By: Paul H. Dworkin, MD and Erin Cornell, MPH In April of 2017, we published an Advancing Kids blog entitled, “An Impressive Reminder That All Measures Matter”. In that blog, we cited a recently published article that we believed validated our approach to measuring the impact of our […]
By: Erin Cornell, MPH Before joining the Help Me Grow National Center team, I worked with two other programs at Connecticut Children’s Office for Community Child Health (the Office). Both programs focused on increasing capacity to maximize efficiencies in child-serving systems; in both, I was fortunate to draw […]
By: Erin Cornell, MPH In a proposed reimagining of the classic Sesame Street program, R will stand for Refugee. Recognizing the significant need among children and families both facing and displaced by the conflict in the Middle East, Sesame Workshop and the International Rescue Committee will develop a […]
By: Paul H. Dworkin, MD and Erin Cornell, MPH A recently published article, Protective Prevention Effects on the Association of Poverty With Brain Development by Brody and colleagues, in the January issue of the journal, JAMA Pediatrics, has stimulated and even challenged our thinking on strategies to evaluate […]
By: Erin Cornell, MPH People often ask us, “What do you mean by ‘system-building?’” It’s a tough concept to explain. Maybe an example of our work with Mid-Level Developmental Assessment would help. As part of our efforts at the Connecticut Children’s Office for Community Child Health to promote […]
