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Child care health consultation initiatives: A status report
United States. Maternal and Child Health Bureau, December 2006
Newton, MA: Education Development Center, Healthy Child Care Consultant Network Support Center.

A study profiling child care health consultant initiatives in the states and territories and examining factors associated with successfully implementing and sustaining these initiatives

Reports & Papers

The influence of child care health consultants in promoting children's health and well-being: A report on selected resources: Executive summary and resource document matrix
United States. Maternal and Child Health Bureau, August 2006
Newton, MA: Education Development Center, Healthy Child Care Consultant Network Support Center.

A summary of a synthesis of research describing the delivery and impact of health consultation services to child care and early education programs

Executive Summary

The influence of child care health consultants in promoting children's health and well-being: A report on selected resources
United States. Maternal and Child Health Bureau, August 2006
Newton, MA: Education Development Center, Healthy Child Care Consultant Network Support Center.

A synthesis of research describing the delivery and impact of health consultation services to child care and early education programs

Literature Review

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Child care health consultation programs: Barriers and recommendations
Farrer, Joanna, March 2007
Maternal and Child Health Journal, 11(2), 111-118

A focus-group-based examination of barriers encountered by child care health professionals when trying to implement child care health consultation programs in child care centers

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Risk factors for unintentional injuries in children: Are grandparents protective?
Bishai, David, November 2008
Pediatrics, 122(5), e980-e987

An examination of correlations between infants’ and toddlers’ medically attended injuries and measures of child, maternal, and family characteristics, including choice of children’s primary caregivers within families, based on data from a longitudinal study of 3449 infants from 15 cities

Reports & Papers

Out-of-school time activities: Can families help programs and can programs help families?
Shoemaker, Katherine, 1999
Arlington, VA: National Center for Education in Maternal and Child Health.

A report examining demographics surrounding out-of-school time as well as benefits, costs, and exemplary programs

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Promoting positive parenting through parenting education
Zepeda, Marlene, January 2004
(Building State Early Childhood Comprehensive Systems Series No. 13). University of California, Los Angeles, National Center for Infant and Early Childhood Health Policy.

A guide for the planning and implementation of the parent education program component of the Maternal and Child Health Bureau (MCHB) State Early Childhood Comprehensive Services (SECCS) Initiative, including definitions, strategies, examples, and recommendations

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Predictors of academic achievement among homeless and low-income housed children
Buckner, John C., 2001
Journal of School Psychology, 39(1), 45-69

An inquiry into the association between homelessness and mobility and their influence on the academic achievement of low-income children, based on a sample of 174 low-income or homeless children ages 6 to 17 years old living in a shelter

Reports & Papers

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Evidence for the need to reform the Bayley Scales of Infant Development based on the performance of a population-based sample of 12-month-old infants
Campbell, Susan, 1986
Topics in Early Childhood Special Education, 6(2), 83-96

Criticism of the Bayley Scales of Infant Development and a study of their validity in measuring cognitive and motor performance in infants

Reports & Papers

Early childhood comprehensive systems that spend smarter: Maximizing resources to serve vulnerable children
Johnson, Kay, February 2006
(Project THRIVE Issue Brief No. 1). New York: Columbia University, National Center for Children in Poverty.

A discussion of fiscal strategies that foster the planning and implementation of coherent, productive statewide systems of early childhood care, education, and support services which maximize the benefits to children with social-emotional challenges, and effectively promote the health, well-being and school-readiness of young children

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Promoting involvement between low-income single caregivers and urban early intervention programs
Unger, Donald G., 2001
Topics in Early Childhood Special Education, 21(4), 197-212

An examination of single, low income caregivers of young children with special needs and their rate of involvement with their children's early intervention program, investigating the relations among stress, family characteristics, programs' organizational climates, and the rate of involvement

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Childcare patterns and issues for families of preschool children with disabilities
Booth-LaForce, Cathryn L., 2004
Infants and Young Children, 17(1), 5-16

An examination of child care issues faced by families with special needs children, utilizing data generated by the Early Child Care Study of Children with Special Needs

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Child care and employment in relation to infants' disabilities and risk factors
Booth-LaForce, Cathryn L., 1999
American Journal on Mental Retardation, 104(2), 117-130

A study of children’s chronic health problems; use of adaptive equipment; diagnoses; risk factors; and mental, motor and adaptive functioning on maternal employment plans and selection of child care arrangements

Reports & Papers

Findings and recommendations: Delaware Early Childhood Focus Group Study
Delaware. Division of Public Health. Early Childhood Comprehensive Systems Initiative, [n.d.]
Dover, DE: Delaware Division of Public Health, Early Childhood Comprehensive Systems Initiative.

