Linking research to policy and practice for children and youth- -third Canadian forum : November 22-24, 2001 : proceedings report / sponsored by Canadian Child Care Federation, Canadian School Boards Association, Centre of Excellence for Early Child Development, Health Canada ; coordinator, Tammy Martin ; editor, Elaine Lowe ; translation, Ken Larose.

Better beginnings, better futures : building capacity and promoting development. --Prevention of child abuse : implications for policy and practice. --Low income and the impact on child development. --Rallying the community to improve child development. --Mobilizing the community : in support of students in poverty. --Youth engagement 101 : What is it? How do we do it? What do we get out of it? --Path planning : translating good ideas into practical solutions that work . --Links between the study of child maltreatment in Quebec and social policy and practice.

Moving the public policy agenda : effective government/voluntary sector collaboration. --Towards a national children's agenda. --Tobacco consumption during pregnancy : effects on the psychosocial development of young children. --The negligence research and intervention group : a university-community project to support and transform child protection practices. --It's a wake-up call! Suicide prevention is everybody's business : interdisciplinary approaches to mental health services for children and adolescents in rural, remote and northern Canada. --Effects of poverty on children : societal, family and community pathways. --Linking research to policy and practice for children and youth in Saskatchewan schools. --Early childhood development : linking research to action for aboriginal children.

To engage or not to engage...what's our policy? --Working towards a national framework on middle childhood and adolescence. --The impact of prenatal/perinatal maternal stress and parental leave on the psychosocial development of young children. --Eating right : challenges and issues facing children living in Canada's rural, remote and northern communities. --What happened to Main Street? Aboriginal holistic perspective on well-being. --The challenges of effective youth engagement in research. --Why are so many 9-year-olds unable to read?

Community and family characteristics, and child health outcomes. --Rural, remote and north of 51 : community-based research on challenges facing service providers working with substance abuse related special needs. --Early intervention services for children with special needs in Canada : effective models for rural, remote and northern regions. --Youth-driven evaluation : evaluation of programs for and by youth. --Kitchen conferences : an electronic forum on parenting for rural Canadians. --Communication and literacy consequences of otitis media among aboriginal children : preliminary directions for prevention and culturally appropriate assessment. --Engaging francophone youth in their communities.

Includes bibliographical references.