Health

At Child Trends, we agree with the World Health Organization’s conceptualization of health as a state of complete physical, mental, and social well-being, and not merely as the absence of disease. We believe that health is a critical state of being for children and youth to learn, grow, and develop; for families to learn, work, and parent; and for communities to thrive.  Health can be influenced by a range of biological, intrapersonal, interpersonal, and societal circumstances. For children, youth, and families, the experience of health challenges and necessary access to affordable and effective treatments are not evenly distributed: Those who are Black, Hispanic, Indigenous, or LGBTQ+ (lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer/questioning); those who have low incomes; or those who have child welfare and/or juvenile justice involvement often experience greater challenges due to the effects of interpersonal and institutional discrimination.  

Research from Activate: A Sexual and Reproductive Health Research Translation Center

Featured Experts

Sara Amadon

Senior Research Scientist II and Early Childhood Research Operations Manager

Deana Around Him

Research Scholar

Hannah Lantos

Senior Research Scientist

Jennifer Manlove

Senior Research Scholar, Sexual and Reproductive Health

Jenita Parekh

Deputy Director for Sexual & Reproductive Health

Manica F. Ramos

Senior Research Scientist II

Jenn Rogers

Senior Program Area Director and Senior Research Scholar

Mindy E. Scott

Senior Research Scholar

Brandon Stratford

Deputy Program Area Director, Education

Rebecca Vivrette

Research Scientist II

Alana Ward

Research Communications Director and Program Area Director for Client Communications

Elizabeth Wildsmith

Research Scholar, Reproductive Health and Family Formation

Andra Wilkinson

Senior Research Scientist

April Wilson

Research Scholar and the Program Area Director for the Parenting and Family Dynamics area

Projects

An Evaluation of the Many Ways of Being Program

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Prenatal-to-Three Evaluation Partnership

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Innovations in Family Planning Clinical Service Delivery for Underserved School-Based Populations

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