Author: Board on Children

Young adults are at a significant and pivotal time of life. They may seek higher education, launch their work lives, develop personal relationships...

Benefit-cost analyses hold great promise for influencing policies related to children, youth, and families. By comparing the costs of preventive in...

The National Children's Study (NCS) was authorized by the Children's Health Act of 2000 and is being implemented by a dedicated Program Office in t...

Demographic changes, immigration, economic upheavals, and changing societal mores are creating new and altered structures, processes, and relations...

Since 1990, when the last guidelines for weight gain during pregnancy were issued, the average body weight of women entering their childbearing yea...

This report summarizes a joint workshop convened by the Institute of Medicine and National Research Council with Fundacao Maria Cecilia Souto Vidig...

The United Nations Sustainable Development Goals for 2015-2030 strive for a world that is just, equitable, and inclusive, in which everyone receive...

Children with disabilities and complex medical and educational needs present a special challenge for policy makers and practitioners. These childre...

Children living in poverty are more likely to have mental health problems, and their conditions are more likely to be severe. Of the approximately ...

In recent years, the U.S. federal government has invested approximately $463 billion annually in interventions that affect the overall health and w...

The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA), which was signed into law in 2010, has several provisions that could greatly improve the beha...

Communities provide the context in which programs, principles, and policies are implemented. Their needs dictate the kinds of programs that communi...

In November 2017, the The Forum on Promoting Children's Cognitive, Affective, and Behavioral Health, in collaboration with the Roundtable on the Pr...

Pediatric subspecialists are critical to ensuring quality care and pursuing research to improve prevention, diagnosis, and treatment for children. ...

In January 2014, the Board on Children, Youth, and Families of the Institute of Medicine and the National Research Council, in collaboration with t...

The integration and coordination of health, education, nutrition, social protection, and other services have the potential to improve the lives of ...

The COVID-19 pandemic has had an unprecedented impact on the lives of children and their families, who have faced innumerable challenges such as il...

Educating dual language learners (DLLs) and English learners (ELs) effectively is a national challenge with consequences both for individuals and f...

The imperative that all students, including English learners (ELs), achieve high academic standards and have opportunities to participate in scienc...

For children and youth, summertime presents a unique break from the traditional structure, resources, and support systems that exist during the sch...

To examine the science, policy, and practice surrounding supporting family and community investments in young children globally and children in acu...

Decades of research have demonstrated that the parent-child dyad and the environment of the familywhich includes all primary caregiversare at the f...

High-quality early care and education for children from birth to kindergarten entry is critical to positive child development and has the potential...

From Neurons to Neighborhoods: An Update: Workshop Summary is based on the original study From Neurons to Neighborhoods: Early Childhood Developmen...

At the request of Congress, the Institute of Medicine (IOM) will evaluate U.S. global programs to address HIV/AIDS. This book outlines the IOM's st...

Healthy mental, emotional, and behavioral (MEB) development is a critical foundation for a productive adulthood. Much is known about strategies to ...

Adolescence is a dynamic time for both brain development and social pressures, making it a critical period to understand mental, emotional, and beh...

With rapidly rising rates of mental health disorders, changing patterns of occurrence, and increasing levels of morbidity, the need for a better un...

The COVID-19 pandemic has presented unprecedented challenges to the nation's K-12 education system. The rush to slow the spread of the virus led to...

Access to oral health care is essential to promoting and maintaining overall health and well-being, yet only half of the population visits a dentis...

Adolescence is a time when youth make decisions, both good and bad, that have consequences for the rest of their lives. Some of these decisions put...

Suicide prevention initiatives are part of much broader systems connected to activities such as the diagnosis of mental illness, the recognition of...

The strengths and abilities children develop from infancy through adolescence are crucial for their physical, emotional, and cognitive growth, whic...

With the worst human refugee crisis since World War II as the backdrop, from March 16 through March 18, 2016, the National Academies of Sciences, E...

Adolescence is a critical growth period in which youth develop essential skills that prepare them for adulthood. Prevention and intervention progra...

A high-quality preschool education can foster critical development and learning that promotes joyful, affirming, and enriching learning opportuniti...

Many measurement systems to monitor the well-being of children and guide services are implemented across the community, state, and national levels ...

In the past decade, few subjects at the intersection of medicine and sports have generated as much public interest as sports-related concussions - ...

Adolescence is a crucial period of life for the prevention of substance use disorders. Research has shown that early intervention can significantly...

In 1993 the National Research Council released its landmark report Understanding Child Abuse and Neglect (NRC, 1993). That report identified child ...

The Cost of Inaction for Young Children Globally is the summary of a workshop hosted by the Institute of Medicine Forum on Investing in Young Child...

Over the last three decades, researchers have made remarkable progress in creating and testing family-focused programs aimed at fostering the cogni...

The delivery of high quality and equitable care for both mothers and newborns is complex and requires efforts across many sectors. The United State...

Each year, child protective services receive reports of child abuse and neglect involving six million children, and many more go unreported. The lo...

Every day in the United States, children and adolescents are victims of commercial sexual exploitation and sex trafficking. Despite the serious and...

Speech and language are central to the human experience; they are the vital means by which people convey and receive knowledge, thoughts, feelings,...

Bullying has long been tolerated as a rite of passage among children and adolescents. There is an implication that individuals who are bullied must...

Increasing numbers of evidence-based interventions have proven effective in preventing and treating behavioral disorders in children. However, the ...