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Community Influences in Young Children & Adolescents

A special issue of International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health (ISSN 1660-4601). This special issue belongs to the section "Global Health".

Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (30 June 2021) | Viewed by 2035

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School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine, Tulane University 1440 Canal St., Mailcode 8319, New Orleans, LA 70112, USA
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School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine, Tulane University 1440 Canal St., Mailcode 8319, New Orleans, LA 70112, USA
School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine, Tulane University 1440 Canal St., Mailcode 8319, New Orleans, LA 70112, USA

Special Issue Information

Dear Colleagues,

We are organizing a Special Issue on the impact of community conditions on the health and well-being of children and adolescents in the International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. The venue is a peer-reviewed scientific journal that publishes articles and communications in the interdisciplinary area of environmental health sciences and public health. For detailed information about the journal, we refer you to https://www.mdpi.com/journal/ijerph

While health inequities are often noted among adult populations, the root of adult inequities likely lie early in development, as variations in health status have been observed in young children and adolescents. Differential exposure to physical, social, and psychosocial stressors likely play an important role in producing and maintaining health and social inequities by socioeconomic status, race, ethnicity, gender, sexuality, and immigrant status globally. Despite the growth in empirical research on community characteristics and their influence on children’s and adolescent health and development, much remains to be learned, particularly on the mechanisms through which community characteristics may impact outcomes. Community is often broadly defined, representing not only the residential neighborhood community, but family, school, and other social communities (e.g., social media) that may impact young children and adolescents. Research in this area can offer a critical guide for policy efforts and planning for public health. This issue aims to highlight problems and solutions to community influences on young children’s and adolescent health, behavior, development, and well-being in both high- and low-resource settings. 

This Special Issue is open to any subject area related to the impacts of community factors or the intersection of community factors on health, behavior, development, and well-being of young children and adolescents. The listed keywords suggest just a few of the many possibilities.

Dr. Katherine P. Theall
Dr. Julia Fleckman
Dr. M. Pia Chaparro
Guest Editors

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Keywords

  • Community
  • Family
  • Neighborhood
  • Built environment
  • Social environment
  • Educational or school environment
  • Norms
  • Social media
  • Life course and development
  • Equity
  • Disparities
  • Community-based research and practice

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Health, Neighborhoods, and School Readiness from the Parent Perspective: A Qualitative Study of Contextual and Socio-Emotional Factors
by Lauren E. Futrell Dunaway, Alessandra N. Bazzano, Sarah A.O. Gray and Katherine P. Theall
Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 2021, 18(17), 9350; https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph18179350 - 04 Sep 2021
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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 [...] Read more.
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. Full article
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