Sentences with phrase «toxic effects of poverty»

Last month The University of Queensland - developed Triple P — Positive Parenting Program was included in an American Academy of Pediatrics policy recommendation to reduce the toxic effects of poverty on children's health.

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The many effects of poverty — hunger, toxic stress, and untreated medical conditions — are terrible in and of themselves, but they also hurt children's ability to learn and thrive.

Their teen love story is firmly rooted in reality: Eleanor deals with body image issues, poverty, an abusive home life and bullying; and Park deals with racial prejudice and the effects of the culture's toxic masculinity problem that labels his affinity for wearing eyeliner as «gay.»

Early childhood experiences that promote relational health lead to secure attachment, effective self - regulation and sleep, normal development of the neuroendocrine system, healthy stress - response systems, and positive changes in the architecture of the developing brain.86, 87 Perhaps the most important protective factors are those that attenuate the toxic stress effects of childhood poverty on early brain and child development.3, 5,88

An enhanced medical home providing integrated care for families in poverty is informed by the understanding that emotional care of the family, including recognizing maternal depression, is within the scope of practice for community pediatricians and that the effects of toxic stress on children can be ameliorated by supportive, secure relational health during early childhood.

This type of learning is specifically designed to counteract the effects of poverty and toxic stress on child success.

Fortunately, interventions in early childhood are becoming more sophisticated and effective at identifying key risk factors and preventing the ongoing effects of poverty and toxic stress.