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Presidential Address: Forging a developmental science mission to improve population outcomes and eliminate disparities for young children.

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Dodge, KA
Published in: Child development
March 2022

Child development science has not fully realized its mission to improve population outcomes for children and eliminate disparities across race and income groups. One domain with great need but also great potential is the challenge parents face in raising a young child. A system of universal primary psychosocial care is proposed, with three components: a comprehensive infrastructure of community resources, such as North Carolina's Smart Start; financial supports for specific interventions, such as pre-kindergarten; and a way to help families identify and address family-specific needs, such as Family Connects. Empirical studies demonstrate the promise of each component for population impact and disparity elimination but also the need for continued improvement. Developmental scientists are called upon to fulfill their mission.

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Child development

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EISSN

1467-8624

ISSN

0009-3920

Publication Date

March 2022

Volume

93

Issue

2

Start / End Page

313 / 325

Related Subject Headings

  • Parents
  • Humans
  • Developmental & Child Psychology
  • Child, Preschool
  • Child Development
  • Child
  • 5201 Applied and developmental psychology
  • 3904 Specialist studies in education
  • 1702 Cognitive Sciences
  • 1701 Psychology
 

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Journal cover image

Published In

Child development

DOI

EISSN

1467-8624

ISSN

0009-3920

Publication Date

March 2022

Volume

93

Issue

2

Start / End Page

313 / 325

Related Subject Headings

  • Parents
  • Humans
  • Developmental & Child Psychology
  • Child, Preschool
  • Child Development
  • Child
  • 5201 Applied and developmental psychology
  • 3904 Specialist studies in education
  • 1702 Cognitive Sciences
  • 1701 Psychology