Low-Income Families’ Child-Care Experiences: Meeting the Needs of Children and Families

2013 ◽  
pp. 171-192
Keyword(s):  
Child Care ◽  
Low Income ◽  
Children And Families ◽  
Low Income Families

Barriers to subsidies: why low-income families do not use child care subsidies

2004 ◽  
Vol 33 (1) ◽  
pp. 134-157 ◽  
Author(s):  
Anne B Shlay ◽  
Marsha Weinraub ◽  
Michelle Harmon ◽  
Henry Tran
Keyword(s):  
Child Care ◽  
Low Income ◽  
Child Care Subsidies ◽  
Low Income Families

Literacy Promotion in Primary Care Pediatrics: Can We Make a Difference?

PEDIATRICS ◽  
2000 ◽  
Vol 105 (Supplement_3) ◽  
pp. 927-934 ◽  
Author(s):  
Pamela C. High ◽  
Linda LaGasse ◽  
Samuel Becker ◽  
Ingrid Ahlgren ◽  
Adrian Gardner
Keyword(s):  
Child Care ◽  
Low Income ◽  
Child Language ◽  
Reading Aloud ◽  
Expressive Vocabulary ◽  
Parent Attitudes ◽  
Well Child Care ◽  
Child Centered ◽  
Low Income Families ◽  
Literacy Orientation

Background. Reading skills are critical to children's success in school and the increasingly technologic workforce. Children from low-income families are at risk for home environments that fail to promote emergent literacy and for reading failure. A home environment that encourages learning and parents who are involved in their children's education are important factors in school achievement. Objective. To evaluate the effects of a literacy promoting intervention delivered by pediatric providers as part of well-child care on parent attitudes and behaviors and on child language. Design/Methods. A multicultural group of 205 low-income families with 5- to 11-month-olds were prospectively enrolled, interviewed, and randomized to intervention (n = 106) or control (n = 99) groups. Families in the intervention group received developmentally appropriate children's books and educational materials and advice about sharing books with children, while those in the control group received no books or materials relevant to literacy. After an average of 3.4 well-child visits in both groups, 153 (75%) were reinterviewed and the children's receptive and expressive vocabulary was tested using a modified version of the MacArthur Communication and Development Inventory (Short Form). Parents were asked if their child understood (receptive vocabulary) or said (expressive vocabulary) each of 100 words, half of which were in the books given. Families were found to have a Child-Centered Literacy Orientation if they mentioned reading aloud as one of their child's favorite activities or as one of their own favorite joint activities or if they usually read together at bedtime. At follow-up toddlers were 18.4 months old on average. Results. Intervention and control groups had similar literacy related characteristics at baseline. There was a 40% increase in Child-Centered Literacy Orientation among intervention families compared with 16% among controls. Intervention families read more with their toddlers (4.3 vs 3.8 days/week). Both receptive and expressive vocabulary scores were higher in older intervention toddlers (18–25 months old; n = 88), but not in younger intervention toddlers (13–17 months old;n = 62). This significant effect of the intervention on vocabulary scores in older toddlers was found for both the 50 words in the books and those not in the books. After parent education, foreign birth and language proficiency, and child age were statistically controlled, the intervention remained significantly associated with higher language outcomes in older toddlers. However, when reading aloud was added to the multivariate analysis, the influence of the intervention was no longer evident, suggesting the intervention's effect on child language was mediated through increased shared reading with these toddlers. Conclusion. This simple and inexpensive intervention, delivered as part of well-child care, changed parent attitudes toward the importance of reading with their infants and toddlers. These intervention parents and their children read more together and this was associated with enhanced language development in older toddlers in this diverse group of low-income families.

A Framework for Evaluating Children's Books About Poverty

2022 ◽  
pp. 77-94
Author(s):  
Danielle E. Hartsfield
Keyword(s):  
Social Class ◽  
Working Class ◽  
Low Income ◽  
Middle Grades ◽  
Children’S Literature ◽  
Children's Books ◽  
Children’S Books ◽  
Children And Families ◽  
One Step ◽  
Low Income Families

Enacting a class-sensitive pedagogy means disrupting negative discourses about social class and affirming the lives and experiences of children and families from poverty and the working class. One step that educators can take toward embracing a class-sensitive pedagogy is the inclusion of books with poor and working-class perspectives in the curriculum. This chapter describes a framework that educators can use to analyze and evaluate depictions of poor and working-class characters in books for children. This framework can support educators with selecting books that are respectful of and affirming to children from low-income families. In addition, the chapter offers book recommendations and approaches for integrating children's literature in elementary and middle grades classrooms.

Parental preferences and patterns of child care use among low-income families: A Bayesian analysis

2019 ◽  
Vol 99 ◽  
pp. 172-185 ◽  
Author(s):  
Caroline Carlin ◽  
Elizabeth E. Davis ◽  
Caroline Krafft ◽  
Kathryn Tout
Keyword(s):  
Child Care ◽  
Bayesian Analysis ◽  
Low Income ◽  
Parental Preferences ◽  
Low Income Families

Can child care assistance in welfare and employment programs support the employment of low-income families?

2004 ◽  
Vol 23 (4) ◽  
pp. 723-743 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lisa A. Gennetian ◽  
Danielle A. Crosby ◽  
Aletha C. Huston ◽  
Edward D. Lowe
Keyword(s):  
Child Care ◽  
Low Income ◽  
Child Care Assistance ◽  
Low Income Families ◽  
Care Assistance ◽  
Employment Programs

CHILD CARE USE BY LOW‐INCOME FAMILIES IN RURAL AREAS

2004 ◽  
Vol 10 (2) ◽  
pp. 149-167 ◽  
Author(s):  
Susan K. Walker ◽  
Kathy L. Reschke
Keyword(s):  
Child Care ◽  
Low Income ◽  
Rural Areas ◽  
Low Income Families
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