19^th Annual Health in Child Care

Conference will be held on Thursday, May 20, 2010 at the Somerset Doubletree Hotel and Conference Center

Keynote
Timothy R. Shope, MD

Co-Editor of Managing Infectious Diseases
in Child Care and Schools

Plus workshops on
Hot Topics in Health, Immunizations, Communicating with Families, Mental Health, Inclusion and more …

The registration brochure will be available through your local
Child Care Resource and Referral agency in March or go to http://www.njaeyc.org

An article appearing in the Health section of the January 19, 2010 NY Times tells a story of 7 year boy who had a stroke.  According to the article, children do have strokes and at higher rates than you might expect.

From the Universal Pre-K movement and burgeoning after-school programs, to summer reading initiatives and in-school community centers, we’re learning that it takes a combination of home, school and community to prepare kids for their futures. 
Click here for full article

A newly released report from the American Academy of Pediatirics identifies children at the highest risk of having fatal outcomes from the H1N1 virus. Read the report of this special workgroup.

You are missing out of valuable information that can keep your children safe if you are not getting the Children Safety Network’s Newsletter.

The mission of the Chldren’s Saftey Network is:
Children’s Safety Network National Resource Center  for Injury and Violence Prevention is dedicated to working with state, territorial and community Maternal & Child Health and Injury & Violence prevention programs to create an environment where all children and youth are safe and healthy.  We work with states and territories to infuse knowledge, expertise, and leadership to reduce injury, hospitalization, disability and death for all children and youth.  Our goal is to equip states to strengthen their capacity, utilize data and implement effective strategies to create injury and violence free environments.
Subscribe to their newsletter. This month features include updates on Sudden Infant Death Syndrome, bullying prevention plus much more.

Are you looking for an informative and interactive place to track the nation’s health? CDC’s National Center for Health Statistics’ (NCHS) Data2010 is the place.Healthy People 2010: Objectives for Improving Health. DATA2010 contains primarily national data. However, state-based data are provided as available.

DATA2010 is an interactive database system developed by NCHS’ Division of Health Promotion Statistics staff and contains the most recent monitoring data for tracking Healthy People 2010. Data are included for all the objectives and subgroups identified in the

DATA2010 is accessible through CDC Wonder, an Internet system that provides a single point of access to a variety of CDC reports, guidelines and statistical databases. For more information, visit DATA2010 on the Web.

The Federal Interagency Forum on Child and Family Statistics recently released their annual report, America’s Children: Key National Indicators of Well-Being, 2009, which offers updated information on the welfare of children and families in the United States. This year’s report includes a special feature on children with special health care needs, in addition to information on demographics, family and social environment, economic circumstances, health care, physical environment and safety, behavior, education, and health.