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Feb 15, 2017

The Economic Returns from Investing in Early Childhood Programs in the Granite State

We assessed investments in early childhood programs in New Hampshire, summarizing benefits and economic returns of three early intervention strategies and estimating costs and benefits of statewide investments in programs for at-risk children.
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Feb 15, 2017

Investing in the Early Years: The Costs and Benefits of Investing in Early Childhood in New Hampshire

This report documents the need for early childhood investment in New Hampshire; examines evidence of effectiveness for high-quality home visiting, child care, and preschool programs; and estimates economic returns in the state for effective programs.
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Feb 15, 2017

الاستثمار في السنوات المبكرة: تكاليف ومنافع الاستثمار في الطفولة المبكرة في نيوهامبشاير

توثق هذه الدراسة الحاجة إلى الاستثمار في مرحلة الطفولة المبكرة في نيوهامبشاير؛ وتدرس الأدلة على فعالية الزيارات المنزلية عالية الجودة، ورعاية الأطفال، وبرامج ما قبل المدرسة؛ وتقدر العوائد الاقتصادية في الدولة لبرامج فعالة.
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Jun 24, 2016

The Role of School Environments in Explaining Racial-Ethnic Disparities in Body Mass Index Among U.S. Adolescents

School characteristics in the fifth and eighth grades showed little additional influence on the racial and ethnic disparities in body mass index observed at school entry in a longitudinal study of elementary and middle school students.
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Sep 15, 2010

RAND Guatemalan Survey of Family Health (EGSF)

Guatemalan Survey of Family Health (EGSF) examined the way in which rural Guatemalan families and individuals cope with childhood illness and pregnancy, and the role of ethnicity, poverty, social support, and health beliefs in this process.
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Jan 1, 2010

Endowments and Parental Investments in Infancy and Early Childhood

This article tests whether parents reinforce or compensate for child endowments.
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Jan 1, 2009

Which Factors Explain the Decline in Infant and Child Mortality in Matlab, Bangladesh?

The authors use data from the Matlab Demographic Surveillance System on nearly 94,000 singleton live births that occurred between 1987 and 2002 to investigate the extent to which the change in mortality over this period can be explained by changes in repr
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Jan 1, 2009

Factors Influencing the Enrollment of Eligible Extremely-Low-Birth-Weight Children in the Part C Early Intervention Program

Moderate iodine deficiency in Mexican schoolchildren was associated with a 4.26 times higher risk of low IQ. More attention is needed to ensure effective salt iodination processes.
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Jan 1, 2009

Birth Weight Effects on Children's Mental, Motor, and Physical Development: Evidence from Twins Data

Determine the effect of very low birth weight (VLBW; <1500 g) and moderately low birth weight (MLBW; 1500-2499 g) on children's mental and motor development and physical growth during the first 2 years of life and whether VLBW and MLBW babies catch up to normal birth weight (NBW; >/=2500 g) children by age 2.
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Sep 1, 2008

The Response of Household Parental Investment to Child Endowments

The empirical results of this paper imply that such household parental investments compensate for low endowments, as proxied by low birth weight.
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Jan 1, 2008

Population-based Assessments of Ophthalmologic and Audiologic Follow-Up in Children with Very Low Birth Weight Enrolled in Medicaid: A Quality-of-Care Study

Finds a shortfall in provision of critical services for children with very low birth weight (<1500 g) at high risk for vision and hearing problems and enrolled in Medicaid. Findings support the importance of enrollment in Early Intervention Program.
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Jan 1, 2008

The provision of neonatal services: Data for international comparisons

Gathers information on the provision of neonatal services in Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland, United States, Canada, Sweden and Australia. It was produced to support the National Audit Office's Value for Money study of neonatal services in England.

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The Economic Returns from Investing in Early Childhood Programs in the Granite State

Investing in the Early Years: The Costs and Benefits of Investing in Early Childhood in New Hampshire

الاستثمار في السنوات المبكرة: تكاليف ومنافع الاستثمار في الطفولة المبكرة في نيوهامبشاير

The Role of School Environments in Explaining Racial-Ethnic Disparities in Body Mass Index Among U.S. Adolescents

RAND Guatemalan Survey of Family Health (EGSF)

Endowments and Parental Investments in Infancy and Early Childhood

Which Factors Explain the Decline in Infant and Child Mortality in Matlab, Bangladesh?

Factors Influencing the Enrollment of Eligible Extremely-Low-Birth-Weight Children in the Part C Early Intervention Program

Birth Weight Effects on Children's Mental, Motor, and Physical Development: Evidence from Twins Data

The Response of Household Parental Investment to Child Endowments

Population-based Assessments of Ophthalmologic and Audiologic Follow-Up in Children with Very Low Birth Weight Enrolled in Medicaid: A Quality-of-Care Study

The provision of neonatal services: Data for international comparisons

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The Economic Returns from Investing in Early Childhood Programs in the Granite State

Investing in the Early Years: The Costs and Benefits of Investing in Early Childhood in New Hampshire

الاستثمار في السنوات المبكرة: تكاليف ومنافع الاستثمار في الطفولة المبكرة في نيوهامبشاير

The Role of School Environments in Explaining Racial-Ethnic Disparities in Body Mass Index Among U.S. Adolescents

RAND Guatemalan Survey of Family Health (EGSF)

Endowments and Parental Investments in Infancy and Early Childhood

Which Factors Explain the Decline in Infant and Child Mortality in Matlab, Bangladesh?

Factors Influencing the Enrollment of Eligible Extremely-Low-Birth-Weight Children in the Part C Early Intervention Program

Birth Weight Effects on Children's Mental, Motor, and Physical Development: Evidence from Twins Data

The Response of Household Parental Investment to Child Endowments

Population-based Assessments of Ophthalmologic and Audiologic Follow-Up in Children with Very Low Birth Weight Enrolled in Medicaid: A Quality-of-Care Study

The provision of neonatal services: Data for international comparisons

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