CYCN: Connecting for kids
Network Membership
WashU faculty members on the Danforth and Medical Campuses whose research and clinical interests are aimed at improving the lives of children and youth
Spark Meetings
Monthly opportunities to learn, discuss, and form collaborations on research that is designed to improve the lives of children and youth
Upcoming events
News
Publications
Identifying data gaps in early childhood physical activity evidence
Wimberly J, Nguyen A, Memoli E, Kasman M, Heerman B, Pate R, Sommer E, Sedlak A, Reader L, Hammond RA, Barkin S. (2024) Frontiers in Pediatrics, 12, art. no. 1485500
Author Keywords
children; contributors; physical activity; screen time; self-efficacy; socioeconomic status
WashU Schools
School of Medicine
Systems approaches for uncovering mechanisms of structural racism impacting children’s environmental health and development
Payne-Sturges DC, Ballard E, Dilworth-Bart J. (2024) Early Childhood Research Quarterly, 69, pp. S91-S101
Author Keywords
Child development; Ecological models; Environmental health; Structural racism; System dynamics; Systems thinking
WashU Schools
Brown School of Social Work
Leveraging group model building to operationalize implementation strategies across implementation phases: an exemplar related to child maltreatment intervention selection
Cruden G, Powell BJ, Frerichs L, Lanier P, Brown CH, Saldana L, Lich KH. (2024) Implementation Science Communications, 5 (1), art. no. 134
Author Keywords
Child maltreatment; Child neglect; Community-engaged research; Evidence-based program; Group model building; Implementation strategy; Prevention; System dynamics; Systems science
WashU Schools
Brown School
School of Medicine
Prenatal social disadvantage is associated with alterations in functional networks at birth
Nielsen AN, Triplett RL, Bernardez LM, Tooley UA, Herzberg MP, Lean RE, Kaplan S, Meyer D, Kenley JK, Alexopoulos D, Losielle D, Latham A, Smyser TA, Agrawal A, Shimony JS, Jackson JJ, Miller JP, Raichle ME, Warner BB, Rogers CE, Sylvester CM, Barch DM, Luby JL, Smyser CD. (2024) Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 121 (50), pp. e2405448121
Author Keywords
functional connectivity; infant; prenatal exposure; social disadvantage; socieconomic status
WashU Schools
College of Arts & Sciences
School of Medicine
The CYCN is generously supported by a
Here & Next Seed Grant from the Office of the Provost.
