At 11 a.m., #bFair2DirectCare coalition members and advocates for people with disabilities call for the state to provide a
fair rate to the state's not - for - profit direct
care providers, Million Dollar Staircase, state Capitol, Albany.
These included characteristics on multiple levels of the child's biopsychosocial context: (1) child factors: race / ethnicity (white, black, Hispanic, and Asian / Pacific Islander / Alaska Native), age, gender, 9 - month Bayley Mental and Motor scores, birth weight (normal, moderately low, or very low), parent -
rated child health (
fair / poor vs good / very good / excellent), and hours per week in child
care; (2) parent factors: maternal age, paternal age, SES (an ECLS - B — derived variable that includes maternal and paternal education, employment status, and income), maternal marital status (married, never married, separated / divorced / widowed), maternal general health (
fair / poor versus good / very good / excellent), maternal depression (assessed by the Center for Epidemiologic Studies Depression Scale
at 9 months and the World Mental Health Composite International Diagnostic Interview
at 2 years), prenatal use of tobacco and alcohol (any vs none), and violence against the mother; (3) household factors: single - parent household, number of siblings (0, 1, 2, or 3 +), language spoken
at home (English vs non-English), neighborhood good for raising kids (excellent / very good, good, or
fair / poor), household urbanicity (urban city, urban county, or rural), and modified Home Observation for Measurement of the Environment — Short Form (HOME - SF) score.