Laura Lessard

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Laura Lessard

Laura Lessard

@LessardMPH

Researcher, evaluator & teacher of health behavior and health promotion at the University of Delaware & Delaware INBRE. Tweets are my own.

Delaware انضم Haziran 2016
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Happy October! Just a few weeks until the @APHAAnnualMtg in Minneapolis. Join the @APHAMCH Child Care Committee for three exciting sessions focused on the intersection of child care settings and public health. Hope to see you there! #childcare #PublicHealth
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APHA
APHA@PublicHealth·
Ready, set, submit! The call for abstracts for #APHA2025 is now open. Don't miss your chance to present at the year's premier public health event in Washington, D.C., this fall. apha.org/events-and-mee…
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What I love the most about this approach is how it addresses affordability problems for families AND fair compensation for educators. We must do both
Rep. Ro Khanna@RepRoKhanna

Today I’m announcing my bill to provide $10 per day child care and to raise the wage floor for child care workers to $24 per hour. It also ensures parents who choose at-home care or kin-care will be fairly compensated for their labor. @nik_popli time.com/7024525/childc…

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U.S. Surgeon General
U.S. Surgeon General@Surgeon_General·
NEW: As a father of two young children, I know the joys of parenting—but I also know the stress, loneliness, & uncertainty of parenting in a rapidly changing world. Today, I issued a Surgeon General’s Advisory on the Mental Health and Well-Being of Parents surgeongeneral.gov/parents
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Buffett EC Institute
Buffett EC Institute@BuffettECI·
Our Executive Director @WalterGilliam shared an important message Wednesday at the @ZEROTOTHREE LEARN Conference: we must prioritize the mental and physical health and well-being of early educators. Several Institute team members attended the conference, too. #LEARNwithZTT
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The craziest part of this situation is that the educators who work in these programs were likely paid close to minimum wage, with no benefits #fixchildcare
Laura Mitchell@LauraGMitchell

To celebrate making our last daycare/PreK payment (not including future summers) today… I calculated how much my family has spent on childcare for our two kids up to kindergarten. We sent them to mid-cost centers in Denver & Mpls (think: YMCA), nothing fancy: $197,680. 1/3

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@LeighMcLeanPhD I also have a strong urge to reduce the fraction, but in this case it allows you to use your odometer to track the distance 🤷🏽‍♀️
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Delaware INBRE
Delaware INBRE@DelawareINBRE·
Are you attending the @Delaware_Bio #DEDNA24 conference today? Be sure to stop by the @DelawareINBRE table to learn more about us, our core facilities, and industry partnerships!
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Elliot Haspel
Elliot Haspel@ehaspel·
NEW: I'm in @FastCompany today with @_ninaelizabeth_, arguing that Mayor Bowser's proposed cuts to D.C. child care funding are not only foolhardy, they show the need to leverage policy mechanisms that make such public funding permanent and protected. fastcompany.com/91090340/washi…
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Home Grown
Home Grown@HomeGrownOrg·
“People need to hear and understand the challenges providers face for serving healthy foods and nutritious meals. [With] the high cost of groceries in relation to tiered reimbursement rates … Food insecurity is REAL.” -Child Care Provider #CACFP @NationalCACFP
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Examples of “anything”: offer chair massage for staff, paid breaks, adult size furniture, access to mental health supports, mindfulness training, health coaching
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I’ve been asked multiple times over the past month “what can I do to support ECE workforce wellbeing in my work?” My simple answer: anything is better than nothing. More is better than less, and advocating for permanent, publicly funded wage+benefits increases is foundational.
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