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Poverty Literature

Aber, J.L.  (2009). Experiments in 21st century antipoverty policy. Public Policy Research, 16(1), 57-63. PREVIEW  

 

Aber, L., Morris, P., & Raver, C. (2012). Children, Families and Poverty: Definitions, Trends, Emerging Science and Implications for Policy. Social Policy Report volume 26, number 3: Publication of the Society for Research in Child Development. FULL TEXT

 

Bavarian, N., Lewis, K. M., DuBois, D. L., Acock, A., Vuchinich, S., Silverthorn, N., ... & Flay, B. R. (2013). Using Social‐Emotional and Character Development to Improve Academic Outcomes: A Matched‐Pair, Cluster‐Randomized Controlled Trial in Low‐Income, Urban Schools. Journal of School Health, 83(11), 771-779. FULL TEXT 

 

Boisjoli, R., Vitaro, F., Lacourse, E., Barker, E. D., & Tremblay, R. E. (2007). Impact and clinical significance of a preventive intervention for disruptive boys. The British Journal of Psychiatry, 191(5), 415-419. FULL TEXT 

 

Boles S, Biglan A, Smolkowski K. 2006. Relationships among negative and positive behaviours in adolescence. Journal of Adolescence, 29, 33-52. FULL TEXT

 

Bradshaw, C. P., Zmuda, J. H., Kellam, S. G., & Ialongo, N. S. (2009). Longitudinal impact of two universal preventive interventions in first grade on educational outcomes in high school. Journal of Educational Psychology, 101(4), 926. 

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Campbell, F. A., & Ramey, C. T. (1994). Effects of early intervention on intellectual and academic achievement: a follow‐up study of children from low‐income families. Child development, 65(2), 684-698. FULL TEXT

 

Castellanos-Ryan, N., Séguin, J. R., Vitaro, F., Parent, S., & Tremblay, R. E. (2013). Impact of a 2-year multimodal intervention for disruptive 6-year-olds on substance use in adolescence: randomized controlled trial. The British Journal of Psychiatry, 203(3), 188-195. FULL TEXT 

 

Chetty, R., Friedman, J. N., Hilger, N., Saez, E., Schanzenbach, D. W., & Yagan, D. (2011). How does your kindergarten classroom affect your earnings? Evidence from Project STAR . Quarterly Journal of Economics, 126, 1593-1660. 

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Davis-Kean, P. E. (2005). The influence of parent education and family income on child achievement: the indirect role of parental expectations and the home environment. Journal of family psychology, 19(2), 294-304.  FULL TEXT

 

Dishion TJ, Patterson GR. 2006. The development and ecology of antisocial behavior in children and adolescents. In D Cicchetti, DD Cohen (Eds.), Developmental psychopathology (pp. 503-41). Somerset, NJ: Wiley. FULL TEXT 

 

Fishbein, D., Miller, S., Herman-Stahl, M., Williams, J., Lavery, B., Markovitz, L., ... & Johnson, M. (2016). Behavioral and Psychophysiological Effects of a Yoga Intervention on High-Risk Adolescents: A Randomized Control Trial. Journal of Child and Family Studies, 25(2), 518-529. ABSTRACT

 

Flay, B. R., & Allred, C. G. (2003). Long-term effects of the Positive Action® program. American Journal of Health Behavior, 27(Supplement 1), S6-S21. FULL TEXT

 

Gertler, P., Heckman, J., Pinto, R., Zanolini, A., Vermeersch, C., Walker, S., ... & Grantham-McGregor, S. (2013). Labor market returns to early childhood stimulation: A 20-year followup to an experimental intervention in Jamaica (No. w19185). National Bureau of Economic Research. FULL TEXT

 

Holzer, H. J.;  Schanzenbach, D. W; Duncan, G. J. & Ludwig, J. (2008). The economic costs of childhood poverty in the United States. Journal of Children and Poverty, 14, 41-61. FULL TEXT

 

Hoynes, H. W., Schanzenbach, D. W., & Almond, D. (2012). Long run impacts of childhood access to the safety net (No. w18535). National Bureau of Economic Research. FULL TEXT

 

Lonigan, C. J., & Whitehurst, G. J. (1998). Relative efficacy of parent and teacher involvement in a shared-reading intervention for preschool children from low-income backgrounds. Early Childhood Research Quarterly, 13(2), 263-290. ABSTRACT

 

Mendelson, T., Greenberg, M. T., Dariotis, J. K., Gould, L. F., Rhoades, B. L., & Leaf, P. J. (2010). Feasibility and preliminary outcomes of a school-based mindfulness intervention for urban youth. Journal of abnormal child psychology, 38(7), 985-994. FULL TEXT

 

Miller TR. 2004. The social costs of adolescent problem behavior. In Biglan et al., Helping adolescents at risk (pp. 31-56).

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MPH@GW the online MPH program from the George Washington University (2018). Poverty vs. Federal Poverty Level. *A written and visual resource that looks at the differences between the definitions of poverty and the Federal Poverty Level, as well as how the FPL impacts public health. 

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National Research Council, Institute of Medicine. 2009. Preventing mental, emotional, and behavioral disorders among young people:  progress and possibilities. Committee on Prevention of Mental Disorders & Substance Abuse among Children, Youth, and Young Adults:  Research Advances & Promising Interventions. Washington, DC: National Academy of Science. FULL TEXT

 

Reynolds, A. J., Temple, J. A., Ou, S. R., Robertson, D. L., Mersky, J. P., Topitzes, J. W., & Niles, M. D. (2007). Effects of a school-based, early childhood intervention on adult health and well-being: A 19-year follow-up of low-income families. Archives of Pediatrics & Adolescent Medicine, 161(8), 730-739. FULL TEXT

 

Reynolds, A. J., Temple, J. A., Robertson, D. L., & Mann, E. A. (2001). Long-term effects of an early childhood intervention on educational achievement and juvenile arrest: A 15-year follow-up of low-income children in public schools. Jama, 285(18), 2339-2346. FULL TEXT

 

Sawhill, I., & Karpilow, Q. (2013). Strategies for assisting low-income families. Washington, DC: Brookings Institution. 

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Seeley JR, Rohde P, Jones L. 2010. School-based prevention and intervention for depression and suicidal behavior. In MR Shinn, HM Walker, G Stoner (Eds.), Interventions for achievement and behavior problems in a three-tier model including response to intervention (pp. 363-96). MD: NASP. FULL TEXT

 

Van der Gucht, K., Takano, K., Van Broeck, N., & Raes, F. (2015). A Mindfulness-Based Intervention for Economically Disadvantaged People: Effects on Symptoms of Stress, Anxiety, and Depression and on Cognitive Reactivity and Overgeneralization. Mindfulness, 6(5), 1042-1052. ABSTRACT

 

Wolf, S., Aber, J.L. &Morris, P. (2013). Drawing on Psychological Theory to Understand and Improve Antipoverty Policies: The Case of Conditional Cash Transfers. (J.) Psychology, Public Policy and Law, 19(1), 3-14. ABSTRACT

 

Yoshikawa, H. (1995). Long-term effects of early childhood programs on social outcomes and delinquency. The future of children, 51-75. FULL TEXT

 

Yoshikawa, H., L. Aber, & Beardslee, W.  (2012) The Effects of Poverty on the Mental, Emotional, and Behavioral Health of Children and Youth Implications for Prevention. American Psychologist, 67(4):272-84. FULL TEXT

 

Yoshikawa, H., Weiland, C., & Brooks-Gunn, J. (in prep [will be in press by April]).  When does preschool matter? The Future of Children.  

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