Join HARC's Practice-Based Research Network. Home Visiting's only research and development platform.
Your experience matters — Join HARC’s Practice-Based Research Network. Share your insights, strengthen supports for families, and influence practice-driven research and policy. hvresearch.org/join-the-net...
#PracticeBasedResearch #HomeVisiting #EarlyChildhood #HARC #PracticeBasedResearchNetwork
Celebrate #NationalHomeVisitingWeek! HARC expresses its deepest gratitude to all who make this work possible. Our partnerships do more than just connect us - they fuel the applied research that turns data into daily practices and thriving families. #NHVW #NHVW2026 #HomeVisiting #HomeVisitingHeroes
Decades of research show that home visiting transforms families’ lives. You’ll learn how the National Strategy will guide knowledge development to inform pathways to home visiting careers, strengthen the workforce, and support workforce well-being.
Register: bit.ly/4mnZ3Am
HRSA and its Institute for Home Visiting Workforce Development invite you to join them on April 15 for the exciting online launch of the new National Strategy for the Home Visiting Workforce.
Register: bit.ly/4mnZ3Am
#HomeVisitingWorkforce #HomeVisiting #WorkforceDevelopment #EarlyChildhood
This National Public Health Week (and year-round), we celebrate all who have dedicated their work and studies to public health. We’re ever so grateful for the prevention, protection, and peace of mind your work makes possible.
#NPHW 10/10
NPHW LOGO
It's National Public Health Week! Join us April 6-12 as we recognize the many ways public health has improved our daily lives, safeguarded our families, expanded our life spans and strengthened our communities www.nphw.org #NPHW
Happy National Public Health Week! Celebrate with us by playing Public Health Bingo.
Got bingo? Snap a screenshot and share it with us!
1/3
🩺 Haven’t you heard? It’s National Public Health Week!
The National Public Health Coalition (NPHC) just released the “State of CDC Report” showing how cuts, firings, and political interference have weakened public health protections in the US. #NationalPublicHealthWeek
Full report 👇
image only
🌟Need advice? HARC is here to help! Connect with a researcher/evaluator for expertise-explore practice–research partnerships, discuss emerging issues, consult on a specific research question and more. Interest form: bit.ly/4meLsv3
#HomeVisiting #HomeVisitingResearch #ResearchSupport #ResearchExperts
Image only - of a newspaper front page for The HARC Herald
Just Released: March 2026 HARC Herald!
HARC's Newsletter with everything for home visiting research along with upcoming conferences, can’t-miss webinars, partnership opportunities, & more! hvresearch.org/news/harc-he...
#HomeVisiting #HomeVisitingResearch #EarlyChildhood
HARC Webinar. Title - Partnership-Engaged Research to Advance Home Visiting: Iowa’s Integrated Data System Approach (I2D2). Speaker - Heather Rouse from Iowa State University.
✨Join us Apr 2 • 12pm ET! I2D2 partners agencies with universities to link and use administrative data. Topics include partnership, governance and tech solutions, and how I2D2 supports statewide HV programs. Register: hvresearch.org/harc-webinars/
#HomeVisitingResearch #EarlyChildhood #Webinar
APHA is proud to stand behind Catalyst Academy and the young leaders it is building. Dr. Nandi Marshall, DrPH, MPH, President of APHA on a blue background to the left of a photo of Nandi Marshall
APHA partners with Project UNITY and its flagship program, Catalyst Academy, to build the next generation of public health leaders. Read more and learn about the Academy. vist.ly/4w3ru
Distorted face emoji. Text reads: when you find out the BSPH building houses 50,000 mosquitoes weekly.
Hairy creature emoji. Text reads: the evidence that vaccines cause autism (hint: it doesn’t exist)
Ballet Dancer emoji. Text reads: how i feel when it’s finally spring and Orioles opening day is tomorrow
Landslide emoji. Text reads: the public health hill that i’ll always die on (it’s that community involvement and buy-in is essential for most policies to really work)
did you know BSPH helped create the mosquito emoji in 2018? 🦟
read more: hub.jhu.edu/2018/02/08/m...
COVID vaccines during pregnancy protect newborns for 5 months, study finds : NPR www.npr.org/2026/03/25/n...
