PPN Newsletter June 2006
Listed below are recent updates to the Promising Practices Network on Children, Families and Communities website (http://www.promisingpractices.net).
SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENT
PPN Named as Finalist for Innovations in American Government Awards
PPN is proud to be named one of the 18 most innovative government activities in the U.S. in the final round of competition for the Innovations in American Government Awards. The award is co-sponsored by the Kennedy School of Government at Harvard, the Ford Foundation, and the Annie E. Casey Foundation.
Read more about the award at harvard.edu
RESEARCH IN BRIEF
Listed below are research summaries that have been added to the PPN site this month.
See all for 2006 » Healthy and Safe Children
Antismoking Advertisements for Youths: An Independent Evaluation of Health, Counter-Industry, and Industry Approaches
— May 2006
Journal abstract at American Journal of Public Health website
Associations of Maternal Age- and Parity-Related Factors with Trends in Low-Birthweight Rates
— May 2006
Calories In, Calories Out: Food & Exercise in Public Elementary Schools
— May 2006
Does Parental Unemployment Affect Adolescents' Health?
— May 2006
Mental Health in the United States: Parental Report of Diagnosed Autism in Children Aged 4-17 Years
— May 2006
Physical Dating Violence Among High School Students
— May 2006
Psychosocial and Behavioral Correlates of Dieting Among Overweight and Non-Overweight Adolescents
— May 2006
Preventive Care for Children in the United States: Quality and Barriers
— Apr. 2006
Reaching Out to Kith and Kin Caregivers in Early Head Start
— Apr. 2006
Issue brief at Mathematica Policy Research, Inc. website
See all for 2006 » Children Ready for School
Reaching Out to Kith and Kin Caregivers in Early Head Start
— Apr. 2006
See all for 2006 » Children Succeeding in School
The Condition of Education 2006
— June 2006
Learning From Small-Scale Experimental Evaluations of After School Programs
— May 2006
Rethinking High School Graduation Rates and Trends
— Apr. 2006
See all for 2006 » Strong Families
Does Parental Unemployment Affect Adolescents' Health?
— May 2006
The Racial Gap in Parental Education
— May 2006
Reaching Out to Kith and Kin Caregivers in Early Head Start
— Apr. 2006
ABOUT OUR SPONSORS
The Promising Practices Network appreciates the generous financial support of the following organizations:
Annie E. Casey Foundation
The California Wellness Foundation
The Children's Institute
Colorado Foundation for Families and ChildrenThe Colorado Trust
The David and Lucile Packard Foundation
Family and Community Trust
Family Connection Partnership
Foundation Consortium for California's Children & Youth
Grantmakers for Children, Youth and Families (GCYF)
Kansas Action for Children
KidsOhio.org
Northwest Early Childhood Institute
New York State Office of Children & Family Services
Oregon Commission on Children and Families
Parents Action for Children (formerly the I Am Your Child Foundation)
RAND Corporation
The Spencer Foundation
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