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Los Angeles County children's literacy experiences, emotional well-being and skills acquisition: Results from the Los Angeles Family and Neighborhood Survey A technical report examining preschool children's school readiness through children's home environment, behavior problems, and skill acquisitions, examining how these indicators vary by neighborhood and family characteristics |
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Double Jeopardy: Poorer social-emotional outcomes for children in the NICHD SECCYD experiencing home and child-care environments that confer risk A study of the relationships between both home and child care quality and the socioemotional adjustment of groups of children in five different environments at ages 24, 36, and 54 months, based on a secondary analysis of data from 771 children |
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Teaching low-income mothers to teach their children A study of the effectiveness of the Avance Parent-Child Education Program, which teaches low-income Mexican-American mothers of infants child care techniques to use for teaching their own children |
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Child-care characteristics of infants with and without special needs: Comparisons and concerns An analysis comparing the maternal employment patterns and child care arrangements and their quality for children with and without special needs, using two studies: a study of children with special needs, and data from the Seattle, Washington, a site of the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development Study of Early Child Care |
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The effects of infant child care on infant-mother attachment security: Results of the NICHD Study of Early Child Care A study of the relationship between nonmaternal infant child care arrangements and infant and mother attachment security and relationships |
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Early Head Start children in grade 5: Long-term followup of the Early Head Start Research and Evaluation Project study sample: Final report A study of the impact of Early Head Start participation and of the influence of children's preschool and later school experiences on parenting, family well-being, and children's academic and socioemotional outcomes in grade 5, based on a longitudinal follow-up of participants in the Early Head Start Research and Evaluation Project |
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The effects of the Healthy Steps for Young Children Program: Results from observations of parenting and child development An examination of the effects of the Healthy Steps for Young Children Program (HS) on parent-child interaction and children's socioemotional development |
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Differential susceptibility to rearing experience: The case of childcare An examination of the relationship between child temperament and time spent in care, child care type, and care quality for children at 54 months and in kindergarten from a secondary analysis of National Institute of Child Health and Development Study of Early Child Care data |
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Father involvement in Early Head Start programs A study analyzing fathers' participation in the Early Head Start program using qualitative and quantitative data from 326 Early Head Start fathers whose children were 36 months old |
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Assessing quality in family, friend and neighbor care: The Child Care Assessment Tool for Relatives A paper describing the Child Care Assessment Tool for Relatives, an instrument designed to measure quality of child care provided by relatives, in terms of its development and the results of a field test where it was used with low income relative caregivers |
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Child care and mother-child interaction in the first 3 years of life An analysis of the effects of child care on maternal sensitivity and child engagement during the first three years of life based on data from the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development Study of Early Child Care |
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Understanding the positive role of neighborhood socioeconomic advantage in achievement: The contribution of the home, child care, and school environments A study of the relationships between neighborhood socioeconomic advantage, home, child care, and school quality, and children's reading and vocabulary achievement trajectories between ages of 54 months and 15 years, based on a sample of 1,364 children born in 1991 from the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD) Study of Early Child Care and Youth Development |
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Are there long-term effects of early child care? An analysis of the links between early child care and school-age children's development, socioemotional functioning, and academic performance, based on data from the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD) Study of Early Child Care and Youth Development |
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Literate behaviors in African American Head Start families: A multiple literacies perspective An examination of the use of home literacy activities in African American Head Start families and the effect of these activities on preschool children's language and literacy development |
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The relationship of regulation, training, and motivation to quality of care in family day care An article relating child care quality to family child care characteristics |
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Child care and common communicable illnesses [Abridged] A study of the relationship between children’s experience in nonmaternal care and rates of respiratory tract, gastrointestinal tract, and ear infections during the first 3 years of life |
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Toddlers' attachment security to child-care providers: The Safe and Secure Scale An investigation of the nature of toddlers’ attachment relationships with their child care providers, and the relation between child-caregiver attachment and child-mother attachment, based on a sample of 45 children aged 24 months |
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Nonmaternal care and family factors in early development: An overview of the NICHD Study of Early Child Care A study of the relationships between types of nonmaternal care and children’s social and emotional adjustment, cognitive and linguistic development, and physical growth and health |
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Poverty, race, and parental involvement during the transition to elementary school A study of the relationships between math and reading achievement in spring kindergarten and race, parental involvement, and poverty, from a secondary analysis of data collected from 20,356 children in the Early Childhood Longitudinal Study-Kindergarten Cohort |
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Sequence of child care type and child development: What role does peer exposure play? An examination of associations between school readiness, social stimulation and the timing of child care type among 3 groups of children in either continuous home care, continuous center care, or both home care and center care from a sample of 1,349 children from the National Institute of Child Health and Development’s Study of Early Child Care and Youth Development |
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Predictors of academic motivation in first grade among children born to low-income adolescent mothers An analysis of the factors associated with individual differences in academic motivation among children born to low-income adolescent mothers |
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Relations between family predictors and child outcomes: Are they weaker for children in child care? An analysis of the mediating effect of nonparental child care on the influence of family factors on infant and toddler cognitive and behavioral development using data from the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development Study of Early Child Care |
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A longitudinal study of two early intervention strategies: Project CARE A longitudinal study on the impacts of family education and center-based child care intervention programs on intellectual performance in developmentally at-risk children six months to four years old |
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Panel Study of Income Dynamics, Child Development Supplement, 1997 A supplement to a longitudinal survey started in 1968 with information on topics such as school progress, academic achievement and cognitive ability, social well-being, emotional well-being, and health. |
