Distressed Neighborhoods and Child Disability Rates: Analyses of 157,000 School-Age Children

Autor/inn/en	Msall, Michael E.; Avery, Roger C.; Msall, Emily R.; Hogan, Dennis P.
Titel	Distressed Neighborhoods and Child Disability Rates: Analyses of 157,000 School-Age Children
Quelle	In: Developmental Medicine & Child Neurology, 49 (2007) 11, S.814-817 (4 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0012-1622
Schlagwörter	Neighborhoods; Child Abuse; Disabilities; Economically Disadvantaged; Low Income Groups; Daily Living Skills; Psychomotor Skills; Physical Disabilities; Poverty; Dropout Rate; Unemployment; Males; Females; One Parent Family; Rhode Island + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Neighbourhoods; Nachbarschaft; Abuse of children; Abuse; Child; Children; Kindesmissbrauch; Missbrauch; Kind; Kinder; Handicap; Behinderung; Alltagsfertigkeit; Psychomotorische Aktivität; Physical handicap; Körperbehinderung; Armut; Arbeitslosigkeit; Male; Männliches Geschlecht; Weibliches Geschlecht; Single parent family; Ein-Eltern-Familie
Abstract	The aim of this study was to assess rates of childhood disability as indicated by functional limitation of motor, sensory, or self-care skills in children living in severely-distressed neighborhoods. For a neighborhood in the US Census Track to be considered severely distressed, three of the following four characteristics need to be present: greater than 27% of children live in poverty, greater than 23% high school drop-out rate, greater than 34% male unemployment rate, and greater than 37% of households headed by females alone. In the 2000 US Census, 157,000 children between ages 5 and 15 years resided in the State of Rhode Island. Severely-distressed neighborhoods were found in 12.6% of Rhode Island Census Tracks. These areas accounted for 14.5% of the school-age population, 25% of children with motor disabilities, 29% of children with self-care disabilities, and 14% of children with sensory disabilities. For each increasing level of neighborhood distress, rates of child disability increased. Child disability rates in moderately distressed neighborhoods were 3.7%, compared with 1.1% in advantaged neighborhoods. Children in distressed neighborhoods had disproportionately high rates of disability, especially in motor and self-care functioning. Comprehensive interventions aimed at children in distressed neighborhoods are crucial to reduce health disparities for vulnerable children. (Contains 1 figure and 2 tables.) (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10