Read Expanding Latino Parents’ Access to Child Development Research through the News Media, a Child Trends Hispanic Institute research brief written by Alicia Torres, Selma Caal, Luz Guerra, and Angela Rojas.
Excerpt
Despite the high level of wealth in the United States, children in this country are more likely to experience poverty than children in many other developed countries, including Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Japan, and most of Europe. Social scientists have identified an array of evidence based strategies that parents, teachers, and others can use to mitigate the challenges associated with poverty. But that research can only be useful if it is accessible to the people who can use it—and to those who need it most. To date, many efforts to communicate these strategies have not focused on audiences experiencing poverty.