Abstract
This study explores the effects of the two-generation program CareerAdvance—which combines education and training for parents in healthcare with Head Start for children—on children's academic, language, mathematics, and inhibitory control followed for 3 years. The sample (collected in Tulsa, Oklahoma from 2011 to 2018) includes 147 children in the CareerAdvance group and 139 children in a matched comparison group (n = 286; 40% Black, 17%, White, 10% Hispanic, 33% Mixed Race, or Other Race; M = 3.6 years old; 47% female). Overall, the effect of CareerAdvance on child outcomes is neither greater nor less than Head Start alone. These findings suggest that children's developmental outcomes do not worsen or improve in the short term when their parents return to school.
| Original language | English (US) |
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| Pages (from-to) | 2102-2118 |
| Number of pages | 17 |
| Journal | Child development |
| Volume | 95 |
| Issue number | 6 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - Nov 1 2024 |
Funding
This research was supported by the Health Profession Opportunity Grant (HPOG; Grant #90FX00100) and the Health Profession Opportunity Grant-University Partnership (HPOG-UP; Grant #90PH0020) from the Office of Planning, Research and Evaluation, Administration of Children and Families, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services; the W.K. Kellogg Foundation (Grant #P3020014); and the Foundation for Child Development (Grant #Northwestern 06-2014). This research was supported by the Health Profession Opportunity Grant (HPOG; Grant #90FX00100) and the Health Profession Opportunity Grant\u2010University Partnership (HPOG\u2010UP; Grant #90PH0020) from the Office of Planning, Research and Evaluation, Administration of Children and Families, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services; the W.K. Kellogg Foundation (Grant #P3020014); and the Foundation for Child Development (Grant #Northwestern 06\u20102014).
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Pediatrics, Perinatology, and Child Health
- Education
- Developmental and Educational Psychology