PPN Newsletter June 2008
Listed below are recent updates to the Promising Practices Network on Children, Families and Communities website (http://www.promisingpractices.net).
SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENTS
Help Shape the Future of Child Abuse and Neglect Prevention!
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Ask the Experts: Child Policy Experts Answer Your Questions about Baby Videos and Television
PPN is pleased to announce that we have posted answers from our experts in response to the questions submitted by PPN site visitors during the months of March and April! This Ask the Experts feature allowed visitors to ask three leading child policy experts questions on the topic of videos and television programming for children under two years old. Many thanks to our PPN visitors who submitted questions!
Read the questions and answers
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
Protective and Vulnerability Factors Predicting New-Onset Depressive Episode in a Representative of U.S. Adolescents
— June 2008
Journal abstract at Journal of Adolescent Health website
Infant Television and Video Exposure Associated With Limited Parent-Child Verbal Interactions in Low Socioeconomic Status Households
— May 2008
Medication-Only Therapy and Combination Therapy Both Cost Effective for Treating Teens with Depression
— May 2008
U.S. Variations in Child Health System Performance: A State Scorecard
— May 2008
What Does Economics Tell Us About Early Childhood Policy?
— May 2008
Child Abuse in Blended Households: Reports from Runaway and Homeless Youth
— Apr. 2008
Designed for Disease: The Link Between Local Food Environments and Obesity and Diabetes
— Apr. 2008
Policy brief at California Center for Public Health Advocacy website
Nine Out of 10 Food Advertisements Shown During Saturday Morning Children's Television Programming Are for Foods High in Fat, Sodium, or Added Sugars, or Low in Nutrients
— Apr. 2008
Parent Awareness of Youth Use of Cigarettes, Alcohol, and Marijuana
— Apr. 2008
The Successful Integration of Health and Health Care into Broader Early Childhood Initiatives
— Apr. 2008
Does Having a Regular Primary Care Clinician Improve Quality of Preventive Care for Young Children?
— Mar. 2008
Developmental Status and Early Intervention Service Needs of Maltreated Children
— Feb. 2008
Science and Success, Second Edition: Sex Education and Other Programs That Work to Prevent Teen Pregnancy, HIV and Sexually Transmitted Infections
— 2008
See all in this area » Children Ready for School
Infant Television and Video Exposure Associated With Limited Parent-Child Verbal Interactions in Low Socioeconomic Status Households
— May 2008
Talking to Children: Why Some Mothers Do It More
— May 2008
What Does Economics Tell Us About Early Childhood Policy?
— May 2008
Developmental Status and Early Intervention Service Needs of Maltreated Children
— Feb. 2008
See all in this area » Children Succeeding in School
Diplomas Count 2008: School to College, Can State P-16 Councils Ease the Transition?
— June 2008
Outcomes Linked to High-Quality Afterschool Programs: Longitudinal Findings from the Study of Promising Afterschool Programs
— May 2008
What Does Economics Tell Us About Early Childhood Policy?
— May 2008
Title I School Choice and Supplemental Educational Services Under No Child Left Behind: Progress Toward Implementation
— Apr. 2008
See all in this area » Strong Families
What Does Economics Tell Us About Early Childhood Policy?
— May 2008
The Successful Integration of Health and Health Care into Broader Early Childhood Initiatives
— Apr. 2008
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Annie E. Casey Foundation
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Colorado Foundation for Families and Children
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The David and Lucile Packard Foundation
Family and Community Trust
Family Connection Partnership
Foundation Consortium for California's Children & Youth
Fred Rogers Center for Early Learning and Children's Media, at Saint Vincent College
Grantmakers for Children, Youth and Families (GCYF)
Kansas Action for Children
KidsOhio.org
New York State Office of Children & Family Services
RAND Corporation
The Spencer Foundation
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