Let’s Move! Child Care Webinar

Let's Move! Child Care Webinar We've been promoting Let's Move! Child Care, a website of resources and inspiration to improve the nutrition and healthy weight of America's children. States are competing to get the most child care providers signed...

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Archived Webinar on Childhood Migration and Well-being

From the UNC Gillings School of Public Health 17th Annual Summer Public Health Research Institute and Videoconference on Minority Health Health Equity: Progress and Pitfalls Original Date: Tuesday, June 7, 2011 Childhood Migration and Well-being: A Framework for Understanding the Opportunities and Challenges,...

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New Guidance on the Use of Media and Interactive Technology in Early Childhood Programs

The National Association for the Education of Young Children (NAEYC) and the Fred Rogers Center for Early Learning and Children’s Media at Saint Vincent College today released a comprehensive statement, “Technology and Interactive Media as Tools in Early Childhood...

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Working with Child Care Programs to Prevent Childhood Obesity

Senator Mark Udall (D-CO) is expected to  introduce the Healthy Kids from Day One Act, a bill that promotes obesity prevention in the child care setting.   North Carolina has been a the forefront of this issue. In 2010, the...

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Child Abuse and Neglect Cost the United States $124 Billion

Rivals cost of other high profile public health problems ATLANTA, Feb. 1, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The total lifetime estimated financial costs associated with just one year of confirmed cases of child maltreatment (physical abuse, sexual abuse, psychological abuse and neglect)...

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Webcast: The Toxic Stress of Early Childhood Adversity: Rethinking Health and Education Policy

Don't miss this opportunity!  Dr. Jack Shonkoff, Director, Center on the Developing Child at Harvard University, will participate in a live webcast on The Toxic Stress of Early Childhood Adversity: Rethinking Health and Education Policy. The webcast will be moderated...

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Program to Reduce Childhood Obesity in Child Care Expands to 10 New Communities

Smart Start announces second round of counties to implement Shape NC RALEIGH – Smart Start, the state’s award-winning early childhood initiative, has announced the next 10 communities selected to implement Shape NC: Healthy Starts for Young Children. Shape NC is...

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Early Childhood Nutrition Programs Receive Welcomed Help

Eight communities across North Carolina will receive funding to improve their early childhood nutrition education. The new program, "Shape NC: Healthy Starts for Young Children," is expected to reach thousands of preschoolers in a state where more than 31...

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Smart Start Partnership to present at Institute for Emerging Issues Annual Forum

Down East Partnership for Children (DEPC) will present the Healthy Kids Collaborative (HKC) at the 26th Annual Emerging Issues Forum in Raleigh on February 7, 2011. Selected for its leadership, innovative strategies and role in empowering communities to combat the...

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High Quality Early Childhood Results in Better Long-Term Health

North Carolina's Abecedarian Project is once again making news. Science Daily reports that researchers found that individuals who had received the intensive education intervention starting in infancy had significantly better health and better health behaviors as young adults. The Abecedarian project...

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