Health Policy
September 17, 2012 | Feature/Topic
Browse research, insight and analysis on key issues affecting health and health care in the United States.
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Child FIRST Develops an Evidence-Based Early Childhood Intervention
February 5, 2013 | Program Result
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.
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.
Game Changer
June 1, 2009 | Report
This report from the Joan Ganz Cooney Center at Sesame Workshop specifies how increased national investment in research-based digital games can play a cost-effective and transformative role.
Clinical Scholars Share Family Ties and a Passion for Social Research
January 24, 2010 | Story
The Christakis brothers use the lessons learned as Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Scholars to make new discoveries about how we stay well, seek care and raise healthy children.