Importance The study provides novel data to inform the mechanisms by which poverty
negatively impacts childhood brain development. Objective To investigate whether the …

Importance Children living in poverty generally perform poorly in school, with markedly
lower standardized test scores and lower educational attainment. The longer children live in …

Importance This study was designed to determine whether a preventive intervention focused
on enhancing supportive parenting could ameliorate the association between exposure to …

Experiencing poverty in childhood has been associated with increased risk for physical and
mental health difficulties later in life. An emerging body of evidence suggests that brain …

Living in poverty places children at very high risk for problems across a variety of domains,
including schooling, behavioral regulation, and health. Aspects of cognitive functioning …

Objective: In this study, the authors tested the hypothesis that poverty experienced in early
childhood, as measured by income-to-needs ratio, has an impact on functional brain …

Children growing up in poverty are vulnerable to negative changes in the developing brain;
however, these outcomes vary widely. We tested the hypothesis that receipt of supportive …

This article considers the implications for prevention science of recent advances in research
on family poverty and children's mental, emotional, and behavioral health. First, we describe …

In the United States, does growing up in a poor household cause negative developmental
outcomes for children? Hundreds of studies have documented statistical associations …

Approximately 1 in 5 children in the United States lives in poverty, and> 40% of children are
poor or near-poor. 1 In 2013, the American Academy of Pediatrics added child poverty to its …