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September 17, 2012 | Feature/Topic
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Child FIRST Learning Session 4
September 15, 2010 | Toolkit
This presentation (Learning Session #4) was from the Child FIRST (Child and Family Interagency Resource, Support, and Training) program which took place on September 15-16, 2012. Child FIRST works with the most vulnerable young children (prenatal th ...
Southern States and Universities Confer on Ways to Collaborate to Improve Child Health
January 1, 2003 | Program Results Report
In 2001, the National Commission on Partnerships for Children's Health held a conference of Southeastern state officials and higher education representatives on ways to form regional child-health collaborations.
Philadelphia's Lead Court Is Making a Difference
May 3, 2013 | Journal Article
Philadelphia's Lead Court shows compliance for lead hazard remediation improvement.
Public Health Law Research
May 3, 2013 | Journal Article
This article reviews the field of public health law research and its progress in both methodological rigor and in identifying sources of data.
Parental Home Smoking Policies
July 1, 2011 | Journal Article
This article examines the effect of children on household indoor smoking policies. Since the primary source of secondhand smoke for children is in the home, it is important to understand how families with children address household smoking.
International Variations in Harsh Child Discipline
September 1, 2010 | Journal Article
This article examines the frequency of harsh discipline of children across a range of countries and communities. Child abuse is a serious problem throughout the world, but comprehensive comparative information on child abuse is lacking.
Temperament as a Moderator of the Relation Between Neighborhood and Children's Adjustment
September 1, 2010 | Journal Article
Children vary in their sensitivity to neighborhood influences—good and bad.
Mother's Community Participation and Child Health
March 1, 2009 | Journal Article
When mothers of the most disadvantaged children participate in the community, their children's health improves, according to this analysis of an Indonesian longitudinal study of family health and welfare. This suggests community participation may be an important mechanism to help break the intergenerational cycle of poverty.
Are Local Laws the Key to Ending Childhood Lead Poisoning?
May 3, 2013 | Journal Article
Reducing and eventually eliminating childhood lead exposure through local policy innovations, is the main objective of this study.
Local Health Departments and Specific Maternal and Child Health Expenditures
November 1, 2012 | Journal Article
As a part of the Public Health Activities and Service Tracking study and in collaboration with partners in two Public Health Practice–Based Research Network states, we examined relationships between local health department (LHD) maternal and child h ...