Integrating health, education and culture in predicting Pacific children's English receptive vocabulary at 6 years: A classification tree approach.
Alice Hyun Min KimPhilip J SchluterBrigid Catherine McNeillJohn EverattRose SiskLeon IusitiniLeali'ie'e T TaleniEl-Shadan TautoloGail GillonPublished in: Journal of paediatrics and child health (2019)
The cultural environment to which Pacific children were exposed in early childhood, indicated by the maternal acculturation, was more crucial in distinguishing children with strong English-receptive vocabulary skills than socio-economic or prenatal conditions. This highlights the importance of integrating the cultural environment into designing measures for facilitating Pacific children's language development.