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			The Wellness Child Care Assessment Tool: A measure to assess the quality of written nutrition and physical activity policies Falbe, Jennifer, December, 2011 Journal of the American Dietetic Association, 111(12), 1852-1860 An analysis of the reliability and validity of a 65-item measure to evaluate five areas of child care center policies--nutrition education, nutrition standards for foods and beverages, promoting healthy eating in the child care setting, physical activity, and communication and evaluation--and an examination of the total scale and each subscale's comprehensiveness and strength, based on data from 221 Connecticut child care centers participating in the Child and Adult Care Food Program	Reports & Papers
			Validity of a measure to assess the child-care nutrition and physical activity environment Henderson, Kathryn E., September, 2011 Journal of the American Dietetic Association, 111(9), 1306-1313 A comparison of outsider observers' and center directors' ratings of nutrition and physical activity environments and policies in 200 Connecticut child care centers receiving Child and Adult Care Food Program subsidies	Reports & Papers
			Achieving a state of healthy weight: A national assessment of obesity prevention terminology in child care regulations 2010 National Resource Center for Health and Safety in Child Care (U.S.), January, 2011 Aurora, CO: National Resource Center for Health and Safety in Child Care. A study of the extent to which state child care regulations meet standards related to obesity prevention in the areas of infant feeding, nutrition, and physical activity	Reports & Papers
			From policy to practice: Implementation of water policies in child care centers in Connecticut Middleton, Ann E., March/April 2013 Journal of Nutrition Education and Behavior, 45(2), 119-125 A documentation of the availability and accessibility of water in early care and education centers and correspondence with state and federal policy and accreditation standards in child care centers, based on data from one-day observations conducted in a random sample of 40 Child and Adult Care Food Program-participating preschool classrooms in Connecticut	Reports & Papers
			Nature and children: The effects of gardening on preschoolers Knox, Anika, January 2010 Unpublished master�s thesis, Southern Connecticut State University, New Haven A study of the impact of gardening on perceived peer acceptance, social adjustment, interest in nature, and nutritional awareness based on teacher and child self-reports of 45 children randomly assigned to either gardening or control conditions for 3 months in one Head Start program in West Haven, Connecticut	Reports & Papers
			Are state child care regulations meeting national oral health and nutritional standards? Kim, Juhee, July/August 2012 Pediatric Dentistry, 34(4), 317-324 A study of state child care regulations in the United States in terms of their inclusion of selected oral health and nutrition standards related to early childhood dental cavities, based on a review of regulations in 50 states and the District of Columbia, from the National Resource Center for Health and Safety in Child Care and Early Education	Reports & Papers
			A descriptive study of the Head Start Health Component: Vol. I. Summary report United States. Administration on Children, Youth, and Families, 1996 Washington, DC: U.S. Administration on Children, Youth, and Families. A description of the ways in which the Health Component of the Head Start program address the medical, nutritional, and mental health needs of program participants	Reports & Papers
			Trends in child care center licensing regulations and policies for 2011 National Center on Child Care Quality Improvement, April, 2013 (Research Brief No. 1). Fairfax, VA: National Center on Child Care Quality Improvement An analysis of state child care center licensing requirements and policies, including those related to staffing, child-adult ratios, health and nutrition, inspections, monitoring, and enforcement, based on a survey of state child care licensing agencies and a compilation of state licensing requirements	Reports & Papers
			Trends in family child care home licensing requirements and policies for 2011 National Center on Child Care Quality Improvement, April, 2013 (Research Brief No. 2). Fairfax, VA: National Center on Child Care Quality Improvement An analysis of state family child care home licensing requirements and policies, including those related to staffing, group size, health and nutrition, inspections, monitoring, and enforcement, based on a survey of state child care licensing agencies and a compilation of state licensing requirements	Reports & Papers
			Trends in group child care home licensing regulations and policies for 2011 National Center on Child Care Quality Improvement, April, 2013 (Research Brief No. 3). Fairfax, VA: National Center on Child Care Quality Improvement An analysis of state group child care home licensing requirements and policies, including those related to staffing, group size, health and nutrition, inspections, monitoring, and enforcement, based on a survey of state child care licensing agencies and a compilation of state licensing requirements	Reports & Papers
			Promoting early health and learning: A profile of two Connecticut communities Simpson, Grace, February 2009 Farmington, CT: Child Health and Development Institute of Connecticut. An account of the implementation of the Promoting Early Health and Learning Initiative, an early childhood intervention to address the role of health in children's school readiness, in the Middletown and Southeastern areas of Connecticut	Reports & Papers
			Health matters: The role of health and the health sector in place-based initiatives for young children Fine, Amy, November 2008 Battle Creek, MI: W. K. Kellogg Foundation. A study of the integration of health and health services within early childhood initiatives, based on case studies of 8 initiatives	Reports & Papers
			A descriptive study of the Head Start Health Component: Vol. II. Technical report United States. Administration on Children, Youth, and Families, 1996 Washington, DC: U.S. Administration on Children, Youth, and Families. Descriptive findings from a study of the Head Start Health Component, using child health records and standard data from the Head Start Program Information Report (PIR), plus observations and interviews with parents and staff, collected during the Spring of 1994 from a sample of 80 Head Start centers	Reports & Papers
			A compilation of initiatives to support home-based child care United States. Administration for Children and Families. Office of Planning, Research and Evaluation, March 31, 2010 Washington, DC: U.S. Administration for Children and Families, Office of Planning, Research and Evaluation. A compilation of profiles of 96 initiatives that target and support home-based child care	Reports & Papers
			Inside the content: The breadth and depth of early learning standards Scott-Little, Catherine, 2003 Greensboro, NC: SERVE. A study of the content and development of state-level early learning standards for kindergarten through twelfth grade in 2004	Reports & Papers
			Conceptualizations of readiness and the content of early learning standards: The intersection of policy and research? Scott-Little, Catherine, 2006 Early Childhood Research Quarterly, 21(2), 153-173 An analysis of 46 state-level early education standards documents to investigate the specific areas of development addressed in order to determine how different states conceptualize school readiness	Reports & Papers
			Municipal leadership for afterschool: Citywide approaches spreading across the country Institute for Youth, Education, and Families, 2011 Washington, DC: Institute for Youth, Education, and Families. An examination and profiles of city-led efforts to build comprehensive out-of-school time systems, based on surveys and interviews with representatives from 27 cities	Reports & Papers

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