Sentences with phrase «health outcomes for young children»

KidsMatter is working with the following organisations to achieve a shared goal of improved quality of life and mental health outcomes for young children and their families:

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As you may be aware, in February 2013 the Government signed a pledge for «better health outcomes for children and young people», along with other stakeholders from across healthcare and local government.

Not all home visiting services designed to promote the health of families with infants and young children yield comparable outcomes for all children.

Organizations and individuals involved in breastfeeding and infant and young child nutrition submitted suggestions and recommendations regarding infant feeding practices to ensure the best possible health outcomes, growth and development, including avoiding the risks of an inadequate supply of vitamin D for Canadian children.

Results published in the American Journal of Public Health were based on evaluation data from Legacy for ChildrenTM, a public health intervention program designed to improve child outcomes by promoting positive parenting among low - income mothers of infants and young chiHealth were based on evaluation data from Legacy for ChildrenTM, a public health intervention program designed to improve child outcomes by promoting positive parenting among low - income mothers of infants and young chihealth intervention program designed to improve child outcomes by promoting positive parenting among low - income mothers of infants and young children.

Legacy for Children ™ (Legacy) is CDC's evidence - based public health approach to improve child outcomes by fostering positive parenting among low - income mothers of infants and young cChildren ™ (Legacy) is CDC's evidence - based public health approach to improve child outcomes by fostering positive parenting among low - income mothers of infants and young childrenchildren.

Nearly all state Medicaid programs reimburse non-dental primary care providers (nDPCPs) for providing preventive oral health services to young children; yet, little is known about how treatment outcomes compare to children visiting dentists.

«Older children [aged 6 - 12 years] were more likely to report intentional ingestion and to have adverse health effects and worse outcomes than were younger children, suggesting that older children might be deliberately misusing or abusing alcohol hand sanitizers,» wrote the team led by Dr. Cynthia Santos, of the CDC's National Center for Environmental Hhealth effects and worse outcomes than were younger children, suggesting that older children might be deliberately misusing or abusing alcohol hand sanitizers,» wrote the team led by Dr. Cynthia Santos, of the CDC's National Center for Environmental HealthHealth.

Key Measures Special educational needs key measures include a single assessment process (0 - 25) which is more streamlined, better involves children, young people and families and is completed quickly; An Education Health and Care Plan (replacing the statement) which brings services together and is focused on improving outcomes; An offer of a personal budget for families with an Education, Health and Care Plan; A requirement for local authorities and health services to jointly plan and commission services that children, young people and their families need; A requirement on local authorities to publish a local offer indicating the support available to those with special educational needs and disabilities and their families, and; The introduction of mediation opportunities for disputes and a trial giving children the right to appeal if they are unhappy with their suHealth and Care Plan (replacing the statement) which brings services together and is focused on improving outcomes; An offer of a personal budget for families with an Education, Health and Care Plan; A requirement for local authorities and health services to jointly plan and commission services that children, young people and their families need; A requirement on local authorities to publish a local offer indicating the support available to those with special educational needs and disabilities and their families, and; The introduction of mediation opportunities for disputes and a trial giving children the right to appeal if they are unhappy with their suHealth and Care Plan; A requirement for local authorities and health services to jointly plan and commission services that children, young people and their families need; A requirement on local authorities to publish a local offer indicating the support available to those with special educational needs and disabilities and their families, and; The introduction of mediation opportunities for disputes and a trial giving children the right to appeal if they are unhappy with their suhealth services to jointly plan and commission services that children, young people and their families need; A requirement on local authorities to publish a local offer indicating the support available to those with special educational needs and disabilities and their families, and; The introduction of mediation opportunities for disputes and a trial giving children the right to appeal if they are unhappy with their support.

Within the new Children and Families Act 2014 are changes to statutory assessment and a replacement of SEN statements with new education, health and care (EHC) plans, introducing a more person - centred approach to assessing need and planning for better outcomes for children and young people aged 0 — 2Children and Families Act 2014 are changes to statutory assessment and a replacement of SEN statements with new education, health and care (EHC) plans, introducing a more person - centred approach to assessing need and planning for better outcomes for children and young people aged 0 — 2children and young people aged 0 — 25 years.

