Environmental risk factors and children’s literacy skills during the transition to elementary school

2009 ◽  
Vol 34 (1) ◽  
pp. 24-33 ◽  
Author(s):  
Joana Cadima ◽  
R.A. McWilliam ◽  
Teresa Leal
Keyword(s):  
Risk Factors ◽  
Negative Impact ◽  
Risk Index ◽  
Cumulative Risk ◽  
First Grade ◽  
Literacy Skills ◽  
Family Risk Factors ◽  
Family Risk ◽  
The Family ◽  
Children's Literacy

This study examined the effects of the accumulation of family risk factors on children’s literacy skills, both in preschool and in first grade. Children’s ( N = 106) vocabulary, conventions of print, phonological awareness, knowledge of letters, reading decoding, and reading comprehension were assessed. Family risk factors, consisting of household composition, years of maternal education, job situation of the mother, and income level of the family, were combined to create a cumulative risk index. Canonical correlation and multiple regression analyses were performed. Results revealed the negative impact of cumulative risk index on both the preschool and first-grade literacy skills. In addition, the number of risk factors present in the family context negatively predicted the majority of the firstgrade literacy skills, after taking preschool skills into account. The results provide further evidence of the negative impact of the accumulation of family risks on child literacy development and call attention to the importance of early experiences for later academic achievement.

Identification of Early Child and Family Risk Factors for Aggressive Victim Status in First Grade

2007 ◽  
Vol 36 (4) ◽  
pp. 513-526 ◽  
Author(s):  
Linnea R. Burk ◽  
Jong-hyo Park ◽  
Jeffrey M. Armstrong ◽  
Marjorie H. Klein ◽  
H. Hill Goldsmith ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Risk Factors ◽  
First Grade ◽  
Family Risk Factors ◽  
Family Risk ◽  
Early Child ◽  
Victim Status

Social and family risk factors for infant development at one year: An application of the cumulative risk model

1998 ◽  
Vol 19 (1) ◽  
pp. 85-96 ◽  
Author(s):  
Stephen R. Hooper ◽  
Margaret R. Burchinal ◽  
Joanne Erwick Roberts ◽  
Susan Zeisel ◽  
Eloise C. Neebe
Keyword(s):  
Risk Factors ◽  
Infant Development ◽  
Risk Model ◽  
Cumulative Risk ◽  
Family Risk Factors ◽  
Family Risk ◽  
Cumulative Risk Model ◽  
One Year

scholarly journals Family environment risk factors for overweight in childhood

2019 ◽  
Vol 29 (Supplement_4) ◽  
Author(s):  
V Duleva ◽  
E Chikova-Iscener ◽  
L Rangelova ◽  
P l Dimitrov
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Risk Factors ◽  
Childhood Obesity ◽  
Family Environment ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Overweight And Obesity ◽  
Family Risk Factors ◽  
Family Risk ◽  
Co Morbidity ◽  
The Family

Abstract Background One of the current public health problems in Bulgaria is the high prevalence of overweight and obesity in childhood. The family environment affects many aspects of children’s health and well-being. The unfavourable socio-economic characteristics of the family environment might be a risk for overweight and obesity in childhood. Methods A national representative survey was conducted in Bulgaria in 2016 as part of the WHO European Childhood Obesity Surveillance Initiative (COSI). 3379 schoolchildren were recruited. The average age of the sample was 7.7 years, equally distributed by gender - girls 50.11% (n = 1693) and boys 49.89% (n = 1686). The data from the filled in Family form was analysed with SPSS using descriptive statistical methods. Results The study identified the following risk factors of the family environment for the development of overweight in childhood: the proportion of parents with elementary or primary education was significant - about a quarter, nearly one third of the surveyed households were experiencing financial difficulties, 14.1% of the women and 11.6% of the men were unemployed in the last 1 year. There was a high incidence of co-morbidity among family members: hypertension - 27.7%, diabetes mellitus - 14.4% and hypercholesterolemia - 13.6%. Among the surveyed parents 28.4% of the women and 68% of the men were overweight. Only 13.5% of the parents estimated the weight status of their child as overweight (with objectively measured overweight among 29.2% of the recruited children). A significant proportion of the children were not breastfed (17.3%) or the duration of exclusive breastfeeding was not optimal for 67.8% of the exclusively breastfed children. Conclusions Identifying family risk factors associated with overweight in childhood is important for the public health and provides opportunities to develop policies for improvement of the nutritional and health status of children. Key messages To tackle the childhood obesity epidemic the family risk factors should be addressed. The awareness of the children and parents should be raised through targeted information materials and campaigns.

scholarly journals Causas y consecuencias en el consumo de drogas: un estudio de casos en estudiantes de bachillerato

2017 ◽  
Vol 2 (9) ◽  
Author(s):  
Maitta Rosado ◽  
María Leonila García ◽  
Jorge Guillermo Cedeño Meza
Keyword(s):  
Risk Factors ◽  
Junior High School ◽  
Social Institutions ◽  
Family Risk Factors ◽  
Family Risk ◽  
Palabras Clave ◽  
The Social ◽  
The Family ◽  
Factores De Riesgo ◽  
Key Words Adolescence

