PPN Newsletter April 2006
Listed below are recent updates to the Promising Practices Network on Children, Families and Communities website (http://www.promisingpractices.net).
SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENT
PPN Named in Top 50 for Innovations in American Government Awards
PPN is proud to be named one of the 50 most innovative government activities in the U.S. in the semi-final round of competition for the Innovations in American Government Awards. The award is co-sponsored by the Kennedy School of Government at Harvard, the Ford Foundation, and the Annie E. Casey Foundation.
Read more about the award at harvard.edu
RESEARCH IN BRIEF
Listed below are research summaries that have been added to the PPN site this month.
See all for 2006 » Healthy and Safe Children
Content and Ratings of Mature-Rated Video Games
— Apr. 2006
Journal abstract at Archives of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine website
Cumulative Social Disadvantage and Child Health
— Apr. 2006
Effects of Media Violence on Health-Related Outcomes Among Young Men
— Apr. 2006
Enrolling Vulnerable, Uninsured But Eligible Children in Public Health Insurance: Association With Health Status and Primary Care Access
— Apr. 2006
Satisfaction With Care and Ease of Using Health Care Services Among Parents of Children With Special Health Care Needs
— Apr. 2006
Short-Term and Long-Term Effects of Violent Media on Aggression in Children and Adults
— Apr. 2006
Television Exposure and Overweight Risk in Preschoolers
— Apr. 2006
Television Viewing and Risk of Sexual Initiation by Young Adolescents
— Apr. 2006
Uptake of Varicella Vaccination Among Young Children in the United States: A Success Story in Eliminating Racial and Ethnic Disparities
— Apr. 2006
Who Receives a Diagnosis of Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder in the United States Elementary School Population?
— Apr. 2006
A Study of Placement Stability in Illinois
— Mar. 2006
Depression Among Moms: Prevalence, Predictors, and Acting Out Among Third Grade Children
— Mar. 2006
Research brief at Child Trends website
From the Beginning: Early Head Start Children, Families, Staff, and Programs in 2004
— Mar. 2006
Juvenile Offenders and Victims 2006 National Report
— Mar. 2006
Maternal Depressive Symptoms at 2 to 4 Months Post Partum and Early Parenting Practices
— Mar. 2006
Racial and Socioeconomic Disparities in Breastfeeding in the United States, 2004
— Mar. 2006
Remissions in Maternal Depression and Child Psychopathology
— Mar. 2006
State Differences in Rates of Overweight or Obese Youth
— Mar. 2006
Teens' Attitudes Towards Pregnancy and Childbearing
— Mar. 2006
Teens' Sexual Experience, 1995-2002
— Mar. 2006
Availability of Pediatric Services and Equipment in Emergency Departments in the United States
— Feb. 2006
Rising Out-of-Pocket Spending for Medical Care: A Growing Strain on Family Budgets
— Feb. 2006
Feeding Infants and Toddlers Study
— Jan. 2006
How the Justice System Responds to Juvenile Victims: A Comprehensive Model
— Dec. 2005
See all for 2006 » Children Ready for School
A Portrait of Pre-Kindergarten
— Feb. 2006
PK-3 Education: Programs and Practices that Work in Children's First Decade
— Jan. 2006
See all for 2006 » Children Succeeding in School
Making Good on a Promise: What Policymakers Can Do to Support the Educational Persistence of Dropouts
— Apr. 2006
Every Nine Seconds in America a Student Becomes a Dropout: The Dropout Problem in Numbers
— Mar. 2006
What Are Kids Getting Into These Days? Demographic Differences in Youth Out-of School Time Participation
— Mar. 2006
See all for 2006 » Strong Families
Cumulative Social Disadvantage and Child Health
— Apr. 2006
Enrolling Vulnerable, Uninsured But Eligible Children in Public Health Insurance: Association With Health Status and Primary Care Access
— Apr. 2006
A Study of Placement Stability in Illinois
— Mar. 2006
From the Beginning: Early Head Start Children, Families, Staff, and Programs in 2004
— Mar. 2006
What Are Kids Getting Into These Days? Demographic Differences in Youth Out-of School Time Participation
— Mar. 2006
Rising Out-of-Pocket Spending for Medical Care: A Growing Strain on Family Budgets
— Feb. 2006
Basic Facts About Low-Income Children: Birth to Age 18
— Jan. 2006
ABOUT OUR SPONSORS
The Promising Practices Network appreciates the generous financial support of the following organizations:
- Annie E. Casey Foundation
- The California Wellness Foundation
- The Children's Institute
- Colorado Foundation for Families and Children
- The Colorado Trust
- The David and Lucile Packard Foundation
- Family and Community Trust
- Family Connection Partnership
- Foundation Consortium for California's Children & Youth
- Grantmakers for Children, Youth and Families (GCYF)
- KidsOhio.org
- Northwest Early Childhood Institute
- New York State Office of Children & Family Services
- Oregon Commission on Children and Families
- Parents Action for Children (formerly the I Am Your Child Foundation)
- RAND Corporation
- The Spencer Foundation
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