Home visiting programs aim to help low - income parents enhance their parenting skills and improve a host of early health and developmental outcomes for young children.

This then established the relationship between neighbourhood socioeconomic status (SES) and a number of children's health and developmental outcomes.9 Longitudinal research suggested structural characteristics such as poverty and demography were mediated through community - level social processes that influenced the functioning of families and children.10, 11 Today, however, there is still limited understanding of the modifiable community - level factors likely to benefit outcomes for young children despite socioecological frameworks suggesting there are multiple levels of influence (individual, family, community) on early child development (ECD).12, 13 Investigating these influences is thought best undertaken through a combination of quantitative and qualitative methods that can test these multiple influences on ECD.14, 15

Halford — Couples, Parenting & the Well - being of Children Hayes — Longitudinal Insights into the Power of Parenting: From Early Childhood to the Middle Years & Beyond Kohl — Improving Quality of Care Through Implementation of Evidence - based Interventions in Real World Settings Calam — Enhancing Impact and Reach with Vulnerable Families Love — Enhancing Impact & Reach with Vulnerable Families Sanders — Triple P & Complex Cases: Enhancing Outcomes with Vulnerable Families Sanders — Past, Present and Future Directions for Evidence - based Parenting Interventions Tonge — Mental Health of Young People with Developmental Disabilities

Healthy child development is the foundation for human capital and the basis for future community and economic development.1 A significant body of convergent research emphasises the importance of the prenatal and early years for health and developmental outcomes throughout the life course.2 For a growing number of children, suboptimal developmental trajectories are well established by the time they start school, and become increasingly difficult and costly to modify with the passage of time.3 Thus, investing in young children is important for the prevention of disease later in life and contributes to their full participation in society as healthy and productive adults.4for human capital and the basis for future community and economic development.1 A significant body of convergent research emphasises the importance of the prenatal and early years for health and developmental outcomes throughout the life course.2 For a growing number of children, suboptimal developmental trajectories are well established by the time they start school, and become increasingly difficult and costly to modify with the passage of time.3 Thus, investing in young children is important for the prevention of disease later in life and contributes to their full participation in society as healthy and productive adults.4for future community and economic development.1 A significant body of convergent research emphasises the importance of the prenatal and early years for health and developmental outcomes throughout the life course.2 For a growing number of children, suboptimal developmental trajectories are well established by the time they start school, and become increasingly difficult and costly to modify with the passage of time.3 Thus, investing in young children is important for the prevention of disease later in life and contributes to their full participation in society as healthy and productive adults.4for health and developmental outcomes throughout the life course.2 For a growing number of children, suboptimal developmental trajectories are well established by the time they start school, and become increasingly difficult and costly to modify with the passage of time.3 Thus, investing in young children is important for the prevention of disease later in life and contributes to their full participation in society as healthy and productive adults.4For a growing number of children, suboptimal developmental trajectories are well established by the time they start school, and become increasingly difficult and costly to modify with the passage of time.3 Thus, investing in young children is important for the prevention of disease later in life and contributes to their full participation in society as healthy and productive adults.4for the prevention of disease later in life and contributes to their full participation in society as healthy and productive adults.4, 5

See, for example, Janet Currie, «Healthy, Wealthy, and Wise: Socioeconomic Status, Poor Health in Childhood, and Human Capital Development,» Journal of Economic Literature 47, no. 1 (2009): 87 — 122; and Janet Currie and others, «Child Health and Young Adult Outcomes,» Journal of Human Resources, forthcoming.

The purpose of this study was to evaluate the effects of a preventive educational - behavioral intervention program, the Creating Opportunities for Parent Empowerment (COPE) program, initiated early in the intensive care unit hospitalization on the mental health / psychosocial outcomes of critically ill young children and their mothers.

Not all home visiting services designed to promote the health of families with infants and young children yield comparable outcomes for all children.

Home visiting programs (HVPs) aim to help low - income parents enhance their parenting skills and improve a host of early health and developmental outcomes for young children.

