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Early Head Start: Investigations, insights, and promise
Author(s) -
Robinson JoAnn L.,
Fitzgerald Hiram E.
Publication year - 2002
Publication title -
infant mental health journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.693
H-Index - 75
eISSN - 1097-0355
pISSN - 0163-9641
DOI - 10.1002/imhj.10015
Subject(s) - head start , early head start , psychology , developmental psychology , mental health , early childhood , psychiatry
Abstract The authors review the significance of the research summarized in this special issue, including activities that contribute to successful university–community partnerships. The promise of Early Head Start (EHS) will be realized if investigators focus on moderators and mediators of program effects, program quality, and linkages between Early Head Start and community resources. Key factors that must be taken into account in the analysis of EHS program outcomes include assessing children's transitions to preschool, kindergarten, and elementary school; changes in family personal and social resources; the role of fathers in early child development; and the impact of family bilingualism. ©2002 Michigan Association for Infant Mental Health.