在幼儿教育中的结构平等和支持指数
Mirinda M Morency1, Arthur J Reynolds2, Marley Loveman-Brown2
1Institute of Child Development, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis.
JAMA network open
|August 30, 2024
概括
高质量的幼儿计划 (ECP) 与更好的健康成年社会决定因素 (SDH) 在弱势社区有关. 教育成就是一个关键因素,突出ECP.
科学领域:
- 公共卫生 公共卫生
- 发展心理学 发展心理学
- 社会学 社会学 社会学
背景情况:
- 除了个人和家庭因素之外,幼儿教育 (ECE) 对成年人的结果的长期影响仍然不清楚.
- 高质量,全面的ECE课程可以在成年期培养支持性的社区环境.
- 调查ECE和社区健康社会决定因素 (SDH) 之间的关联对于理解健康差异至关重要.
研究的目的:
- 为了检查是否参与高质量的幼儿计划 (ECP) 在高贫困社区与邻里级SDH在中年.
- 确定ECP与成年人SDH之间的关系中的潜在调解者,例如教育程度.
主要方法:
- 一项前性队列研究,使用来自芝加哥纵向研究的数据.
- 包括989名年龄在3-4岁的儿童和家长中心 (CPC) 学前计划中的儿童和550名比较儿童.
- 通过结构平等和支持指数 (I-SES) 和34岁的教育成就评估社区级SDH.
主要成果:
- 与通常的早期教育计划相比,CPC学前教育参与与成年时显著更高的I-SES分数有关 (平均差异为0.40).
- 较长时间的CPC参与 (4-6年) 与I-SES有积极的关联.
- 教育成就部分调解了CPC参与与I-SES之间的关联,特别是来自高贫困社区的个人.
结论:
- 早期儿童编程与成年后改善健康的社会决定因素有关.
- 这些发现强调了ECE在解决健康差异和促进公平社区方面的作用.
- 教育成就成为一个关键的机制,通过该机制,ECE影响长期的健康和社区福祉.
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