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Does quality of child care affect child outcomes at age 4 1/2? [Abridged] An abridged reprint of a study exploring the causal nature of relations between child care quality and children's development, based on data from the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development Study of Early Child Care |
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Do effects of early child care extend to age 15 years?: Results from the NICHD Study of Early Child Care and Youth Development An examination of the relationships between externalizing behavior, impulsivity, risk taking, and academic achievement at age 15 and quality of care, nonrelative child care type, care hours, and center care participation at 4 ½ years, as well as achievement and externalizing behavior at 4 ½ years and grades 1, 3, and 5, from a secondary analysis of data on 1,364 families |
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Duration and developmental timing of poverty and children's cognitive and social development from birth through third grade A study of the relationship between duration and developmental timing of poverty and children’s development from birth to age 9, using comparisons of children from families who were never poor, poor only during their children’s infancy, poor only after their children's infancy, or chronically poor |
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Modeling the impacts of child care quality on children's preschool cognitive development A journal article using data from the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development Study of Early Child Care to evaluate three methods for modeling the effects of child care quality on preschool children's cognitive development |
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Play in home spaces in family child care A study evaluating the quality of family child care settings to investigate the dynamics of child play within the home, using the Family Day Care Rating Scale (FDCRS) and the Home Observation for Measurement of the Environment (HOME) |
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Who drops out of Early Head Start home visiting programs? An examination of the timing, factors, and predictors of the discontinuance of participation in Early Head Start home-based programs, based on a sample of 564 families |
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Carolina Abecedarian Project and the Carolina Approach to Responsive Education (CARE), 1972-1992 |
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Preventing intellectual and interactional sequelae of fetal malnutrition: A longitudinal, transactional, and synergistic approach to development The results of a natural experiment concerning the effects of intellectual, behavioral, and social-interactional development on fetally malnourished infants through ages 3 to 24 months in a supportive and nonsupportive caregiving environments |
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NICHD Study of Early Child Care and Youth Development: Phase II, 1996-1999 [United States] The overall purpose of this study was to examine the influence of variations in early childcare histories on the psychological development of infants and toddlers from a variety of family backgrounds. This general objective was addressed through a prospective, longitudinal study of the experiences of 1,364 children and their families, which took into account the complex interactions among child characteristics and those of the human and physical environments in which the children were reared. |
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Who should care for our kids? The effects of infant child care on early child development An examination that accounts for selection into care type of the relationship between various types of child care during the first year of a child's life and the child's language and social development measured at age 3 from Fragile Families and Child Wellbeing Study data |
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Trajectories of the home learning environment across the first 5 years: Associations with children's vocabulary and literacy skills and prekindergarten A categorical study of the home learning environments associated with children's vocabulary and emergent literacy skills in prekindergarten, based on data collected from a sample of 1,852 mothers and their children participating in Early Head Start programs |
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The role of grandmothers in the lives of preschoolers growing up in urban poverty An examination of the impact of grandmothers' residential status and child care responsibilities on low income preschool children's cognitive development and academic achievement using data from the Welfare, Children, and Families: A Three-City Study |
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The effects of early maternal employment on child cognitive development A study of the effects on child cognitive development at age seven or eight of maternal labor force reentry during the first three years of life, controlling for factors such as child care use, based on mothers and their children in the nationally representative National Longitudinal Survey of Youth 1979 |
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Two years in early care and education: A community portrait of quality and workforce stability: Alameda County, California A report profiling child care quality and the center-based, licensed family, and license-exempt child care workforce in Alameda County, California, from 2001 to 2003 |
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Early child care and children's development prior to school entry: Results from the NICHD Study of Early Child Care A longitudinal study of the effects of quantity, quality, and type of early child care on pre-academic skills, language performance, and behavior problems in a sample of over 1,000 children followed from birth to 4 ½ years of age |
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Involvement in Early Head Start home visiting services: Demographic predictors and relations to child and parent outcomes A study of the extent to which the quantity, quality and content of parent involvement during home visits influence the impact of this service strategy on family and child outcomes, based on data from 11 sites participating in the Early Head Start Research and Evaluation project |
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The relationship of maternal work characteristics to childcare type and quality in rural communities An examination of the relationship between selection of child care type by parents and both quality of care and maternal workplace characteristics from a secondary analysis of selected Family Life Project longitudinal study data collected in North Carolina and Pennsylvania, from 441 employed mothers in rural communities |
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Head Start, poor children, and their families A longitudinal study of the family demographics and predictors of socioeconomically disadvantaged child participation in Head Start programs and persistence of poverty later in life |
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The effects of infant child care on infant-mother attachment security [Abridged] A study of the interaction between child care quality, stability, amount and mother-child relatedness in the first 3 years of life |
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Structural and process features in three types of child care for children from high and low income families A comparison of the features of child care centers, family child care homes, and relative care settings, such as child-to-adult ratios, group size, licensure, caregiver education and training, sensitivity and responsiveness of caregiving, positive and negative peer interaction, cognitive and language stimulation, and health and safety practices |
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Preventive education and birth order as co-determinants of IQ in disadvantaged five-year-olds A longitudinal study of the effects upon IQ of birth order, disadvantaged background and early intervention programs for young children from economically disadvantaged families |
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National evaluation of the Even Start Family Literacy Program: 1994-1997 final report The second national evaluation of the Even Start Family Literacy Program, examining what has changed and what has remained stable over its first eight years, specifically addressing who and what is served by the program, federal funding methods, participant's developmental and educational gains, best practices, and the success with which the program is reaching its target population |
