PPN Newsletter November 2007
Listed below are recent updates to the Promising Practices Network on Children, Families and Communities website (http://www.promisingpractices.net).
SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENTS
PPN Announces Launch of New Resources and Tools Section
PPN is pleased to announce the addition of a new Resources and Tools section to the website! This new content includes links to databases, fact sheets, screening tools, seminal reports, and a variety of other resources that are among the best research-based materials available on children and families. Resources and tools are available for the topics of childcare/preschool, mental health, and substance abuse.
See the new Resources and Tools
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
Co-Occurring Problems for Substance Abusing Mothers in Child Welfare: Matching Services to Improve Family Reunification
— Nov. 2007
Journal abstract at Children and Youth Services Review website
Emerging Answers 2007: Research Findings on Programs to Reduce Teen Pregnancy and Sexually Transmitted Diseases
— Nov. 2007
News release at National Campaign to Prevent Teen and Unplanned Pregnancy website
Long-Term Impact of Adolescent Dating Violence on the Behavioral and Psychological Health of Male and Female Youth
— Nov. 2007
Parenting Very Low Birth Weight Children at School Age: Maternal Stress and Coping
— Nov. 2007
Prevalence of Positive Substance Abuse Screen Results Among Adolescent Primary Care Patients
— Nov. 2007
Shorter Sleep Duration Is Associated With Increased Risk for Being Overweight at Ages 9 to 12 Years
— Nov. 2007
As Tough Times Wane, States Act to Improve Medicaid Coverage and Quality: Results from a 50-State Medicaid Budget Survey for State Fiscal Years 2007 and 2008
— Oct. 2007
A Day in the Life of American Adolescents: Substance Use Facts
— Oct. 2007
Drug-Impaired Driving by Youth Remains Serious Problem
— Oct. 2007
Maternal Education, Child Immunizations, and Public Policy: Evidence from the U.S. National Immunization Survey
— Oct. 2007
Medicaid's Role for Women
— Oct. 2007
Onset of Sexual Intercourse among Female Adolescents: The Influence of Perceptions, Depression, and Ecological Factors
— Oct. 2007
Repeat Teen Childbearing: Differences Across States and by Race and Ethnicity
— Oct. 2007
Television Viewing and Hypertension in Obese Children
— Oct. 2007
Who Gets Care? Mental Health Service Use Following a School-Based Suicide Prevention Program
— Oct. 2007
Youth Tobacco Sales: State Synar Enforcement Efforts and SAMHSA's Synar Regulation Monitoring
— Oct. 2007
Adolescent Bullying Involvement and Perceived Family, Peer and School Relations: Commonalities and Differences Across Race/Ethnicity
— Sep. 2007
Adolescent Occupational Injuries and Workplace Risks: An Analysis of Oregon Workers' Compensation Data
— Sep. 2007
Child Care Quality in Different State Policy Contexts
— Sep. 2007
Health Outcomes Related to Early Adolescent Depression
— Sep. 2007
The Impact of Child SSI Enrollment on Household Outcomes
— Sep. 2007
Public School Practices for Violence Prevention and Reduction: 2003-2004
— Sep. 2007
Too Many Babies Born Before Their Time: The Growing Problem of Preterm Births
— Sep. 2007
See all in this area » Children Succeeding in School
A National Portrait of Chronic Absenteeism in the Early Grades
— Oct. 2007
See all in this area » Strong Families
Co-Occurring Problems for Substance Abusing Mothers in Child Welfare: Matching Services to Improve Family Reunification
— Nov. 2007
As Tough Times Wane, States Act to Improve Medicaid Coverage and Quality: Results from a 50-State Medicaid Budget Survey for State Fiscal Years 2007 and 2008
— Oct. 2007
Medicaid's Role for Women
— Oct. 2007
Mothers' Residential Mobility Following the Birth of a Child
— Oct. 2007
A National Portrait of Chronic Absenteeism in the Early Grades
— Oct. 2007
The Impact of Child SSI Enrollment on Household Outcomes
— Sep. 2007
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
Family and Community Trust
Family Connection Partnership
Foundation Consortium for California's Children & Youth
Fred Rogers Center for Early Learning and Children's Media, at Saint Vincent College
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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