A Poll About Children and Weight
February 25, 2013 | Survey/Poll
This poll provides new insights into the epidemic of childhood obesity and the challenges families face between school and sleep.
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Establishing Family-Based HIV Treatment Programs in Sub-Saharan Africa and Thailand
October 4, 2011 | Program Result
Beginning in 2002, the MTCT-Plus Initiative established family-based HIV care and treatment programs in sub-Saharan Africa and Thailand, linking HIV care and treatment of mothers to existing programs that prevent mother-to-child transmission of HIV.
Reauthorizing SCHIP
January 8, 2009 | Issue Brief
This document provides a brief overview of some of the policy and programmatic issues that were addressed in legislation to reauthorize the State Children's Health Insurance Program during the summer and fall of 2007.
2007 Conference Explores Ways of Creating a Healthier Media Environment for Children and Their Families
April 1, 2008 | Program Result
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.
All Kids Count
March 29, 2007 | Program Result
The All Kids Count II program sought to make 16 immunization registry projects based in local, county, and state health departments fully operational by January 1, 2000.
New Book, Fed Up! Winning the War Against Childhood Obesity, Offers Advice for Parents with Overweight Children
October 1, 2006 | Program Result
Susan Okie, M.D., wrote a book called Fed Up! Winning the War Against Childhood Obesity. The book provides strategies for protecting children and improving their exercise and eating habits.
Pediatric Visits Promote Early Childhood Literacy and Enhance Language Development in 1,400 Practices
June 1, 2003 | Program Result
Boston University Medical Center expanded the Reach Out and Read program, which trains pediatric providers in counseling parents about reading to their children and provides practitioners with books to give them at well-child visits.
Toolkit for Providers and Others to Help Kids Cope with the Aftermath of September 11 Terrorist Attacks
May 1, 2003 | Program Result
In 2002, the American Academy of Pediatrics' Task Force on Terrorism, Elk Grove Village, Ill., assembled a Children, Terrorism & Disasters Toolkit to help pediatricians, parents, community leaders and others assist children dealing with traumatic events.
Is More Medical Care Better Medical Care?
March 1, 2003 | Program Result
Between 1997 and 2001 Investigators at the Center for Evaluative Clinical Sciences at Dartmouth Medical Center, Hanover, N.H, conducted two research projects that examined how the increasing availability of health care technology and specialist physicians influence the delivery of health care and health outcomes.
Southern States and Universities Confer on Ways to Collaborate to Improve Child Health
January 1, 2003 | Program Result
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.