The impact of children’s health, wellbeing, and family environment on their learning and development is evident. Identifying the needs of children and their families is the first step to effectively developing and implementing programs that promote child development. This research employed a convergent mixed methods design and incorporated multiple data collection and analysis techniques to explore the needs of prekindergarten children related to their health, wellbeing, and family environment. A large-scale survey, regional meetings, and focus groups were conducted among a total of 4615 parents/caregivers, organizational representatives, and community members in the state of South Carolina, in the United States. Understanding child development, getting services for children and families, making childcare accessible and affordable, having enough family time, building strong relationships with children, and community support for families were identified as priorities. Parents/caregivers of different socio-demographic backgrounds prioritized different needs.

儿童的健康、幸福和家庭环境对他们的学习和发展的影响是显而易见的。确定儿童及其家庭的需求是有效制定和实施促进儿童发展计划的第一步。本研究采用融合的混合方法设计，并结合多种数据收集和分析技术，探索幼儿园儿童与其健康、福祉和家庭环境相关的需求。在美国南卡罗来纳州，对总共 4615 名父母/看护人、组织代表和社区成员进行了大规模调查、区域会议和焦点小组讨论。了解儿童发展，为儿童和家庭提供服务，使儿童保育变得可及且负担得起，拥有足够的家庭时间、与儿童建立牢固的关系以及社区对家庭的支持被确定为优先事项。不同社会人口背景的父母/照顾者优先考虑不同的需求。