Root shock revisited: perspectives of Early Head Start mothers on community and policy environments and their effects on child health, development, and school readiness.
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| Title: | Root shock revisited: perspectives of Early Head Start mothers on community and policy environments and their effects on child health, development, and school readiness. |
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| Authors: | McAllister CL (AUTHOR), Thomas TL (AUTHOR), Wilson PC (AUTHOR), Green BL (AUTHOR) |
| Source: | American Journal of Public Health. Feb2009, Vol. 99 Issue 2, p205-210. 6p. |
| Subjects: | Racism, Readiness for school, Health equity, Discrimination in medical care, Education research, Minority families, Parents, Child development, Public welfare |
| Abstract: | Racial differences in school readiness are a form of health disparity. By examining, from the perspective of low-income minority families participating in an Early Head Start study, community and policy environments as they shape and inform lived experiences, we identified several types of social and economic dislocation that undermine the efforts of parents to ready their children for school. The multiple dislocations of community triggered by housing and welfare reform and 'urban renewal' are sources of stress for parents and children and affect the health and development of young children. Our findings suggest that racial differences in school readiness result not from race but from poverty and structural racism in American society. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR] |
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| Database: | Psychology and Behavioral Sciences Collection |
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| Abstract: | Racial differences in school readiness are a form of health disparity. By examining, from the perspective of low-income minority families participating in an Early Head Start study, community and policy environments as they shape and inform lived experiences, we identified several types of social and economic dislocation that undermine the efforts of parents to ready their children for school. The multiple dislocations of community triggered by housing and welfare reform and 'urban renewal' are sources of stress for parents and children and affect the health and development of young children. Our findings suggest that racial differences in school readiness result not from race but from poverty and structural racism in American society. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR] |
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| ISSN: | 00900036 |
| DOI: | 10.2105/AJPH.2005.068569 |
