The federal Maternal, Infant, and Early Childhood Home Visiting program provides evidence-based services to mothers and children that help their whole families. A woman shows the footprints of her ...

The reauthorization and expansion of a key home visiting program could support better outcomes for Indigenous parents and young children. The Maternal, Infant, and Early Childhood Home Visiting ...

"Some of us may remember the house call. The thought of a medical professional checking up on a client at home seems like something from a bygone era. While at-home visits remain rare for most of us, ...

A new home visiting model designed to improve children’s health will be launched in West Philadelphia. The Policy Lab research center at Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia is partnering with the CHOP ...

The Hechinger Report covers one topic: education. Sign up for our newsletters to have stories delivered to your inbox. Consider becoming a member to support our nonprofit journalism. Jamir Green ...

A baby's first laugh, in Navajo culture, is cause for formal celebration. Whoever provokes that milestone moment wins the privilege of hosting a "first laugh ceremony" to mark the infant's full ...

Dr. Amy Shriver is a pediatrician at Blank Children’s Hospital in Des Moines. She also serves as Vice President of the Iowa chapter of the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) and served on AAP’s ...

Each year in the United States, more than 600,000 children are victims of child abuse. Nationally, more than one-third (34.2%) of child maltreatment victims are three years old or younger, with ...

Before COVID-19 struck our country, it was already undisputed that significant racial disparities existed in health outcomes, life expectancy, educational attainment, and wealth between White and ...

The Chattanooga-Hamilton County Health Department’s “Healthier Beginnings/Parents Are First Teachers” (HB/PAFT) program has earned an endorsement by Parents as Teachers (PAT) National Center as a Blue ...

Seated at a kitchen table in a cramped apartment, Rosendo Gil asks the parents sitting across from him what they should do if their daughter catches a cold. Blas Lopez, 29, and his fiancée, Lluvia ...