Public health and economic measures enacted to prevent the spread of Covid-19 and mitigate the financial impact on families have unintended consequences for low-income women and their children. The authors explain why.
This brief is part of a series on the impact of Covid-19 on vulnerable families. The other reports focus on undocumented immigrants in the United States; and the effects of parental stress on the developing brains of children; and resettled refugees in the U.S.
April 7, 2020, 6:31 p.m.
Christopher F. Kulesza, Ph.D., is a scholar for the Child Health Policy Program, where he carries out research in child and community health policy. His current research project focuses on the influences of built and social neighborhood environments on health …
Quianta Moore, M.D., J.D., is a nonresident fellow in Child Health Policy at the Baker Institute for Public Policy. Her research focuses on developing empirically informed policies to advance the health of children. Moore utilizes mixed methodologies, …
