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Early Childhood Health Equity Policy Efforts: Two Case Studies PowerPoint Presentation
Not exact matches
Along the way, there have been key policy changes to improve
equity including an emphasis on
early childhood development and child
health, a focus on
early interventions for special education and strict teacher professionalism.
Early Childhood Education to Promote
Health Equity: A Community Guide Systematic Review.
Early Childhood Education to Promote
Health Equity: A Community Guide Economic Review.
Michelle is also on the faculty of BUILD's
Equity Leader's Action Network working with leaders from across the country acting on specific racial inequities in state
early childhood systems — in
early learning,
health, mental
health, nutrition, and family support — and especially at the intersection of these systems.
This policy statement builds on previous policies related to child
health equity, 26 housing insecurity, 27 and
early childhood adversity.3 The accompanying technical report from the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP), «Mediators and Adverse Effects of Child Poverty in the United States,» 28 supports this statement by describing current knowledge on
childhood poverty and the mechanisms by which poverty influences the
health and well - being of children.
It outlines the access, quality, and
equity outcomes that the
early childhood system is aiming to achieve in the areas of
early learning; family support and parent education; social, emotional, and mental
health; and
health.
Equity of access: Requirements of Indigenous families and communities to ensure equitable access to government - approved childcare settings in Australia, by Stephanie Jackiewicz (Telethon Institute for Child
Health Research), Sherry Saggers and Kate Frances (Curtin University), Australasian Journal of
Early Childhood — Vol.
Researchers focus on parent and family support;
early care and education; child
health and development;
early identification and intervention;
equity, access and inclusion; and
early childhood policy.
Parental leaves and benefits are variously referred to as family policies that protect maternal and infant
health; as employment policies that promote gender
equity and respect the rights of workers to combine work and family responsibilities; and as «an essential ingredient in
early childhood education and care policies.»