Online Resources

• Margaret Blood, Business Leaders as Legislative Advocates for Children: A Case Study from Boston
• Center for Law and Social Policy, Starting Off Right: Promoting Child Development from Birth in State Early Care and Education Initiatives
• National Center for Children in Poverty, Promoting Effective Early Leaning: What Every Policymaker and Educator Should Know
• National Economic Development and Saw Center, Early Care and Education: Realizing a Collective Vision
• ZERO to THREE Policy Center, Growing Up Healthy: What Local Governments Can Do to Support Children and Their Families
• ZERO to THREE Policy Center, Helping Young Children Succeed: Strategies to Promote Early Childhood Social and Emotional Development
• What Can CCDF Learn from the Research on Children's Health and Safety in Child Care? Banghart, P., Kreader, L.J. (March 2012)

References

Shonkoff, J.P., & Phillips, D.A. (Eds.) (2000). From Neurons to Neighborhoods:  The Science of Early Childhood Development.  Washington, D.C.: National Academy Press.

American Academy of Pediatrics Committee on Early Childhood Adoption and Dependent Care. (2005). Quality Early Education and Child Care from Birth to Kindergarten.   Pediatrics, 115,187-191

Ramler, M., Nakatsukasa-Ono, W., Loe, C., and Harris, K. (2006).  The Influence of Child Care Health Consultants in Promoting Children?s Health and Well-being:  A Report on Selected Resources.  The Healthy Child Care Consultant Network Support Center:  Newton, MA.

Gaines, S.K., Wold, J.L., Spencer, L., and Leary, J.M. (2005). Assessing the Need for Child Care Health Consultants. Public Health Nursing, 22(1): 8-16.

Walders, N., McQuaid, E., and Dickstein, S. (2004). Asthma Knowledge, Awareness, and training among Head Start and Early Head Start Staff. Journal of School Health. 74(1), 32-34.

Peisner-Feinberg, E.S., et al. (1999). The Children of the Cost, Quality, and Outcomes Study Go to School: Executive Summary. Chapel Hill, N.C.: University of California at Chapel Hill, Frank Porter Graham Child Development Center.

Alkon, A., Sokal-Gutierrez, K., and Wolff, M. (2002). Child Care Health Consultation Improves Health Knowledge and Compliance. Pediatric Nursing. 28(1), 61-65.

Kotch, J. (2002). The Quality Enhancement Project for Infants and Toddlers: Executive Summary. Shapel Hill, NC: University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.