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Do families think about preconception health? Do we live and work in environments that support preconception health? How can we attend to the needs of families and assure the kinds of environments that promote healthy pregnancy?
Planning for a pregnancy and being in good health before pregnanc... Read more >>
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The Children, Youth and Family Health Listserv shares resources and enhances networks among multidisciplinary professionals who work to improve the health and well-being of children, adolescents, families, and communities.
To sign up for this list, send a message to: listserv@lists.umn.edu. Le... Read more >>
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September is National Infant Mortality Awareness Month. In recognition, the National Healthy Start Association has produced a toolkit to help Healthy Start projects promote the effectiveness of programs and efforts to reduce infant deaths, low birthweight, preterm births,
and disparities in peri... Read more >>
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The Child and Adolescent Health Measurement Initiative (CAHMI) has just released the results of the 2007 National Survey of Children's Health. You can view this specific document or you can search national- and state-level findings at the Data Resource Center for Child and Adolescent Health. Get ... Read more >>
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The brief, "Mental Health Needs of Low-Income Children with Special Health Care Needs," published by the Child Health Insurance Research Initiative (CHIRI™), compares the prevalence of mental health problems among CSHCN to family perceptions of mental health needs. The study found that ment... Read more >>
This publication is produced with support from the Maternal and Child Health Bureau, Health Resources and Services Administration , U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (grant number T76 MC00005-55)