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Review
. 2011 Jun;14(2):111-34.
doi: 10.1007/s10567-011-0095-2.

Creating nurturing environments: a science-based framework for promoting child health and development within high-poverty neighborhoods

Kelli A Komro  1 , Brian R Flay, Anthony Biglan; Promise Neighborhoods Research Consortium
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Creating nurturing environments: a science-based framework for promoting child health and development within high-poverty neighborhoods

Kelli A Komro et al. Clin Child Fam Psychol Rev. 2011 Jun.

Abstract

Living in poverty and living in areas of concentrated poverty pose multiple risks for child development and for overall health and wellbeing. Poverty is a major risk factor for several mental, emotional, and behavioral disorders, as well as for other developmental challenges and physical health problems. In this paper, the Promise Neighborhoods Research Consortium describes a science-based framework for the promotion of child health and development within distressed high-poverty neighborhoods. We lay out a model of child and adolescent developmental outcomes and integrate knowledge of potent and malleable influences to define a comprehensive intervention framework to bring about a significant increase in the proportion of young people in high-poverty neighborhoods who will develop successfully. Based on a synthesis of research from diverse fields, we designed the Creating Nurturing Environments framework to guide community-wide efforts to improve child outcomes and reduce health and educational inequalities.

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