Center for American Progress December 7, 2022
Social determinants of health, such as access to secure housing, family employment and economic stability, education, and child care, must be the focus of federal policies to support infant and toddler health.
Introduction and summary
The first three years of a child’s life mark a foundational period of social and cognitive development that sets the stage for lifelong learning, health, and well-being. Public policy decisions in the United States frequently group early childhood into a single, isolated stage, which often fails to prioritize the unique needs of babies and toddlers.
During the first year of life, the brain forms more than 1 million neural connections each second, as infants rapidly consume input from their environment and the people in it.1...
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