... The Family Check Up is adapted and tailored to fit the individual circumstances of low-income families; in addition, it is less expensive than more traditional parenting interventions. The services a ...
... children, including lower test scores and more single-parent homes, according to a Duke University professor whose research focuses on low-income families.
Mothers in low-income families seldom speak to their infants while the children are watching television or videos, which most do on a daily basis, according to a report in the May issue of Archives of ...
... 21 percent of teenagers living in low-income families are obese, according to the new policy brief, ... home to about 480,000 obese adolescents from all income levels. But the high rate of obesity among ...
... people who are unlikely to incur high medical expenses. But they also end up enrolling many low-income, vulnerable families, finds a study of Massachusetts families from Children's Hospital Boston and ...
... -authored. It found that among nearly 1,000 low-income families in three major cities, one in four children between the ages of 11 and 16 reported having sex, with their first sexual ...
... University associate professor of human development and family studies (HDFS). "A handful of kids reported ... six-year longitudinal investigation of low-income families living in Boston, Chicago and San ...
Even among low-income families, mothers with greater social and economic resources were more supportive ... Development. The researchers examined 2,089 low-income mothers and their children, who took part ...
... growth of inequality resulting from single-parent families, while rising levels of education among ... type, the gap between high- and low-income families increased between 30 and 100 percent, making ...
... .com) -- Irregular work schedules, long hours, job dissatisfaction and other such working conditions of parents in low-income families significantly impact family food choices, according to a new ...
... Out and Read programme in Boston has improved the language skills of children in low income families by increasing the proportion of parents reading to their children.
The programme provides books ...
... increase: underinsured rates nearly tripled for those with incomes above 200 percent of the federal poverty ... President Karen Davis. "Middle and low income families are struggling through tough economic ...
Young children from low-income families experience high levels of tooth decay and face ... access to dentists for children with tooth decay, but use of dentist services for those needing care remained low ...
... become regular smokers, compared to those who were exposed to only one of those factors.”
For children in low-income families eligible for Medicaid, the Early and Periodic Screening, Diagnosis and ...
... [49.9 percent]); 76.6 percent white (n = 791); and 24.5 percent (n = 231) lived in low-income families.
The researchers found that both the average minutes of MVPA and the range of ...
