Journal
EARLY CHILDHOOD RESEARCH QUARTERLY
Volume 28, Issue 4, Pages 723-733Publisher
ELSEVIER SCIENCE INC
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecresq.2013.06.003
Keywords
Head Start; Nutrition; Weight; Health care receipt; ECLS-B
Funding
- NICHD NIH HHS [R01 HD047215, R24 HD058486] Funding Source: Medline
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Using a sample of low-income children from the Early Childhood Longitudinal Study-Birth Cohort (N approximate to 4350) and propensity-score weighted regressions, we analyzed children's nutrition, weight, and health care receipt at kindergarten entry, comparing (1) Head Start participants and all non-participants, and (2) Head Start participants and children in prekindergarten, other center-based care, other non-parental care, or only parental care. Overall, we found that compared to all non-participants, Head Start participants were more likely to receive dental checkups but showed no differences in getting medical checkups; they were also more likely to have healthy eating patterns but showed no differences in Body Mass Index (BMI), overweight, or obesity. However, these results varied depending on the comparison group-Head Start participants showed lower BMI scores and lower probability of overweight compared to those in other non-parental care, and the effects on healthy eating and dental checkups differed by comparison group. (C) 2013 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
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