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Children's Futures' first five years: Lessons and early outcomes of a community change initiative
Walker, Karen E., August 2008
Philadelphia: Public/Private Ventures.
Summaries of an implementation evaluation of and an impact evaluation of early outcomes of Children's Futures, an early childhood initiative to improve the health, well-being, and school readiness of infants and toddlers in Trenton, New Jersey, by providing health services, parenting education, and improving the quality of available child care
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Executive Summary
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Quality and accountability in the out-of-school-time sector
Smith, Charles, Spring 2009
New Directions for Youth Development, (121), 109-127
A definition of out of school time (OST) point-of-service quality, a description of the Youth Program Quality Assessment for accountability purposes, and recommendations to OST organizations for the use of quality metrics as a foundation for innovative accountability policies
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Opening doors for Boston's children: Lessons learned in expanding school-based after-school programs: Executive summary
Kaplan, Claire, 2004
Boston: Boston's After-School for All Partnership.
A summary of findings from the School Sites Initiative (SSI), a Boston-based funding initiative for the expansion of school-based after school programs, with a discussion of funding, principal engagement, staff development, and transportation
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Executive Summary
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Linking the child care and health care systems: A consideration of options
Walker, Karen E., 2004
Philadelphia: Public/Private Ventures.
An exploration of strategies for interventions that link health services with early childhood education and care services, based on a literature review, discussions with 18 experts in family policy, and a review of federal family policies providing potential funding sources
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Between school & home: A report to the field
Proscio, Tony, 2005
New York: The After School Project.
Profiles of developments in three afterschool programs in Boston, San Francisco, and Chicago
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Other
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Collaboration and community change in the Children's Futures initiative
Walker, Karen E., February 2009
Philadelphia: Public/Private Ventures.
An implementation evaluation of Children's Futures, an early childhood initiative to improve the health, well-being, and school readiness of infants and toddlers in Trenton, New Jersey, by providing health services and parenting education, improving the quality of available child care, increasing father involvement, and supporting collaboration among Trenton social, health, and child services agencies and organizations
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Fragile Families and Child Wellbeing Study: Oakland, California: Baseline report
McLanahan, Sara, 1999
San Francisco: Public Policy Institute of California.
A summary of findings from the initial analysis of the first wave of data from the Oakland, California cohort of the Fragile Families and Child Wellbeing study--a longitudinal study of unmarried parents' characteristics, relationships, and access to resources, and the health and well-being of their children
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Opening doors for Boston's children: Lessons learned in expanding school-based after-school programs
Kaplan, Claire, 2004
Boston: Boston's After-School for All Partnership.
An interim report on the implementation of and lessons learned from the School Sites Initiative, an effort to expand school-based afterschool programs in Boston
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Other
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After-school grows up: How four large American cities approach scale and quality in after-school programs
Proscio, Tony, 2004
New York: The After School Project.
An in-depth description of four large-scale after school programs in New York City, Los Angeles, Chicago, and San Diego
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Other
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A national survey of obesity prevention practices in Head Start
Whitaker, Robert C., December 2009
Archives of Pediatrics & Adolescent Medicine, 163(12), 1144-1150
A study of obesity prevention practices in Head Start programs and an exploration of program characteristics associated with healthy eating and physical activity, based on a survey of 1,583 programs nationwide
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Planning for health promotion in low-income preschool child care settings: Focus groups of parents and child care providers
Taveras, Elsie M., November-December 2006
Ambulatory Pediatrics, 6(6), 342-346
An examination of best practice methods for promoting health practices in low income child care settings through six focus groups of parents with children attending child care centers and family child care homes and directors of child care centers and family child care homes
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Can teacher training in classroom management make a difference for children's experience in preschool?: A preview of findings from the Foundations of Learning demonstration
Morris, Pamela A., September 2009
New York: MDRC.
Preliminary findings from Newark, New Jersey, sites of an implementation and random-assignment impact evaluation of Foundations of Learning (FOL), a preschool teacher training intervention to support children's behavioral and emotional development, that examined FOL effects on children's behavior and classroom management and instruction
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Early outcomes for programs and families in children’s futures
Walker, Karen E., 2010
Philadelphia: Public/Private Ventures.
