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Caries risk assessment and prevention: strategies for Head Start, Early Head Start, and WIC.
OBJECTIVES This review updates the evidence regarding caries risk assessment for infants, toddlers, and preschool children and formulates recommendations for preventive strategies for WIC, Head Start, and Early Head Start. METHODS Literature on caries risk assessment and preventive strategies for infants, toddlers, and preschool children were reviewed and synthesized. Recommendations for WIC,...
متن کاملDoes Head Start Make a Difference?
The impact of participation in Head Start is investigated using a national sample of children. Comparisons are drawn between siblings to control for selection. Head Start is associated with large and significant gains in test scores among both whites and African-Americans. However, among African-Americans, these gains are quickly lost. Head Start significantly reduces the probability that a whi...
متن کاملHead Start Participation and Childhood Obesity
Childhood obesity is a significant public health problem that also has economic consequences. Medical research suggests that nutritional interventions at a young age can influence nutritional behavior and reduce childhood obesity. This paper estimates the impact of one such intervention—Head Start—on childhood overweight and obesity. While Head Start is more commonly known as an educational int...
متن کاملDoes Head Start Help Hispanic Children?
Poor educational attainment is a persistent problem among latino children, relative to non-Latinos. This paper examines the effects of participation in the Head Start program on Latinos. We find that large and significant benefits accrue to Head Start children when we compare them to siblings who did not participate in the program. On average, Head Start closes at least 1/4 of the gap in test s...
متن کاملAttachment relationships in Early Head Start families.
The remarkable papers in this Special Issue underscore the importance of applied research on families in poverty, the opportunities to developmental science of the Early Head Start National Research and Evaluation Project, and the mutual benefits from collaborations between research scientists and program practitioners. This commentary highlights the insights of these papers concerning the cons...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Nature
سال: 2000
ISSN: 0028-0836,1476-4687
DOI: 10.1038/35048648