Includes bibliographical references and index.

Early childhood health and education : policies and interventions to promote child wellbeing / Arthur J. Reynolds, Arthur J. Rolnick, Judy A. Temple -- Health is more than health care / Paula Braveman, Susan Egerter, Robin E. Mockenhaupt -- Early childhood poverty and adult productivity and health / Greg J. Duncan, Ariel Kalil, Kathleen M. Ziol-Guest -- Impact of maternal/child nutrition on cognitive development : prevention implications / Michael K. Georgieff -- Dental health in at-risk children / Sharon Rolnick -- Early childhood health promotion and its life course health consequences / Sai Ma, Kevin D. Frick, Alyssa Crawford, Bernard Guyer -- Center based preschool programs : systematic review of child and adult health outcomes / Katina D'Onise, Robyn A. McDermott, John W. Lynch -- The head start REDI project and school readiness / Karen L. Bierman, Robert L. Nix, Celene E. Domitrovich, Janet A. Welsh, Scott D. Gest -- Early head start : mental health, parenting, and impacts on children / Catherine Ayoub, Jessica Dym Bartlett, Rachel Chazan-Cohen, Helen Raikes -- Health outcomes of the abecedarian, child-parent center, and Highscope perry preschool programs / Michelle M. Englund, Barry White, Arthur J., Reynolds, Lawrence J. Schweinhart, Frances A. Campbell -- Preschool instructional approach and adult well-being / Momoko Hayakawa, Arthur J. Reynolds -- The ABCs of children's health : potential impact of the patient -- Protection and affordable care act / Jean Marie Abraham, Pinar Karaca-Mandic, Sung J. Choi Yoo -- Child health and school readiness : the significance of health -- Literacy / Laurie T. Martin, Peggy Chen -- Promoting healthy weight development in child care centers : a review of the NAP SACC program / Dianne S. Ward, Temitope O. Erinosho.