Longitudinal Effects of Extended Early Childhood Intervention

描述（由申请人提供）：本研究将调查参与持续的，联邦政府资助的幼儿干预和福祉之间的联系，直到35岁的一个大型内城队列的儿童在芝加哥纵向研究（CLS）。其核心目的是确定参加不同时间长度的儿童-家长中心（CPC）早期教育计划是否与26至30年后更好的健康和福祉相关。与服务的高强度和全面性相一致，将研究一套全面的措施，以帮助参与者及其家庭进入中年早期。这些包括经济自给自足，事业成功和职业地位;身体健康和健康行为;心理健康，心理健康和生活质量;教育程度;社会行为和犯罪;和家庭幸福，包括养育和教育对参与者子女的影响。 主要问题如下：（a）从学前开始参加儿童保护方案是否与生命第四个十年中多个领域的更大福祉相关？(b)3岁至9岁儿童参与CPC扩展干预是否有助于成人福祉？(c)干预措施通过何种机制影响不同亚群体的福祉？（d）干预的相对经济效益是什么？长期目标包括增加对早期干预的长期和复杂影响的认识，并将研究结果和原则转化为促进可持续的方案和服务。 研究样本包括911名计划（原始样本的92%）和492名匹配的对照组（原始样本的90%）参与者，他们从3岁开始参加长达6年的干预。93%的样本是非洲裔美国人。参与者自出生以来一直被跟踪，并从许多来源收集了有关儿童，家庭和学校经历的广泛数据。在接下来的五年里，我们将收集、获取和分析一套全面的新数据，这些数据来自就业和收入、教育、司法系统、公共援助和健康、社会服务记录，以及对31/32岁参与者的采访;分析来自多个来源和时间段的现有数据;并将继续跟踪生命历程的发展。这项研究不仅是最广泛的公共早期干预，而且有效地利用资源，促进对生命历程和代际影响的了解。调查结果将提供现有的最佳知识的效果和成本效益的一个既定的学校为基础的幼儿干预。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): This study will investigate the links between participation in a sustained, federally-funded early childhood intervention and well-being up to age 35 for a large inner-city cohort of children in the Chicago Longitudinal Study (CLS). The central purpose is to determine if participation in the Child-Parent Center (CPC) Early Education Program for different lengths of time is associated with better health and well-being 26 to 30 years later. Consistent with the high intensity and comprehensiveness of services, a comprehensive set of measures will be investigated to early midlife for participants and their families. These include economic self-sufficiency, career success, and occupational status; physical health and health behaviors; mental health, psychological well-being, and quality of life; educational attainment; social behavior and criminality; and family well-being including parenting and schooling effects on the children of participants. Among the primary questions are the following: (a) Is participation in the CPC program beginning in preschool associated with greater well-being in multiple domains in the fourth decade of life? (b) Does participation in the CPC extended intervention from ages 3 to 9 contribute to adult well-being above and beyond less extensive intervention?, (c) What are the mechanisms through which intervention affects well-being and for different subgroups?, and (d) What are the comparative economic benefits of intervention? The long-term goals include to increase knowledge about the long-run and complex effects of early intervention across a wide range of outcomes and to translate research finding and principles for the promotion of sustained programs and services. The study sample includes 911 program (92% of original sample) and 492 matched comparison group (90% of original sample) participants who enrolled for up to 6 years of intervention beginning at age 3. 93% of the sample are African American. Participants have been followed since birth and extensive data on child, family, and school experiences have been collected from many sources. In the next five years, we will collect, obtain, and analyze a comprehensive set of new data from employment and income, educational, justice system, public aid and health, social-service records, and from the age-31/32 interview of participants; analyze existing data from multiple sources and time periods; and will continue to track life-course development. This study is not only the most extensive of a public early intervention but an efficient use of resources for advancing knowledge on life course and intergenerational impacts. Findings will provide among the best available knowledge of the effects and cost-effectiveness of an established school-based early childhood intervention.