Health
1 out of every 5 uninsured children in the United States lives in Texas
CHILDREN AT RISK believes all children deserve a healthy food environment, safe opportunities for an active lifestyle, and access to preventative health services.
Center for Child Health Research & Policy
Without access to adequate healthcare and nutrition, children can’t properly grow, learn, and thrive. Early gaps, in a child’s fundamental health needs, have proven to have long-term consequences for health, educational attainment, and economic security later in life. CHILDREN AT RISK’s Center for Child Health Research & Policy (CCHRP) strives to improve the health of all children through collaboration, policy, research, and education. The Center believes that organizations across sectors should work together to create an infrastructure that aims to provide all children with a healthy food environment, safe opportunities for an active lifestyle, and access to preventative health services for them and their caregivers.
The Center for Child Health Research & Policy
Researches the root causes of economic, racial, and social disparities in children’s health.
Collaborates with community health experts, hospital systems, clinics, and schools to address disparities in health, prevent adverse childhood experiences, and tackle food insecurity.
Advocates for strategies to increase access to healthy foods, policies that protect recess and outdoor playtime for children in schools, supports maternal health, and extends health coverage for children.
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OUR LATEST HEALTH RESEARCH & RESOURCES
Recess In Schools
Some schools in Texas, and across the nation, have eliminated recess from their daily schedule. School districts have become keenly focused on the pressure they receive to increase a student’s time spent in the classroom which has led many districts to cut back on,...
Universal School Breakfast
Growing up, many of us can remember a parent, teacher or coach saying, “Don’t forget to eat breakfast, it’s the most important meal of the day!” It turns out they were right; breakfast is important. Studies have found that eating breakfast can improve a student’s...
Classroom breakfasts deserve Dallas ISD board vote
OpEd by Jaime Hanks Meyers Published: 04 November 2012 10:38 PM in the Dallas Morning News In November, the Dallas School Board considered implementing Breakfast in the Classroom universally across the district to ensure all students start the day fed and ready to...
Food Insecurity and its Long-term Repercussions on Our Children
The latest issue of the Journal of Applied Research on Children (JARC), a peer-reviewed, open-access journal published by the CHILDREN AT RISK Institute, was released last month. This issue, the fourth in the journal’s history, is focused on the effects of food...
Editorial: Provide Students Food for Learning
Below is an editorial I published with HISD Superintendent Terry Grier on the importance of the School Breakfast Program for student success, as it appeared in the Houston Chronicle this morning. (Learn more about food insecurity in Texas.) Provide students food for...
Recap: Corporate Breakfast/Children’s Summit
On Thursday, January 20, 2011 over 100 community leaders came together at CHILDREN AT RISK's Corporate Breakfast/Children's Summit. This event seeks to heighten awareness among members of the corporate and non-profit community on the most pressing issues facing...
CHILDREN AT RISK Receives Funding to Enhance Research and Outreach Food Insecurity Initiatives
In 2008, more than 49.1 million Americans lived in food insecure households, this is a 26% increase from 2007 and is the highest number in U.S. History. Poverty deprives a child of many of the most basic necessities in life and affects a child's social, emotional and...