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Root shock revisited: Perspectives of early head start mothers on community and policy environments and their effects on child health, development, and school readiness

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  • McAllister, C.L.
  • Thomas, T.L.
  • Wilson, P.C.
  • Green, B.L.

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Racial differences in school readiness are a form of health disparity. By examining, from the perspective of low-income minority families participating in an Early Head Start study, community and policy environments as they shape and inform lived experiences, we identified several types of social and economic dislocation that undermine the efforts of parents to ready their children for school. The multiple dislocations of community triggered by housing and welfare reform and "urban renewal" are sources of stress for parents and children and affect the health and development of young children. Our findings suggest that racial differences in school readiness result not from race but from poverty and structural racism in American society.

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  • McAllister, C.L. & Thomas, T.L. & Wilson, P.C. & Green, B.L., 2009. "Root shock revisited: Perspectives of early head start mothers on community and policy environments and their effects on child health, development, and school readiness," American Journal of Public Health, American Public Health Association, vol. 99(2), pages 205-210.
    • Handle: RePEc:aph:ajpbhl:10.2105/ajph.2005.068569_7
    DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.2005.068569
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    1. Nazeem Muhajarine & Chassidy Puchala & Magdalena Janus, 2011. "Does the EDI Equivalently Measure Facets of School Readiness for Aboriginal and Non-Aboriginal children?," Social Indicators Research: An International and Interdisciplinary Journal for Quality-of-Life Measurement, Springer, vol. 103(2), pages 299-314, September.

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