Journal article

Leveraging Research to Drive More Equitable Reading Outcomes: An Update

Sharon Goldfeld, Sarah Gray, Cindy Pham, Hannah Badland, Sue Woolfenden, Edward Schor, Meredith O'Connor

Academic Pediatrics | Elsevier | Published : 2022

Abstract

Home reading and preschool interventions can reduce socioeconomic inequities in children's reading skills and future health morbidity, but they are insufficient alone. There are opportunities to design and evaluate multilevel interventions needed to help drive systems towards equity in reading.

Grants

Awarded by Royal Children's Hospital Foundation


Funding Acknowledgements

This work was funded by Australian Research Council Linkage Project [grant number LP190100921] and was supported by the Victorian Government's Operational Infrastructure Support Program. Prof Goldfeld is supported by Australian National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) Practitioner Fellowship [grant number 1155290]. Prof Badland is supported by an RMIT University VC Senior Research Fellowship. Dr O'Connor and Ms Pham are supported by the Melbourne Children's LifeCourse Initiative, funded by a Royal Children's Hospital Foundation Grant [grant number 2018-984].