By Paul Dworkin, MD There is so much known about the importance of children learning to read proficiently by the 3rd grade. Children who do not meet this milestone are more likely to miss other key developmental milestones, they are...
Help Me Grow Blog – Page 5 – Help Me Grow National Center
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I am privileged to serve on the Leadership Council of the North Hartford Triple Aim Collaborative, an important, place-based initiative to promote the health and well-being of all residents of Hartford’s most disadvantaged neighborhoods. In preparation for an upcoming meeting,...
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This year’s Help Me Grow National Forum was the largest to date for our Help Me Grow National Center (National Center), which is based at Connecticut Children’s Medical Center in Hartford, Connecticut. More than 400 child health advocates gathered in Seattle from 29 states...
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By Kimberly Martini-Carvell The organizing, investing and curating of information, attendees and partners for the Help Me Grow National Forum is actualized by many. The Forum planning committee contributes significant energy and resources in informing and designing the content, while Help...
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By Erin Cornell, MPH We have two objectives with respect to innovation at the Help Me Grow Annual Forum: first, bringing greater visibility to innovative approaches of Help Me Grow (HMG) affiliates across the country, and second, distinguishing novel system enhancements...
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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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FROM THE FIELD When Collective Impact Has an Impact A new report on collective impact from ORS Impact and the Spark Policy Institute addresses the question, to what extent and under what conditions does the collective impact approach contribute...
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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...