?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rft.relation=http%3A%2F%2Fd-scholarship-dev.library.pitt.edu%2F39669%2F&rft.title=Understanding+the+Association+Between+Child+Development+Screening+Results+and+Race+and+Nativity+Among+Early+Head+Start+Enrollees+in+Allegheny+County&rft.creator=Bigelow%2C+Sarah&rft.description=Background%3A+Poverty+and+its+negative+health+effects+are+pervasive+in+early+childhood%2C+affecting+nearly+one+in+five+children+under+five%2C+and+are+particularly+stark+for+children+of+color+and+immigrant+children.+Public+health+and+education+efforts+to+promote+equity+at+this+critical+stage+of+development+often+remain+siloed%2C+despite+evidence+for+access+to+quality+early+childhood+education+as+a+strategy+to+promote+public+health+for+young+children+and+their+families.+%0D%0AMethods%3A+This+study+assessed+the+enrollment+patterns+of+children+at+an+Early+Head+Start+provider+in+Allegheny+County+by+race+and+nativity+between+February+2019+and+February+2020.+Additionally%2C+it+compared+children%E2%80%99s+results+on+a+developmental+screener+six+months+after+program+entry+by+child+race.+%0D%0AResults%3A+Analysis+of+one+Early+Head+Start+(EHS)+program+in+Allegheny+County+(n+%3D+465+enrollees+during+study+period%3B+n+%3D+266+enrolled+for+at+least+6+months)++showed+that%2C+despite+all+children+meeting+EHS+eligibility+criteria%2C+there+are+significant+differences+in+children%E2%80%99s+family+contexts+and+how+they+enroll+and+participate+in+EHS+by+race+and+nativity.+For+example%2C+immigrant+children+participate+in+home-based+EHS+at+a+higher+rate+than+their+non-immigrant+peers+(p+%3D+%3C0.001).+Analysis+of+children%E2%80%99s+developmental+screening+scores+also+indicated+a+disparity+between+multiracial+children+and+Black+children+in+personal-social+development+(OR+%3D+3.14%2C+p+%3D+0.03).%0D%0AConclusions%3A+Early+Head+Start+is+one+program+that+provides+access+to+quality+early+childhood+education+for+children+living+in+poverty%2C+who+are+disproportionately+children+of+color+and+immigrant+children.+As+such%2C+it+provides+a+promising+avenue+for+integrating+equity-based+research+and+pedagogy+more+fully+into+its+programming.+These+findings+can+help+EHS+practitioners+think+more+broadly+about+how+they+interpret+the+existing+demographic+data+they+collect+on+their+enrolled+families+and+what+it+may+tell+them+about+how+and+why+families+choose+to+participate+in+EHS.+Early+childhood+is+a+critical+stage+for+prevention+and+intervention+and+improving+access+to+quality+early+childhood+education+is+one+component+of+reducing+public+health+inequities+in+this+stage+and+across+the+life+course.&rft.date=2020-09-09&rft.type=University+of+Pittsburgh+ETD&rft.type=PeerReviewed&rft.format=application%2Fpdf&rft.language=en&rft.identifier=http%3A%2F%2Fd-scholarship-dev.library.pitt.edu%2F39669%2F1%2FBigelowS_MPHthesis_August2020.pdf&rft.identifier=++Bigelow%2C+Sarah++(2020)+Understanding+the+Association+Between+Child+Development+Screening+Results+and+Race+and+Nativity+Among+Early+Head+Start+Enrollees+in+Allegheny+County.++Master's+Thesis%2C+University+of+Pittsburgh.++++(Unpublished)++