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ERIC Number: EJ1294036
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2021-Jun
Pages: 8
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ISSN: ISSN-0734-2829
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Low Birth Weight and Psychoeducational Outcomes: Investigation of an African American Birth Cohort
Dombrowski, Stefan C.; Gischlar, Karen L.; Green, Lauren; Noonan, Kelly; Martin, Roy P.
Journal of Psychoeducational Assessment, v39 n3 p346-353 Jun 2021
African Americans experience more than double the prevalence of low birth weight (LBW)/premature birth compared to their Caucasian counterparts, reflecting a public health crisis and a significant social justice concern. However, there is a paucity of LBW outcome studies in African American samples. There are even fewer that investigate developmental outcomes within the moderately LBW range (i.e., 1500-2500 g), the most prevalent category of LBW births. This study investigates the relationship between LBW and various psychoeducational outcomes in a prospectively designed African American birth cohort. Multivariate logit analyses of the Johns Hopkins University Pathways to Adulthood study compared LBW children with normal birth weight children on a number of outcome measures at seven and 8 years of age. Results revealed that children born within the lowest birth weight category produced the most adverse findings, from both a statistical and clinical standpoint, on measures of cognitive ability, academic achievement, speech, language, auditory processing, and visual-motor integration.
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Assessments and Surveys: Wide Range Achievement Test; Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children; Bender Visual Motor Gestalt Test
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