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All of our home visiting programs are based on best-practice models and work to prevent child maltreatment through the provision of services that strengthen families. In addition to our primary prevention programs, our home visiting staff are a partner with State Child Welfare and the Zero to Three Court team, where we help families develop parenting skills as they prepare to regain custody of their children. Oregon’s Public Health home visiting programs are currently in the process of being reframed to align with evidence-based models, standardization, evaluation, and statewide applicability. Coos County Public Health anticipates there will. | ÃEPA SCIENCE MATTERS Volume 3 Number 4 October 2012 Children s Health Research Table of Contents About this Issue.1 In the News.2 Understanding Exposures in Children s Environments.3 Closing the Asthma Gap for Minority and Poor Children.5 National Children s Study.9 Science Matters Podcast with Peter Grevatt.10 Predicting the Future of Children s Health.12 Mothers Matters.14 Ask a Scientist QA with Sally Darney . 18 Protecting Growth and Development . 20 Protecting Children s Health for a Lifetime.22 About this Issue Science Matters to Children s Environmental Health Picking food up from the floor playing in dirt exploring the world through touch and taste. These are all normal parts of child development. But they are also some of the behaviors that may mean trouble for young children under the wrong circumstances. From an environmental health perspective the behavior of children may increase their risk of exposure to potenti ally harmful chemicals. What s more pound-for-pound children eat drink and breathe more than adults. And because their bodies and internal systems are sti ll growing and developing the earliest stages of life are periods when the potentially harmful effects of environmental exposures can be most pronounced. Keeping children safe is the focus across the government during October Children s Health Month. President Obama marked Child Health Day on October 1 2012 with a Proclamation that states A safe environment in which our children can live and grow is also essential to their wellbeing. Because clean water is the foundation for healthy communities we are working to reduce contaminants in our drinking water by updating standards and beter protecting our water sources from pollution. We are also building on the successes of the Clean Air Act to improve our air quality and help decrease harmful toxins that can lead to acute bronchitis asthma cancer and impaired development. EPA scientists and their research partners have been working to support .