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  • Treating the Lifelong Harm of Childhood Trauma

    January 30, 2018 |

    The New York Times |

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    Response Location: United States, San Francisco, California

    Childhood trauma has lasting effects on development and stress response, but these can be treated with behavioral therapy and proper interventions. Dr. Nadine Burke Harris of the Center For Youth Wellness insists that part of general care should be ACE assessments for childhood trauma. The effects of intervening when trauma is recognized has serious, positive, lifelong implications for patients.

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  • Companies Realize Benefits Of Pitching In For Child Care

    December 21, 2017 |

    WABE |

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    Response Location: United States, Atlanta, Georgia

    For many parents childcare can be very expensive, however, recently employers have started helping employees overcome this barrier. Little Apron Academy is a childcare center that Home Depot is partnered with and allows their employees to have an onsite care center that is also more affordable.

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  • Day care and mud guards: How health officials are building a firewall against deadly burns

    November 30, 2017 |

    Public Radio International (PRI) |

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    Response Location: Nepal, Kathmandu

    After studying where and how severe burns were happening to people in developing countries like Bangladesh and Nepal, it became clear what was needed for effective prevention. Inexpensive day care got children out of the home during the day when supervision could be lax, and mud walls around ground cooking fires provided additional household safety.

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  • Want Medicaid to cost less? Help first-time mothers in poverty

    November 06, 2017 |

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    Response Location: United States

    Investing in home-visit programs provides crucial support to low income, first time mothers and reduces overall government healthcare costs. The Nurse-Family Partnership, in coordination with the US Department of Health and Human Services, provides mothers with support from the time of pregnancy and continuing on for two years after birth. Nurses focus not only the health of the child, but also help parents build healthy habits. The benefits extend beyond childhood health, to areas such as reduction in crime.

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  • Brazil is helping its poorest children get an equal start in life

    November 01, 2017 |

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    Response Location: Brazil

    Brazil's national Happy Child program, modeled after similar initiatives on the local level and in Jamaica, is working to help parents develop their children's motor coordination and cognitive development. The program works by targeting families who receive public assistance and connecting them to social workers and service providers who provide individual support.

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  • Pakistan's polio health workers make inroads toward eradication

    October 26, 2017 |

    PBS NewsHour |

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    Response Location: Pakistan, Karachi

    For disease eradication campaigns to succeed, public health officials need to interact with the public. In Pakistan, the front line against polio is comprised of women who reach out to directly to families with young children, often at major transportation centers. The women engage in this type of public health awareness as a way to navigate around extremist violence and the adverse consequences of a US fake vaccination campaign. The women focus on building rapport with families, and then administering vaccines.

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  • The ‘Problem Child' Is a Child, Not a Problem

    October 24, 2017 |

    The New York Times |

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    Response Location: United States

    Isolating or punitive methods in early childhood education can have a lasting effect on a 'problematic' child, leading to greater behavioural problems. Collaborative Problem Solving techniques, such as 'Plan B', require the child and teacher or parent to work together to identify each of their concerns and come up with a mutually beneficial solution, allowing both sides to be heard in a calm environment.

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  • Home Visits Help New Parents Overcome Tough Histories, Raise Healthy Children

    August 21, 2017 |

    KFF Health News |

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    Response Location: United States, California

    Home visit programs, where family support workers meet with expecting and new parents, are at risk of not getting funding. Advocates stress the importance of these programs for improving parenting skills, providing a confidant for parents, and helping reach children before they are already struggling.

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  • Free Lunch at the Library

    July 30, 2017 |

    The New York Times |

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    Response Location: United States, Cincinnati, Ohio

    From New York to Ohio to California, librarians have teamed up with the USDA summer food service program, along with other non-profits, to feed kids dependent on free/reduced-price lunches during the school year. Using census data to locate communities of greatest need and data to measure participation trends, the collaborative has witnessed a surge in effectiveness and impact across the states. Families, librarians, and public officials alike express satisfaction and enthusiasm for the initiative and its future.

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  • Two kids, broke and on her own, mom finds Pathway of Hope for family

    June 22, 2017 |

    The Courier-Journal |

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    Response Location: United States, Louisville, Kentucky

    For people like Jasmine Smith, a single mother of two who lost her job after her broken and unfixable car thwarted her commute, one's options to provide for themselves and their families are few and far between. However, through Pathway of Hope, a national Salvation Army initiative that’s supported thousands in finding housing and financial stability, Smith was given financial resources, housing assistance, emotional support, a sense of self-sufficiency, and the will to continue her education.

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