Dr. Brown's research publications have included: Self - cutting and sexual risk among adolescents in intesive psychiatric treatment; Promoting safer sex among HIV - positive youth with hemophilia: Theory, intervention, and outcome; Predictors of retention among HIV / hemophilia health care professionals; Impact of sexual abuse on the HIV - risk - related behavior of adolescents in intensive psychiatric treatment; Heroin use in adolescents and young adults admitted for drug detoxification; and Children and adolescents living with HIV and AIDS: A review

Early childhood programs aim to improve outcomes for young children and their families by offering support services such as child health and development assessments, early education and care, referral to community resources, and more.

NSW Kids and Families works to improve health outcomes for young people and is a Raising Children Network content partner.

It outlines the key elements of «What good looks like» in terms of improving outcomes locally for the emotional wellbeing of all children and young people and children and young people with a specific mental health need.

is an experiential program, where children (6 — 12 years old) and parent / s (or significant caregiver / s) engage in structured activities and discussions that are fun, inspiring, support meaningful family connection and aim to improve mental health outcomes for children and young people.

is to improve mental health outcomes for children and young people by improving the emotional health of the family.

Paying Later: The High Costs of Failing to Invest in Young Children (PDF - 220 KB) Pew Center on the States, Partnership for America's Economic Success (2011) Reports the findings of a study that explored the social costs caused by an array of bad outcomes, including child abuse and neglect, high school dropouts, criminal activity, teen pregnancy, drug and alcohol abuse, and other health problems, and how these costs could be reduced by investing in evidence - based early childhood programs.

Such placements are more often used for adolescents and children with serious mental or physical health difficulties.51 Overall, the evidence suggests that group home placement is deleterious to children.52 Children in group care in the NSCAW study had poorer developmental outcomes than their counterparts in family environments, but they also had more intense needs at placement entry.53 In a study comparing young children reared in foster family homes to those in group homes, children in group care exhibited more compromised mental development and adaptive skills but similar levels of behavioral prochildren with serious mental or physical health difficulties.51 Overall, the evidence suggests that group home placement is deleterious to children.52 Children in group care in the NSCAW study had poorer developmental outcomes than their counterparts in family environments, but they also had more intense needs at placement entry.53 In a study comparing young children reared in foster family homes to those in group homes, children in group care exhibited more compromised mental development and adaptive skills but similar levels of behavioral prochildren.52 Children in group care in the NSCAW study had poorer developmental outcomes than their counterparts in family environments, but they also had more intense needs at placement entry.53 In a study comparing young children reared in foster family homes to those in group homes, children in group care exhibited more compromised mental development and adaptive skills but similar levels of behavioral proChildren in group care in the NSCAW study had poorer developmental outcomes than their counterparts in family environments, but they also had more intense needs at placement entry.53 In a study comparing young children reared in foster family homes to those in group homes, children in group care exhibited more compromised mental development and adaptive skills but similar levels of behavioral prochildren reared in foster family homes to those in group homes, children in group care exhibited more compromised mental development and adaptive skills but similar levels of behavioral prochildren in group care exhibited more compromised mental development and adaptive skills but similar levels of behavioral problems.54

Health and Nutrition Career Development Framework for Health Visitors A National Framework for Continuing Professional Development for Health Visitors - Standards to support professional practice Developing Resilience in the Workforce: A Health Visiting Framework Guide for Employers, Managers and Team Leaders Changing Systems & Practice to Improve Outcomes for Young Fathers, Their Children & Their Families

An important new report — «Mental Health Services for New Hampshire's Young Children and Their Families: Planning to Improve Access and Outcomes» — offers a first - time view of the mental health of New Hampshire's youngest citizens and the services available to supportHealth Services for New Hampshire's Young Children and Their Families: Planning to Improve Access and Outcomes» — offers a first - time view of the mental health of New Hampshire's youngest citizens and the services available to supporthealth of New Hampshire's youngest citizens and the services available to support them.

