Transcript Creating Healthy, Child Friendly Communities

The Early Childhood
Development Association of
PEI
Understanding the Early
Years
Prince Edward Island
Profile
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Our Goals Today
 To share what we learned through
UEY research
 To inspire community action that
supports healthy child development
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Understanding the Early
Years
 Community Mapping Study – CMS
(1996 Census data, neighbourhood
observations, program survey)
 National Longitudinal Study on
Children and Youth - NLSCY
(surveys, assessments)
 Early Development Instrument EDI (questionnaire)
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Why talk about
community?
“The impact of the environment
is dramatic and specific – it
actually affects how the
intricate circuitry of the brain
is wired.”
(Rethinking the Brain, Shore, 1997).
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PEI Healthy Child
Development Strategy
PEI Children will know…
 Safety and Security
 Good Health
 Success at Learning
 Social Belonging and Responsibility
Janice Ployer ~ Children’s Secretariat ~ 16
Garfield Street ~ Charlottetown, PEI ~ C1A 7N8
CALL: 368-6185
E-MAIL: [email protected]
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What We Learned from
the Community
 267
enumeration
areas
 The only UEY
community to
cover an entire
province
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What is the Socioeconomic
Status of PEI?
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NLSCY Results
 Low ratings for parenting,
family functioning, and use of
services.
 High ratings for maternal
mental health, social support,
residential stability, and
neighbourhood factors.
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PEI Strengths
 Strong, supportive communities
 Licensed child care
 Universal kindergarten
 Mostly safe, clean physical environment
 Families that tend to stay in one place
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PEI Strengths
 Lower than average proportions of lone parent
families
 Community centres and recreation facilities
located across the province
 On average, adequate household incomes
 A lot of parents who have time to spend with
their children
 Resources located where most children
live
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PEI Strengths
 Family resource centres for each region and
cultural group
 Libraries located across the
province
 Health services located across the
province
 High levels of maternal mental health
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PEI Challenges
 Below average socio-economic ratings
 Fewer children in rural areas
 High demand for child care
 Kindergarten program in implementation
phase
 Below average incomes
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PEI Challenges
 Pockets of the Island showing poverty and
other risk factors
 High unemployment rates
 Need for flexible services that complement
the seasonal economy in rural areas
 Pockets of the Island with less access to
services
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PEI Challenges
 Low use of services
 Low education levels
 Lower scores on parenting and family
functioning
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NLSCY Assessments
 Cognitive skills higher than
national norm
 Behavioural measures on par
with national norm
 Behavioural problems lower
than the national norm
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Early Development Instrument
 Physical health and wellbeing
 Language and cognitive development
 Social competence
 Emotional health and maturity
 Communication skills and general
knowledge
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Region
Charlottetown,
Cornwall,
Stratford
West Prince
East Prince
Central
Queens
Southern
Kings
Eastern Kings
Total Score
Total Scores on the EDI by Region
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Percent of Children From Each Region Who Scored in the
Lowest
Percentile on One or More EDI Scales
29.00%
25.64% of Island children scored below the
10th percentile on one or more of the EDI
scales.
28.00%
Percent Below 10th Percentile
N=20
27.00%
26.00%
N=40
N=47
N=29
25.00%
N=121
24.00%
N=73
23.00%
22.00%
Eastern Kings
(N=109)
Southern Kings
(N=146)
Central Queens
(N=71)
East Prince
(N=299)
West Prince
(N=172)
Charlottetown Area
(N=488)
Region
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What does PEI need to maintain
and strengthen?
What does PEI need to work to
change?
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For further information, contact:
Patricia MacAulay
Understanding the Early Years
Research Coordinator
Early Childhood Development Association of PEI
(902) 368-1866
[email protected]
To view UEY reports, visit:
www.hrdc-drhc.gc.ca/sp-ps/arb-dgra/nlscyelnej/uey-cpe/pub_e.shtml
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