Academic Resources: topical resources: child health
research tools | centers & organizations | publications & reports | links
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research tools
syllabi: child health
the Eldis Children and Young People Resource Guide
The Child Care and Early Education Research Connections Talk listserv is designed to encourage the exchange of ideas and to stimulate discussion on relevant research issues related to the field of child care and early education.
Measure DHS, national and sub-national data on family planning, maternal and child health, child survival, HIV/AIDS/sexually transmitted infections (STIs), infectious diseases, reproductive health and nutrition.
centers, organizations, projects
American Academy of Pediatrics
Canadian Institute of Child Health
Centre for Child-Focused Anthropological Research, Brunel University
The Center for Children and Childhood Studies at Rutgers-Camden
Childhood Studies at Case Western Reserve University
Institute of Education Childhood Research and Policy Centre (CRPC), University of London
Institute for Child Health Policy, University of Florida
National Institute of Child Health & Human Development (NICHD), NIH
YouthNet,
Family Health International (FHI)
YouthNet is a global program to improve reproductive health and prevent
the spread of HIV/AIDS among people 10 to 24 years old. Most importantly,
it is a collaboration with the young people whose lives it is designed to
improve. But it also includes the energy, insight, and experience of parents,
schoolteachers, employers, policymakers, the media, health professionals,
nongovernmental organizations, religious and community leaders, and other
youth networks.
publications & reports
Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health
Maternal and Child Health Journal
The State of the World's Children 2006: Excluded and Invistible, United Nations
Vulnerable Children and Youth Studies
links
CDC Health Topics: Infants and Children
BASICS II The U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) flagship project is BASICS II, or Basic Support for Institutionalizing Child Survival.
updated April 19, 2007