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Helen Raikes is affiliated with the University of Nebraska-Lincoln in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on areas within the social sciences, with a specialization in education. Their work spans several interconnected subfields including education, clinical psychology, general health professions, and psychiatry and mental health.

The main topics addressed in their publications include early childhood education and development, parental involvement in education, and child and adolescent psychosocial and emotional development. Additional topics are collaborative teaching and inclusion, food security and health in diverse populations, as well as child nutrition and feeding issues.

Frequent publication venues for Helen Raikes include:

  • Early Education and Development
  • Early Childhood Research Quarterly
  • Children

Helen Raikes has contributed to several papers, notably:

  • "Retention and turnover of teaching staff in a high-quality early childhood network" (2023), published in Early Childhood Research Quarterly
  • "Pathways to Low-Income Children's Self-Regulation: Child Temperament and the Qualities of Teacher-Child Relationships" (2020), published in Early Education and Development
  • "Relations Among Low-Income Preschool Children's Self-Regulation, Marginal Food Security, and Parent Stress" (2020), published in Early Education and Development
  • "Using the Very Short Form of the Children's Behavior Questionnaire for Spanish-Speaking Populations in Low- and Middle-Income Countries: A Psychometric Analysis of Dichotomized Variables" (2021), published in Children

Their research collaborations involve several frequent coauthors, including:

  • Amy Encinger
  • İbrahim H. Acar
  • Donna Bryant
  • Noreen Yazejian
  • Wonkyung Jang

Helen Raikes' scholarly contributions center on understanding early childhood educational environments and the influences on child development, especially in contexts affected by economic challenges. Their interdisciplinary approach integrates insights from psychology and health sciences to explore the roles of teacher-child relationships, parental involvement, and socio-economic factors such as food security.

Best Publications

  • The Effectiveness of Early Head Start for 3-Year-Old Children and Their Parents: Lessons for Policy and Programs

    John M. Love;Ellen E. Kisker;Christine Ross;Helen Raikes

  • Mother–Child Bookreading in Low‐Income Families: Correlates and Outcomes During the First Three Years of Life

    Helen Raikes;Barbara Alexander Pan;Gayle Luze;Catherine S. Tamis-LeMonda

  • Child care quality matters: how conclusions may vary with context.

    John M. Love;Linda Harrison;Abraham Sagi‐Schwartz;Marinus H. Van IJzendoorn

  • The formative role of home literacy experiences across the first three years of life in children from low-income families

    Eileen T. Rodriguez;Catherine S. Tamis-LeMonda;Mark E. Spellmann;Barbara A. Pan

  • Low-Income Children's School Readiness: Parent Contributions Over the First Five Years

    Rachel Chazan-Cohen;Helen Raikes;Jeanne Brooks-Gunn;Catherine Ayoub

  • Involvement in Early Head Start home visiting services: Demographic predictors and relations to child and parent outcomes

    Helen Raikes;Beth L. Green;Jane Atwater;Ellen Kisker

  • Predictors and outcomes of low-income fathers’ reading with their toddlers

    Elisabeth Duursma;Barbara Alexander Pan;Helen Raikes

  • Teacher education, motivation, compensation, workplace support, and links to quality of center-based child care and teachers’ intention to stay in the early childhood profession

    Julia C. Torquati;Helen Raikes;Catherine A. Huddleston-Casas

  • Low-Income Fathers' Involvement in Their Toddlers' Lives: Biological Fathers from the Early Head Start Research and Evaluation Study

    Natasha J. Cabrera;Rebecca M. Ryan;Jacqueline D. Shannon;Jeanne Brooks-Gunn

  • Cognitive skill performance among young children living in poverty: Risk, change, and the promotive effects of Early Head Start

    Catherine Ayoub;Erin O'Connor;Gabrielle Rappolt-Schlictmann;Claire Vallotton

  • Regulation, Subsidy Receipt and Provider Characteristics: What Predicts Quality in Child Care Homes?

    H. Abigail Raikes;Helen H. Raikes;Brian Wilcox

  • IT TAKES TIME: IMPACTS OF EARLY HEAD START THAT LEAD TO REDUCTIONS IN MATERNAL DEPRESSION TWO YEARS LATER

    Rachel Chazan-Cohen;Catherine Ayoub;Barbara Alexander Pan;Lori Roggman

  • Developmental Trends in Self‐regulation among Low‐income Toddlers

    H. Abigail Raikes;Jo Ann L. Robinson;Robert H. Bradley;Helen H. Raikes

  • Who Drops Out of Early Head Start Home Visiting Programs

    Lori A. Roggman;Gina A. Cook;Carla A. Peterson;Helen H. Raikes

  • Methodological, Measurement, and Design Issues in Studying Fathers: An Interdisciplinary Perspective

    Lori A. Roggman;Hiram E. Fitzgerald;Robert H. Bradley;Helen Raikes

  • Overview of Methodological,Measurement, and Design Issues in Studying Fathers: An Interdisciplinary Perspective

    Lori A. Roggman;H. E. Fitzgerald;R. H. Bradley;H. Raikes

  • What Makes a Difference: Early Head Start Evaluation Findings in a Developmental Context.

    John M. Love;Rachel Chazan-Cohen;Helen H Raikes;Jeanne Brooks-Gunn

  • Father Involvement in Early Head Start Programs

    Helen H. Raikes;Jean Ann Summers;Lori A. Roggman

  • Low-income fathers' and mothers' perceptions of the father role: A qualitative study in four early head start communities

    Jean Ann Summers;Helen Raikes;James Butler;Paul Spicer

  • The Early Head Start Father Studies: Design, Data Collection, and Summary of Father Presence in the Lives of Infants and Toddlers

    Kimberly Boller;Robert Bradley;Natasha Cabrera;Helen Raikes

  • Who Drops Out of Early Head Start Home Visit Programs

    Lori A. Roggman;G. A. Cook;C. Peterson;H. H. Raikes

Frequent Co-Authors

Lori A. Roggman
Lori A. Roggman Utah State University
Jean Ann Summers
Jean Ann Summers University of Kansas
Jeanne Brooks-Gunn
Jeanne Brooks-Gunn Columbia University
Robert H. Bradley
Robert H. Bradley Arizona State University
Catherine Ayoub
Catherine Ayoub Boston Children's Hospital
Catherine S. Tamis-LeMonda
Catherine S. Tamis-LeMonda New York University
Natasha J. Cabrera
Natasha J. Cabrera University of Maryland, College Park
Hiram E. Fitzgerald
Hiram E. Fitzgerald Michigan State University
Hirokazu Yoshikawa
Hirokazu Yoshikawa New York University
Deborah A. Phillips
Deborah A. Phillips Georgetown University

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