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Evidence-Based Policies and Programs


Maternity and Prenatal Care

2020 Vision for a High-Quality, High-Value Maternity Care System.
Martha Cook Carter, Maureen Corry, Suzanne Delbanco, Tina Clark-Samazan Foster, Robert Friedland, Robyn Gabel, Teresa Gipson, R Rima Jolivet, Elliott Main, Carol Sakala, Penny Simkin, Kathleen Rice Simpson (2010)
Women's health issues : official publication of the Jacobs Institute of Women's Health 20 (1 Suppl) p. S7-17
high-quality_high-value_maternity_care.pdf
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Listening to Mothers II: Report of the Second National U.S. Survey of Women's Childbearing Experiences: Conducted January-February 2006 for Childbirth Connection by Harris Interactive(R) in partnership with Lamaze International.
Eugene R Declercq, Carol Sakala, Maureen P Corry, Sandra Applebaum (2007)
The Journal of perinatal education 16 (4) p. 15-7
listening_to_mothers.pdf
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BLUEPRINT FOR ACTION: Steps Toward a High-Quality , High-Value Maternity Care System
THE TRANSFORMING MATERNITY CARE SYMPOSIUM STEERING COMMITTEE: Elizabeth Mitchell Armstrong, Diane Ashton, Helen Burstin, Maureen P Corry, Suzanne F Delbanco, Barbara Fildes, Daniel M Fox, Paul A Gluck, Sue Leavitt Gullo, Joanne Howes, R Rima Jolivet, Douglas W Laube, Donna Lynne, Elliott Main, Anne Rossier Markus, Linda Mayberry, Lynn V Mitchell, Debra L Ness, Rachel Nuzum, Jeffrey D Quinlan, Carol Sakala, Alina Salganicoff (2010)
Jacobs Institute of Women's Health 20 (1) p. S18-S49
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From: Childbirth Connection 
Evidence-Based Maternity Care: What It Is and What It Can Achieve
by Carol Sakala and Maureen P. Corry
©2008 Milbank Memorial Fund 
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Child Development

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Early Childhood Development: Four Lessons from Health for Costing ECD Programs
From www.brookings.edu - February 13, 2015
Amanda Glassman highlights four lessons learned from the health sector that will be relevant for early childhood development program costing efforts.


Early Child Development: A Powerful Equalizer.
Final Report for the World Health Organization’s Commission on the Social Determinants of Health 
Prepared by Lori G. Irwin, Ph.D., RN, Arjumand Siddiqi, Sc.D., MPH. Dr. Clyde Hertzman, MD, M.Sc., FRCPC. June 2007 
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Child development in developing countries 3 
Strategies to avoid the loss of developmental potential in 
more than 200 million children in the developing world 

Patrice L Engle, Maureen M Black, Jere R Behrman, Meena Cabral de Mello, Paul J Gertler, Lydia Kapiriri, Reynaldo Martorell, Mary Eming Young, and the International Child Development Steering Group. The lancet. Vol 369. January 20, 2007

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Closing the Science-Policy Gap 
A Conversation with Pediatrician Jack P. Shonkoff

National Scientific Council on the Developing Child
closing_science_policy_gap.pdf
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The Science of Early Development. Closing the Gap Between What We Know and What We Do.
National Scientific Council on the Developing Child, 2007.
Center on the Developing Child, Harvard University
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From Cells to Selves--Strategic Plan 2000.
National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD)
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Framing Early Childhood Development 
Recommendations for Infant-Toddler Professionals & Advocates

Debbie M. Rappaport, Project Director, ZERO TO THREE Policy Network 
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A Science-Based Framework for Early Childhood Policy:  
Using Evidence to Improve Outcomes in Learning, Behavior, and Health for Vulnerable Children.
 Center on the Developing Child at Harvard University (2007). 
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