The Journal of Pediatrics
Volume 157, Issue 1 , Pages 1-2, July 2010

From Child Health Coverage to Healthy Child Development: Federal Health Reform Opportunities to Improve the Health of America's Youngest Children

Child and Family Policy Center, Des Moines, IA

For more than two centuries, environmental, social, economic, and clinical care advances have improved the health of our children and the prosperity of our nation. However, for the first time in our history, America faces the sobering prospect that our children will grow up less healthy and live shorter lives than their parents.

ABCD, Assuring Better Child Health and Development, CHIPRA, Child Health Insurance Program Reauthorization Act

 

PII: S0022-3476(10)00300-8

doi:10.1016/j.jpeds.2010.03.035

The Journal of Pediatrics
Volume 157, Issue 1 , Pages 1-2, July 2010