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Hunger in the Fields: Food Insecurity and Food Access among Farmworker Families in Migrant and Seasonal Head Start
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Smith, Julia; Cuesta, Guadalupe – Journal of Latinos and Education, 2020
A labor force of migrant farmworkers, mostly of Latino origin, largely support the agriculture industry in the US. While migrant labor is essential in the modern food system, food insecurity remains high among migrant farmworkers. Presented are the results from a survey on food insecurity, access, and farm to preschool involving 32 farmworker…
Descriptors: Migrant Workers, Hunger, Food, Young Children
Steps toward Scalability: Illustrations from a Smoke-Free Homes Program
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Kegler, Michelle C.; Haardörfer, Regine; Melanson, Taylor; Allen, Lindsey; Bundy, Lucja T.; Kreuter, Matthew W.; Williams, Rebecca S.; Hovell, Melbourne F.; Mullen, Patricia Dolan – Health Education & Behavior, 2019
Scalable interventions remain effective across a range of real-world settings and can be modified to fit organizational and community context. "Smoke-Free Homes: Some Things are Better Outside" has been effective in promoting smoke-free home rules in low-income households in efficacy, effectiveness, generalizability, and dissemination…
Descriptors: Health Promotion, Smoking, Family Environment, Intervention
Approaches to Meeting the Needs of Children and Parents Together in the Context of Head Start: Four Head Start University Partnership Grants. OPRE Report 2020-32
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Gilpin, Ansley; Mennen, Ferol; Pakulak, Eric; Sommer, Teresa Eckrich; Dwyer, Kathleen M.; Cannon, Erin; Bell, Theodore; Boxmeyer, Caroline; Chase-Lansdale, P. Lindsay; Chor, Elise; DeCaro, Jason; Dela Cruz, Kenn Lacsamana; Giuliano, Ryan; Gomsrud, Melissa; Karns, Christina; Klein, Scott; Lochman, John; Longoria, Zayra; Molina, Abigail Palmer; Monro, William; Neville, Helen; O'Neil, Lauren; Reynolds, Mary Margaret; Sabol, Terri J.; Sclafani, Marisa; Tighe, Lauren A. – Administration for Children & Families, 2020
This brief introduces four research projects testing promising interventions funded under the Head Start University Partnerships (HSUP): Dual-Generation Approaches1 grant program. Two-generation approaches are typically designed to address problems associated with poverty by combining child-focused services with adult-focused services. Head Start…
Descriptors: Disadvantaged Youth, Preschool Education, Early Intervention, Childhood Needs