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High-quality preschool program produces long-term economic payoff – 3
Narrator: This is NIH Health Matters. I’m Joe Balintfy. A high-quality preschool program produces a long-term economic payoff.
Griffin: Researchers surveyed study participants and their parents and analyzed their education, employment, criminal justice, and child welfare records for the participants through age 26.
Narrator: Dr. James Griffin with the Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development says boys, children from high-risk homes, and those who started the program at a younger age benefitted the most.
Griffin: For example, for children who lived in the highest poverty neighborhoods, the returns were four to 10 times higher than children living in less disadvantaged areas.
Narrator: For details on the benefits of early education, visit www.nichd.nih.gov. Health Matters is produced by the National Institutes of Health, part of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.
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