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Housing Instability Among Families With Young Children With Special Health Care Needs

 Video Abstract BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE: Children with special health care needs (SHCNs) have significant medical and educational expenses affecting household finances. Housing instability can be detrimental to family well-being. Our objective was to evaluate housing instability in households of children with and without SHCNs. METHODS: Cross-sectional surveys (2013–2017) in English and Spanish of caregivers with children […]

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How Deputy Director of Innovative Partnerships, Rich Sheward, uses his MPP tools every day

In the video below, Heller School alum Rich Sheward explains how he uses his MPP tools every day at Children’s HealthWatch at Boston Medical Center.

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Dr. Mariana Chilton featured in award-winning film, A Place at the Table: The Crisis of 49 Million Hungry Americans and How to Solve It

Dr. Mariana Chilton featured in A Place at the Table. Nominated for the Grand Jury prize at the 2012 Sundance Film Festival, there is also a companion book titled A Place at the Table: The Crisis of 49 Million Hungry Americans and How to Solve It which Dr. Chilton also contributed to.

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Dr. Frank, Children’s HealthWatch Founder, speaks at University of Arkansas, Little Rock regarding “Hunger, Hardship, and Child Health”

Dr. Frank, Children’s HealthWatch Founder, speaks at University of Arkansas, Little Rock regarding “Hunger, Hardship, and Child Health” and how it influences children’s learning.

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Dr. Diana Becker Cutts speaks at Second Harvest Heartland’s “Hunger and Health Forum” regarding food insecurity, nutrition and activity

Dr. Diana Becker Cutts speaks at Second Harvest Heartland’s “Hunger and Health Forum” regarding food insecurity, nutrition and activity.

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Children’s HealthWatch Research and Policy Director, Stephanie Ettinger de Cuba, presented at the release of the Metropolitan Area Planning Council

Children’s HealthWatch Research and Policy Director, Stephanie Ettinger de Cuba, presented at the release of the Metropolitan Area Planning Council’s State of Equity in Metro Boston Action Agenda. (begins at 41:00)

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CHW’s Principal Investigator, Dr. Diana Cutts, presented Undernourished and Overweight, The Link Between Food Insecurity and Obesity at the Minnesota American Academy of Pediatrics Conference

Children’s HealthWatch Principal Investigator, Dr. Diana Cutts, presented Undernourished and Overweight, The Link Between Food Insecurity and Obesity at the Minnesota American Academy of Pediatrics Conference.

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Dr. Megan Sandel, Principal Investigator, speaks with Dave Brown, executive director of National NeighborWorks Association, on why home matters

Dr. Megan Sandel, Principal Investigator, speaks with Dave Brown, executive director of National NeighborWorks Association, on why home matters.

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Dr. Sandel shares “Housing and Health: Why a Stable, Decent, Affordable Home is Like a Vaccine” at the Urban Land Institute Housing Opportunity 2014 Conference

At the Urban Land Institute Housing Opportunity 2014 Conference, Dr. Sandel shares “Housing and Health: Why a Stable, Decent, Affordable Home is Like a Vaccine” (at 14:12)

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