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Black Parents and Their Babies: The Dual Pandemic of Racism and COVID-19, 2019–2022

Iruka, I. U., Sims, J., Stafford, B. A., & Hunter-Rainey, S.
October
2022

From the introduction: "This report draws on data from the Rapid Assessment of Pandemic Impact on DevelopmentEarly Childhood (RAPID-EC) survey to present key findings and recommendations about the effects of the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic on 782 Black and Black/multiracial families with babies (i.e., infants and toddlers, birth to age 3) in the United States. The RAPID-EC is an early childhood family well-being survey designed to gather essential information in a continuous manner regarding the needs, health-promoting behaviors, and well-being of children and their families during the COVID-19 outbreak in the U.S. RAPID-EC has partnered with researchers and institutions across the country including the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Data for this report were collected by the RAPID-EC team at Stanford University (formerly at the University of Oregon) between April 2020 and February 2022."

Citation

Iruka, I. U., Sims, J., Stafford, B. A., & Hunter-Rainey, S. (2022). Black parents and their babies: the dual pandemic of racism and COVID-19, 2019–2022. Chapel Hill, NC: Equity Research Action Coalition at the UNC Frank Porter Graham Child Development Institute.