The “new” science of fetal orgins, as a New York Times column by Nicholas Kristof describes, draws substantial correlations between many diseases (autism, schizophrenia, even obesity) and an infant’s uterine environment. Although research remains mixed, much of it indicates that life before birth has a substantial impact on later life course. (FYI: Barker and colleagues were […]
Category: Early childhood
New resource on childhood mental health
The National Technical Assistance Center for Children’s Mental Health has issued a new reference for public health professionals who work in childhood mental health. Free to download here, “A Public Health Approach to Children’s Mental Health” offers a comprehensive public health approach to children’s mental health. The guide links environmental supports, services, and interventions across […]
Lancet retraction of article linking autism and MMR vaccines 12 years later: A symptom of a bigger problem?
On February 2nd, the British medical journal The Lancet issued an official retraction of the article published 12 years ago that theorized the links between MMR vaccines, gastrointestinal inflammation, and autism, based on results from a study of 12 children. The retraction came after Britain’s General Medical Council ruled that Dr. Andrew Wakefield (the lead author) […]
*NEW* Healthy Generations: Early Childhood Mental Health
Hot off the presses! https://mch.umn.edu/index.php/Page/View/Resources. The Center for Leadership Education in Maternal and Child Public Health at the University of Minnesota is very pleased to announce the release of the winter 2010 issue of Healthy Generations. Each Healthy Generations focuses on a significant MCH topic and includes articles written by leaders in the field. The […]