Topic: Early Child Care, Education, and Development
Early childhood care, education, and environment impact child health and developmental outcomes – understanding how and through which mechanisms is key to building a Culture of Health. E4A funded research is evaluating how interventions designed to enhance early childhood education, care, and family environment, including parental leave policies, impact health and developmental outcomes throughout the life course.
Funded Projects
Family Separation in the Foster Care System: Obstacles to Supported Permanency for BIPOC Kinship Caregivers Cash Payments and Infant Health: A Natural Experiment Parenthood and Health: Measuring the Effects of Maternity Leave, Paternity Leave, and Child Care Evidence-Based Strategies to Increase General Public and State Legislator Support for Policies to Fund and Enhance Early Childhood Development Exploring the Effects of Wage on the Culture of Health in Early Childhood Education Centers