Human Capital Research Collaborative
Fall Conference

Health and Early Childhood Development: The Impact of Health on School Readiness and Other Education Outcomes

October 14 and 15, 2010
Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis

• Conference home
• Agenda
• Speakers

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• HCRC Fall Conference 2010 Day 1 [new window]
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Agenda, Day 1: Thursday, October 14, 2010

Continental Breakfast

Sign-in and Continental Breakfast
8:00–8:30

Introduction

Welcome
8:30–8:45

Opening Remarks
8:45–9:15

Determinants of Health Disparities

“Beyond Medical Care: The Social Determinants of Health and Health Disparities”
9:15–9:45

“The Long Reach of Early Childhood Poverty”
9:45–10:15

Morning Break
10:15–10:30

“Impact of Maternal/Child Nutrition on Cognitive Development: Prevention Implications”
10:30–11:00

Audience Discussion
11:00–12:00

Lunch

Lunch Break (Networking)
12:00–1:00

Effects of Health Interventions on Child Development

“Early Childhood Health Promotion and Its Life Course Consequences: Analyses of Tobacco Exposure, Unintentional Injury, Obesity, Mental Health”
1:00–1:30

“Depression in Parents, Parenting and Child Development”
1:30–2:00

Audience Discussion
2:00–2:30

Afternoon Break
2:30–2:45

“The Head Start REDI Project: Fostering School Readiness with Preschool Interventions that Promote Social-Emotional Learning and Language Skills”
2:45–3:15

“Obesity Prevention in Early Childhood: Strategies for Healthy Development”
3:15–3:45

“Early Head Start: Mental Health and Parenting Findings and Impact on Child Outcomes”
3:45–4:15

Audience Discussion
4:15–5:00

Reception

Refreshments and Networking
5:00–6:00

Dinner

“Leveraging Science to Reconceptualize the Health Dimension of Early Childhood Policy”
6:00–8:00

Agenda, Day 2: Friday, October 15, 2010

Continental Breakfast

Networking and Continental Breakfast
8:00–8:30

Effects of National Health Policy on Child Development

“Death by Market Power: Reform, Competition and Patient Outcomes in the National Health Service”
8:30–9:00

“Child Health and School Readiness: The Significance of Health Literacy”
9:00–9:30

Audience Discussion
9:30–10:00

Morning Break
10:00–10:15

“The ABCs of Children’s Health and Federal Reform: How Might the PPACA Affect Access, Burden and Care” (PPACA - Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act) 10:15–10:45

Discussant
10:45–11:00

Audience Discussion
11:00–12:00