A nationally and internationally recognized expert in parent involvement, home, school, community partnerships, multicultural literacy, early literacy, and family / intergenerational literacy, especially
among poor and minority children.
Not exact matches
A key reason behind the recent turnaround in breastfeeding
among minority mothers in Illinois
and particularly in the metropolitan Chicago area, state
and local public health leaders say, is a common - sense peer counselor program launched in WIC (Women, Infants
and Children program) clinics, which serve women who are
poor and nutritionally «at risk.»
Some of the potential causes of
poor breastfeeding outcomes
among black
and Puerto Rican women include breastfeeding ambivalence (7), the availability of free formula from the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants,
and Children (WIC)(8), a high level of comfort with the idea of formula feeding (9), limited availability
and lower intensity of WIC breastfeeding support for
minority women (10, 11),
and issues surrounding trust building
and perceived mistreatment by providers (12).
Among the characteristics shared by urban schools include large class sizes, social
and disciplinary problems, a large percentage of
poor and minority children,
and little involvement from parents compared to their suburban counterparts.
There are some myths
among educators
and the general middle - class non-
minority public:
Poor and minority parents want
and support lower standards for their
children and also prefer social promotion.
More - importantly, because the quality of teaching varies more within schools (from classroom to classroom) than
among them, the racial myopia of teachers (
and their low expectations for the
poor and minority children in their care) are matters that have to be addressed in order to help all
children succeed.
Our findings are even more sobering because the prevalence of psychosocial problems
among youth seems to be increasing.110, 111 The US Surgeon General reports that the unmet need for services is as high now as it was 20 years ago.112 Even youth who are insured often can not obtain treatment because few
child and adolescent psychiatrists practice in
poor and minority neighborhoods.113, 114