Monitoring children’s health on the front lines of care
Children's HealthWatch monitors the impact of economic conditions and public policies on the health and well-being of very young children. For more than a decade, we have produced original, timely research and analysis linking nutrition, housing, energy and other policy issues to children’s health and development. Read more>>
“Children’s HealthWatch is not about research for knowledge’s sake, it’s about using research and evidence from the front lines of pediatric care to inform public policy and, ultimately, to improve health and development outcomes for low-income kids.” - Michael C. Laracy, The Annie E. Casey Foundation
Prior to February 2009, Children's HealthWatch was called the Children's Sentinel Nutrition Assessment Program (C-SNAP).
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Latest News & Research
July 01, 2009
Feeding America releases report on child food insecurity and the impacts on our nation's economic future
June 18, 2009
New Research Finds Food Insecurity Rose in Young Children in 2008
June 02, 2009
Children's HealthWatch hosting "Witnesses to Hunger Briefing" in Washington D.C.
May 20, 2009
Children's HealthWatch Releases First Policy Action Brief
May 01, 2009
Children's HealthWatch releases new report: "Feeding Our Future: Growing up Healthy with WIC"
February 12, 2009
Dr. Deborah A. Frank, Children's HealthWatch PI, testifies before the House Committee on the Budget on providing adequate funding for nutrition programs in the Child Nutrition Program Reauthorization.
December 08, 2008
Dr. Mariana Chilton, Children's HealthWatch PI, testifies before the Senate Agriculture Committee
December 05, 2008
Dr. John Cook, Children's HealthWatch Research Scientist, interviewed on Radio Boston's show "The Economy and the Working Poor".
November 26, 2008
Philadelphia Inquirer publishes article about Dr. Mariana Chilton's "Witnesses to Hunger" project
October 31, 2008
New Report from Children's HealthWatch and the Medical-Legal Partnership for Children entitled “Bringing Children in from the Cold: Solutions for Boston’s Hidden Homeless” released.
October 24, 2008
Maureen Black, Baltimore PI, writes Op-Ed for Baltimore Sun.
October 02, 2008
Dr. Chilton testifies at Commission for a Healthier America Field Briefing
September 16, 2008
"Coming Up Short: High food costs outstrip food stamp benefits", a new report from the Real Cost of a Healthy Diet Project released.
September 10, 2008
Dr. Mariana Chilton, Children's HealthWatch Philadelphia PI, Wins APHA Young Professional Award
August 08, 2008
Dr. Frank takes part in TV program on hunger
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Latest Publications:
Food Insecurity Rates Rise Steeply with Recession
June 2009
Even Very Low Levels of Food Insecurity Found to Harm Children's Health
May 2009
Feeding Our Future: Growing Up Healthy with WIC
March 2009
Bringing Children in from the Cold: Solutions for Boston's Hidden Homeless
October 2008
Latest Press:
Editorial
Another squeeze on the poor
Boston Globe
June 29, 2008
Dr. Mariana Chilton, Philadelphia, PA and Dr. John Cook, Boston, MA
Babies' hunger reflects inflation
Philadelphia Inquirer
April, 1 2008