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Early day care, infant-mother attachment, and maternal responsiveness in the infants' first year A longitudinal study on the impact of non maternal child care on mother-child relationships and infants’ insecure maternal attachments |
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Child-care effect sizes for the NICHD Study of Early Child Care and Youth Development A report of findings on the effect sizes for exclusive maternal care and, for children in child care, for type, quality, and quantity of care, based on data from the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development's (NICHD) Study of Early Child Care and Youth Development |
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The impact of intergenerational Head Start participation on success measures among adolescent children A journal article using child-mother data from the 1979 National Longitudinal Survey of Youth (NLSY79) to examine the adolescent outcomes of intergenerational Head Start participation |
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Child care and family predictors of preschool attachment and stability from infancy [Abridged] An abridged version of an analysis of the relationship between family factors and infant and toddler child care experiences and preschool attachment, using data from the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD) Study of Early Child Care |
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Home Observation for Measurement of the Environment Middle Childhood (MC) HOME |
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Preschool child care and risk of overweight in 6- to 12-year-old children A study of the relationship between center-based child care attendance from 3 to 5 years of age and future overweight and body mass index at 6 to twelve years of age, based on data from the 1997 Panel Study of Income Dynamics Child Development Supplement |
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Child care and low-income children's development: Direct and moderated effects A study determining the effect of child care quality on low-income children's cognitive and social development, utilizing data from the Welfare, Children, and Families: A Three-City Study |
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Lessons from New Hope: The impact on children's well-being of a work-based antipoverty program for parents A longitudinal, randomized study evaluating New Hope's (an employment-based antipoverty program) effects on children's well being and an investigation of why the effects occurred |
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NICHD Study of Early Child Care and Youth Development: Phase III, 2000-2004 [United States] The overall purpose of this study was to examine the influence of variations in early childcare histories on the psychological development of infants and toddlers from a variety of family backgrounds. This general objective was addressed through a prospective, longitudinal study of the experiences of 1,364 children and their families, which took into account the complex interactions among child characteristics and those of the human and physical environments in which the children were reared. |
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Social risk and protective child, parenting, and child care factors in early elementary school years A longitudinal study of African American children followed from birth to third grade to investigate the effects of protective factors, including quality of home and child care environments, on their academic achievements, social competencies, and school readiness |
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Reasons for choosing child care: Associations with family factors, quality, and satisfaction An investigation into the reasons mothers select particular care arrangements for their 3 year olds based on 633 mothers who were part of a larger longitudinal study |
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Type of child care and children's development at 54 months An investigation of the factors that contribute to parents' child care decision-making, and the effects of child care settings on child outcomes, funded by the NICHD Early Child Care Research Network |
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Change in family income-to-needs matters more for children with less An examination of changes in family income-to-needs and its effect on young children's cognitive, language, and behavioral development and outcomes using data from the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development Study of Early Child Care |
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Early child-care experiences and children's social competence between 1.5 and 15 years of age A longitudinal study on the role of early child care experiences in children’s social development, based on a subsample of 52 children from the Goteborg Child Care study tracked from one-and-a-half to fifteen-years old |
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The role of physical context, verbal skills, non-parental care, social support, and type of parental discipline on the development of ToM capacity in five-year-old-children A study of the relationship between family context variables, including quality of non-parental care, and performance on Theory of Mind (ToM) tasks, based on data from 70 5-year-old children in 3 primary schools in Spain |
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Quality child care supports the achievement of low-income children: Direct and indirect pathways through caregiving and the home environment A longitudinal analysis of the effects of high-quality child care on the cognitive and language outcomes and the home environments of children in low-income families participating in the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development Study of Early Child Care and Youth Development (NICHD SECCYD) |
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Early childhood programs and success in school: The Abecedarian Study An analysis of the academic outcomes of low income children participating in the Carolina Abecedarian Project, an intensive early intervention |
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Economic deprivation and early childhood development A study of the impact of poverty and poverty correlates such as ethnicity, maternal education, neighborhood conditions and single parenthood on child cognitive and behavioral development, using longitudinal data from the Infant Health and Development program |
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Predicting IQ from mother-infant interactions A longitudinal study on the effects of preschool intervention on the IQ of high risk children and mother-child relationships |
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Early child care and children's development prior to school entry [Abridged] An abridged reprint of a study of the impact of early child care experiences, and the quality and types of child care, on children's functioning prior to school entry, based on data from the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development Study of Early Child Care |
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How welfare reform affects young children: Experimental findings from Connecticut A study of the effects of mothers’ rising employment levels and program participation on young children’s early learning and cognitive growth, comparing participant outcomes in Connecticut’s Jobs First program and a traditional welfare program |
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The effects of early maternal employment on later cognitive and behavioral outcomes A longitudinal study controlling for factors such as child care use to determine if the effects on child cognitive development of maternal labor force reentry during the first three years of life persisted through ages seven or eight, using data from the nationally representative National Longitudinal Survey of Youth 1979 |
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Child-care selection from birth to age three: The influence of family economy, demographics, and parenting attitudes Two studies using data from the NICHD Study of Early Child Care and Youth Development examined family variations in timing and type of children's initial child care arrangements and then variations in amount of hours spent in child care per week from birth to age three |
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Do children's attention processes mediate the link between family predictors and school readiness A study of the mediating role of child's attention processes in the relation between family environment and school readiness |
