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Prakash, Swati; Jordan, Jamillah – Zero to Three, 2005
Children and adults in communities of color and low-income communities face disproportionately high exposures to environmental hazards and, consequently, greater risk of experiencing adverse health impacts from these exposures. Almost two thirds of children under 6 with elevated blood lead levels are children of color living in disadvantaged…
Descriptors: Body Weight, Poisoning, City Government, Minority Groups
Lester, Barry M.; Arria, Amelia M.; Derauf, Christian; Grant, Penny; LaGasse, Linda; Newman, Elana; Shah, Rizwan Z.; Stewart, Sara; Wouldes, Trecia – Zero to Three, 2006
In the Infant Development, Environment and Lifestyle (IDEAL) Study of methamphetamine (MA) effects on children, the authors screened approximately 27,000 newborn infants for MA exposure, and from that pool derived a sample of in utero MA-exposed children as well as a comparison group matched for other drug use and other factors. IDEAL measures…
Descriptors: Early Intervention, Drug Abuse, Depression (Psychology), Rural Areas
Marsh, Carolyn; Casey, Patrick H. – Zero to Three, 2006
The Kids First program at the University of Arkansas Medical School (UAMS) is an outgrowth of the Infant Health and Development Program, a randomized trial of an early intervention approach for premature, low birth weight children, which showed that intensive intervention had significant initial benefits in the cognitive development and behavior…
Descriptors: Medical Schools, Child Development, Interdisciplinary Approach, Parent Participation