PPN Newsletter October 2008
Listed below are recent updates to the Promising Practices Network on Children, Families and Communities website (http://www.promisingpractices.net).
SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENTS
Child Policy Experts Answer Your Questions about Preventing Low Birth Weight
Low birth weight (LBW) infants are those that are born weighing less than 5.5 pounds. Research shows that low birth weight infants face higher rates of infant mortality, developmental challenges, and long-term disabilities. The prevention of low birth weight infants is a serious public health challenge, and recent data suggest that the rate of LBW infants born in the United States has reached its highest level in almost 30 years. In this new Expert Perspectives feature, we invite you to ask three leading experts on child and maternal health your questions on the topic of preventing low birth weight.
Learn more and submit your question to the experts
Child-Parent Centers Continues to Show Proven Outcomes for Economically Disadvantaged Children
The Chicago Child-Parent Centers (CPCs) provide comprehensive educational support and family support to economically disadvantaged children and their parents. The guiding principle of the program is that by providing a school-based, stable learning environment during preschool in which parents are active and consistent participants in their child's education, scholastic success will follow. Rigorously-designed studies have followed a cohort of children through age nineteen. PPN's CPC program summary has recently been updated with results from the 19-year follow-up study. Among several positive findings, the study found improved high school completion rates and lower rates of arrests, convictions, and incarceration among program participants.
Read more about the Child-Parent Centers program
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
Smoking Patterns and Use of Cessation Interventions During Pregnancy
— Oct. 2008
Journal abstract at American Journal of Preventive Medicine website
Place Matters: Variation in the Black/White Very Preterm Birth Rate Across U.S. Metropolitan Areas, 2002-2004
— Sep./Oct. 2008
Research article at Public Health Reports website
Headed for a Crunch: An Update on Medicaid Spending, Coverage and Policy Heading into an Economic Downturn
— Sep. 2008
The Impact of Abstinence and Comprehensive Sex and STD/HIV Education Programs on Adolescent Sexual Behavior
— Sep. 2008
Impact of Expanded Newborn Screening
— Sep. 2008
Medicaid: Extent of Dental Disease in Children Has Not Decreased, and Millions Are Estimated to Have Untreated Tooth Decay
— Sep. 2008
Sexual Health of Adolescents and Young Adults in the United States
— Sep. 2008
Stability of Psychiatric Outcomes of Low Birth Weight
— Sep. 2008
Three Independent Evaluations of Healthy Kids Programs Find Substantial Gains in Children's Dental Health Care
— Sep. 2008
Trends in the Characteristics of Women Obtaining Abortions, 1974 to 2004
— Sep. 2008
Child Welfare Outcomes 2002-2005: Report to Congress
— Aug. 2008
Childhood Victimization and Lifetime Revictimization
— Aug. 2008
The Evaluation of School-Based Violence Prevention Programs: A Meta-Analysis
— Aug. 2008
Losing Ground: How the Loss of Adequate Health Insurance Is Burdening Working Families
— Aug. 2008
Parental Involvement in Middle Childhood: Can It Protect Children from Harmful TV Viewing Habits and Behavior?
— Aug. 2008
The Parent-Child Relationship: A Family Strength
— Aug. 2008
Poverty and Share of Americans Without Health Insurance were Higher in 2007—and Median Income for Working-age Households was Lower—than at Bottom of Last Recession
— Aug. 2008
Time Out: Is Recess in Danger?
— Aug. 2008
See all in this area » Children Ready for School
Impact of Expanded Newborn Screening
— Sep. 2008
See all in this area » Children Succeeding in School
Title I Funds—Who's Gaining and Who's Losing: School Year 2008-09 Update
— Sep. 2008
See all in this area » Strong Families
Headed for a Crunch: An Update on Medicaid Spending, Coverage and Policy Heading into an Economic Downturn
— Sep. 2008
Three Independent Evaluations of Healthy Kids Programs Find Substantial Gains in Children's Dental Health Care
— Sep. 2008
Child Welfare Outcomes 2002-2005: Report to Congress
— Aug. 2008
Losing Ground: How the Loss of Adequate Health Insurance Is Burdening Working Families
— Aug. 2008
Poverty and Share of Americans Without Health Insurance were Higher in 2007—and Median Income for Working-age Households was Lower—than at Bottom of Last Recession
— Aug. 2008
ABOUT OUR SUPPORTERS
The Promising Practices Network appreciates the generosity of our supporting organizations:
Annie E. Casey Foundation
The California Wellness Foundation
Colorado Foundation for Families and Children
The Colorado Trust
The David and Lucile Packard Foundation
Doris Duke Charitable Foundation
Family and Community Trust
Foundation Consortium for California's Children & Youth
Fred Rogers Center for Early Learning and Children's Media, at Saint Vincent College
Georgia Family Connection Partnership
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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