Este artículo tiene como objetivo proporcionar una revisión de los principales factores psicosociales relacionados con el consumo de drogas en la adolescencia. Para la puesta en marcha de esta experiencia se analizaron estudios de casos desarrollados con estudiantes que consumían drogas en el Colegio Nacional Portoviejo, así como entrevistas al personal del Departamento de Consejería Estudiantil. Los resultados del cotejo probaron que   existe una relación significativa entre consumo sistemático de drogas y algunos factores de riesgo presentes en el entor bano familiar y social de los adolescentes. El presente estudio subraya que en relación a una intervención adecuada, debe existir un fortalecimiento en los agentes sociales, familiares, educativos, institucionales, que intervienen en la formación integral  de los jóvenes.   Causes and consequences in drug consumption: a study in students 0f Junior High School Palabras clave: adolescencia, adicción, drogas, familia, comunicación intrafamiliar.   Abstract  This article aims to provide a review of the main psychosocial factors related to drug use in adolescence. For the implementation of this experience were analyzed case studies developed with students who use drugs at the “Colegio Nacional Portoviejo“, as well as interviews with the staff of the Department of student  counselling.  The  results of  the  comparison  showed  that  there  is a significant relationship between systematic consumption of drugs and some risk factors present in the family and the social environment of adolescents. The present study stresses that in relation to an appropriate intervention, there must be a strengthening of the social partners, family, education, any social institutions, involved in the integral formation of young people.  Key words: Adolescence, addiction, drugs, family, risk factors.

Family Risk Factors of Alcoholism and Drinking Patterns among Non Alcoholic Women: An Inverse Relationship?

1988 ◽  
Vol 16 (4) ◽  
pp. 277-282 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sonja Vaglum ◽  
Per Vaglum ◽  
Øivind Larsen
Keyword(s):  
Risk Factors ◽  
Inverse Relationship ◽  
Drinking Pattern ◽  
The Other ◽  
Drinking Patterns ◽  
Family Risk Factors ◽  
Family Risk ◽  
Alcohol Abusers ◽  
Female Employees ◽  
Family Variables

95 non alcoholic female employees were personally interviewed and divided into three drinking pattern groups with an increasing level of alcohol consumption: the traditional feminine drinking group (TF) ( n=28), the new feminine drinking group (NF) ( n=37), and the masculine drinking group (M) ( n=30). The groups were compared on family variables which may be regarded as risk factors of alcoholism. The results show an inverse relationship between family risk factors and consumption level, the TF-group having significantly more risk factors than the other two groups. The TF-women more often came from families where the mother and her parents were abstainers, while the father and his parents were more often alcohol abusers or not abstainers. The TF-women were more often attached to their alcoholic fathers as children, while the M-women were more often attached to their mothers. The choice of drinking pattern may be inversely related to the frequency of family risk factors among non alcoholic women.

Identification of Family Risk Factors of Obesity in Urban Adolescents of North India

2015 ◽  
Vol 2 (2) ◽  
pp. 84
Author(s):  
Mohinder Singh ◽  
SuryaKant Mathur ◽  
Manish Taneja ◽  
Baljeet Maini
Keyword(s):  
Risk Factors ◽  
Urban Adolescents ◽  
North India ◽  
Family Risk Factors ◽  
Family Risk

scholarly journals Which adolescents develop persistent substance dependence in adulthood? Using population-representative longitudinal data to inform universal risk assessment

2015 ◽  
Vol 46 (4) ◽  
pp. 877-889 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. H. Meier ◽  
W. Hall ◽  
A. Caspi ◽  
D. W. Belsky ◽  
M. Cerdá ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Risk Factors ◽  
Universal Screening ◽  
Substance Dependence ◽  
Risk Index ◽  
Cumulative Risk ◽  
Simple Algorithm ◽  
Population Based ◽  
Screening Tools ◽  
Total Risk ◽  
Adolescent Risk

BackgroundTo our knowledge, there are no universal screening tools for substance dependence that (1) were developed using a population-based sample, (2) estimate total risk briefly and inexpensively by incorporating a relatively small number of well-established risk factors, and (3) aggregate risk factors using a simple algorithm. We created a universal screening tool that incorporates these features to identify adolescents at risk for persistent substance dependence in adulthood.MethodParticipants were members of a representative cohort of 1037 individuals born in Dunedin, New Zealand in 1972–1973 and followed prospectively to age 38 years, with 95% retention. We assessed a small set of childhood and adolescent risk factors: family history of substance dependence, childhood psychopathology (conduct disorder, depression), early exposure to substances, frequent substance use in adolescence, sex, and childhood socioeconomic status. We defined the outcome (persistent substance dependence in adulthood) as dependence on one or more of alcohol, tobacco, cannabis, or hard drugs at ⩾3 assessment ages: 21, 26, 32, and 38 years.ResultsA cumulative risk index, a simple sum of nine childhood and adolescent risk factors, predicted persistent substance dependence in adulthood with considerable accuracy (AUC = 0.80).ConclusionsA cumulative risk score can accurately predict which adolescents in the general population will develop persistent substance dependence in adulthood.

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