Behavioral and Socioemotional Outcomes Through Age 5 Years of the Legacy for Children Public Health Approach to Improving Developmental Outcomes Among Children Born Into Poverty

• Published in: American journal of public health (1971) Vol. 103; no. 6; pp. 1058 - 1066
• Main Authors: KAMINSKI, Jennifer W, PEROU, Ruth, VISSER, Susanna N, SCOTT, Keith G, BECKWITH, Leila, HOWARD, Judy, CAMILLE SMITH, D, DANIELSON, Melissa L
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Washington, DC American Public Health Association 01.06.2013
• Subjects: Adult; Age; Age Factors; Behavior; Biological and medical sciences; Child Behavior Disorders - epidemiology; Child Welfare; Child, Preschool; Children & youth; Clinical trials; Colleges & universities; Curricula; Disease control; Families & family life; Florida; Food; Food stamps; General aspects; Health care; Health maintenance organizations; Health Promotion; Health Promotion - methods; HMOs; Humans; Infant; Intervention; Logistic Models; Los Angeles; Low income groups; Low-Income Children; Medicaid; Medical sciences; Mental health; Miscellaneous; Mother-Child Relations; Mothers; Nutrition research; Parenting; Parents & parenting; Participation; Poverty; Prevention; Program Evaluation; Public health; Public health. Hygiene; Public health. Hygiene-occupational medicine; Research and Practice; Social Adjustment; Socioeconomic factors; Young Adult; Florida; Los Angeles; Human; Improvement; Poverty; Prognosis; Development; Evolution; Emotion emotionality; Behavior; Child; Age; Social aspect; Public health

We evaluated Legacy for Children, a public health strategy to improve child health and development among low-income families. Mothers were recruited prenatally or at the birth of a child to participate in Legacy parenting groups for 3 to 5 years. A set of 2 randomized trials in Miami, Florida, and L...