Evidence about the longer-term performance of the latest generation of community-driven public health interventions is beginning to emerge from a University of Washington research comparison.
A US early childhood support program that aims to provide new 'baby owners' with the equivalent of the missing manual in the form of expert advice has emerged from a Chicago evaluation showing only modest gains.
Researchers see worrying signs of a knowledge gap opening between the traditional curriculum-based skills teachers use in the classroom and recent advances in cognitive neuroscience and genetic and environmental studies.
Research into childhood asthma among families arriving in the US from Latin America casts doubts on the ‘Hispanic Paradox’ – that less American means more healthy.