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A collection of research summaries from 2008 that have been carefully reviewed and selected to provide objective, high-quality evidence that is concise and easy to understand.
Healthy and Safe Children 2008
Economic Evaluation of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's SunWise Program: Sun Protection Education for Young Children
— May 2008
Journal abstract at Pediatrics website
Gender Differences in Dating Aggression Among Multiethnic High School Students
— May 2008
Social-Emotional Screening Status in Early Childhood Predicts Elementary School Outcomes
— May 2008
What Does Economics Tell Us About Early Childhood Policy?
— May 2008
Abstinence Education: Assessing the Accuracy and Effectiveness of Federally Funded Programs
— Apr. 2008
Highlights at U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) website
Abstinence-Only and Comprehensive Sex Education and the Initiation of Sexual Activity and Teen Pregnancy
— Apr. 2008
Breastfeeding in the United States: Findings from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Surveys
— Apr. 2008
Effect of a Pediatric Practice-Based Smoking Prevention and Cessation Intervention for Adolescents
— Apr. 2008
Effectiveness of an Intensive, School-Based Intervention for Teen Mothers
— Apr. 2008
Estimated Pregnancy Rates by Outcome for the United States, 1990-2004
— Apr. 2008
Evaluating the Spirituality for Kids After-School Program
— Apr. 2008
First-Year Maternal Employment and Child Outcomes: Differences Across Racial and Ethnic Groups
— Apr. 2008
Importance of Early Neglect for Childhood Aggression
— Apr. 2008
Parental Incarceration and Child Wellbeing in Fragile Families
— Apr. 2008
Patterns and Determinants of Physical Activity in U.S. Adolescents
— Apr. 2008
A Policy-Based School Intervention to Prevent Overweight and Obesity
— Apr. 2008
Support for Comprehensive Sexuality Education: Perspectives from Parents of School-Age Youth
— Apr. 2008
Transition to Adulthood: Delays and Unmet Needs Among Adolescents and Young Adults with Asthma
— Apr. 2008
Unplanned Pregnancy and Family Turmoil
— Apr. 2008
Vaccination Coverage by Special Health Care Needs Status in Young Children
— Apr. 2008
Assessing the Cost-Effectiveness of Family Connections
— Mar. 2008
Association Between Trauma Exposure and Smoking in a Population-Based Sample of Young Adults
— Mar. 2008
Bipolar Youths' Misreading of Faces May be Risk Marker for Illness
— Mar. 2008
Does Substantiation of Child Maltreatment Relate to Child Well-Being and Service Receipt?
— Mar. 2008
The Effect of Alaska's Home Visitation Program for High-Risk Families on Trends in Abuse and Neglect
— Mar. 2008
Healthy Families New York (HFNY) Randomized Trial: Effects on Early Child Abuse and Neglect
— Mar. 2008
Local Health Departments and Adolescent HIV Prevention: Challenges, Successes, and Implications for Practice and Policy
— Mar. 2008
Past Child Abuse Plus Variations in Gene Result in Potent PTSD Risk for Adults
— Mar. 2008
Prenatal Care Initiation Among Pregnant Teens in the United States: An Analysis Over 25 Years
— Mar. 2008
A Randomized Trial of the Effects of Reducing Television Viewing and Computer Use on Body Mass Index in Young Children
— Mar. 2008
Risk Factors for Death Among Older Child and Teenaged Motor Vehicle Passengers
— Mar. 2008
School Effects on Young People's Drug Use: A Systematic Review of Intervention and Observational Studies
— Mar. 2008
Technology Stereotypes Broken When Children's Health Involved
— Mar. 2008
Are Blogs Putting Youth At Risk for Online Sexual Solicitation or Harassment?
— Feb. 2008
Behavioral Problems Following Reunification of Children in Long-Term Foster Care
— Feb. 2008
Content Analysis of Tobacco, Alcohol, and Other Drugs in Popular Music
— Feb. 2008
Contraceptive Use Patterns Across Teens' Sexual Relationships
— Feb. 2008
Delinquency Cases in Juvenile Courts, 2004
— Feb. 2008
Drug Offense Cases in Juvenile Courts, 1985-2004
— Feb. 2008
Haves and Have-Nots: A Look at Children's Use of Dental Care in California
— Feb. 2008
Health Status and Health Care Expenditures in a Nationally Representative Sample: How Do Overweight and Healthy-Weight Children Compare?
