Differences in a child’s access to health care can have lifelong consequences. Without adequate health care, children and their families may live shorter or more constrained lives. Compounding the problem are known gaps in the quality of care across the country. Will the current push to reform health care ensure that children get the right care at the right time?
Health and Development
Vox
New research correlates the number of hits high school players take in a season and "concerning" changes in the brain.
The Washington Post
Contrary to popular perceptions that young people are internet-addicted, self-centered, and helicopter-parent dependent, research shows that youth are, for the most part, healthier and more socially engaged than previous generations.
New Republic
Kids are inheriting their parents' trauma. Can science stop this phenomenon?
ChildTrends
ChildTrends Hispanic Institute research scientists highlighted findings from their Sept. 24 statistical report in a webinar, explaining the changing landscapes of Latino children’s lives: rapidly increasing population, low income levels, close-knit families, developing academics,... Read more
The Denver Post’s Jennifer Brown and Christopher N. Osher are no strangers to Colorado’s child welfare system. In 2012, the two teamed up for “Failed to Death,” an investigative series on the preventable deaths of abused and neglected children. While working on that series, they were... Read more
The envelope, please...And a drumroll (desktop drumming acceptable)...The Marguerite Casey Foundation has named the recipients of its 2014 Equal Voice Journalism Fellowships and Scholarships. The winners are:Americans living in poverty whose stories will be read, heard and seen by a wider... Read more
Annie E. Casey Foundation
The annual data book shows significant improvements in health and education among U.S. children, but worsening economic conditions.
Tackling high rates of Latino teen childbearing is a means to help reduce poverty, according to a February 2014 research brief by Child Trends.
Katherine Kam spent a year investigating how mental health issues impact Asian American youth.
A virtual press briefing co-sponsored by ZERO TO THREE and the JCCF shares cutting-edge research on children.
