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Keating, Kim – ZERO TO THREE, 2019
This article discusses why and how the "State of Babies Yearbook: 2019" was developed; identifies the indicators used to examine the well-being of the nation's infants and toddlers; and explains how the indicators align with the ZERO TO THREE policy framework areas of Good Health, Strong Families, and Positive Early Learning Experiences.…
Descriptors: Well Being, Infants, Toddlers, Public Health
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Alavi, Zakia; Calleja, Nancy G. – Child Welfare, 2012
Recent studies have highlighted the progressively increasing number of children prescribed psychotropic medication, while findings have illustrated significantly greater usage among child welfare-involved children. These findings have raised serious concerns among mental health and child welfare professionals as well as the general public. To…
Descriptors: Public Health, Child Welfare, Drug Therapy, Mental Health
Zamani, A. Rahman, Ed.; Rose, Bobbie, Ed.; Calder, Judy, Ed.; Garakani, Tahereh, Ed.; Leonard, Victoria, Ed. – California Childcare Health Program, 2010
"Child Care Health Connections" is a bimonthly newsletter published by the California Childcare Health Program (CCHP), a community-based program of the University of California, San Francisco School of Nursing, Department of Family Health Care Nursing. The goals of the newsletter are to promote and support a healthy and safe environment…
Descriptors: Eating Habits, Obesity, Safety, Health Programs
Carasso, Adam; Steuerle, C. Eugene; Reynolds, Gillian; Vericker, Tracy; Macomber, Jennifer – Urban Institute (NJ1), 2008
"Kids' Share 2008," a second annual report, looks comprehensively at trends in federal spending and tax expenditures on children. This report updates the previous year's report, "Kids' Share 2007," adding in actual (rather than projected) budget numbers for 2007 and projections of spending within the children's budget against other federal…
Descriptors: Federal Aid, Children, Resource Allocation, Child Welfare
Zamani, A. Rahman, Ed.; Calder, Judy, Ed.; Garakani, Tahereh, Ed.; Rose, Bobbie, Ed.; Leonard, Victoria, Ed. – California Childcare Health Program, 2009
"Child Care Health Connections" is a bimonthly newsletter published by the California Childcare Health Program (CCHP), a community-based program of the University of California, San Francisco School of Nursing, Department of Family Health Care Nursing. The goals of the newsletter are to promote and support a healthy and safe environment…
Descriptors: Child Care, Child Safety, Public Health, Young Children
Andrews, Dorothea, Comp. – 1976
This is a collection of highlights from the documentary history "Children and Youth in America" (prepared by the Harvard School of Public Health under the auspices of the American Public Health Association). Brief histories of developments in child health care are given, such as treatment of children's diseases, national and state health…
Descriptors: Child Advocacy, Child Welfare, Dental Health, Diseases
1976
This document contains the conference papers of the North Carolina Conference on Children sponsored by the North Carolina Medical Society and officials of the state government. The purpose of the conference was to discuss inadequacies in the quality of life of children and to suggest possible solutions to the problems which prevent children from…
Descriptors: Change Strategies, Child Welfare, Conference Reports, Day Care
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Antropova, M. V.; And Others – Russian Education and Society, 1996
Presents the results of a study examining the health of Russian youth from the 1930s to the present. Although overall health has improved from the nadir of World War II, several disturbing trends have developed in post-Soviet society. Changing socioeconomic conditions have resulted in fatigue and poor diet. (MJP)
Descriptors: Adolescent Development, Child Health, Child Welfare, Educational Research
Tracy, Dana Friedman; Pizzo, Peggy Daly – 1977
This report of a 13-state conference on the needs of young children in the Appalachian region examines present conditions and changes over the past decade. The conference was organized around three central questions: (1) what are the needs of Appalachian children for healthy development? (2) how do existing child development programs meet these…
Descriptors: Child Advocacy, Child Welfare, Community Services, Conferences
Annan, Kofi A. – 2001
This abridged version of the Secretary-General's report to the United Nations General Assembly's Special Session on Children details the achievements of the 1990 World Summit for Children. Nearly 150 countries provided national progress reports of their implementation of goals set forth in the Summit and the 1989 Convention on the Rights of the…
Descriptors: Academic Education, Change Strategies, Child Health, Child Welfare
Rogers, James Frederick – Bureau of Education, Department of the Interior, 1929
In the biennium 1926-1928 the three hundredth anniversary of the founding of modern physiology was celebrated. A tercentenary is an exceedingly small fraction of the time since man discovered the use of fire, invented clothes and houses, and began to huddle together under conditions which have rendered knowledge of hygiene imperative to his…
Descriptors: Educational Policy, Health Education, Physical Education, Physiology
Colorado Children's Campaign, 2005
The Children's Budget is a comprehensive report on funding for children's services in Colorado. This report provides a six- year funding history for more than 50 programs funded with state, local, and federal dollars. The Colorado Children's Budget analyzes reductions in programs and services during the economic downturn. The data in the…
Descriptors: Health Insurance, Health Services, Children, Income