This category includes articles about childhood development, children’s physical and mental health, public health interventions aimed at improving health in children and teens, and general family wellbeing,
What is the best way to reduce food insecurity and obesity in schools? That’s one of the main questions studied by the DIATROFI programme. Since 2012 more than 110,000 students …
Continue reading “Food aid and healthy nutrition programmes in schools: what works?”
Overweight and obesity is increasingly a problem for children across Europe, and Austria is no exception. There, two initiatives have been put in place to try to curb the trend. …
Continue reading “Two approaches to promoting healthy diets amongst children in Austria”
In a Welsh community formerly driven by heavy industry, the citizens of Cwm Taf continue to experience high levels of deprivation and poor health outcomes. This is a story repeated …
Continue reading “A system wide approach to improving outcomes in First 1000 Days”
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Continue reading “Europe’s Environmental Pollution & Children’s Brain Development”
The Spanish Health Promotion and Prevention Strategy (HPPS) [1], launched in 2013, combines health promotion, ‘positive parenting’, and life-course approaches. Using elements from health, social, and education services, the strategy …
Continue reading “The Positive Parenting Intervention in Spain”
Becoming a parent can be an exciting but challenging time. These challenges can affect parents’ mental health, leading to illnesses such as postnatal depression which are not always recognised and …
What are the effects of different interventions for children and care-givers at pre- and postnatal periods? How do they support health equity? For good physical, social, and emotional development, children …
Continue reading “Preventing is caring: a focus on Early Child Development interventions”
Mental health is important at every stage of life, however, mental health problems at a young age can have serious implications for both present and future health. The Youth Aware …
On the international day of happiness, the Flanders Institute of Healthy Living launched a new tool to increase the mental resilience of adolescents (www.noknok.be). Using a combination of online coaching, …
Continue reading “Interactive E-coaching platform boots resilience of Flemish youth”
We know that early childhood interventions have a high return on investment and long-term societal advantages. Why then do we not prioritise early childhood interventions? Here we look at the …
Continue reading “The future starts early. It’s time to invest in children’s well-being”
Quali sono gli effetti degli interventi per bambini e chi si prende cura di loro nei periodi pre e postnatale? In che modo supportano l’equità della salute? Per un buon …
Continue reading “Prevenire è prendersi cura: un focus sugli interventi di Early Child Development”
Photo de J.W. Vein, Pixabay. Click here to read this article in English. Hier klicken, um diesen Artikel auf Deutsch zu lesen. Haz clic aquí para leer este artículo en …
Continue reading “Pollution Environnementale et Développement du Cerveau chez l’Enfant en Europe”
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Continue reading “Europas Umweltverschmutzung & Kindliche Gehirnentwicklung”
Foto de J. W. Vein, Pixabay. Durante el embarazo y la infancia, los contaminantes químicos ambientales tienen una influencia más fuerte en el cuerpo humano que en cualquier otro momento. …