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Literacy promotion for families participating in the Women, Infants, and Children program An investigation into the effect of a bilingual early literacy intervention on both academic measures of children's school readiness and the children's home literacy environments, based on information from 102 families who received four years of the intervention, 103 families who received 2 years of the intervention, and 200 families in a control group from Los Angeles County, California |
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The relation of quality indicators to provider knowledge of child development in family child care homes A study of the relationship between structural and process quality indicators, and an examination of provider knowledge in predicting process quality, in family child care homes in northern California |
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Testing a series of causal propositions relating time in child care to children’s externalizing behavior An examination, through a series of longitudinal analyses, of the relationship between child care hours and externalizing behavior, moderated by child care quality and portion of time with a large group of peers, from 1,364 family participants in the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development Study of Early Child Care and Youth Development |
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Family environment and family day care An analysis of the relationships between the quality of the family child care program, the level of cognitive stimulation in the caregivers’ home, and the social-emotional climate of the caregiver’s own family life |
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An investigation of the impact of child care quality on child outcomes using structural equation modeling An evaluation of the relations among child care quality, family and child characteristics, and child outcomes using data from the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD) Study of Early Child Care (SECC) |
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Early Head Start Research and Evaluation Project This project involves both a cross-site national study and local longitudinal studies of low-income families with young children in Early Head Start sites in 17 communities in the United States. The project was funded in two waves: Birth to Three (1996-2001) and Pre-Kindergarten Follow-Up (2001-2004). The five major components of the project are: an implementation study, an impact evaluation, local research studies, policy studies, and efforts toward continuous program improvement. The implementation study assessed the level and quality of implementation of EHS at each site, as well as variations across sites, with regard to five program areas: child development and health care; family partnerships; community involvement and partnerships; staff development; and program management. Results include a profile of each of the 17 research programs, their services and expected outcomes. The information gathered was critical for the development of the impact evaluation analyses and the identification of pathways to full implementation. The impact evaluation followed a random assignment, longitudinal design to examine how child, parent and family outcomes were influenced by EHS programs, as well as by variations in program approaches and community contexts, program implementation and services, and the characteristics of children and their families. The third component involves 16 local research projects conducted by 15 university-based researchers who partnered with Early Head Start research programs. Designed to investigate the unique outcomes and program functions of each Early Head Start program, these longitudinal studies continue through the second phase of the project, Pre-Kindergarten Follow-up (2001-2004). The policy studies component focuses on issues related to welfare reform, health and disabilities, child-care and fatherhood. The component of continuous program improvement consists of reports and presentations disseminating new information that can help all Early Head Start programs to increase their ability to meet the needs of families. |
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Africentric Home Environment Inventory |
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The impact of parental working conditions on school-age children: The case of evening work An examintion of parental evening work on the home environment of school-age children based on the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth |
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The homelife interview from the Project on Human Development in Chicago Neighborhoods: Assessment of parenting and home environment for 3- to 15-year-olds A description of the development of the Project on Human Development in Chicago Neighborhoods Homelife Interview using aspects of the Home Observation for the Measurement of the Environment inventory |
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Trade-offs between different early childhood interventions: Evidence from Ecuador A study of the impact of home visits and child care centers on low-income children's cognitive and health outcomes and mothers' well-being and labor force participation in Ecuador, based on a comparison of children and mothers enrolled in publicly-funded programs with those who would have been served by programs that had applied for but did not receive public funding |
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Before Head Start: Income and ethnicity, family characteristics, child care experiences, and child development A study of a large sample of three-year-old children relating ethnic background, three levels of family income, family characteristics and experiences in child care to child development |
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Relations between family predictors and child outcomes: Are they weaker for children in child care? [Abridged] An abridged reprint of a study reporting analyses of the mediating effect of nonparental child care on the influence of family factors on infant and toddler cognitive and behavioral development using data from the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development Study of Early Child Care |
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Home Observation for Measurement of the Environment Early Adolescent (EA) HOME |
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Characteristics of infant child care: Factors contributing to positive caregiving [Abridged] A study of associations between structural and caregiver characteristics as they relate to infant experiences with their caregivers, based on data from the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD) Study of Early Child Care as well as an observational measure, the Observational Record of the Caregiving Environment (ORCE) |
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Home Observation for Measurement of the Environment (elementary version) |
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Fetal malnutrition: An experimental study of its consequences on infant development in two caregiving environments A longitudinal study on the impacts of fetal malnutrition and caregiving environments on social and intellectual development in infants from socioeconomically disadvantaged families |
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Predicting individual differences in attention, memory, and planning in first graders from experiences at home, child care, and school A longitudinal study examining the influence of early experiences at home, school, and child care on the development of attention, memory, and planning in first graders, using data from the NICHD Study of Early Child Care and Youth Development |
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Precursors of language ability and academic performance: An inter-generational, longitudinal study of at-risk children An investigation the inter-generational transfer of risk through an examination of the relationship between the academic outcomes of children and maternal risk factors and expressive language shared by mothers and preschool-aged children drawn from the Concordia Longitudinal Risk Project, a prospective, investigation of French-speaking families from low-socioeconomic status Montreal neighborhoods |
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The effects of experience of early intervention of low birth weight, premature children: The Infant Health and Development Program A study of the effects of individual children's early intervention experiences, in both home and child development center settings, on child and parental outcomes in the Infant Health and Development Program (IHDP) |
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Implications for the development of children in over 11 hours of centre-based care An assessment of Japanese children's development two years after attending extended care in child care centers in order to investigate the possible impact of extended care on their development |