— Feb. 2008
How Maternal, Family and Cumulative Risk Affect Absenteeism in Early Schooling: Facts for Policymakers
— Feb. 2008
Marketing Infant Formula Through Hospitals: The Impact of Commercial Hospital Discharge Packs on Breastfeeding
— Feb. 2008
The Over-Scheduling Myth
— Feb. 2008
Petitioned Status Offense Cases in Juvenile Courts, 2004
— Feb. 2008
Public Health Surveillance of Fatal Child Maltreatment: Analysis of 3 State Programs
— Feb. 2008
Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Medical and Dental Health, Access to Care, and Use of Services in U.S. Children
— Feb. 2008
Teens with Treatment-Resistant Depression More Likely to Get Better with Switch to Combination Therapy
— Feb. 2008
Unintentional Strangulation Deaths from the "Choking Game" Among Youths Aged 6-19 Years
— Feb. 2008
Unrealistic Fatalism in U.S. Youth Ages 14 to 22: Prevalence and Characteristics
— Feb. 2008
Ways to Promote the Positive Development of Children and Youth
— Feb. 2008
Why Do Adolescents Say They Are Less Healthy Than Their Parents Think They Are?
— Feb. 2008
The Association Between Sex Education and Youth's Engagement in Sexual Intercourse, Age at First Intercourse, and Birth Control Use at First Sex
— Jan. 2008
Behaviors of Youth Involved in the Child Welfare System
— Jan. 2008
Breastfeeding Duration and Childhood Overweight Among Low-Income Children in Kansas
— Jan. 2008
Early Childhood Health Problems and Prevention Strategies: Costs and Benefits
— Jan. 2008
Effect of a Targeted Subsidy on Intake of Fruits and Vegetables Among Low-Income Women in the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children
— Jan. 2008
Family Meals and Disordered Eating in Adolescents
— Jan. 2008
Foster Care and School Mental Health
— Jan. 2008
The Increasing Racial Disparity in Infant Mortality Rates: Composition and Contributors to Recent U.S. Trends
— Jan. 2008
The Longitudinal Association Between Substance Use and Delinquency Among High-Risk Youth
— Jan. 2008
Medicaid-Based Child Restraint System Disbursement and Education and the Vaccines for Children Program: Comparative Cost-Effectiveness
— Jan. 2008
Pediatric Dentistry: How Can Dental Care for Low-Income Children Be Improved?
— Jan. 2008
Physical Abuse During Adolescence: Gender Differences in the Adolescents' Perceptions of Family Functioning and Parenting
— Jan. 2008
Predicting Sexual Initiation in a Prospective Cohort Study of Adolescents
— Jan. 2008
Preschoolers Benefit from Mental Health Screening
— Jan. 2008
Racial/Ethnic Minority Children's Use of Psychiatric Emergency Care in California's Public Mental Health System
— Jan. 2008
Receptivity to Alcohol Marketing Predicts Initiation of Alcohol Use
— Jan. 2008
School-Associated Student Homicides
— Jan. 2008
Scientists Can Predict Psychotic Illness in up to 80 Percent of High-Risk Youth
— Jan. 2008
Social and Emotional Consequences of Refraining From Sexual Activity Among Sexually Experienced and Inexperienced Youths in California
— Jan. 2008
Socioeconomic Disparities in the Prevalence of Work-Related Injuries Among Adolescents in the United States
— Jan. 2008
Teens Who Work Are More Likely to Smoke
— Jan. 2008
U.S. Secondary Schools and Food Outlets
— Jan. 2008
Variety of Approaches Help Children Overcome Auditory Processing and Language Problems
— Jan. 2008
Building Bodies, Boosting Brains
— Winter 2008
Current-Generation Youth Programs: What Works, What Doesn't, and at What Cost?
— 2008
Health Care Access and Utilization: Adolescents and Young Adults
— 2008
The Mental Health of Adolescents: A National Profile
— 2008
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