An edited volume examining the importance of health and education in early childhood development and policy.

Foreword: health, education, and early childhood development Narayana Kocherlakota; Introduction and overview: 1. Early childhood health and education: policies and interventions to promote child well-being Arthur J. Reynolds, Arthur J. Rolnick and Judy A. Temple; Part I. Effects of Health Disparities on Child Development and Throughout the Life Course: 2. Health is more than health care Paula A. Braveman, Susan Egerter and Robin E. Mockenhaupt; 3. Early childhood poverty and adult productivity and health Greg J. Duncan, Ariel Kalil and Kathleen M. Ziol-Guest; 4. Impact of maternal/child nutrition on cognitive development: prevention implications Michael K. Georgieff; 5. Dental health in at-risk children Sharon Rolnick; Part II. Effects of Health Interventions on Child Development and Throughout the Life Course: 6. Early childhood health promotion and its life course health consequences Sai Ma, Kevin D. Frick, Alyssa Crawford and Bernard Guyer; 7. Center-based preschool programs: systematic review of child and adult health outcomes Katina D'Onise, Robyn A. McDermott and John W. Lynch; 8. The Head Start REDI Project and school readiness Karen L. Bierman, Robert L. Nix, Celene E. Domitrovich, Janet A. Welsh and Scott D. Gest; 9. Early Head Start: mental health, parenting, and impacts on children Catherine C. Ayoub, Jessica Dym Bartlett, Rachel Chazen-Cohen and Helen Raikes; 10. Health outcomes of the Abecedarian, Child-Parent Center, and HighScope Perry Preschool programs Michelle M. Englund, Barry White, Arthur J. Reynolds, Lawrence J. Schweinhart and Frances A. Campbell; 11. Preschool instructional approach and adult well-being Momoko Hayakawa and Arthur J. Reynolds; Part III. Effects of Health and Education Policy on Child Development: Commentary: Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act and health outcomes Samuel A. Kleiner; 12. The ABCs of children's health: potential impact of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act Jean Marie Abraham, Pinar Karaca-Mandic and Sung J. Choi Yoo; 13. Child health and school readiness: the significance of health literacy Laurie T. Martin and Peggy Chen; 14. Promoting healthy weight development in child care centers: a review of the NAP SACC program Dianne S. Ward and Temitope O. Erinosho; Call to action. Human capital: challenges and opportunity Robert H. Bruininks with Amy Susman-Stillman and Jim Thorp.