Results from focus groups conducted to obtain information on the status and execution of Delaware's plan to strengthen its early childhood services system

Reports & Papers

Building a comprehensive early childhood system in Delaware: Early Childhood Comprehensive Systems (ECCS) Grant needs assessment
Delaware. Division of Public Health. Early Childhood Comprehensive Systems Initiative, 2005
Dover, DE: Delaware Division of Public Health, Early Childhood Comprehensive Systems Initiative.

An evaluation of the current strengths and needs of Delaware's early childhood system, based in part on surveys of family experiences with early childhood services

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Addressing socio-emotional development and infant mental health in early childhood systems: Executive summary
Zeanah, Paula D., 2005
(Building State Early Childhood Comprehensive Systems Series No. 12). University of California, Los Angeles, National Center for Infant and Early Childhood Health Policy.

A study of the necessity to focus child care and early education efforts on infant mental health and development, with policy recommendations and strategies for implementation, the meaning of infant mental health, and the development of systems for delivering infant mental health services

Executive Summary

Framing early childhood development: Strategic communications and public preferences
Gilliam, Jr., Franklin D., 2004
(Building State Early Childhood Comprehensive Systems Series No. 7). Los Angeles: University of California, Los Angeles, National Center for Infant and Early Childhood Health Policy.

An examination of approaches to conveying organizational information, and the role of communications methods in early childhood program planning, implementation, and management

Reports & Papers

Framing early childhood development: Strategic communications and public preferences
Gilliam, Jr., Franklin D., 2004
(Building State Early Childhood Comprehensive Systems Series No. 7). Los Angeles: University of California, Los Angeles, National Center for Infant and Early Childhood Health Policy.

An overview of the role of strategic communications and effect of public preferences in coordinated and integrated comprehensive early childhood programs

Fact Sheets & Briefs

Strategic financing: Making the most of the State Early Childhood Comprehensive Systems Initiative
Hayes, Cheryl D., 2004
(Building State Early Childhood Comprehensive Systems Series No. 5). Los Angeles: University of California, Los Angeles, National Center for Infant and Early Childhood Health Policy.

A presentation of the Maternal and Child Health Bureau’s (MCHB) State Early Childhood Comprehensive Systems (SECCS) Initiative with regards to the delivery and funding of early childhood services

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Strategic financing: Making the most of the State Early Childhood Comprehensive Systems Initiative
Hayes, Cheryl D., January 2004
(Building State Early Childhood Comprehensive Systems Series No. 5). Los Angeles: University of California, Los Angeles, National Center for Infant and Early Childhood Health Policy.

An overview of financing strategies to foster the process of establishing effective statewide comprehensive systems of early childhood care, education and support services

Fact Sheets & Briefs

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Home visiting options within Head Start: Current practice and future decisions
Roberts, Richard N., 1994
Early Childhood Research Quarterly, 9(3-4), 311-325

A discussion on the feasibility of the possible integration of the Home Start home visiting program with similar home visiting programs

Reports & Papers

Environments in licensed child care in Indiana: A study of licensed child care homes and center-based classrooms for four-year-olds
Cole, Patricia S., 2003
Bloomington: Indiana Institute on Disability and Community, Early Childhood Center.

A survey of the quality of 127 licensed child care homes and 37 center-based classrooms for four-year-old students in Indiana

Reports & Papers

Promoting positive parenting practices through parenting education
Zepeda, Marlene, 2004
(Building State Early Childhood Comprehensive Systems Series No. 13). University of California, Los Angeles, National Center for Infant and Early Childhood Health Policy.

Recommendations for parental education improvement in the United States, addressing issues with service delivery and integration, family communication and quality initiatives

Fact Sheets & Briefs

Early learning, later success: The Abecedarian Study: Early childhood educational intervention for poor children [Executive summary]
Campbell, Frances A., 2000
Chapel Hill, NC: FPG Child Development Institute.

A summary of findings of the Abecedarian project, a high quality Early Childhood Educational Intervention for poor children

Executive Summary

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Africentric Home Environment Inventory
Caughy, Margaret O'Brien, 2002
Journal of Black Psychology, 28(1), 37-52

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