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ECHO's Mission

To enhance the health of children for generations to come


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Learning what affects child health

The goal of the Environmental influences on Child Health outcomes (ECHO) Program is to understand the effects of a broad range of early environmental influences on child health and development. ECHO is dedicated to both learning what factors affect child health and to finding ways to enhance it.

The ECHO Program studies five areas of health. These are:

introductory picture of the four categories

ECHO aims to:

Enhance the health of children and adolescents through research that may help inform healthcare practices, programs, and policies.

Create a culture that helps teams of child health researchers work together to achieve the best results.

ECHO is made up of TWO TYPES OF RESEARCH:

observation and intervention

Observational and intervention research work together to inform:

health care practices

new health programs in states communities, schools or other places

health policies