Health and Education in Early Childhood

Arthur J. Reynolds is a professor in the Institute of Child Development, and Co-Director of the Human Capital Research Collaborative at the University of Minnesota. Arthur J. Rolnick is a Senior Fellow at the Humphrey School of Public Affairs, and Co-Director of the Human Capital Research Collaborative at the University of Minnesota. Judy A. Temple is an associate professor in the Humphrey School of Public Affairs and the Department of Applied Economics at the University of Minnesota.

'… an exceptionally strong and timely contribution to both research and policy regarding early child development … covers a great deal of territory, and does so within a clear, timely, and compelling framework that can be used by individuals in many roles, not only researchers. It should be important reading for policy makers …' Daniel Keating, University of Michigan

• Foreword: health, education, and early childhood development Narayana Kocherlakota; Introduction and overview: 1. Early childhood health and education: policies and interventions to promote child well-being Arthur J. Reynolds, Arthur J. Rolnick and Judy A. Temple; Part I. Effects of Health Disparities on Child Development and Throughout the Life Course: 2. Health is more than health care Paula A. Braveman, Susan Egerter and Robin E. Mockenhaupt; 3. Early childhood poverty and adult productivity and health Greg J. Duncan, Ariel Kalil and Kathleen M. Ziol-Guest; 4. Impact of maternal/child nutrition on cognitive development: prevention implications Michael K. Georgieff; 5. Dental health in at-risk children Sharon Rolnick; Part II. Effects of Health Interventions on Child Development and Throughout the Life Course: 6. Early childhood health promotion and its life course health consequences Sai Ma, Kevin D. Frick, Alyssa Crawford and Bernard Guyer; 7. Center-based preschool programs: systematic review of child and adult health outcomes Katina D'Onise, Robyn A. McDermott and John W. Lynch; 8. The Head Start REDI Project and school readiness Karen L. Bierman, Robert L. Nix, Celene E. Domitrovich, Janet A. Welsh and Scott D. Gest; 9. Early Head Start: mental health, parenting, and impacts on children Catherine C. Ayoub, Jessica Dym Bartlett, Rachel Chazen-Cohen and Helen Raikes; 10. Health outcomes of the Abecedarian, Child-Parent Center, and HighScope Perry Preschool programs Michelle M. Englund, Barry White, Arthur J. Reynolds, Lawrence J. Schweinhart and Frances A. Campbell; 11. Preschool instructional approach and adult well-being Momoko Hayakawa and Arthur J. Reynolds; Part III. Effects of Health and Education Policy on Child Development: Commentary: Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act and health outcomes Samuel A. Kleiner; 12. The ABCs of children's health: potential impact of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act Jean Marie Abraham, Pinar Karaca-Mandic and Sung J. Choi Yoo; 13. Child health and school readiness: the significance of health literacy Laurie T. Martin and Peggy Chen; 14. Promoting healthy weight development in child care centers: a review of the NAP SACC program Dianne S. Ward and Temitope O. Erinosho; Call to action. Human capital: challenges and opportunity Robert H. Bruininks with Amy Susman-Stillman and Jim Thorp.