This week, Dr. Ron Lally discusses with Julie Weatherston why attention to babies is a necessity. Lally focuses specifically on findings from recent brain development research that show when a child is born, his/her brain is not fully formed yet. There is a whole other gestational period that the young child needs so that their […]
Transforming Communities: Best Babies Zone Initiative
Cheri Pies, MSW DrPH clinical professor in the School of Public Health, University of California at Berkeley talks with Julie Weatherston about the Best Babies Zone initiative to reduce and eliminate health disparities and inequities in birth outcomes through community transformation.
Brief: Early Childhood Home Visiting Programs and Health April 2019
This Robert Wood Johnson funded brief focuses on early childhood home visiting programs, which are explicitly designed to improve maternal and child health.
The Baby Brain, Ten Myths
A two page document with ten myths about baby brain development.
The US and the High Price of Child Care: 2019
Child Care Aware® of America’s interactive Price of Child Care map allows you to actively engage and examine the average price and affordability of child care across states. This map shows the range in child care affordability for families with an infant in center-based child care. Please note: affordability percentages have been rounded to the […]