economically Disadvantaged; Ethnic Groups; Pollution; At Risk Persons; Action Research; Justice; Civil Rights; Child Development; Socioeconomic Influences; Environmental Influences; Hazardous Materials + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Unterdurchschnittliche Leistung; Standadised tests; Standardisierter Test; Armut; Longitudinal study; Longitudinal method; Longitudinal methods; Längsschnittuntersuchung; Ethnie; Schadstoffbelastung; Risikogruppe; Projektforschung; Gerechtigkeit; Bürgerrechte; Grundrechte; Zivilrecht; Kindesentwicklung; Sozioökonomischer Faktor; Environmental influence; Umwelteinfluss; Hazardous substance; Gefahrstoff
Abstract	Children's lead and pesticide exposures are used as examples to examine social disparities in exposure reduction efforts as well as environmental policies impacting children in poverty and minority children. The review also presents an estimate of the effect of social disparities in lead exposure on standardized test performance. Because including measures of pollutants with potential behavioral effects can alter the observed effects of race ethnicity, income, and other variables, suggestions are made for including measures of pollutants in longitudinal studies and studies of multiple and cumulative risk. Continued basic research on developmental correlates and effects of pollution exposure, participatory action-research with at-risk and under represented populations, and contributions to public awareness and education are important leadership areas for developmental researchers. (Author).
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Update	2017/4/10