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Type of daycare and preschool intellectual development in disadvantaged children A study of the impacts of university, community and family-based child care systems on the intellectual development of children from socioeconomically disadvantaged families |
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Examining the black-white achievement gap among low-income children using the NICHD Study of Early Child Care and Youth Development An examination of family, neighborhood, and school characteristic predictors of the Black-White achievement gap in children's reading and mathematics school performance from 4½ years of age through fifth grade, based on a secondary analysis of a sample of 314 lower income Black and White American youth followed from birth |
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Mother-child bookreading in low-income families: Correlates and outcomes during the first three years of life An investigation of the impact of mother-child book reading on low income young children's cognitive and language development as well as an examination of book reading in relation to the Early Head Start intervention using data from the Early Head Start Research and Evaluation Project |
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The relation of child care to cognitive and language development An article on the relationship between cognitive and language development and quality, amount, and type of child care. |
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Characteristics of infant child care: Factors contributing to positive caregiving An analysis of the structural and caregiver characteristics that predict high caregiving quality for infants using data from the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development Study of Early Child Care |
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Effectiveness of a comprehensive, five-year family support program for low-income children and their families: Findings from the Comprehensive Child Development Program A randomized experiment to evaluate the effects of the Comprehensive Child Development Program (CCDP), a two-generation program that includes case management and home visiting on the cognitive and socioemotional development of children and the socioeconomic status of their families, from 21 CCDP projects that tracked 4,410 families for five years |
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Low-income children's school readiness: Parent contributions over the first five years A study of the association of both home environment and parental support of play measured at 14 months and school readiness skills measured at kindergarten and a study of the association between parenting changes during the first 5 years of life and school readiness based on data collected as part of the Early Head Start Research and Evaluation Project with a sample of 1,273 child and parent assessments |
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National Longitudinal Survey of Youth 1979 Children and Young Adults A national longitudinal study of the life experiences of the children of American mothers born between 1957 and 1964 collecting data on child health and development. |
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The effects of divorce and maternal employment on the home environments of preschool children A study of 60 home environments of children whose mothers are married and working, married and non-working, or divorced and working |
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Maternal employment and child cognitive outcomes: The importance of analytic approach A reconciliation of the disparate findings of two studies on the effects of maternal employment in infancy on cognitive outcomes of children participating in the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth |
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Familial factors associated with the characteristics of nonmaternal care for infants [Abridged] An examination of the associations between four aspects of nonmaternal infant child care, age of entry, amount, type, and quality, and preexisting family characteristics, economics, and psychosocial factors |
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Teacher qualifications, classroom practices, family characteristics, and preschool experience: Complex effects on first graders' vocabulary and early reading outcomes A study of the association of teacher qualification and observed classroom practice as they relate to children’s vocabulary and early reading skills, based on an ecological model incorporating children’s language and word recognition skills prior to school entry, their home and preschool learning environments, and family socio-economic status |
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Long-term effects of Head Start on academic and school outcomes of children in persistent poverty: Girls vs. boys A comparison of reading and math achievement and rates of school suspension, expulsion, or grade repetitions between boys and girls ages 7 through 17, who had participated in either Head Start or private preschool, based on a secondary analysis of data collected from 599 chronically poor participants in a national longitudinal survey |
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Quasi-structural estimation of a model of childcare choices and child cognitive ability production A study of the relationship between children's cognitive development through age 6 and maternal vs. non-maternal care providers' time inputs from a sample of single mothers from the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth |
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Familial factors associated with the characteristics of nonmaternal care for infants An analysis of the familial, social, economic, and psychological factors associated with child care type and quality for infants, using data from the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development Study of Early Child Care |
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NICHD Study of Early Child Care and Youth Development: Phase I, 1991-1995 [United States] The overall purpose of this study was to examine the influence of variations in early childcare histories on the psychological development of infants and toddlers from a variety of family backgrounds. This general objective was addressed through a prospective, longitudinal study of the experiences of 1,364 children and their families, which took into account the complex interactions among child characteristics and those of the human and physical environments in which the children were reared. |
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It takes time: Impacts of Early Head Start that lead to reductions in maternal depression two years later A study of the effect of Early Head Start participation on levels of maternal depression at the time of school entry, based on data collected at 17 Early Head Start programs nationwide |
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Income changes and cognitive stimulation in young children's home learning environments An analysis of the influence of household income on cognitive stimulation in children’s home learning environments during the transition to school |
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The multisite evaluation of the Parents as Teachers home visiting program: Three-year findings from one community A longitudinal evaluation of the effects of the Parents as Teachers (PAT) home visiting program on child development, use of health care, and the parenting skills, based on a sample of 206 families with infant children from a local Parents as Teachers program site |
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The role of environment in the development of reading skills: A longitudinal study of preschool and school-age measures A longitudinal study of the effects of young children's home and school environments on their later literacy development |
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Mixed approach programs in the Early Head Start Research and Evaluation Project: An in-depth view An examination of challenges faced by providers in the service delivery to families of 6 mixed approach programs, parent reported variety and intensity of service receipt over time and across program approaches, and the impact of the type and timing of receipt of Early Head Start services on child and family outcomes at 36 months through a secondary analysis of data from the Early Head Start Research and Evaluation Project of 1,392 families respondents to at least one of three parent interviews on service intensity |
