Child care - Prenatal
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Description: This site provides many links to breastfeeding guides.
National Network of Child Care Resource and Referral (NACCRRA)
Description: The National Network of Child Care Resource and Referral (NACCRRA) provides training, resources and best practices standards to local and state agenices that support high-quality, accountable services and promotes national policies and partnerships that facilitate universal access to high quality child care.
Description: This site provides many links on prenatal and infant information.
Resource List - Nutrition During Pregnancy and Breastfeeding 
Description: The resources listed on this site contain accurate nutrition information for during pregnancy and breastfeeding and are available nationwide.
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A Good Beginning: Limiting Risks for Your Unborn Baby
Author: Saddam, Alma (2 more by this author)
Description: This fact sheet details maternal risk factors during pregnancy such as alcoholism, drug addiction, excessive smoking and poor dietary habits.
Description: Child Care Aware is a non-profit initiative committed to helping parents find the best information on locating quality child care and child care resources in their community. Provides links on resources for helping parents select, choose, and evaluate child care options.
New evidence on smoking and pregnancy
Description: This article highlights new evidence that provides pregnant mothers with one more reason to avoid smoking.
Parent Education and Support Literature Review
Author: Brown, Margaret
Description: List of links for parental education
Description: This fact sheet provides helpful tips to parents and professionals on how to keep babies safe while sleeping. This resource describes ways to help prevent Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS) and the death of infants while sleeping with others.
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Brain Development (Desarrollo Cerebral Infantil)
Author: DeBord, Karen (59 more by this author)
Description: This fact sheet discusses the relevance of recent research on the early development of the brain and the implications of that knowledge for parents and caregivers as they interact with young children. (Note: This resource is also available in Spanish as "Desarrollo Cerebral Infantil" http://www.nncc.org/Child.Dev/sp.cerebral.pdf)
Chronic disease in adults related to birth weight and prenatal care
Author: Benavente, Janet
Description: This fact sheet summarizes the research on low birth weight and controllable factors contributing to it.
Chronic Disease in Adults Related to Birth Weight And Prenatal Care
Description: This site discusses how scientists in several countries have found links between the risk of adults developing some diseases and the prenatal care their mothers received.
Helping Children Grow: Preparing for Parenthood--Together
Author: Bailey, Cindee (18 more by this author)
Description: This fact sheet provides parents with suggestions and tips for preparing for the role of parents.
Description: This website provides information for parents on choosing safe child care services.
National Healthy Mothers Healthy Baby Coalition
Description: The mission of the National Healthy Mothers, Healthy Babies Coalition is to improve the health and safety of mothers, babies and families through education and collaborative partnerships of public and private organizations.
What We Know About How Children Learn
Author: Graham, Judith (6 more by this author)
Description: This article summaries the current research on brain development and its relationship to early learning.
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Chronic disease in adults related to birth weight and prenatal care
Author: Benavente, Janet
Description: This fact sheet summarizes the research on low birth weight and controllable factors contributing to it.
Description: This research brief from Child Trends presents the results of an extensive review of research studies to identify maternal and family antecedents (conditions and characteristics before and during pregnancy) of healthy infant and child outcomes. The researchers identified seven major categories of antecedents associated with a strong start in life: the mother’s health, health-related services, health-related behaviors, lack of material hardship, social support and marriage, attitudes, and social and demographic characteristics.
Creative Solutions for Emerging Child Care Needs
Author: Hardison, Wanda
Description: This article presents the results of a progressive, educational effort that is meeting the unique needs of families through six initiatives: comprehensive training; referral line; child care data base; resource library; development of new child care; and newsletters.
Substance Use among Women During Pregnancy and Following Childbirth
Description: This report examines past month use of alcohol, cigarettes, and marijuana among pregnant and parenting women aged 18 to 44 to shed light on how rapidly use of these substances resumes after childbirth. It differentiates pregnant women by trimester of pregnancy and recent mothers by age of the youngest child in the household.
What We Know About How Children Learn
Author: Graham, Judith (6 more by this author)
Description: This article summaries the current research on brain development and its relationship to early learning.