The Effects of Project Head Start and Differential Housing Environments Upon Child Development.

TLDR: The relationship between child development and housing has received a considerable amount of attention through scientific study and research by professionals within each of these respective fields as mentioned in this paper The research studies conducted within these two spheres, however, have met infrequently at tangent points of mutual interest or interrelated problems.

Abstract: The subjects of child development and housing have received a considerable amount of attention through scientific study and research by professionals within each of these respective fields The research studies conducted within these two spheres, however, have met infrequently at tangent points of mutual interest or interrelated problems As professionals interested in housing and others interested in child development approach the problems of poverty, the pragmatic goals of each merge in the search for greater understanding and for solutions to the multitude of problems which poverty presents Numerous research studies have dealt with the influence of various aspects of the child's total environment but the role of the physical dwelling has been neglected for the most part The research studies which have sought to identify causal relationships between housing and its effects on people have been concerned largely with the effects of housing on disease and health or on patterns of social interaction Very few have touched upon the impact of the housing environment upon human development or more particularly, the growth and development of the younger child Numerous social experiments in providing better housing (eg public housing projects) have been conducted in hopes of eliminating social problems of particularly difficult urban areas The failure of many of these indicates the limited improvement