Universal Reach at Birth: Family Connects
Future Child. 2019 Spring;29(1):41-60. doi: 10.1353/foc.2019.0003.ABSTRACTHow do we screen all families in a population at a single time point, identify family-specific risks, and connect each family with evidence-based community resources that can help them overcome those risks-an approach known as targeted universalism? In this article, Kenneth A. Dodge and W. Benjamin Goodman describe Family Connects, a program designed to do exactly that. Developed and tested in Durham, NC, Family Connects-now in place at 16 sites in the United States-aims to reach every family giving birth in a given community. The program rests on th...
Source: Future of Children - April 5, 2024 Category: Child Development Authors: Kenneth A Dodge W Benjamin Goodman Source Type: research
Evolving Roles for Health Care in Supporting Healthy Child Development
Future Child. 2020 Fall;30(2):143-164.ABSTRACTHealth care reaches more children under age three in the United States than any other family-facing system and represents the most common entry point for developmental assessment of and services for children. In this article, Adam Schickedanz and Neal Halfon examine how well the child health care system promotes healthy child development early in life. They also review children's access to health care through insurance coverage, the health care system's evolution in response to scientific and technical advances, and the shifting epidemiology of health and developmental risk. Th...
Source: Future of Children - April 20, 2021 Category: Child Development Authors: Adam Schickedanz Neal Halfon Source Type: research
