America's babies : the Zero to Three Policy Center data book by Oser, Cindy, Cohen, Julie, Zero to Three (Organization). Policy Center instant download

America's babies : the Zero to Three Policy Center data book by Oser, Cindy, Cohen, Julie, Zero to Three (Organization). Policy Center instant download

Includes bibliographical references (pages 85-93), Chapter 1. Demographics of babies and toddlers -- Overall trends -- Births -- Deaths -- Immigration -- Where babies and toddlers live: distribution of the birth-to-3 population -- Chapter 2. Babies, coming into the world -- Where and how babies are born -- Early hospital discharge: whatever happened to \"drive-through deliveries?\" -- Assistive reproductive technology -- Multiple births -- Birth weight -- Factors affecting birth size and birth outcome: smoking and drug use during pregnancy -- Birth defects -- Chapter 3. Infants and toddlers, healthy and safe -- Newborn metabolic screening -- Newborn hearing screening -- Health and nutrition -- Breast-feeding -- The Women, Infants and Children (WIC) -- Supplemental Nutrition Program -- Physical activity for babies -- Public preventive health: the Early and Periodic Screening, Diagnosis, and Treatment (EPSDT) Program -- Immunizations -- Social and emotional health -- Safety and prevention -- Environmental issues -- Child fatalities -- Back to sleep and tummy to play: impact of the Back to Sleep campaign on Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS) deaths -- Chapter 4. Violence, trauma, and protective systems -- Exposure to violence -- Trauma -- Child welfare, Chapter 5. Family and economic factors -- Family characteristics -- \"Fatherneed\" -- Families in the military -- Family expenses and economic stability -- Families without homes -- Working families -- Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) -- Health insurance -- Chapter 6. Early learning and care -- Early literacy -- Child care -- Federal support for child care: the child care and development fund -- Highlights from the national evaluation of early Head Start -- Early Head Start -- Early Head Start and child care -- Part C of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA): early intervention for infants and toddlers with disabilities -- Early Hear Start services for infants and toddlers with delays or