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July 1, 2011 | Journal Article
This article examines the effect of children on household indoor smoking policies. Since the primary source of secondhand smoke for children is in the home, it is important to understand how families with children address household smoking.
May 3, 2013 | Journal Article
Reducing and eventually eliminating childhood lead exposure through local policy innovations, is the main objective of this study.
May 3, 2013 | Journal Article
This article reviews the field of public health law research and its progress in both methodological rigor and in identifying sources of data.
September 1, 2010 | Journal Article
This article examines the frequency of harsh discipline of children across a range of countries and communities. Child abuse is a serious problem throughout the world, but comprehensive comparative information on child abuse is lacking.
September 1, 2010 | Journal Article
Children vary in their sensitivity to neighborhood influences—good and bad.
November 1, 2012 | Journal Article
As a part of the Public Health Activities and Service Tracking study and in collaboration with partners in two Public Health Practice–Based Research Network states, we examined relationships between local health department (LHD) maternal and child h ...
May 21, 2012 | Human Capital Blog Post
David Olds, PhD, is founder of the Nurse-Family Partnership, a Robert Wood Johnson Foundation 40th Anniversary Force Multiplier that provides maternal and early childhood health programs for at-risk, first-time mothers. He is a professor of pediatri ...
March 1, 2009 | Journal Article
When mothers of the most disadvantaged children participate in the community, their children's health improves, according to this analysis of an Indonesian longitudinal study of family health and welfare. This suggests community participation may be an important mechanism to help break the intergenerational cycle of poverty.
July 1, 2001 | Program Result Report
Two documentary filmmakers spent five months on the research and development of a documentary television series on the need for improved care and support for children with Pervasive Developmental Disorder.
September 1, 2001 | Program Result Report
The National Institute of Child Health and Human Development and the University of Notre Dame held a 1999 conference on parenting and child development.