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RWJF reconvened the Commission to Build a Healthier America to provide new guidance in two key areas: early childhood and healthy communities. On June 19, the RWJF Commission to Build a Healthier America met in Washington, D.C., to hear testimony from leading experts on how best to support health in communities and during early childhood.
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Child FIRST Develops an Evidence-Based Early Childhood Intervention
February 5, 2013 | Program Result Report
Child First is a home-based early childhood intervention that works with the most vulnerable very young children and their families to reduce serious emotional disturbance, developmental and learning problems, and abuse and neglect.
Chlorpyrifos Exposure and Urban Residential Environment Characteristics as Determinants of Early Childhood Neurodevelopment
January 1, 2011 | Journal Article
Neighborhood context and chlorpyrifos exposure were found to be independently associated with neurodevelopment.
Healthy Steps Program Gets Young Children Started on the Right Foot - But Fails to Find a Permanent Home
December 16, 2010 | Program Result Report
Healthy Steps for Young Children is a program in pediatric and family practices that focuses on the first three years of life.
Associations of Early Life Risk Factors with Infant Sleep Duration
May 1, 2010 | Journal Article
This article reports risk factors for reduced sleep during infancy the authors analyzed a range of variables including maternal characteristics (e.g. education, household income), race/ethnicity, and parenting choices (e.g. television viewing or attending daycare).
Television Viewing by Young Hispanic Children
February 1, 2010 | Journal Article
This article examines television viewing patterns in very young children from Spanish-speaking and English-speaking Hispanic households. Television exposure by children has been linked to several negative health outcomes, including obesity and sleep and attention problems.
2007 Conference Explores Ways of Creating a Healthier Media Environment for Children and Their Families
April 1, 2008 | Program Result Report
Common Sense Media and the Aspen Institute convened leaders in public health and education, policy-makers and media executives to explore ways of creating a healthier media environment for children and their families.
America's Health Starts with Healthy Children
October 1, 2008 | Chart
This chartbook from the RWJF Commission to Build a Healthier America focuses on the health of children to explore whether we are reaching our full health potential as a nation and in every state.
Zero to Three Organization Provides Fellowships, Support to Promote Infant and Family Health and Development
August 1, 2006 | Program Result Report
From October 1998 to October 2004, Zero to Three provided fellowships to young and mid-career professionals in a project designed to develop leaders in the field of infant and family health and development.
Cleveland Born to Learn(TM) Program Helps Toddlers Develop Cognitive and Behavioral Skills
November 1, 2005 | Program Result Report
Researchers at Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine in Cleveland conducted a randomized, controlled evaluation of the Cleveland Eastern Suburban Born to Learn™ Program between 1999 and 2005.
Illinois' "Birth to Three Project" Helps Parents Give Their Kids a Healthy Start
July 1, 2004 | Program Result Report
Ounce of Prevention Fund planned and supported the Birth to Three Project, an initiative serving expectant families and those with young children in Illinois, to improve the comprehensive health and development of very young children.