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Nonmaternal care and family factors in early development: An overview of the NICHD Study of Early Child Care An examination of connections among child care experiences, family characteristics, and early childhood developmental outcomes, based on a study of 1100 children followed from birth to age 7 |
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Poverty and patterns of child care A discussion of infant child care experience, particularly the effects of family characteristics on hours spent in care, family income and poverty status, and whether these can accurately predict patterns of child care |
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Maternal nonstandard work schedules and child cognitive outcomes A study to determine whether maternal work schedules have an effect on children's cognitive outcomes, using data from the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development Study of Early Child Care (NICHD SECC) |
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The impacts of welfare reform on children: The Indiana welfare reform evaluation An evaluation of the impacts of welfare reform on children in Indiana |
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Type of day-care and preschool intellectual development in disadvantaged children A study of the levels and patterns of preschool intellectual development of three groups of socioeconomically disadvantaged children in three different types of center-based child care |
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Family selection of child care centers: The influence of household support, ethnicity, and parental practices A study of the relationship between the selection of center-based child care and household composition, race, and parenting beliefs, based on data collected from a sample of families from across the United States |
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The NICHD Study of Early Child Care: Contexts of development and developmental outcomes over the first seven years of life A description of the NICHD Study of Early Child Care’s examination of the relationship between child care and children's development over the first seven years of life |
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Child care characteristics of infants with and without special needs: Comparisons and concerns [Abridged] A study of employment and child care characteristics, concerns, and problems in a sample of 166 families with children with diagnosed disabilities by 12 months old, as compared to a sample of 139 typically developing children and their families from the Seattle site of the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD) Study of Early Child Care |
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Before Head Start: Income and ethnicity, family characteristics, child care experiences, and child development [Abridged] A description of demographic, family context, income, and developmental characteristics of Head Start children and their families at 3 years of age, based on data from the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD) Study of Early Child Care |
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Relationships among parenting knowledge, quality of stimulation in the home and infant development A study of factors of infant development such as parenting knowledge and quality of stimulation in the home environment |
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Telling stories and making books: Evidence for an intervention to help parents in Migrant Head Start families support their children's language and literacy A study of mothers' language supportive behavior and childrens' words during shared narratives for 75 Spanish-speaking preschoolers in attendance at a Migrant Head Start program randomly assigned to Storytelling for the Home Enrichment of Language and Literacy Skills (SHELLS) or control conditions |
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Child care and common communicable illnesses in children ages 37-54 months [Abridged] A study of the relationship between children’s experience in nonmaternal care and rates of respiratory tract, gastrointestinal tract, and ear infections from 3 to 41/2 years old in a sample of approximately 1,100 children |
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The prevention of intellectual impairment in children of impoverished families: Findings of a randomized trial of educational day care An evaluation of an experimental education program concerning mild mental retardation on the intellectual development of preschool-age children from 86 high-risk families |
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Depressive symptoms in young adults: The influences of the early home environment and early educational child care An examination of the relationship among depressive symptoms in young adults, quality of early home environment and early educational child care using adults from the age-21 longitudinal follow up of participants in the Abecedarian study |
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Head Start Performance Standards and their relationship to key Early Head Start programs aims A study of how much Head Start Performance Standards correspond with the ability of a local agency to deliver services, and how these services are related to children's outcomes |
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The infant-toddler HOME in the 2nd and 3rd years of life A description of the development of subscales of the Home Observation for the Measurement of the Environment (HOME) Infant and Toddler version using data from three large scale national studies |
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Children's early child care and their mothers' later involvement with schools A study of the relationship between quality and type of early child care children attend and their mother's involvement at their children's elementary schools, with an examination of the influence of children's social skills, academic skills, and home environments on that relationship, based on data from 1,353 children, 1 month through 6 years old, from the NICHD Study of Early Child Care and Youth Development |
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Quality of child care in the preschool years: A comparison of the influence of home care and day care characteristics on child outcome A comparison of home care and non-parental child care (NPC) characteristics on children’s developmental outcomes |
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National impact evaluation of the Comprehensive Child Development Program: Final report The final report from the National Impact Evaluation of the Comprehensive Child Development Program (CCDP), which discusses the theoretical aims of the project, as well as the results of the project evaluation |
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Maternal employment and child cognitive outcomes in the first three years of life: The NICHD Study of Early Child Care A study of the relationship between maternal employment in the first year of life to child cognitive outcomes and outcomes are mediated by the quality of childcare or home environment experienced by the child during the first three years of life based on longitudinal data collected from the National Institute for Child Health and Development |
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Cognitive skill performance among young children living in poverty: Risk, change, and the promotive effects of Early Head Start An examination of the association between risk factors and the cognitive performance in children 1 to 3 years of age living in poverty and an investigation of the effects of Early Head Start on children’s cognitive skill performance, based on data from the Early Head Start (EHS) Research and Evaluation Project, a prospective study of 3,001 children and families living in poverty |
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Early child care and children's development in the primary grades: Follow-up results from the NICHD Study of Early Child Care A follow-up investigation into the effects of the quality, quantity, and type of child care on children’s development through primary school, using longitudinal data collected on child care settings and children's cognitive and social functioning |
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The relation of child care to cognitive and language development [Abridged] An abridged reprint of a study of the relationship between cognitive and language development and quality, amount, and type of child care, based on data from the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development Study of Early Child Care |
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Child care and common communicable illnesses in children aged 37 to 54 months A study of the relationship between experience in child care and common communicable illnesses in children aged 37 to 54 months |
