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Publications Related to Early Childhood

  • January 2018

    Working Cradle to Community in New Orleans: Advancing Integrated Solutions to Violence through Early Childhood Approaches

    Recognizing positive early childhood development as an important component of a comprehensive violence prevention strategy, the New Orleans Health Department is working to bridge their community...
  • December 2017

    Supporting forgotten fathers: Changing systems, norms, and outcomes for young fathers in support of healthy child development and community safety

    Fathers and father figures are essential members of families and communities who play many roles, including raising children and fostering safety in the community. As part of the national project,...
  • December 2017

    Multiplying Outcomes in Place-Based Initiatives: How Community Safety and Early Childhood Development Practitioners Can Collaborate with Community Development

    As part of the national project, Cradle to Community: A Focus on Community Safety and Healthy Child Development funded by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, this brief shares key findings and...
  • December 2017

    Cradle to Community: A Focus on Community Safety and Healthy Child Development

    This report by Prevention Institute and the Center for the Study of Social Policy makes the case for action and delineates opportunities for systems, policy, and practice change at the intersection...
  • December 2017

    Informing the Future of Safer Communities and Healthy Child Development: Proceedings from a Cradle to Community Convening

    The 2016 Cradle to Community convening was the first opportunity to bring together two national networks: Prevention Institute’s UNITY City Network and the Center for the Study of Social Policy’s...
  • October 2017

    From a cycle of violence to a culture of safety: Leveraging connections to prevent multiple forms of violence

    Direct experience as well as exposure to multiple forms of violence can have a compounding negative impact on children’s development. Despite the strong relationship, the fields of practice...
  • October 2017

    Minimizing the Impact of Adverse Childhood Experiences through a Focus on Adverse Community Experiences

    Adverse community experiences – such as concentrated poverty, segregation from opportunity, and community violence – contribute to community trauma, which can exacerbate adverse childhood experiences...
  • October 2017

    The imperative of safety: How community safety supports optimal early childhood development

    Community violence interferes with young children’s attainment of key competencies — cognitive, sensory, muscular, emotional, social and behavioral — and compromises the capabilities of caregivers to...
  • April 2010

    Recipes for Change: Healthy Food in Every Community

    The paper outlines organizational practices and public policies to expand access to healthy foods in support of healthy eating and better overall health.
  • April 2007

    Where's The Fruit? Fruit Content of the Most Highly-Advertised Children's Food and Beverages

    This 2007 study, released in conjunction with Strategic Alliance for Healthy Food and Activity Environments, examines how the food and beverage industry continues to produce and market unhealthy...
  • June 2002

    First Steps: Taking Action Early to Prevent Violence

    The First Steps report, funded by the David and Lucile Packard Foundation, and done in collaboration with Action Alliance for Children and Fight Crime: Invest in Kids California, synthesizes a decade...
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