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Personal Author:
Anderson, Laurie M.; Shinn, Carolynne; St. Charles, Joseph;
Anderson, Laurie M.; Shinn, Carolynne; St. Charles, Joseph; Less -
Corporate Authors:
Task Force on Community Preventive Services (U.S.); Centers for Diseases Control and Prevention (U.S.), Epidemiology Program Office.;
Task Force on Community Preventive Services (U.S.); Centers for Diseases Control and Prevention (U.S.), Epidemiology Program Office.; Less -
Description:
"The sociocultural environment exerts a fundamental influence on health. Interventions to improve education, housing, employment, and access to health care contribute to healthy and safe environments and improved community health. The Task Force on Community Preventive Services (the Task Force) has conducted systematic reviews of early childhood development interventions and family housing interventions. The topics selected provide a unique, albeit small, beginning of the review of evidence that interventions do effectively address sociocultural factors that influence health. Based on these reviews, the Task Force strongly recommends publicly funded, center-based, comprehensive early childhood development programs for low-income children aged 3-5 years. The basis for the recommendation is evidence of effectiveness in preventing developmental delay, assessed by improvements in grade retention and placement in special education. The Task Force also recommends housing subsidy programs for low-income families, which provide rental vouchers for use in the private housing market and allow families choice in residential location. This recommendation is based on outcomes of improved neighborhood safety and families' reduced exposure to violence. The Task Force concludes that insufficient evidence is available on which to base a recommendation for or against creation of mixed-income housing developments that provide safe and affordable housing in neighborhoods with adequate goods and services. This report provides additional information regarding these recommendations, briefly describes how the reviews were conducted, and discusses implications for applying the interventions locally." - p. 1
Content Notes:
prepared by Laurie M. Anderson, Carolynne Shinn, Joseph St. Charles, Division of Prevention Research and Analytic Methods, Epidemiology Program Office ; in collaboration with Mindy T. Fullilove [et al.] Includes bibliographical references (p. 8).
Subject:
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Child Development
Community Health Planning
Community Health Services
Early Intervention (Education)
Health Promotion
Housing
Poverty
Social Environment

Series:
MMWR. Recommendations and reports : Morbidity and mortality weekly report. Recommendations and reports ; v. 51, no. RR-1;
Document Type:
Journal Issue;
Genre:
Guideline;
Place as Subject:
United States;
Collection(s):
Stephen B. Thacker CDC Library collection
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