Journal article
Measuring Equity From The Start: Disparities In The Health Development Of US Kindergartners
Abstract
Racialized disparities in health and well-being begin early in life and influence lifelong health outcomes. Using the Early Development Instrument-a population-level early childhood health measure-this article examines potential health inequities with regard to neighborhood income and race/ethnicity in a convenience sample of 183,717 kindergartners in ninety-eight US school districts from 2010 to 2017. Our findings demonstrate a distinct …
Authors
Halfon N; Aguilar E; Stanley L; Hotez E; Block E; Janus M
Journal
Health Affairs, Vol. 39, No. 10, pp. 1702–1709
Publisher
Health Affairs
Publication Date
October 1, 2020
DOI
10.1377/hlthaff.2020.00920
ISSN
0278-2715