Latest Research and News
Read Children's HealthWatch news updates to learn about new data, publications, testimony and press coverage:
March 1, 2010: Children's HealthWatch releases two briefs: "Child Care Feeding Programs Support Young Children's Healthy Development" and "WIC Improves Child Health and School Readiness."
February 19, 2010: Children's HealthWatch releases a brief on energy insecurity. The brief is titled "Energy Insecurity is a Major Threat to Child Health".
January 27, 2010: Dr. Deborah Frank, Founder and Principal Investigator of Children's HealthWatch, was interviewed on The Callie Crossley Show.
January 26, 2010: Dr. Mariana Chilton, Philadelphia Principal investigator, remarks on rates of food insecurity for children under three in Philadelphia.
December 12, 2009: The Washington Post publishes an article about child hunger. The article includes an interview with Dr. Mariana Chilton and Children's HealthWatch's data.
December 3, 2009: Children's HealthWatch and the Medical-Legal Partnership | Boston release report on affordable housing. Research finds that children living in subsidized housing less likely to be hungry.
November 27, 2009: The Boston Globe publishes an op-ed that discusses the work of Children's HealthWatch and the Grow Clinic, which is a clinic directed by Dr. Deborah Frank that treats children who are diagnosed with Failure To Thrive.
November 25, 2009: The Philadelphia Inquirer publishes an article on the Witnesses to Hunger project. The article includes several pictures taken by the participants.
November 17, 2009: Dr. Mariana Chilton, Philadelphia Principal Investigator, helps explain what the rising rates of Food Insecurity reported by the USDA mean for children in the U.S.
September 28, 2009: Children's HealthWatch releases fourth brief in the Policy Action Brief Series entitled "Funding Shortfall for Housing Vouchers Could Have Serious Health Consequences for Children."
August 23, 2009: Dr. Mariana Chilton, Philadelphia PI, was interviewed by Today's Zaman newspaper of Turkey regarding her project Witnesses to Hunger.
July 14, 2009: Children's HealthWatch releases third brief in the Policy Action Brief series entitled "Affordable Health Care Keeps Children and Families Healthy."
July 1, 2009: Feeding America releases a report entitled "Child Food Insecurity: The Economic Impact on our Nation" written by Children's HealthWatch.
Resources
Latest Publications:
Energy Insecurity is a Major Threat to Child Health, February 2010
Child Care Feeding Programs Support Young Children's Healthy Development, January 2010
WIC Improves Child Health and School Readiness, January 2010
Rx for Hunger: Affordable Housing, December 2009
Funding Shortfall for Housing Vouchers Could Have Serious Health Consequences for Children, September 2009
Latest Press:
Amy Goldstein
Missing more than a meal
The Washington Post
December 12, 2009
Chris Berdik
Grow Clinic and Food Pantry See Too Many
BU Today
September 28, 2009
Nancy Cole
Study finds lack of food plaguing more families
Arkansas Gazette
May 1, 2009
