PPN Newsletter October 2007
Listed below are recent updates to the Promising Practices Network on Children, Families and Communities website (http://www.promisingpractices.net).
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RESEARCH IN BRIEF
Listed below are research summaries that have been added to the PPN site this month.
See all in this area » Healthy and Safe Children
Child Maltreatment, Youth Violence, and Intimate Partner Violence: Developmental Relationships
— Oct. 2007
Journal abstract at American Journal of Preventive Medicine website
Depressed Adolescents Respond Best to Combination Treatment
— Oct. 2007
A Geographical Comparison of Prevalence of Overweight School-Aged Children: The National Survey of Children's Health 2003
— Oct. 2007
Homelessness and Health Care Access After Emancipation
— Oct. 2007
Improving Asthma-Related Health Outcomes Among Low-Income, Multiethnic, School-Aged Children
— Oct. 2007
New Study Finds Serious Gaps in Health Care Quality for America's Children
— Oct. 2007
The Quality of Ambulatory Care Delivered to Children in the United States
— Oct. 2007
School-Based Health Centers: Improving Access and Quality of Care for Low-Income Adolescents
— Oct. 2007
Children of HIV-Infected Parents: Custody Status in a Nationally Representative Sample
— Sep. 2007
Extreme Obesity and Risk of Stillbirth Among Black and White Gravidas
— Sep. 2007
Improving the Management of Family Psychosocial Problems at Low-Income Children's Well-Child Care Visits
— Sep. 2007
Research brief at Commonwealth Fund website
Increasing Children's Coverage and Access: A Decade of SCHIP Lessons
— Sep. 2007
Neighborhood Support Index
— Sep. 2007
New Studies Show Children Surrounded by Unhealthy Options
— Sep. 2007
Nutritional Content of Television Food Advertisements Seen by Children and Adolescents in the U.S.
— Sep. 2007
Prenatal Immunization Education: The Pediatric Prenatal Visit and Routine Obstetric Care
— Sep. 2007
Prevalence, Recognition, and Treatment of Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder in a National Sample of U.S. Children
— Sep. 2007
Rates of Bipolar Diagnosis in Youth Rapidly Climbing, Treatment Patterns Similar to Adults
— Sep. 2007
Socioemotional Effects of Fathers' Incarceration on Low-Income, Urban, School-Aged Children
— Sep. 2007
Suicide Trends Among Youths and Young Adults Aged 10-24 Years
— Sep. 2007
Income, Poverty, and Health Insurance Coverage in the United States: 2006 Report
— Aug. 2007
Underage Drinking Starts Before Adolescence
— Aug. 2007
Children, Families, and the Criminal Justice System
— July 2007
New Perspectives on Marijuana and Youth: Abstainers Are Not Maladjusted, But Lone Users Face Difficulties
— 2007
See all in this area » Children Succeeding in School
The Nation's Report Card: Mathematics 2007
— Sep. 2007
The Nation's Report Card: Reading 2007
— Sep. 2007
Caregiver Well-Being Affects Academic Achievement
— Aug. 2007
See all in this area » Strong Families
Homelessness and Health Care Access After Emancipation
— Oct. 2007
Basic Facts About Low-Income Children: Birth to Age 3
— Sep. 2007
Basic Facts About Low-Income Children: Birth to Age 6
— Sep. 2007
Basic Facts About Low-Income Children: Birth to Age 18
— Sep. 2007
Children of HIV-Infected Parents: Custody Status in a Nationally Representative Sample
— Sep. 2007
Improving the Management of Family Psychosocial Problems at Low-Income Children's Well-Child Care Visits
— Sep. 2007
Increasing Children's Coverage and Access: A Decade of SCHIP Lessons
— Sep. 2007
Neighborhood Support Index
— Sep. 2007
Socioemotional Effects of Fathers' Incarceration on Low-Income, Urban, School-Aged Children
— Sep. 2007
Caregiver Well-Being Affects Academic Achievement
— Aug. 2007
Income, Poverty, and Health Insurance Coverage in the United States: 2006 Report
— Aug. 2007
Children, Families, and the Criminal Justice System
— July 2007
ABOUT OUR SUPPORTERS
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Annie E. Casey Foundation
The California Wellness Foundation
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)
Kansas Action for Children
KidsOhio.org
New York State Office of Children & Family Services
Parents Action for Children (formerly the I Am Your Child Foundation)
RAND Corporation
The Spencer Foundation
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