By Kimberly Martini-Carvell I am so excited for the 9th annual Help Me Grow National Forum to kick off today in Seattle, Washington. We are expecting more than 400 child health advocates to attend the 3-day event that includes Help Me Grow...
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By Paul H. Dworkin, MD and Sharon Beaudoin As debate rages on as to how best reform our health care system, we ask, “What about our children?” It’s a question likely on the minds of the more than 400 child health advocates...
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I often characterize my career as the relentless pursuit of the answer to the question, “How do we strengthen child health services to promote children’s optimal healthy development?” I typically view this work in 3 stages: early efforts during the...
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By Paul Dworkin, MD Authors of Can Measures Change the World? are challenging us to not measure more, but instead focus our collective efforts on finding measures that accurately represent systems (the whole). Little attention or energy is dedicated to...
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Erin Cornell, MPH, Von Jessee, MA, and Paul Dworkin, MD Very often we are asked the question “what is the evidence base for Help Me Grow?” When Help Me Grow (HMG) was first introduced as ChildServ in 1997, a number...
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In his latest blog post, Dr. Paul Dworkin shares the successes from a dynamic partnership between United Healthcare and Connecticut Children’s Office for Community Child Health supported by a $1 million dollar grant awarded by the insurer in 2014. A...
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A new article published on the front page of the Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR) describes powerful research that suggests many disparities in health and well-being have roots that can be traced to stressors in early childhood, such as poverty, neighborhood safety and...
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Since the initial introduction of Help Me Grow (HMG) in Hartford, Connecticut, we have continued to encourage and promote local evaluation, recognizing that local variation in how HMG is designed and delivered in different communities can yield unique lessons learned about how best to implement the model.
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In a recent Advancing Kids blog post, Help Me Grow National Center founding director Paul Dworkin, M.D., considers the challenges ahead for early childhood system-builders, providers, and advocates — and how we can best respond. Dr. Dworkin writes, “We must...
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I am honored to recently be elected chair of the board of directors of the Urban League of Greater Hartford (ULGH), a proud affiliate of the National Urban League (NUL). I have been a member of the board since 2012 and am...