Teenage mothers today: what we know and how it matters

S Mollborn - Child development perspectives, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Over the past two decades, births to US teenagers have fallen and no longer follow overall
fertility patterns. Yet the unique challenges faced by teenage mothers and their families …

Social networking site (SNS) use by adolescent mothers: Can social support and social capital be enhanced by online social networks?–A structured review of the …

S Nolan, J Hendricks, S Ferguson, A Towell - Midwifery, 2017 - Elsevier
Aims and objectives to critically appraise the available literature and summarise the
evidence relating to adolescent mothers' use of social networking sites in terms of any social …

Family socioeconomic status, family health, and changes in students' math achievement across high school: A mediational model

AB Barr - Social Science & Medicine, 2015 - Elsevier
In response to recent calls to integrate understandings of socioeconomic disparities in
health with understandings of socioeconomic disparities in academic achievement, this …

The changing safety net for low-income parents and their children: Structural or cyclical changes in income support policy?

B Hardy, T Smeeding, JP Ziliak - Demography, 2018 - Springer
Refundable tax credits and food assistance are the largest transfer programs available to
able-bodied working poor and near-poor families in the United States, and simultaneous …

Family complexity, siblings, and children's aggressive behavior at school entry

P Fomby, JA Goode, S Mollborn - Demography, 2016 - Springer
As family structure in the United States has become increasingly dynamic and complex,
children have become more likely to reside with step-or half-siblings through a variety of …

Unintentional, non-fatal drowning of children: US trends and racial/ethnic disparities

H Felton, J Myers, G Liu, DW Davis - BMJ open, 2015 - bmjopen.bmj.com
Objective The current study aimed to better understand trends and risk factors associated
with non-fatal drowning of infants and children in the USA using two large, national …

Maternal education and siblings: Agents of cognitive development in kindergarten

D Muñez, R Bull, K Lee - Developmental Science, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract In this study (n= 1000, Mage at K1entry= 53.4 months, SD= 3.4; 53% females), we
investigated the contributions of the family socioeconomic status (SES; maternal education …

An umbrella review of meta-analyses of interventions to improve maternal outcomes for teen mothers

L SmithBattle, DG Loman, JK Schneider - Journal of Adolescence, 2017 - Elsevier
The purpose of this study was to perform an umbrella review of meta-analyses of
intervention studies designed to improve outcomes of pregnant or parenting teenagers. An …

Multiple risks, multiple systems, and academic achievement: A nationally representative birth-to-five investigation

HL Rouse, JY Choi, QH Riser, CC Beecher - Children and Youth Services …, 2020 - Elsevier
This study examined individual and cumulative relations between child and family
experiences from birth to school entry and kindergarten reading and mathematics …

Household food insecurity and early childhood health and cognitive development among children of immigrants

Y Huang, S Potochnick, CM Heflin - Journal of Family Issues, 2018 - journals.sagepub.com
Food insecurity is negatively related to child development and health. In this study, we use
Early Childhood Longitudinal Study–Birth Cohort data to assess the cognitive and health …