Assessment of a Comprehensive Early Childhood Education Program and Cardiovascular Disease Risk in Midlife.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

Educational attainment is an underrecognized factor associated with racial disparities in cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk. Early childhood programs providing comprehensive family services can promote educational and socioeconomic success, but few, if any, studies of large-scale programs have assessed their associations with midlife CVD risk and mediating factors.

Objective

To examine the association between an early childhood program providing multisystemic services from ages 3 to 9 years with midlife CVD risk and whether years of education mediate these associations.

Design, setting, and participants

Using a matched-group, quasi-experimental design, a cohort of Black and Hispanic children in the Chicago Longitudinal Study enrolled in an established early

SUBMITTER: Reynolds AJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8379657 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature