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Upcoming Event:

March 23, 2010
Workshop on Pediatric Health and Health Care Quality Measurement and Information Needs
- Register Online
- Workshop Announcement
- For more information, visit the project page of the Committee on Pediatric Health and Health Care Quality Measures

New Report Releases:

Strengthening Benefit-Cost Analysis for Early Childhood Interventions: Workshop Summary

The deficiencies that many children experience from birth to school age--in health care, nutrition, emotional support, and intellectual stimulation, for example--play a major role in academic achievement gaps that persist for years, as well as in behavior and other problems. There are many intervention programs designed to strengthen families, provide disadvantaged children with the critical elements of healthy development, and prevent adverse experiences that can have lasting negative effects. In a climate of economic uncertainty and tight budgets, hard evidence not only that such interventions provide lasting benefits for children, their families, and society, but also that the benefits translate into savings that outweigh the costs is an extremely important asset in policy discussions. Convincing analysis of benefits and costs would provide a guide to the best ways to spend scarce resources for early childhood programs. Benefit-Cost Analysis for Early Childhood Interventions summarizes a workshop that was held to explore ways to strengthen benefit-cost analysis so it can be used to support effective policy decisions. This book describes the information and analysis that were presented at the workshop and the discussions that ensued.
Read the Workshop Highlights

Depression in Parents, Parenting, and Children: Opportunities to Improve Identification, Treatment, and Prevention

Depression is a widespread condition affecting approximately 7.5 million parents in the U.S. each year and may be putting at least 15 million children at risk for adverse health outcomes. Based on evidentiary studies, major depression in either parent can interfere with parenting quality and increase the risk of children developing mental, behavioral and social problems. Depression in Parents, Parenting, and Children highlights disparities in the prevalence, identification, treatment, and prevention of parental depression among different sociodemographic populations. It also outlines strategies for effective intervention and identifies the need for a more interdisciplinary approach that takes biological, psychological, behavioral, interpersonal, and social contexts into consideration.
Read the Press Release
Listen to the Webcast or View the Slide Presentation from the June 10, 2009 Report Release
Read the Report Brief

Recent Workshops & Events:

December 14, 2009
Workshop on Understanding and Preventing Adolescent Risk Behavior: Integrating Findings Across Domains of Influence
View the Workshop Agenda and PowerPoint Presentations

June 29-30, 2009
Workshop on the Impact of Mobility and Change on the Lives of Children, Schools, and Neighborhoods
View the Workshop Agenda and PowerPoint Presentations

May 28, 2009
Workshop on Social and Environmental Influences and Adolescent Risk Behavior
View the Workshop Agenda and PowerPoint Presentations

Sounds of Science Podcasts now available: