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Many children and families in the Head Start community disproportionately experience negative social determinants of health (SDOH) that make it harder to be healthy. Comprehensive nutrition and health services in Head Start programs are interventions that can improve child and family health outcomes. This webinar explores SDOH and strategies to address disparities through nutrition services and other Head Start practices. This webinar is offered with simultaneous interpretation in Spanish.

Key Topics
In this webinar, we’re discussing:

• Health Equity
• Social determinants of health and food security
• Head Start nutrition practices that address health disparities

Target Audience
This webinar benefits:

• Head Start and Early Head Start program staff members, families, directors, managers, and administrators
• Home visitors
• TTA providers
• Child care center directors and other early childhood program staff
• Infant and early childhood mental health consultants
• Child care health consultants
• Head Start federal staff
• Head Start TTA staff
• Head Start Collaboration Office directors
• Child care federal and state staff

Related Resources
Explore related resources on the Early Childhood Learning and Knowledge Center (ECLKC) to learn more.

• Coordinating Nutrition Services Across Programs: Partnerships with Head Start, WIC, CCDF, and CACFP
• Partnering with Head Start Programs to Support Healthy Nutrition in Young Children
• Understanding Social Determinants of Health and Health Equity

All ECLKC pages are translated into Spanish. Select the Español button on the top right corner to see the Spanish translation.