Children’s Mental Health: Prevention, Early Intervention, and Treatment
Each year, 1 in 10 American children experiences a mental illness severe enough to cause some impairment in the child’s ability to function in school, family, and community settings. Yet only a small proportion of those in need receive treatment.
Helping Youngsters in Child Care Stay Healthy and Safe
This GIH Issue Focus tackles health and safety issues in child care settings, and outlines opportunities for grantmakers.
Supporting Families of Children with Special Needs
This GIH Issue Focus outlines opportunities for funders to support families of children with special needs.
Early Childhood Development: Opportunities for Improving the Field
Much is known about the process of child development, and how many factors – health, parental involvement, economic status, and the environment, among others – can affect future outcomes. Based on a 2000 Issue Dialogue, this Issue Focus explores the importance of good health for young children, suggests common elements of successful child development programs, and discusses strategies and opportunities for grantmakers interested in this field.
Youth Mentoring: Creative Strategies for Promoting Youth Health
This GIH Issue Focus describes the methods and strategies of youth mentoring programs, research findings on program effectiveness, and foundation support of youth mentoring programs.
Prevention and Women’s Health: Can Philanthropy Make a Difference?
This GIH Issue Focus makes the case for funding in prevention and women’s health and describes approaches being taken by grantmakers.
Beyond Access: Family Centered Care
This GIH Issue Focus explores family centered care, an approach to health care delivery that offers a new way of thinking about the relationships between families and health care providers.
Childhood Immunization: Protecting Individuals and Communities
Childhood immunizations are one of the greatest public health achievements in modern times. Questions, however, have been raised about the value and safety of specific vaccines – underscoring the need for balanced, accurate information about vaccines and the diseases they prevent.
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