PPN Newsletter November 2011
Listed below are recent updates to the Promising Practices Network on Children, Families and Communities website (http://www.promisingpractices.net).
WHAT'S NEW
Newly added to PPN's Programs that Work section: The Go Grrrls program promotes healthy attitudes among female adolescents
The Go Grrrls program is a prevention program that promotes healthy psychosocial development in female adolescents. The promising program includes six modules designed to help girls navigate the pressures of being a female in American modern society and identify resources to call on to help deal with those pressures, develop positive self-image and independent thought, establish positive friendships, and develop positive goals for the future. In a randomized experiment, conducted in a middle school in Arizona, girls who participated in the Go Grrrls program were more likely to have increased acceptance of their bodies, greater assertiveness, healthier attitudes towards attractiveness and increased self-efficacy, as compared to girls who did not attend the program.
Read the new Go Grrrls program summary
Interventions aimed at reducing screen time are unsuccessful overall, but show potential when geared towards preschool-aged children
A new review of trials aimed at reducing screen time in children found little evidence that these interventions were successful at reducing children's body mass index (BMI) compared to children in the control groups. The study identified 13 evaluations of screen time interventions which met the highest standards of research. Overall, these interventions did not impact BMI, nor did they have a systematic impact on actual screen time. There was, however one promising finding: among the subset of studies conducted among preschool-aged children, screen time was effectively reduced by nearly four hours per week on average.
Read the abstract at the Archives of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine website
Graduated drivers licensing programs shown to reduce the incidence of fatal crashes
A recent study that examined the effects of laws that impose nighttime driving and passenger restrictions on teen drivers found that these laws reduce the number of fatal crashes in states implementing them. Specifically, disallowing teen drivers from nighttime driving reduces 16 and 17 year old drivers' involvement in fatal crashes by 10%, and fatal crashes by drinking teen drivers by 19%. There was a 9% decrease in fatal crashes involving teen drivers in states implementing passenger restrictions.
Read the news release at the National Institutes of Health websiteRead the abstract at the Journal of Safety Research website
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
Deployment and Mental Health Diagnoses Among Children of U.S. Army Personnel
— Nov. 2011
Journal abstract at Archives of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine website
Effectiveness of a School Nurse-Delivered Smoking-Cessation Intervention for Adolescents
— Nov. 2011
Effectiveness of Interventions Aimed at Reducing Screen Time in Children: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis of Randomized Controlled Trials
— Nov. 2011
Graduated Drivers Licensing Programs Reduce Fatal Teen Crashes
— Nov. 2011
Homicide and Suicide During the Perinatal Period: Findings From the National Violent Death Reporting System
— Nov. 2011
Propensity for Violence Among Homeless and Runaway Adolescents
— Nov. 2011
Recidivism in the Child Protection System: Identifying Children at Greatest Risk of Reabuse Among Those Remaining in the Home
— Nov. 2011
Relationships Between Hours of Sleep and Health-Risk Behaviors in U.S. Adolescent Students
— Oct-Nov. 2011
Body Mass Index and the Built and Social Environments in Children and Adolescents Using Electronic Health Records
— Oct. 2011
Children's Exposure to Intimate Partner Violence and Other Family Violence
— Oct. 2011
Bulletin at Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention website
Effects of Physical Activity on Teen Smoking Cessation
— Oct. 2011
Geographic Disparities in State and District Policies Targeting Youth Obesity
— Oct. 2011
Health Status of Extremely Low-Birth-Weight Children at 8 Years of Age
— Oct. 2011
A High-Risk Study of Bipolar Disorder: Childhood Clinical Phenotypes as Precursors of Major Mood Disorders
— Oct. 2011
How Well Do Evidence-Based Universal Parenting Programs Teach Parents About Psychological Maltreatment?: A Program Review
— Oct. 2011
The Impact of Menu Labeling on Fast-Food Purchases for Children and Parents
— Oct. 2011
Neighborhood Environment and Physical Activity Among Youth: A Review
— Oct. 2011
Nonfatal Traumatic Brain Injuries Related to Sports and Recreation Activities Among Persons Aged <= 19 Years in the U.S.
— Oct. 2011
Percent Body Fat and Chronic Disease Risk Factors in U.S. Children and Youth
— Oct. 2011
Reliance on Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program Continued to Rise Post-Recession
— Fall 2011
Adverse Childhood Experiences and Smoking Status in Five States
— Sep. 2011
The Health and Well-Being of Children in Rural Areas: A Portrait of the Nation, 2007
— Sep. 2011
Understanding Racial and Ethnic Disparities in U.S. Infant Mortality Rates
— Sep. 2011
The Walking School Bus and Children's Physical Activity: A Pilot Cluster Randomized Controlled Trial
— Sep. 2011
Apgar Scores at 5 Minutes After Birth in Relation to School Performance at 16 Years of Age
— Aug. 2011
See all in this area » Children Succeeding in School
Enrollment Decisions in a Child Development Accounts Program for Low-Income Families
— Nov. 2011
Children's Exposure to Intimate Partner Violence and Other Family Violence
— Oct. 2011
The Health and Well-Being of Children in Rural Areas: A Portrait of the Nation, 2007
— Sep. 2011
The Toll of the Great Recession: Childhood Poverty Among Hispanics Sets Record, Leads Nation
— Sep. 2011
Apgar Scores at 5 Minutes After Birth in Relation to School Performance at 16 Years of Age
— Aug. 2011
See all in this area » Strong Families
Enrollment Decisions in a Child Development Accounts Program for Low-Income Families
— Nov. 2011
Propensity for Violence Among Homeless and Runaway Adolescents
— Nov. 2011
How Well Do Evidence-Based Universal Parenting Programs Teach Parents About Psychological Maltreatment?: A Program Review
— Oct. 2011
More Poor Kids in More Poor Places: Children Increasingly Live Where Poverty Persists
— Fall 2011
Reliance on Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program Continued to Rise Post-Recession
— Fall 2011
The Health and Well-Being of Children in Rural Areas: A Portrait of the Nation, 2007
— Sep. 2011
The Toll of the Great Recession: Childhood Poverty Among Hispanics Sets Record, Leads Nation
— Sep. 2011
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