Image shows a bar chart under the headline, "Nearly 10 percent of all infants were admitted to a neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) in 2023." The title of the figure is "Percentage of infants admitted to the NICU in 2023, by birthing parent race and Hispanic origin." The percentage for all children was 9.8%. For Black non-Hispanic children, 13.2%. For Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander, non-Hispanic children, 10.9%. For American Indian and Alaska Native, non-Hispanic children, 10.7%. For White non-Hispanic children, 9.4%. For Hispanic children, 8.9%. For Asian non-Hispanic children, 8.6%. Data source: NCHS Data Brief, Number 525, March 2025; originally from National Center for Health Statistics, National Vital Statistics System, natality data file.
Nearly 10% of all infants were admitted to a neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) in 2023. A new Child Trends blog post explores a Colorado law taking effect this year that will provide up to 12 weeks of additional paid leave for parents with an infant in the NICU.
www.childtrends.org/publications...
Chart showing majorities of Democrats, Republicans say racial diversity is good for the U.S.
As the United States turns 250, the country’s population is more racially and ethnically diverse than in previous decades.
Three-quarters of U.S. adults see racial and ethnic diversity as a good thing for the country.
Read more about Americans’ views on diversity here: www.pewresearch.org/...
HARC Webinar. Title - Partnership-Engaged Research to Advance Home Visiting: Iowa’s Integrated Data System Approach (I2D2). Speaker - Heather Rouse from Iowa State University.
✨Join us Apr 2 • 12pm ET! I2D2 partners agencies with universities to link and use administrative data. Topics include partnership, governance and tech solutions, and how I2D2 supports statewide HV programs. Register: hvresearch.org/harc-webinars/
#HomeVisitingResearch #EarlyChildhood #Webinar
Register for HARC's home visiting journal club. Wednesday, March 25th at 2pm PT. All are welcome.
Tomorrow! HARC Journal Club. March25 at 2:00pmET. Discuss a qualitative study of a home visiting intervention for families experiencing homelessness. All welcome-no research experience needed! Register- hvresearch.org/home-visitin...
#JournalClub #HomeVisitingResearch #EarlyChildhood #Homelessness
Promo graphic for episode 1024 of Public Health On Call titled "Healing in a Changing America"—Starting with Florida. Additional text reads: Dr. George Rust on the state of public health in his home state of Florida and his new book.
Family physician and preventative public health specialist @georust.bsky.social has decades of experience caring for the disadvantaged.
Dr. Rust discusses his new book andthe state of public health in his home state of Florida 🎧
podcast.publichealth.jhu.edu/1024-healing...
In honor of Women's History Month, we’re spotlighting Suzanne Le Menestrel, Executive Director of the Society for Research in Child Development.
Learn about what inspired her path in developmental science in our #WomensHistoryMonth spotlight: https://bit.ly/4s2Zths
A recent Child Trends’ brief—funded by @annieecaseyfdn.bsky.social—explores the services that Family Resource Centers provide across the country, especially to young parents (under age 25). www.childtrends.org/publications...
Thanks to an APHA lawsuit, a federal judge has blocked Trump
administration changes to U.S. vaccine policy. APHA’s Dr. Georges Benjamin discusses the implications with ABC 57: www.abc57.com/news/federal...
Mary Sue Morsch spoke w/ the Chicago Tribune re One Hope United's Hope House model, a #FosterCare approach built on wrap-around support in a family setting. "The more we can try stuff that's grounded in evidence & best practices, the better off everybody's going to be."
A $50 million push hopes to make child care a top issue in the midterm elections apnews.com/article/dayc...
Love, safety and connection shape a baby’s future.
And the window to build that foundation is short.
Each baby’s potential is unlimited.
The window to support them is not.
See why belief matters: https://bit.ly/3MNUyBH
#BelieveInBabies
16% of parents surveyed in September 2025 said they had skipped or delayed at least one of their children’s routine vaccinations.
One year after dramatic cuts to NIH grant funding under the second Trump administration, spending will soon begin flowing back to researchers, NIH Director Jay Bhattacharya assured lawmakers yesterday in a congressional subcommittee hearing.
Register for HARC's home visiting journal club. Wednesday, March 25, 2026 at 2pm ET. All are welcome
We hope you'll join us for Journal Club. 3/25 2:00pm ET. Discuss a qualitative study of a home visiting intervention for families experiencing homelessness. No research experience needed! Register: hvresearch.org/home-visitin...
#JournalClub #HomeVisitingResearch #EarlyChildhood #Homelessness
HARC wants you - Yes YOU - to present at a HARC webinar! HARC is seeking home visiting researchers / evaluators to present their research on ongoing and emerging issues. Interest form here: bit.ly/40ZkKNe
#HomeVisitingResearch #EarlyChildhood #CommunitySupports #FamilyEngagement #ProgramEvaluation
