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Dunaway LEF, Bazzano AN, Gray SAO, et al. Health, Neighborhoods, and School Readiness from the Parent Perspective: A Qualitative Study of Contextual and Socio-Emotional Factors. Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2021;18(17)doi: 10.3390/ijerph18179350.
Dunaway, L. E. F., Bazzano, A. N., Gray, S. A. O., & Theall, K. P. (2021). Health, Neighborhoods, and School Readiness from the Parent Perspective: A Qualitative Study of Contextual and Socio-Emotional Factors. International journal of environmental research and public health, 18(17), . https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph18179350
Dunaway, Lauren E Futrell, et al. "Health, Neighborhoods, and School Readiness from the Parent Perspective: A Qualitative Study of Contextual and Socio-Emotional Factors." International journal of environmental research and public health vol. 18,17 (2021). doi: https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph18179350
Dunaway LEF, Bazzano AN, Gray SAO, Theall KP. Health, Neighborhoods, and School Readiness from the Parent Perspective: A Qualitative Study of Contextual and Socio-Emotional Factors. Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2021 Sep 04;18(17). doi: 10.3390/ijerph18179350. PMID: 34501939; PMCID: PMC8430681.
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Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2021 Sep 04;18(17). doi: 10.3390/ijerph18179350.

Health, Neighborhoods, and School Readiness from the Parent Perspective: A Qualitative Study of Contextual and Socio-Emotional Factors.

International journal of environmental research and public health

Lauren E Futrell Dunaway, Alessandra N Bazzano, Sarah A O Gray, Katherine P Theall

Affiliations

  1. School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine, Tulane University, New Orleans, LA 70112, USA.
  2. Psychology Department, School of Science and Engineering, Tulane University, New Orleans, LA 70118, USA.

PMID: 34501939 PMCID: PMC8430681 DOI: 10.3390/ijerph18179350

Abstract

The objective of this qualitative study was to address existing gaps in the literature by gathering parent perspectives on both health and school readiness in regard to neighborhood context, specifically parents' perceived level of neighborhood safety and support, on physical health and the behavioral and cognitive domains of school readiness. Focus groups were conducted with a total of 28 parents or caregivers whose children attended Early Head Start/Head Start Centers or who received Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) services in New Orleans, Louisiana during fall 2015. Parents discussed concepts of school readiness, neighborhood, the intersection between the two, and parental stress; however, few expressed a clear connection between their concerns about safety, their own stress, and their child's readiness for school. Disparities in both health and school readiness exist between both racial and socioeconomic groups in the United States, and this study offers a unique and enhanced understanding of the impact of non-academic factors on the well-being and development of young children.

Keywords: built environment; community; family; neighborhood; school readiness

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