In this USC Annenberg Center for Health Journalism article, new research demonstrates that we are increasingly finding that the human brain is shaped by external forces while it is still in utero and that if we focus on child development after birth, we miss the fact that all this is beginning before birth.
Solid Start
Launched in 2015, the Solid Start Initiative at Zuckerberg San Francisco General Hospital and Trauma Center (ZSFG) is a multi-disciplinary collaboration focused on pregnant women and families with young children.
Solid Start recognizes that providing health care isn’t enough to optimize health outcomes for families with young children.
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