Revisiting the relationship between WIC participation and breastfeeding among low-income children in the U.S. after the 2009 WIC food package revision

Background: A growing body of research has examined the relationship between perceived neighborhood safety and parental encouragement for child physical activity (PA), yet these potential predictors have not been studied together to predict child outdoor PA. The purpose of this study is to examine these predictors and parent- and child-reported child outdoor PA. Methods: The Texas Childhood Obesity Research Demonstration study collected data from fifth-grade students attending 31 elementary schools across Austin and Houston and their parents (N = 748 parent–child dyads). Mixed-effects linear and logistic regressions stratified by gender and adjusted for sociodemographic covariates assessed associations among parental-perceived neighborhood safety, parental encouragement for child’s outdoor PA, and parent- and child-reported child’s outdoor PA. Results: Parental-perceived neighborhood safety was significantly associated with encouraging outdoor PA (P = .01) and child-reported child’s outdoor PA in boys, but not in girls. Significant associations were found between parental encouragement and child-reported outdoor PA for girls (P < .05) and parent-reported outdoor PA (P < .01) for boys and girls. Conclusions: Parent encouragement of PA and neighborhood safety are potential predictors of child outdoor PA and could be targeted in youth PA interventions.

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Predictors and grade level trends of school day physical activity achievement in low-income children from the U.S.

Preventive Medicine Reports ◽

10.1016/j.pmedr.2015.10.002 ◽

2015 ◽

Vol 2 ◽

pp. 868-873 ◽

Cited By ~ 6

Author(s):

Ryan D. Burns ◽

Timothy A. Brusseau ◽

Yi Fang ◽

Rachel S. Myrer ◽

You Fu ◽

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Keyword(s):

Physical Activity ◽

Low Income ◽

Grade Level ◽

Low Income Children ◽

School Day ◽

The U.S

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Income, inflammation and cancer mortality: a study of U.S. National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey mortality follow-up cohorts

BMC Public Health ◽

10.1186/s12889-020-09923-8 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 20 (1) ◽

Author(s):

Joshua E. Chan ◽

Amandeep K. Mann ◽

Daniel S. Kapp ◽

David H. Rehkopf

Keyword(s):

National Health ◽

Low Income ◽

Cancer Mortality ◽

Inflammatory Biomarkers ◽

Nutrition Examination Survey ◽

Complete Control ◽

Health And Nutrition ◽

Nationally Representative ◽

The Relationship ◽

The U.S

Abstract Background To estimate the relationship between inflammatory biomarkers and cancer mortality in a nationally representative sample of the U.S. population while controlling for education, occupation, and income. Methods Data were obtained from the U.S. National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey from 1988 to 1994 (N = 7817) and 1999–2002 (N = 2344). We fit Cox proportional hazard models to examine the relationship between C-reactive protein (CRP) and fibrinogen with cancer mortality. Results In the full Cox multivariate model, clinically raised CRP was associated with cancer mortality in NHANES 1988–1994 (> 0.99 mg/dL: 95%CI: 1.04–2.13). However, across two inflammatory biomarkers (CRP and Fibrinogen), two NHANES time periods (1998–1994 and 1999–2002) and three income levels (12 strata in total), Hazard ratio confidence intervals did not include the null only for one association: CRP and cancer mortality among low income participants from 1988 to 1994 (HR = 1.83, 95% CI: 1.10–3.04). Conclusions We find evidence that only in one unique stratum is earlier life CRP, and not fibrinogen, associated with prospective cancer mortality. After more complete control for socioeconomic confounding, CRP and fibrinogen do not predict cancer mortality in most subpopulations.

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Learning a New Poem

Journal of Speech Language and Hearing Research ◽

10.1044/jslhr.4006.1285 ◽

1997 ◽

Vol 40 (6) ◽

pp. 1285-1297 ◽

Cited By ~ 23

Author(s):

Barbara B. Fazio

Keyword(s):

Low Income ◽

Language Impairment ◽

Phonological Processing ◽

Specific Language Impairment ◽

Peer Group ◽

Typically Developing ◽

Serial Memory ◽

Low Income Children ◽

Language Measures ◽

The Relationship

This research examined rote memory for connected speech in low-income children with and without specific language impairment (SLI). Sixteen children with SLI were matched to 16 typically developing children on nonverbal cognition and 16 younger, typically developing peers on language measures. The children learned a new poem under four presentation conditions: with or without accompanying hand motions related to the poem or with or without a simple melody. Compared with their cognitive and language peers, children with SLI had significantly more difficulty learning the poem under all presentation conditions. Furthermore, when asked to recite the poem after a 2-day delay, the performance of the children with SLI was significantly better in the poem with accompanying hand motions condition. It appears that learning the poem with an additional modality aids recall for children with SLI. Phonological awareness task findings revealed that all the children had difficulty with such tasks. However, compared with the children in the cognitive-matched peer group, the children with SLI and their language-matched peers had significantly more difficulty finding pairs of words that rhymed or words that began with the same initial sound. Intervention issues and the relationship between phonological processing and serial memory in children with SLI are discussed.

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