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Suggested Citation:"Appendix C: Resources." Institute of Medicine and National Research Council. 2009. Focusing on Children's Health: Community Approaches to Addressing Health Disparities: Workshop Summary. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/12637.
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Suggested Citation:"Appendix C: Resources." Institute of Medicine and National Research Council. 2009. Focusing on Children's Health: Community Approaches to Addressing Health Disparities: Workshop Summary. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/12637.
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C Resources T he following list is provided for those interested in learning more about the model programs and other resources mentioned through- out the workshop. The IOM Roundtable on Health Disparities does not endorse any particular programs, publications, or websites. Model Programs Accountable Communities: Healthy Together (ACHT) http://publichealth.gsu.edu/accountable.asp The Dirty Truth Campaign (an initiative of ACHT) http://www.dirtytruth.org/index.html Healthy Kids, Smart Kids http://www.healthykidssmartkids.com/ Help Me Grow (Connecticut) http://www.ct.gov/CTF/cwp/view.asp?a=1786&q=296676 ING Run for Something Better http://orangelaces.com Racial and Ethnic Approaches to Community Health (REACH) http://www.cdc.gov/reach 83

84 FOCUSING ON CHILDREN’S HEALTH RIte Care (Rhode Island Medicare Manage Care program) http://www.ritecare.ri.gov/ WellPoint, Inc. http://www.wellpoint.com Whitefoord Community Program http://www.whitefoord.org/ Funding Corporate Bank of America, Corporate Philanthropy http://www.bankofamerica.com/foundation ING Foundation Grants http://www.ing-usa.com/us/aboutING/CorporateCitizenship/ INGFoundationGrants/index.htm Government Health Resources and Services Administration http://www.hrsa.gov National Center on Minority Health and Health Disparities http://ncmhd.nih.gov State Children’s Health Insurance Program http://www.cms.hhs.gov/home/schip.asp Additional Resources Healthy People 2010 http://www.healthypeople.gov Photovoice http://www.photovoice.org Unnatural Causes (PBS documentary) http://www.unnaturalcauses.org

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Socioeconomic conditions are known to be major determinants of health at all stages of life, from pregnancy through childhood and adulthood. "Life-course epidemiology" has added a further dimension to the understanding of the social determinants of health by showing an association between early-life socioeconomic conditions and adult health-related behaviors, morbidity, and mortality. Sensitive and critical periods of development, such as the prenatal period and early childhood, present significant opportunities to influence lifelong health. Yet simply intervening in the health system is insufficient to influence health early in the life course. Community-level approaches to affect key determinants of health are also critical.

Many of these issues were raised in the 1995 National Academies book, Children's Health, the Nation's Wealth. The present volume builds upon this earlier book with presentations and examples from the field. Focusing on Children's Health describes the evidence linking early childhood life conditions and adult health; discusses the contribution of the early life course to observed racial and ethnic disparities in health; and highlights successful models that engage both community factors and health care to affect life course development.

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