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Children, families and nursery provision A study of the use of ecological theory and integrated nurseries to stabilize the perceptions that vulnerable families held of traditional and integrated provision in the United Kingdom and the United States |
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NICHD Study of Early Child Care and Youth Development: Phase IV, 2005-2008 [United States] The overall purpose of this study was to examine the influence of variations in early childcare histories on the psychological development of infants and toddlers from a variety of family backgrounds. This general objective was addressed through a prospective, longitudinal study of the experiences of 1,364 children and their families, which took into account the complex interactions among child characteristics and those of the human and physical environments in which the children were reared. |
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Early language and the development of children's reading skills A longitudinal study of African American children's language and reading development to examine the relations among phonological awareness, language skills, print processing skills, and reading development in prekindergarten and in second grade |
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Parental work schedules and children's cognitive trajectories A study of the associations between parental nonstandard work schedules and children's reading and math trajectories measured at ages 5 and 6 and at 13 and 14 and an examination of the possible mediating influences of after school care, parent-child relationship quality, and home environment, based on data from 7,105 children from the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth |
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Effects of day care on the development of cognitive abilities in 8-year-olds: A longitudinal study An article on the effects of type and quality of child care on the cognitive abilities of eight-year-old children. |
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Cognitive stimulation: Does it mediate or moderate the relationship between income and school readiness? A study of the moderating or mediating influence of cognitive stimulation activities such as educational outings and home literacy activities on the relationship between school readiness and socioeconomic status based on data from primary caregiver interviews of children 4- through 6-years-old before kindergarten entry |
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Closing the gap in academic readiness and achievement: The role of early childcare A longitudinal comparison of school readiness and academic achievement of children who either did or did not participate in child care, for children with and without a social disadvantage, measured at kindergarten and in first grade, based on data collected from over 900 children from a Quebec birth cohort study |
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Associations among family environment, sustained attention, and school readiness for low-income children A study of sustained attention as a mediator of the relationship between family environment and school readiness, based on data from 1,046 low income children, with family environment data collected at 3-years-old and both attention and school readiness data collected at 5-years of age |
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Healthy Steps National Evaluation A longitudinal evaluation of Healthy Steps for Young Children, an initiative to increase collaboration between parents and health care professionals |
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Early child care and self-control, compliance, and problem behavior at twenty-four and thirty-six months A study into factors of family and child care experiences as predictors of self-control, compliance and problem behavior in children |
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Patchworks and developmental sequences of child care: The impacts of multiple child care arrangements on child development Investigations of the family characteristics and child developmental outcomes associated with the use of multiple and concurrent child care arrangements, and a study of the school readiness of children who receive home- or center-based care, or who transition from home-based to center-based care |
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The impact of maternal mental health on parenting quality and child outcomes in Early Head Start A study of the relationship between maternal depression, parenting quality and a variety of child development outcomes and an examination of the relationship between participation in Early Head Start and maternal depression, parenting, and a variety of child development outcomes from a secondary analysis of data from Early Head Start Research and Evaluation Study |
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Relations between parenting quality and cognitive performance of children experiencing varying amounts of childcare An inquiry into the correlation between parenting quality, children’s cognitive development, and time in child care, based on a subsample of 1,364 children from the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD) Study of Early Child Care (SECC) who primarily received maternal care, moderate amounts of nonmaternal care, and high amounts of nonmaternal care |
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Losing the safety net: How a time-limited welfare policy affects families at risk of reaching time limits An account of the development of a risk index for single mothers at risk of reaching the time limit of a welfare program, and a study of the effect of welfare transition time limits on child care choice, parental employment and income, quality of home environment, parental aggravation and depression, parenting harshness, parental monitoring of children, children's health, behavior, and engagement and achievement in school, among families likely to reach welfare time limits, based on data collected in Escambia County, Florida during the implementation of the state's Family Transition Program (FTP) |
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Early educational intervention, early cumulative risk, and the early home environment as predictors of young adult outcomes within a high-risk sample An examination effects of the Abecedarian study and the CARE study, two randomized trials of early intervention, on young adult outcomes and an examination of the possible mediators of early cumulative risk and the early home environment in a sample of 139 young adults at age 21, from high-risk families enrolled as infants |
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Does higher quality early child care promote low-income children's math and reading achievement in middle childhood? A longitudinal investigation of the role of attendance in high quality child care as a moderating factor between family economic status and children's academic success in elementary school, based on a sample of 1,364 children followed from birth to age 11 |
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Implications of Japan's center-based night care: A 1-year follow-up A longitudinal study of the effects of licensed center-based extended-hour child care, and the quality of parent behavior, on the social, vocabulary, motor, and intelligence development of a sample of 866 children in Japan |
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Academic and cognitive functioning in first grade: Associations with earlier home and child care predictors and with concurrent home and classroom experiences A study of the association between academic and cognitive development of first graders and the quantity and quality of child care, home learning environment, family demographics, and maternal characteristics of a sample of 832 children from 9 states |
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Multiple pathways to early academic achievement A longitudinal study of how parenting, child care, and individual characteristics shaped children's academic and social abilities from birth to first grade, using date from the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD) Study of Early Child Care and Youth Development |
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The development of perceived scholastic competence and global self-worth in African American adolescents from low-income families: The roles of family factors, early educational interaction, and academic experience An analysis of the relationship between early childhood factors and the development of early and mid-adolescent self-esteem among African American youths from low-income families |
