Institute for Child, Youth and Family Policy
The Heller School for Social Policy and Management at Brandeis University
News
Joshi Presents Poster at Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta Conference
April 11-12, 2013
Pamela Joshi, PhD, '01, ICYFP Senior Research Scientist and Associate Director and Kimberly Geronimo, ICYFP Research Associate, collaborated with RTI researchers to present a poster at the FRBA conference on Resilience and Rebuilding in Low-Income Communities in Washington, DC.
Crossman Presents Research on Caregivers of Adults with Autism Spectrum Disorders at Gatlinburg Conference
March 8, 2013
Morgan Crossman, MA, third-year PhD student concentrating in children, youth, and family policy, presented a research poster at the Gatlinburg Conference on Research and Theory in Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities.
Landa Publishes Research Report on Cultural Proficiency in Education for Gaston Institute
Cady Landa, fourth-year PhD candidate concentrating in children, youth, and family policy, published an article titled "Cultural Proficiency in Education: A Review of the Literature Focused on Teachers, School Leaders, and Schools."
Acevedo-Garcia and Almeida Co-Edit Special Issue of Social Science and Medicine
May 7, 2013
PMH members Dolores Acevedo-Garcia, PhD, ICYFP Director, and Joanna Almeida, ScD, Visiting Scholar have co-edited a Special Issue (December 2012) of Social Science & Medicine, the world's most cited social science journal, on the topic of “Place, Migration and Health.”
Rosenfeld Presents on Health Impact Assessment in Maine
February 5, 2013
Lindsay Rosenfeld, ScD, ScM, Research Scientist, presented a Health Impact Assessment training for public health leaders, health educators, coalition coordinators, policy makers, etc, with the University of New England in Freeport, Maine.
Earle Presents on Job Quality for Minority and Immigrant Parents at LERA
January 6, 2013
Alison Earle, PhD, Senior Research Scientist, presented a paper "Good Jobs for Working Parents: A Closer Look at Minority and Immigrant Workers" at the Labor and Employment Relations Association in San Diego, CA.
Mission and Vision of the Institute for Child, Youth and Family Policy
The mission of the Institute for Child, Youth and Family Policy (ICYFP) is to conduct and disseminate policy relevant research on the well-being, health and development of children and their families.
ICYFP’s vision is that all children should be able or enabled to achieve the Institute of Medicine’s (2004) definition of children’s health, that is, to develop and realize their potential, satisfy their needs, and develop the capacities that allow them to interact successfully with their biological, physical, and social environments.
There are vast global, national and local inequities in the ability of children to achieve health. ICYFP research seeks to understand the causes of these inequities and to offer program and policy solutions to alleviate them. ICYFP has a special focus on vulnerable children and their families, including those children who have fewer opportunities for achieving health due to their race/ethnicity, socioeconomic status or disability status.
ICYFP research is informed by the notion that "children are not the people of tomorrow, but people today" (Janusz Korczak), that children have basic rights (United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child), and that improving the well-being of children through social policy is a good investment in the future (Institute of Medicine 2004).
