Early Childhood Education to Promote Health Equity: A Community Guide Systematic Review

Hahn, Robert A.; Barnett, W. Steven; Knopf, John A.; Truman, Benedict I.; Johnson, Robert L.; Fielding, Jonathan E.; Muntaner, Carles; Jones, Camara Phyllis; Fullilove, Mindy T.; Hunt, Pete C.

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Early Childhood Education to Promote Health Equity: A Community Guide Systematic Review

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2016 Sep-Oct
By Hahn, Robert A. ; Barnett, W. Steven ; Knopf, John A. ; ...

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Alternative Title:

J Public Health Manag Pract
Personal Author:

Hahn, Robert A. ; Barnett, W. Steven ; Knopf, John A. ; Truman, Benedict I. ; Johnson, Robert L. ; Fielding, Jonathan E. ; Muntaner, Carles ; Jones, Camara Phyllis ; Fullilove, Mindy T. ; Hunt, Pete C.
Corporate Authors:

Community Preventive Services Task Force
Description:

Context

Children in low-income and racial and ethnic minority families often experience delays in development by 3 years of age and may benefit from center-based early childhood education.

Design

A meta-analysis on the effects of early childhood education by Kay and Pennucci best met Community Guide criteria and forms the basis of this review.

Results

There were increases in intervention compared with control children in standardized test scores (median = 0.29 SD) and high school graduation (median = 0.20 SD) and decreases in grade retention (median = 0.23 SD) and special education assignment (median = 0.28 SD). There were decreases in crime (median = 0.23 SD) and teen births (median = 0.46 SD) and increases in emotional self-regulation (median = 0.21 SD) and emotional development (median = 0.04 SD). All effects were favorable, but not all were statistically significant. Effects were also long-lasting.

Conclusions

Because many programs are designed to increase enrollment for high-risk students and communities, they are likely to advance health equity.
Subjects:

Child, Preschool Female Health Education Health Equity Health Promotion Humans Income Male Minority Groups Racial Groups Risk Factors Students
Source:

J Public Health Manag Pract. 22(5):E1-E8.
Pubmed ID:

26672406
Pubmed Central ID:

PMC4969181
Document Type:

Journal Article
Funding:

CC999999/Intramural CDC HHS/United States
Place as Subject:

United States
Volume:

22
Issue:

5
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CDC Public Access
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