{"id":2769,"date":"2018-03-20T14:25:55","date_gmt":"2018-03-20T03:25:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.rch.org.au\/ccch\/?p=2769"},"modified":"2018-12-18T11:25:52","modified_gmt":"2018-12-18T00:25:52","slug":"policy-brief-the-first-one-thousand-days-our-greatest-opportunity","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.rch.org.au\/ccch\/2018\/03\/20\/policy-brief-the-first-one-thousand-days-our-greatest-opportunity\/","title":{"rendered":"Our greatest opportunity"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The best opportunity to build a strong foundation for lifelong health and wellbeing occurs during the first 1000 days \u2013 the period from conception, throughout pregnancy, and during a child\u2019s first two years.<\/p>\n<p>This Policy Brief outlines the implications of this critical time, identifies factors that place children at risk, and recommends a coordinated approach that addresses children\u2019s needs in order to optimise their health and wellbeing, now and into the future.<\/p>\n<p>This edition explores:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The evidence regarding the significance of the first 1000 days: the period from conception, throughout pregnancy, and during a child\u2019s first two years.<\/li>\n<li>The implications of the research including the three distinct developmental periods during the first 1000 days when action to promote better outcomes can be take<\/li>\n<li>Considerations for policy and practice to holistically address the needs of children and their families during their first 1000 days.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/goo.gl\/HgQXwv\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">Read the full edition<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<h3>About this edition<\/h3>\n<p>This Policy Brief is derived from The First Thousand Days: An Evidence Paper (Moore, T.G., Arefadib, N., Deery, A., &amp; West, S. 2017). The full version can be downloaded from <a href=\"http:\/\/www.rch.org.au\/ccch\/first-thousand-days\">www.rch.org.au\/ccch\/first-thousand-days<\/a><\/p>\n<p>This publication was prepared for the Strong Foundations: Getting it Right in the First 1000 Days project \u2013 an initiative of the Australian Research Alliance for Children &amp; Youth, Bupa Australia, the Bupa Health Foundation, the Murdoch Children\u2019s Research Institute, and PwC Australia.<\/p>\n<p>For more information and related resources, visit the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.rch.org.au\/ccch\/first-thousand-days\">www.rch.org.au\/ccch\/first-thousand-days<\/a><\/p>\n<h3>About the Policy Brief series<\/h3>\n<p>The Centre for Community Child Health Policy Brief series aims to stimulate informed discussion about issues that affect children\u2019s health, development and wellbeing. Each issue draws on current research and evidence-informed practice and explores:<br \/>\n\u2022 why the issue is important<br \/>\n\u2022 what the research tells us<br \/>\n\u2022 the implications of the research<br \/>\n\u2022 considerations for policy and practice.<\/p>\n<p>View all editions of Policy Brief and access the reference lists at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.rch.org.au\/ccch\/policybrief\">rch.org.au\/ccch\/policybrief<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A child\u2019s first thousand days is a critical time: learn how you can support them.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":26,"featured_media":2770,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[5968],"tags":[11949,12030,5966],"class_list":["post-2769","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-resources","tag-early-childhood-development","tag-first-1000-days","tag-policy-brief"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.rch.org.au\/ccch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2769","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.rch.org.au\/ccch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.rch.org.au\/ccch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.rch.org.au\/ccch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/26"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.rch.org.au\/ccch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2769"}],"version-history":[{"count":13,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.rch.org.au\/ccch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2769\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2932,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.rch.org.au\/ccch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2769\/revisions\/2932"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.rch.org.au\/ccch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2770"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.rch.org.au\/ccch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2769"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.rch.org.au\/ccch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2769"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.rch.org.au\/ccch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2769"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}