Low-income families and the positive outcomes associated with participation in a community-based leisure education program

2019 ◽  
Vol 22 (5) ◽  
pp. 661-678 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jackie Oncescu ◽  
Chelsey Neufeld
Keyword(s):  
Low Income ◽  
Education Program ◽  
Positive Outcomes ◽  
Community Based ◽  
Leisure Education ◽  
Low Income Families

Evaluating a marriage education program for low-income families

2010 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mary Sean O'Halloran ◽  
Sonja Rizzolo ◽  
Catherine Phillips ◽  
Amy Dreier ◽  
Robbyn Wacker
Keyword(s):  
Low Income ◽  
Education Program ◽  
Marriage Education ◽  
Low Income Families

Nutritional Status of Pre-School Children from Urban Low Income Families

2019 ◽  
Vol 56 (3) ◽  
pp. 265
Author(s):  
R. V. Lakshmi ◽  
M. Sylvia Subapriya ◽  
Kalaivani Krishnamurthy ◽  
Prema Ramachandran
Keyword(s):  
Nutritional Status ◽  
School Children ◽  
Low Income ◽  
Adult Life ◽  
Noncommunicable Diseases ◽  
Community Based ◽  
Z Scores ◽  
Low Income Families ◽  
Height For Age ◽  
Weight For Age

India is currently the home of the largest number of under-nourished and over-nourished children in the world. Data from longitudinal studies in India indicate that both under nutrition and over-nutrition in childhood is associated with higher risk of over-nutrition and noncommunicable diseases in adult life. A community based mixed longitudinal study of underfive children from urban low income families was taken up to assess their nutritional status. Weight was taken every month in all; length was measured every month in infants and height was measured once in three months in 1-5 year children. BMI was computed in all. Nutritional status was assessed using the WHO anthro software package. Between 2012 and 2015, 3888 pre-school children were enrolled (49.4% boys and 50.6% girls); mean age of these children at enrolment was 22.5±16.17 months. The mean Z scores for height for age was - 1.79; weight for age was - 1.41 and -0.47 for BMI for age. Prevalence of stunting was 43.4%; underweight was 31.9%, wasting was 12% and over-nutrition was between 3-5%. The reduction in wasting rate between 0-3 years was mainly due to the increase in prevalence of stunting. With universal screening for early detection of wasting and over-nutrition and effective management of these, it will be possible to achieve the WHA targets of reducing and maintaining wasting below 5% and preventing increase in over-nutrition in this population. This may reduce the risk of over-nutrition and non-communicable diseases in these children during their adult life.

A Home Visiting Asthma Education Program: Challenges to Program Implementation

2005 ◽  
Vol 32 (1) ◽  
pp. 42-56 ◽  
Author(s):  
Josephine V. Brown ◽  
Alice S. Demi ◽  
Marianne P. Celano ◽  
Roger Bakeman ◽  
Lisa Kobrynski ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Low Income ◽  
Program Implementation ◽  
Education Program ◽  
Home Visiting ◽  
Asthma Education ◽  
Nurse Home ◽  
Home Visitors ◽  
Home Based ◽  
Children With Asthma ◽  
Low Income Families

This study describes the implementation of a nurse home visiting asthma education program for low-income African American families of young children with asthma. Of 55 families, 71% completed the program consisting of eight lessons. The achievement of learning objectives was predicted by caregiver factors, such as education, presence of father or surrogate father in the household, and safety of the neighborhood, but not by child factors, such as age or severity of asthma as implied by the prescribed asthmamedication regimen. Incompatibility between the scheduling needs of the families and the nurse home visitors was a major obstacle in delivering the program on time, despite the flexibility of the nurse home visitors. The authors suggest that future home-based asthma education programs contain a more limited number of home visits but add telephone follow-ups and address the broader needs of low-income families that most likely function as barriers to program success.

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