This literature review of twelve previously published research articles focused on summarizing some of the effects of poverty on children. The selected articles all focused on the main effects of poverty on children and were divided into four subcategories or themes based on specific areas of interest in this complex and not yet fully understood issue. These themes included developmental, educational outcomes, health, and parenting outcomes, and how these were affected by children living in poverty. Developmental Impact The development theme included reviews of four articles, each with a slightly different focus. In an article researching racial/ethnic differences in processes and effects (McLeod & Nonemaker, 2000) using a sample of 4-9 year olds from the 1992 wave of the Children of the National Longitudinal Surveys of Youth dataset , the conclusion was that a significantly stronger effect of the persistence of poverty over time on childhood problems was noted in Caucasians than in Hispanics, and for Hispanics more than in African American children. Focusing on the interpersonal impacts of poverty on Turkish children (Ozkan, Purutcuoglu, & Hablemitoglu, 2010), the topics of health, cognitive development, socio-emotional development, stress, parenting, literacy/education, 'housing and communities, concluding that it is a global problem with poverty in other countries affecting children in Turkey. The researchers also suggested that further research is needed to better understand this complex issue and the factors that influence it. Bronfenbrenner's classic process-person-context-time model has been used to explain the negative effects of poverty on people's socio-emotional development. children (Eam...... middle of paper ......., Coley, R., & Chase-Lansdale, P. (2004). Child care and development of low-income children: direct effects and moderates. Child Development, 296-312 doi:10.1111/j.1467-8624.2004.00670.x Retrieved from EBSCOhost.Wadsworth, M.E., Raviv, T., Reinhard, C., Wolff, B., Santiago, C. , &. Einhorn, L. (2008). An indirect effects model of the association between poverty and child functioning: The role of poverty-related stress in children, Journal of Loss and Trauma, 156-185 doi: 10.1080/15325020701742185. Wood, D. (2003). Effect of Child and Family Poverty on Child Health in the United States, 707-711 Retrieved from EBSCOhost.Yoo, J., Slack, K. S., & Holl, J. L. (2010). of health promotion on the health of low-income children: a risk and resilience perspective. Health and Social Work, 133-143.