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Child Health

This page contains links to current projects, events, and reports addressing the health and safety of children, including issues such as immunization, nutrition, access to insurance, and palliative care.

Also take a look at the Board on Children, Youth, and Familes web site for additional activities on the health and development of children and youth at the National Academies.

Projects
	Adolescent Health Care Services and Models of Care for Treatment, Prevention, and Healthy Development
	Childhood Obesity Prevention
	Health Literacy Community Youth Mapping
	Joint U.S.-Mexico Workshop on Childhood Obesity Prevention
	Nutrition Standards for Foods in Schools
	Review of Priorities in the National Vaccine Plan
	Roundtable on Evidence-Based Medicine
	The Assessment of Approaches to Intermittent Preventive Treatment for Malaria in Infants (IPTi)
	Immunization Safety Review

Reports
	Nutrition Standards for Foods in Schools	Apr 25,2007
	Preterm Birth: Causes, Consequences, and Prevention	Jul 13,2006
	Emergency Care for Children: Growing Pains	Jun 14,2006
	Progress in Preventing Childhood Obesity: Focus on Industry - Brief Summary: Institute of Medicine Regional Symposium	Apr 07,2006
	A Study of Interactions: Emerging Issues in the Study of Adolescence: A Workshop Summary	Mar 22,2006
	Workshop on Disability in America: A New Look - Summary and Background Papers	Feb 28,2006
	Food Marketing to Children and Youth: Threat or Opportunity?	Dec 06,2005
	Progress in Preventing Childhood Obesity: Focus on Schools - Brief Summary: Institute of Medicine Regional Symposium	Oct 13,2005
	Ethical Considerations for Research on Housing-Related Health Hazards Involving Children	Sep 19,2005
	Safe Medical Devices for Children	Jul 18,2005
	WIC Food Packages: Time for a Change	Apr 27,2005
	Making Better Drugs for Children with Cancer	Apr 18,2005
	Review of the HIVNET 012 Perinatal HIV Prevention Study	Apr 07,2005
	Preventing Childhood Obesity: Health in the Balance	Sep 30,2004
	Proposed Criteria for Selecting the WIC Food Packages	Aug 19,2004
	Children's Health, the Nation's Wealth: Assessing and Improving Child Health	Jun 24,2004
	Immunization Safety Review: Vaccines and Autism	May 17,2004
	Infant Formula: Evaluating the Safety of New Ingredients	Mar 01,2004
	Improving Birth Outcomes: Meeting the Challenge in the Developing World	Nov 04,2003
	Reducing Birth Defects: Meeting the Challenge in the Developing World	Nov 04,2003
	Immunization Safety Review: Influenza Vaccines and Neurological Complications	Oct 06,2003
	Reducing Underage Drinking: A Collective Responsibility	Sep 09,2003
	Immunization Safety Review: Vaccinations and Sudden Unexpected Death in Infancy	Mar 12,2003
	Immunization Safety Review: SV40 Contamination of Polio Vaccine and Cancer	Oct 22,2002
	Health Insurance is a Family Matter	Sep 18,2002
	When Children Die: Improving Palliative and End-of-Life Care for Children and Their Families	Jul 25,2002
	Immunization Safety Review: Hepatitis B Vaccine and Demyelinating Neurological Disorders	May 30,2002
	Is Soccer Bad for Children's Heads?: Summary of the IOM Workshop on Neuropsychological Consequences of Head Impact in Youth Soccer	Apr 30,2002
	Veterans and Agent Orange: Herbicide/Dioxin Exposure and Acute Myelogenous Leukemia in the Children of Vietnam Veterans	Feb 27,2002
	Immunization Safety Review: Multiple Immunizations and Immune Dysfunction	Feb 20,2002
	Community Programs to Promote Youth Development	Nov 01,2001
	Adolescent Risk and Vulnerability: Concepts and Measurements	Oct 18,2001
	Immunization Safety Review: Thimerosal - Containing Vaccines and Neurodevelopmental Disorders	Oct 01,2001
	Confronting Chronic Neglect: The Education and Training of Health Professionals on Family Violence	Sep 10,2001
	Non-Technical Strategies to Reduce Children's Exposure to Inappropriate Material on the Internet: Summary of a Workshop	Aug 01,2001
	Getting to Positive Outcomes for Children in Child Care-- A Summary of Two Workshops	May 30,2001
	Immunization Safety Review: Measles-Mumps-Rubella Vaccine and Autism	Apr 23,2001
	Juvenile Crime, Juvenile Justice	Feb 13,2001
	From Neurons to Neighborhoods: The Science of Early Childhood Development	Oct 03,2000
	Rational Therapeutics for Infants and Children: Workshop Summary	2000
	Improving Intergroup Relations Among Youth: Summary of a Research Workshop	2000
	Reducing the Odds: Preventing Perinatal Transmission of HIV in the United States	Oct 01,1999
	Adolescent Decision Making: Implications for Prevention Programs--A Summary of a Workshop	1999
	Adolescent Development and the Biology of Puberty: Summary of a Workshop on New Research	1999
	Children of Immigrants: Health, Adjustment, and Public Assistance	1999
	Evaluating Food Assistance Programs in an Era of Welfare Reform: Summary of a Workshop	1999
	Risks and Opportunities: Synthesis of Studies on Adolescence	1999
	America's Children: Health Insurance and Access to Care	1998
	From Generation to Generation: The Health and Well-Being of Children in Immigrant Families	1998
	Systems of Accountability: Implementing Children's Health Insurance Programs	1998
	The Best Intentions: Unintended Pregnancy and the Well-Being of Children and Families	1995
	Nutrition During Pregnancy and Lactation: An Implementation Guide	1992
	Nutrition Services in Perinatal Care: Second Edition	1992
	Nutrition During Lactation	1991
	Nutrition During Pregnancy: Part I: Weight Gain, Part II: Nutrient Supplements	1990


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