Intersection of poverty, race, and child health in the time of COVID-19: 16th annual Break the Cycle of Children's Environmental Health Disparities Program and student projects

Rubin et al argue that adverse environmental and emotional stresses, along with negative educational experiences, compromise learning, and correlate with high drop-out rates and low graduation rates. Limited education leads to poor employment opportunities, or work with low pay, trapping young peopl...

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Published in:International public health journal 2022-07, Vol.14 (3), p.177-190
Main Authors: Rubin, I Leslie, Mutic, Abby, Coles, Claire D, Green, Victoria, Philipsborn, Rebecca, Gittinger, Melissa, Mutic, Nathan, Garfinkel, Wayne, Falk, Henry, Gitterman, Benjamin A, Merrick, Joav
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Asthma
Children
Children & youth
Childrens health
Codification
Community
Contaminants
COVID-19
Drug trafficking
Education
Employment
Environmental factors
Environmental health
Families & family life
Funding
Health disparities
Imprisonment
Infant mortality
Lead content
Mental health
Metabolism
Neighborhoods
Outdoor air quality
Physiology
Poverty
Race
Racism
Schools
Single parents
Social interactions
Society
Young adults
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Summary:Rubin et al argue that adverse environmental and emotional stresses, along with negative educational experiences, compromise learning, and correlate with high drop-out rates and low graduation rates. Limited education leads to poor employment opportunities, or work with low pay, trapping young people in the poorer neighborhoods with older houses in states of disrepair, contributing to exposures to indoor hazards of lead, mold, and other possible contaminants, as well as higher rates of mental health disorders such as depression, anxiety about the future, despair, and social isolation. The assault of adverse social, economic, and environmental factors on vulnerable children results in unfavorable health, developmental, and educational outcomes and compromises a child's opportunity for economic and social success in life. This persistent pattern devolves into the perpetuation of an intergenerational cycle, the codification of which, can be represented in an ecological construct that embodies the concept of the cycle of children's environmental health disparities.
ISSN:1947-4989
2374-1023