Element of Play® (eop): Understanding the Underlying Mechanism Linking a Play-based Program to the Adjustment of Roma Children in Bulgaria

Autor:	Jane Aronson, Rossi Petrova, Anthony Salandy
Rok vydání:	2018
Předmět:	Child abandonment Poverty rate business.industry Mechanism (biology) Pediatrics Perinatology and Child Health Medicine Early childhood intervention Early childhood Element (criminal law) business Mental health Developmental psychology
Zdroj:	Pediatrics. 141:462-462
ISSN:	1098-4275 0031-4005
DOI:	10.1542/peds.141.1ma5.462
Popis:	BACKGROUND According to the World Bank, the poverty rate for Roma families is 6.7 times greater than non-Roma in Bulgaria. Roma children are more likely to be abandoned, do poorly academically, and experience a higher burden of mental health problems than their non-Roma counterparts. There are few early childhood intervention programs for Roma children in rural communities. The literature suggests that quality early childhood programs prevent child abandonment by strengthening poor families and the adult/child bond. OBJECTIVE EOP is a play-based early childhood intervention aimed to prevent the negative …
Databáze:	OpenAIRE
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