Abstract
In spite of extensive efforts to close educational gaps in Israel's immigrant populations, large differences in educational attainment still exist among different groups. Based on indications that enrichment programs should begin early in the life of the child and should involve the parents as primary teachers, the Kiddum Project of the Jerusalem Public Health Services Department integrates a large scale infant intervention program into ongoing primary preventive mother and child health care provided by the Municipality of Jerusalem to all its citizens. To date, Project Kiddum functions in nine Mother and Child Health Care Centers in culturally deprived areas of the city which serve approximately 42% of the children served by the entire MCHC network. In this article, the Kiddum project and the Mother and Child Health Care Service are described in detail and initial positive results of a short-term evaluation of Kiddum are presented.
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