News Medical: Child care feeding programs linked to better child and family health
Care and Feeding is Slate’s parenting advice column. Have a question for Care and Feeding? Submit it here or post it in the Slate Parenting Facebook group. My 24-year-old daughter has severe acne. It ...
Breastfeeding is the normal way of providing young infants with the nutrients they need for healthy growth and development. Virtually, all mothers can breastfeed, provided they have accurate information and the support of their family, the health care system and society at large. Colostrum, the yellowish, sticky breast milk produced at the end of pregnancy, is recommended by WHO as the perfect ...
Wall Street Journal: ‘Care and Feeding’ and ‘Cellar Rat’: The Main Course Was Chaos
Very young children who attend child care and receive onsite meals and snacks were more likely to be food secure and in good health, and less likely to be admitted after a hospital emergency ...
The goal in shifting from paying for volume to value-based care is simple: to align payers and healthcare providers around high-quality care that improves outcomes and lowers cost. Operationalizing ...
Community Care: Tackling child neglect: Patrick Ayre on the graded care profile's benefits
Despite more recogniton of the dangers of child neglect, practitioners are still applying alarmingly high thresholds for intervention. The graded care profile can help, says Patrick Ayre When we are ...
9&10 News: 100 Women Who Care awards $10,000 to Project Feed the Kids
GRAND TRAVERSE COUNTY— Project Feed the Kids in Traverse City just received $10,000 that they will be putting to good use. The donation comes from 100 Women Who Care. Tiffany McQueer, who founded ...