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Language environments and language outcomes: Results from the NICHD Study of Early Child Care and Youth Development An overview of the purpose, methods, and findings from the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development Study of Early Child Care and Youth Development, including study characteristics that set it apart from other large scale, longitudinal studies |
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Measuring infants' home environment: The IT-HOME for infants between birth and 12 months in four national data sets An analysis of the reliability and validity of newly derived subscales of the Home Observation for the Measurement of the Environment (HOME) inventory for infants and toddlers using data from four national data sets |
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Impact of HIPPY on home learning environments of Latino families A study of the relationships between parental income, maternal education, parental efficacy, and parenting stress and depression and home environment and a second study of the impact of a Home Instruction of Parents of Preschool Youngsters (HIPPY) paraprofessional home visiting program on home environment controlling for family background, both based on data from 104 low-income, Spanish-speaking families, and a third study of the relationship between participation in a HIPPY program and third grade reading and math performance, based on data from a different cohort of 115 former home visiting participants |
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The Home Observation for the Measurement of the Environment (HOME) inventory: The derivation of conceptually designed subscales An overview of a special journal issue devoted to assessing the derivation, validity, and reliability of the subscales of the Home Observation for Measurement of the Environment (HOME)Inventory, using six large, nationally-representative datasets |
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Early child care and self-control, compliance, and problem behavior at 24 and 36 months [Abridged] A comparison of early child care experiences and family factors, such as income-to-need ratio and mother’s psychological adjustment, as predictors of 2- and 3-year-olds’ self-control, compliance, and problem behavior outcomes |
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Productive activity and the prevention of behavior problems An examination of the relationship between children's level of productive activity within home and school environments and their ability to self regulate, using data from the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development Study of Early Child Care (NICHD SECC) |
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Neurocognitive perspectives in language outcomes of Early Head Start: Language and cognitive stimulation and maternal depression A study of the relationships between child vocabulary and socioeconomic status, Early Head Start participation, and caregiver variables, based on data collected from 2,948 children and their primary caregivers at 17 locations across the country from the Early Head Start Research and Evaluation Study |
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How home enrichment mediates the relationship between maternal education and children's achievement in reading and math An examination of the mediating role of the home environment at age 4 on the association between maternal education and academic achievement in reading and math at age 7 based on a secondary analysis of longitudinal data from 1,093 children |
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Day-care participation as a protective factor in the cognitive development of low-income children A study of the impact of child care participation during the first 3 years of life on the cognitive functioning of low-income, school-age children |
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Does quality of child care affect child outcomes at age 4 1/2? A study exploring the causal nature of relations between child care quality and children's development, based on data from the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development Study of Early Child Care |
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Parental nurturance promotes reading acquisition in low socioeconomic status children An examination of the contribution of parental nurturance to the development of literacy among at-risk preschool and elementary school children, based on self-reports and observational studies of 77 children attending Head Start, and their primary caregivers and teachers |
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Family socioeconomic status and consistent environmental stimulation in early childhood A study of the relationship between both math and reading achievement and growth and both family socioeconomic status and environmental stimulation at home, in preschool, in child care, and in 1st-grade classrooms, from a secondary analysis of data on 1,364 children |
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Early intervention: The moderating role of the home environment An examination of the effect of young children's home environments on the impact of the Infant Health and Development Program, an early intervention program designed for at risk children from low income families |
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Incomes and outcomes in early childhood An examination of the relationship between household income and developmental outcomes in early childhood, using data from the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development's Study of Early Child Care (NICHD SECC) |
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Parental engagement in home visiting programs: Findings from the Parents as Teachers multisite evaluation An evaluation of the effects of the Parents as Teachers (PAT) home visiting program, on child development and parent knowledge, attitudes, and behaviors, based on a sample of 667 families from three project sites, |
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Do regulable features of child-care homes affect children's development? An analysis of the links between regulable and nonregulable features of family child care homes and infants' and toddlers' cognitive development using data from the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development Study of Early Child Care |
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Child care in poor communities: Early learning effects of type, quality, and stability A longitudinal analysis of the effects of child care type, quality, and stability on the social and cognitive development of preschool children of low-income single mothers |
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Developmental trajectories of Head Start children's reading and home environment scores: Across ethnicities A study of the relationships between reading trajectories, ethnicity, and home environment from ages 5 through 6 up to ages 11 through 12, based on a secondary analysis of 696 Head Start participants from the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth |
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Child care effects in context: Quality, stability, and multiplicity in nonmaternal child care arrangements during the first 15 months of life A study of the effects of child care quality, stability, and multiplicity on infants’ attachment patterns and cognitive and language development at 15 months, using data from the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD) Study of Early Child Care |
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Infants' and toddlers' television viewing and language outcomes A longitudinal study of the development of communicative behaviors of infants and toddlers as a result of interactions in both the home and child care setting, including an investigation of the association between linguistic inputs, in the form of televised messages, and infants’ and toddlers’ communicative ability |
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Those who have, receive: The Matthew Effect in early childhood intervention in the home environment A study assessing the impact of early childhood intervention services on home environments through studies that used the Home Observation for Measurement of the Environment (HOME) inventory |
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Child care and common communicable illnesses: Results from the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development Study of Early Child Care An examination of the relationship between experiences in child care and communicable illnesses (gastrointestinal tract illness, upper respiratory tract infection, and ear infections or otitis media) through a child's first 3 years of life, and an investigation of the relationship between the increased frequency of these illnesses and language development, school readiness, and behavior problems |
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