An evaluation of the Children’s Futures (CF) community-wide initiative to improve birth outcomes, child health, and cognitive development in Trenton, New Jersey
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The diffusion of a pediatric care innovation in a large urban nonprofit health care system
Barth, Michael C., 2003
Nonprofit Management & Leadership, 14(1), 93-106
An evaluation documenting and analyzing the diffusion of an innovation in pediatric primary care, the Healthy Steps for Young Children Program, in a large health care system, Advocate Health Care in Chicago, using Everett Rogers’ model
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Use of cigarettes and alcohol by preschoolers while role-playing as adults: ''Honey, have some smokes''
Dalton, Madeline A., 2005
Archives of Pediatrics & Adolescent Medicine, 159(9), 854-859
An examination, using a structured observational study of children aged 2-6, of preschoolers’ attitudes, expectations, and perceptions of tobacco and alcohol use
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Knowledge and beliefs about guidelines for exclusion of ill children from child care
Copeland, Kristen A., November-December 2005
Ambulatory Pediatrics, 5(6), 365-371
A survey-based examination of parents of young children, pediatricians, and child care providers' knowledge of and understanding of the guidelines published by the American Academy of Pediatrics detailing exclusion of ill children from child care programs
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Reaching staff, parents, and community partners to prevent childhood obesity in Head Start, 2008
Gooze, Rachel A., May 2010
Preventing Chronic Disease, 7(3), 1-9
A survey of obesity prevention activities in Head Start to train staff, educate parents and involve community partners from questionnaire responses of 1,583 Head Start programs in 2008
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The effectiveness of early childhood development programs: A systematic review
Anderson, Laurie M., 2003
American Journal of Preventive Medicine, 24(Suppl. 3), 32-46
A summary of a cost-benefit analysis of early detection and intervention programs for children with autism spectrum disorders or at risk of low educational attainment
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Literature Review
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Eating vegetables first: The use of portion size to increase vegetable intake in preschool children
Spill, Maureen K., May 2010
American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, 91(5), 1237-1243
A study of the relationship between portion siize of vegetable servings at the start of lunch and both meal consumption and meal energy intake based on data collected from 51 3- through 5-year-olds in a child care center once a week for 4 weeks
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Changes in body mass index z score over the course of the academic year among children attending Head Start
Lumeng, Julie C., May/June 2010
Academic Pediatrics, 10(3), 179-186
A study of changes in children's body mass index (BMI) over the course of enrollment in Head Start and examination of variations in BMI by gender, single-parent status, program year, race, age at initial enrollment, and family income divided by household size, from a secondary analysis of retrospective longitudinal growth of 1,914 children enrolled in a Michigan Head Start program over 2 academic years and the intervening summer
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The Texas plan: A statewide early education and development system (Texas SEEDS): Research, policies, and strategies: 2nd edition
Texas Early Childhood Education Coalition, May 2005
(2nd ed.). Austin: Texas Early Childhood Education Coalition.
A presentation of a framework for a high-quality, comprehensive system of early childhood education and care services for children aged birth through 5 years old in Texas
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Other
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Promoting preschool quality through effective classroom management: Implementation lessons from the Foundations of Learning demonstration
Lloyd, Chrishana M., December 2009
New York: MDRC.
An examination of the impact of the implementation of the Foundations of Learning (FOL) program, a teacher-oriented classroom management intervention for preschool teachers that includes in-class clinical consultations, on teachers’ ability to manage children’s behavior and deal with stress, based on data on a sample of teachers from 26 FOL demonstration classrooms and 25 control classrooms in Newark, New Jersey
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Effective early childhood programs: Turning knowledge into action
Landry, Susan H., 2005
University of Texas, Health Science Center at Houston, Center for Improving the Readiness of Children for Learning and Education.
A book drawing on child development, human development, and early education research to propose practical guidelines promoting high quality early childhood education to three- and four-year old children.
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Other
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Early intervention in low birth weight premature infants: Results at 18 years of age for the Infant Health and Development Program
McCormick, Marie C., 2006
Pediatrics, 117(3), 771-780
Findings from a follow-up study on the persistence of cognitive, achievement and behavioral benefits from early childhood program participation in children at 18-years-old who were born with low birth weight and participated in the Infant Health and Development Program (IHDP)
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Telemedicine reduces absence resulting from illness in urban child care: Evaluation of an innovation
McConnochie, Kenneth M., 2005
Pediatrics, 115(5), 1273-1282
A longitudinal study that examined the impact of a telemedicine program on the rate of absences from child care due to illness (ADI) in child care centers
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