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Recorded Annual Meeting Presentations (RAMP) are now available for purchase.
Only $90 for presenters, $140 for registered attendees and $200 for non-attendees.

Online Program

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Making a Nurturing Social Ecology the Birthright of Every Young Child: Challenges and Opportunities


Tuesday, November 3, 2015 : 3:40 p.m. - 3:50 p.m.

Renee Boynton-Jarrett, MD, ScD, General Pediatrics, Boston University School of Medicine / Boston Medical Center, Boston, MA
Featured in The Raising of America, Dr. Boynton-Jarrett will show how the series can be used to reframe how Americans view early child health and development by expanding the locus of attention of organizations, inter-sectoral coalitions, opinion leaders and policy makers from parenting to the larger social forces, adversities and stressors which too often impede the efforts of parents and caregivers to provide the safe, stable and nurturing environments all children need to thrive.

Learning Areas:

Diversity and culture
Implementation of health education strategies, interventions and programs
Planning of health education strategies, interventions, and programs
Public health or related education
Public health or related public policy
Social and behavioral sciences

Learning Objectives:
Describe for the public and policy makers the social determinants of early life adversities. Identify a range of public policies that can help or hinder life-course trajectories. Design inter-sectoral coalitions which can mobilize publics to promote conditions all young children need to thrive.

Presenting author's disclosure statement:

Qualified on the content I am responsible for because: I am a practicing primary care pediatrician at Boston Medical Center, a social epidemiologist and founding director of the Vital Village Community Engagement Network which supports the development of community-based strategies to promote child well-being in three Boston neighborhoods. My research focuses on the role of early-life adversities as life course social determinants of health.
Any relevant financial relationships? No

I agree to comply with the American Public Health Association Conflict of Interest and Commercial Support Guidelines, and to disclose to the participants any off-label or experimental uses of a commercial product or service discussed in my presentation.

Back to: 4291.2: Film Preview and Discussion - The Raising of America: Early Childhood and the Future of Our Nation