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.

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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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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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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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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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