A Child Development Fund Program, Emotional Development, and Poverty Reduction

• Published in: Pediatrics (Evanston) Vol. 147; no. 1; p. 1
• Main Authors: Chan, Ko Ling, Lo, Camilla Kin-ming, Yu, Lu, Ho, Frederick K., Yan, Elsie, Ip, Patrick
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States American Academy of Pediatrics 01.01.2021
• Subjects: Adolescent; Adult; Child; Child Development; Child Welfare - economics; Child Welfare - psychology; Children; Children's services; Demographic aspects; Educational Status; Emotional development; Emotional Intelligence; Emotions; Employment - economics; Employment - psychology; Female; Follow-Up Studies; Government finance; Government regulation; Health aspects; Hong Kong; Hope; Humans; Laws, regulations and rules; Male; Motivation; Pediatric research; Pediatrics; Political aspects; Poverty - economics; Poverty - prevention & control; Poverty - psychology; Poverty line; Program Evaluation; Quality of life; Quality of Life - psychology; Self Report; Social interactions; Social Support; Young Adult; Young adults; Hong Kong

We aim to examine the effects of the Child Development Fund (CDF) program on the long-term psychological, health, social, and financial development of children in poverty. The current study was a 4-year follow-up survey study (the follow-up study) of a nonrandomized controlled trial (the first study...