Early Childhood (under 5 years)

Survey data from military families with children aged 12 years and under were utilized to evaluate the effect of childcare issues on military readiness and retention.

Background: Maternal depression is a common condition among new mothers that can be associated with poor maternal health and negative consequences on infant health.

Survey data were used to examine the relationships among deployment (before and after childbirth), combat exposure, and maternal depression with a sample of female Active Duty Service members.

Objectives: To examine whether children with Navy mothers exhibit higher levels of internalizing and externalizing behavior than children in civilian families and whether deployment affects children's internalizing and externalizing behavior.

Survey data were used to examine children's internalizing (i.e., fearful, sad, overcontrolled) and externalizing (i.e., aggression, noncompliant, undercontrolled) behaviors across three groups (i.e., Navy children with deployed mothers, Navy children with non-deployed mothers, children with

BACKGROUND: Military deployment of one or both parents is associated with declines in school performance, behavioral difficulties, and increases in reported mental health conditions, but less is known regarding injury risks in pediatric military dependents.

In this epidemiological study, researchers examined injury in infants, children, and adolescents of military and nonmilitary parents. Injury-related hospital admissions were approximately 20% higher among military youth than their civilian counterparts.

The association among mothers', fathers', and infants' risk and cognitive and social behaviors at 24 months was examined using structural equation modeling and data on 4,200 on toddlers and their parents from the Early Childhood Longitudinal Study, Birth Cohort.

The families of nationally-representative children born in the United States in 2001 were surveyed, interviewed, and observed at 4 time points from birth to kindergarten entry to examine the influence of maternal, paternal, and child risk factors (poverty, unemployment, ability to speak English,

Relationships between infant negative reactivity and self-regulation, parenting self-efficacy, and child weight outcomes were examined. Greater observed negative reactivity predicted more child weight gain when mothers had lower parenting self-efficacy.