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The Lancet Optimizing Child and Adolescent Health and Development Series Launch . Year Developed: 2022. Source: SickKids Center for Global Child Health, The Lancet, The Aga Khan University. Presenter(s): Carl Amrhein, Zulfiqar Bhutta, Tedros Ghebreyesus, Richard Horton, Catherine Russell, Robert Black, Cesar Victoria, Tyler Vaivada, Margaret Kruk, Maureen Black, Jocalyn Clark, Ties Boerma, Jennifer Bryce, Richard Horton, Zulfiqar Bhutta. Type: Video. Level: Intermediate. Length: 126 minutes.
Annotation: This video features a panel presentation to kick off the ‘Optimizing Child and Adolescent Health and Development Series’ published in The Lancet. The many panelists, who are all experts in their field, discuss rebuilding holistic child health services after the COVID-19 pandemic. Holistic action addresses reproductive, maternal, childhood, and adolescent health, as well as nutrition and development.
Learning Objectives: • Understand what a holistic approach to adolescent health means. • Identify the ways in which the COVID-19 pandemic effected child health services. • Outline key steps identified to reinstate and strengthen child health services
Supporting Adolescent Health and Development: What Decision Makers Need to Know. Year Developed: 2020. Source: The National Academies. Presenter(s): Beth Cauffman, Tammy Chang, Cheri Hoffman, Lydia Proulx. Type: Video. Level: Advanced Intermediate. Length: 60 minutes.
Annotation: Adolescence is a crucial time for changes in the brain. Investments in certain programs can make a huge developmental impact on children. This video discusses actions that decision-makers should take to optimize adolescent health and development based on two recent reports by the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine.
Learning Objectives: • Understand why adolescence is such a crucial time developmentally. • Identify support systems in place that foster positive developmental outcomes. • Pinpoint the inequities that affect disparities in adolescent development. • List key evidence-based recommendations for systems to support developmental outcomes
Improving Chronic Disease Outcomes Through Approaches that Address Social Determinants of Health. Year Developed: 2020. Source: The Office of Research on Women’s Health; HIG DPCPSI. Presenter(s): Leah H Rubin, PhD, MPH; Marie Lynnn Miranda, PhD. Type: Webinar. Level: Intermediate. Length: 55 minutes. Watch on Youtube
Annotation: This webinar examines the gaps in research on women’s health. Specifically, this video talks about the social determinants of central nervous system dysfunction and the role of residential segregation based on research from HIV populations.
Learning Objectives: • List the four identified key observations • Explain the effects of various kinds of residential isolation • Describe the conceptual model of social determinants on CNS dysfunction • Understand the role of mental health disorders on women’s health, especially in HIV populations
Child Health and Development. Year Developed: 2011. Source: Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Open Courseware . Presenter(s): Robert Blum, MD, MPH, PhD; Lynne Michael Blum, PhD. Type: Online Course. Level: Introductory. Length: 16 sessions.
Annotation: This multi-session course focuses on early to middle childhood growth and development. With a focus on the core processes, the course examines developmental theories, research, and issues associated with physical, social, emotional, and cognitive growth and development. It describes instruments used to assess growth and development and reviews evaluations of efficacy of early intervention programs targeted at children from at-risk populations.
Learning Objectives: • Describe the critical domains of health and development during early and middle childhood. • Apply developmental theory and research methods to a discussion of children's well-being. • Explain the major determinants of health and development during childhood. • Acquire skills needed to effectively communicate about child health and development research to policy makers and the public.
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