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The Life Course Intervention Research Network (LCIRN) is pleased to announce the release of a new Supplement to Pediatrics entitled Advancing Life Course Intervention Research. The full supplement is open access (available free to the public).

The 17 papers in the collection represent the work of over 70 authors to define the emerging discipline of Life Course Intervention Research. Research suggests that there is tremendous potential for early life interventions at multiple levels of a child’s developmental ecosystem to improve, perhaps dramatically, children’s life course health trajectories. However, this potential has not been fully explored, and in fact has been a low priority for health care and research funding. The papers in this supplement suggest new approaches to interventions with the aim of optimizing health development and child well-being. Topics include
 






 
Video Overview of the Supplement from Neal Halfon
Article Summaries
Click on the images below for key takeaways from some of the Supplement articles! For summaries of all articles, along with video abstracts and other supplemental materials, please visit our website at https://lcirn.ucla.edu/advancing-lcir

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This project is supported by the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) of the US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) under award UA6MC32492, the Life Course Intervention Research Network. The information, content, and/or conclusions are those of the author and should not be construed as the official position of, nor should any endorsements be inferred by HRSA, HHS, or the US Government. any endorsements be inferred by HRSA, HHS, or the US Government.