The EC-HOME across five national data sets in the 3rd to 5th year of life
Leventhal, Tama, 2004
Parenting: Science and Practice, 4(2-3), 161-188
An analysis of the reliability and validity of newly developed subscales of the Home Observation for Measurement of the Environment Early Childhood (EC) HOME using data from five large scale national studies
Reports & Papers
Family socioeconomic status and consistent environmental stimulation in early childhood
Crosnoe, Robert, May/June 2010
Child Development, 81(3), 972-987
A study of the relationship between both math and reading achievement and growth and both family socioeconomic status and environmental stimulation at home, in preschool, in child care, and in 1st-grade classrooms, from a secondary analysis of data on 1,364 children
Reports & Papers
The homelife interview from the Project on Human Development in Chicago Neighborhoods: Assessment of parenting and home environment for 3- to 15-year-olds
Leventhal, Tama, 2004
Parenting: Science and Practice, 4(2-3), 211-241
A description of the development of the Project on Human Development in Chicago Neighborhoods Homelife Interview using aspects of the Home Observation for the Measurement of the Environment inventory
Reports & Papers
The Home Observation for Measurement of the Environment (HOME) in middle childhood: A study of three large-scale data sets
Han, Wen-Jui, 2004
Parenting: Science and Practice, 4(2-3), 189-210
A description of the development of conceptually sound subscales for the Home Observation for Measurement of the Environment Middle Childhood (MC) HOME inventory using data from three large scale studies with information available on children aged six to nine
Reports & Papers
Neighborhood-based initiatives
Leventhal, Tama, 2003
In J. Brooks-Gunn, A.S. Fuligni, & L.J. Berlin (Eds.), Early Child Development in the 21st Century: Profiles of Current Research Initiatives (pp. 279-295). New York: Teachers College Press
An overview of two studies of the effects of community influences on child and family outcomes: the Project on Human Development in Chicago Neighborhoods (PHDCN), and the Los Angeles Family and Neighborhood Study (LA FANS)
Other
Neighborhood disadvantage: Pathways of effects for young children
Kohen, Dafna E., January/February 2008
Child Development, 79(1), 156-169
An exploration of associations between characteristics of neighborhood residence and preschoolers’ verbal abilities and behavioral outcomes
Reports & Papers
A randomized study of neighborhood effects on low-income children's educational outcomes
Leventhal, Tama, 2004
Developmental Psychology, 40(4), 488-507
A follow-up study of the academic achievement of children whose families moved from high-poverty to low-poverty neighborhoods with the assistance of the Moving to Opportunity (MTO) program
Reports & Papers
Risk factors for unintentional injuries in children: Are grandparents protective?
Bishai, David, November 2008
Pediatrics, 122(5), e980-e987
An examination of correlations between infants’ and toddlers’ medically attended injuries and measures of child, maternal, and family characteristics, including choice of children’s primary caregivers within families, based on data from a longitudinal study of 3449 infants from 15 cities
Reports & Papers
Understanding the positive role of neighborhood socioeconomic advantage in achievement: The contribution of the home, child care, and school environments
Dupere, Veronique, September 2010
Developmental Psychology, 46(5), 1227-1244
A study of the relationships between neighborhood socioeconomic advantage, home, child care, and school quality, and children's reading and vocabulary achievement trajectories between ages of 54 months and 15 years, based on a sample of 1,364 children born in 1991 from the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD) Study of Early Child Care and Youth Development
Reports & Papers
Welfare-to-work initiatives
Brady-Smith, Christy, 2003
In J. Brooks-Gunn, A.S. Fuligni, & L.J. Berlin (Eds.), Early Child Development in the 21st Century: Profiles of Current Research Initiatives (pp. 225-278). New York: Teachers College Press
An overview of five studies examining the effects of welfare-to-work programs on school age, low income children and their families
Other