PPN Newsletter December 2011
Listed below are recent updates to the Promising Practices Network on Children, Families and Communities website (http://www.promisingpractices.net).
WHAT'S NEW
New studies provide further support for two "proven" substance use prevention programs
The Midwestern Prevention Project (MPP) and Life Skills Training (LST) programs provide classroom-based training to middle school youth to prevent abuse of tobacco, alcohol, marijuana and other illicit substances. MPP uses a classroom-based program that teaches youth skills to help them resist pressures to abuse substances, and also includes a parent-involvement component and community/media anti-substance abuse campaign. LST aims to reduce youth substance abuse by offering classroom-based lessons to educate youth about substance use norms and social skills to help them resist pressure to abuse substances. Recently released studies show further evidence that these two programs are effective at reducing adolescent substance abuse.
Read the newly updated Midwestern Prevention Project and Life Skills Training program summaries
Teens say social media interactions are generally kind, but most have witnessed some form of online cruelty
A recent Pew survey interviewed American teens and their parents to examine how teens interact with social networking sites, which include sites like Facebook, Twitter and MySpace. The study found that most teens report that their peers are kind to each other on social networking sites, however 88 percent of teens have witnessed others be mean or cruel on a social networking site at least once in a while. This cruelty, when it is witnessed on social networking sites, is most often ignored, however most teens have also seen people defend the person being harassed. Almost all parents surveyed (94%) reported talking with their teen about safety on social networking sites, while about half have used technological controls to manage their child's online experience.
Read the summary at the Pew Research Center website
Video highlights of PPN's policy forum on emergency preparedness now available
On October 25th, 2011, PPN co-hosted the policy forum event, "Best Practices in Emergency Preparedness for Child-Serving Organizations," which welcomed hundreds of emergency personnel from the State of Missouri. Two videos of the event are now available. Part 1 features highlights of the policy forum, and Part 2 features short interviews with the speakers. In conjunction with this event, PPN developed an Emergency Planning Guide for Child-Serving Organizations to help child-serving organizations customize an emergency plan.
See Part 1: Highlights and Part 2: Interviews at YouTube.comRead more about the eventSee the Emergency Planning Guide
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
Adolescent Vaccination-Coverage Levels in the United States: 2006-2009
— Dec. 2011
Journal abstract at Pediatrics website
Antipsychotic Medication Use Among Children and Risk of Diabetes Mellitus
— Dec. 2011
Antipsychotic Treatment Among Youth in Foster Care
— Dec. 2011
Finding Shelter: Two-Year Housing Trajectories Among Homeless Youth
— Dec. 2011
National Trends in Exposure to and Experiences of Violence on the Internet Among Children
— Dec. 2011
Smoking Behavior of U.S. Youths: A Comparison Between Child Welfare System and Community Populations
— Dec. 2011
Trends in Body Mass Index in Adolescence and Young Adulthood in the United States: 1959-2002
— Dec. 2011
Trends in the Nutritional Content of Television Food Advertisements Seen by Children in the United States
— Dec. 2011
Adverse Childhood Experiences and Risk of Physical Violence in Adolescent Dating Relationships
— Nov. 2011
Does Maternal Birth Outcome Differentially Influence the Occurrence of Infant Death Among African Americans and European Americans?
— Nov. 2011
Does the Sale of Sweetened Beverages at School Affect Children's Weight?
— Nov. 2011
Fruit and Vegetable Consumption Among High School Students in the United States, 2010
— Nov. 2011
Is Maternal Smoking During Pregnancy a Causal Environmental Risk Factor for Adolescent Antisocial Behavior? Testing Etiological Theories and Assumptions
— Nov. 2011
Teen Birth Rate Hit Record Low in 2010
— Nov. 2011
Teens, Kindness and Cruelty on Social Network Sites
— Nov. 2011
Training Peers Improves Social Outcomes for Some Kids with ASD
— Nov. 2011
Birth Weight and Health and Developmental Outcomes in U.S. Children, 1997-2005
— Oct. 2011
Inequities in Educational and Psychological Outcomes Between LGBTQ and Straight Students in Middle and High School
— Oct. 2011
Family Structure and Adolescent Physical Health, Behavior, and Emotional Well-Being
— Sep. 2011
Adolescents' Expectations for the Future Predict Health Behaviors in Early Adulthood
— Aug. 2011
Familial Instability and Young Children's Physical Health
— July 2011
See all in this area » Children Succeeding in School
Today's Promise, Tomorrow's Future: The Social and Educational Factors Contributing to the Outcomes of Hispanics in Urban Schools
— Nov. 2011
News release at Council of the Great City Schools website
Inequities in Educational and Psychological Outcomes Between LGBTQ and Straight Students in Middle and High School
— Oct. 2011
See all in this area » Strong Families
Finding Shelter: Two-Year Housing Trajectories Among Homeless Youth
— Dec. 2011
The Changing Child Population of the United States: Analysis of Data from the 2010 Census
— Nov. 2011
Child Poverty in the United States 2009 and 2010: Selected Race Groups and Hispanic Origin
— Nov. 2011
Familial Instability and Young Children's Physical Health
— July 2011
ABOUT OUR SUPPORTERS
The Promising Practices Network appreciates the generosity of our supporting organizations:
Annie E. Casey Foundation
The California Wellness Foundation
The Community Foundation of North Louisiana
The David and Lucile Packard Foundation
Doris Duke Charitable Foundation
Family Communications, Inc. (FCI)
Family and Community Trust
Georgia Family Connection Partnership
Grantmakers for Children, Youth and Families (GCYF)
Hands On Mississippi
Kansas Action for Children
New York State Office of Children & Family Services
RAND Corporation
The Spencer Foundation
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