State Strategies for Care Coordination, Case Management, and Linkages for Young Children: A Scan of State Medicaid, Title V, and Part C Agencies (PDF - 394 KB) National Academy for State Health Policy (2009) Describes State models to inform policymakers of resources and tools available to promote healthy development for young children and provide States with strategies to coordinate resources more effectively and achieve better outcomes for chilYoung Children: A Scan of State Medicaid, Title V, and Part C Agencies (PDF - 394 KB) National Academy for State Health Policy (2009) Describes State models to inform policymakers of resources and tools available to promote healthy development for young children and provide States with strategies to coordinate resources more effectively and achieve better outcomes for cChildren: A Scan of State Medicaid, Title V, and Part C Agencies (PDF - 394 KB) National Academy for State Health Policy (2009) Describes State models to inform policymakers of resources and tools available to promote healthy development for young children and provide States with strategies to coordinate resources more effectively and achieve better outcomes for chilyoung children and provide States with strategies to coordinate resources more effectively and achieve better outcomes for cchildren and provide States with strategies to coordinate resources more effectively and achieve better outcomes for childrenchildren.

The important trend toward evidence - based practices (EBP's) in early childhood mental health is aimed at designing and delivering mental health interventions that successfully attain the intended outcomes for young children and families.

The Board completed an extensive research project, «Mental Health Services for NH's Young Children and their Families: Planning to Improve Access and Outcomes.»

Smart Start strives to improve outcomes for children by increasing young children's access to healthcare and by working with providers, health departments, families, and communities to improve the health and safety for young children, prevent childhood obesity, and ensure that more children are screened for developmental delays and referred to services for help before they start school.

Source: American Academy of Pediatrics The purpose of this study was to evaluate the effects of a preventative educational - behavioral intervention program, the Creating Opportunities for Parent Empowerment (COPE) program, initiated early in the intensive care unit hospitalization on the mental health / psychosocial outcomes of critically ill young children and their mothers.

Aboriginal Australians experience multiple social and health disadvantages from the prenatal period onwards.1 Infant2 and child3 mortality rates are higher among Aboriginal children, as are well - established influences on poor health, cognitive and education outcomes, 4 — 6 including premature birth and low birth weight, 7 — 9 being born to teenage mothers7 and socioeconomic disadvantage.1, 8 Addressing Aboriginal early life disadvantage is of particular importance because of the high birth rate among Aboriginal people10 and subsequent young age structure of the Aboriginal population.11 Recent population estimates suggest that children under 10 years of age account for almost a quarter of the Aboriginal population compared with only 12 % of the non-Aboriginal population of Australia.11

Creating opportunities for parent empowerment: program effects on the mental health / coping outcomes of critically ill young children and their mothers.

There is some evidence that as well as improving outcomes for young children, behaviorally based parenting programs can have positive effects on the psychosocial health of mothers in the short - term (Barlow, Coren, & Stewart - Brown, 2003; Barlow & Parsons, 2003; Sanders, 1999) and the evidence of the enduring benefits to mothers and infants has also been demonstrated in long - term studies (Kitzman et al., 2000; Olds et al., 1998).

As Atlantic concludes grantmaking, we will focus on supporting our grantees in their efforts to mainstream their evidence - informed work that delivers better health and education outcomes for children and young people.

The EHC plan will then state what the child / young person's special educational needs are, if any; the outcomes being sought for the child; the special educational needs provision the child requires; and any extra health care and social care provision required to assist with meeting the child's SEND.

The ECN sought to achieve the following goals: (1) establish a comprehensive, sustainable SOC with a reliable infrastructure for young children ages 0 - 5 and their families; (2) reduce stigma and increase community awareness about early childhood mental health needs and the importance of responding to their needs early and effectively; (3) improve outcomes for young children 0 - 5 who have significant behavioral or relational symptoms related to trauma, parent / child interaction difficulties or impaired social emotional development; (4) provide statewide training and local coaching for providers, families, and community members regarding evidence - based practices for effectively treating early childhood mental health and social emotional needs; and (5) develop a seamless early childhood SOC using a public health model for replication in other areas of the state.

Challenges for the young pre-schooler about to enter kindergarten have been well documented.3, 4,5 What makes this an especially important developmental transition period is the consistent evidence for a «trajectory hypothesis» in both middle - class and low - income samples: how children fare academically and socially in early elementary school is a strong predictor of their academic, social, and mental health outcomes throughout high school.6, 7,8 These findings imply that interventions to improve the child's relative standing at school entrance could have long - term payoff.

NIM is an intervention which uses an infant mental health approach aiming to improve the quality of permanent placement decisions with the aim of improving outcomes for young children.