Helping Babies Thrive from Day One | Breakthroughs Can’t Wait
What if we could improve a baby’s health by being nurturing parents?At the University of Maryland, Baltimore, researchers are launching innovative programs to support maternal and infant health — helping Maryland’s babies get the strongest start possible.Lisa Berlin, PhD, MS, the Alison L. Richman Professor of Children and Families at the University of Maryland School of Social Work and expert in early child-caregiver attachment, is studying how a brief, home-based parenting program can make a measurable difference in children’s health and development. It's called the Attachment and Biobehavioral Catch-Up, or ABC Program.This is one of many ways NIH-funded research at UMB is tackling real-world health disparities and changing lives.๐งช Breakthroughs Can’t Wait: UMB research drives innovation, improves lives, and tackles global challenges. But we can’t do it without continued support.๐ Learn more and support research that saves lives: https://www.umaryland.edu/breakthroughs#BreakthroughsCantWait #MaternalHealth #InfantHealth #UMBResearch #NIHfunding #HealthEquity #PublicHealth
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