PPN Newsletter July 2008
Listed below are recent updates to the Promising Practices Network on Children, Families and Communities website (http://www.promisingpractices.net).
SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENTS
What would you do with $25 million to prevent child abuse?
We asked six professionals knowledgeable about preventing child abuse and neglect to answer the following question: If you had $5 million to spend each year for the next five years to prevent child abuse and neglect in the United States, how would you spend it? We invite you to read their answers, submit comments, and offer your own ideas of how you would spend $5 million a year for five years to prevent child abuse and neglect. These papers are part of a project that PPN is conducting for the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation.
Read the papers and submit your comments and ideas
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
School Food Environments and Policies in U.S. Public Schools
— July 2008
Journal abstract at Pediatrics website
Breastfeeding-Related Maternity Practices at Hospitals and Birth Centers
— June 2008
Early Childhood Experiences: Laying the Foundation for Health Across a Lifetime
— June 2008
Issue brief at Robert Wood Johnson Foundation website
Effects of Enhanced Foster Care on the Long-Term Physical and Mental Health of Foster Care Alumni
— June 2008
Kids' Share 2008: How Children Fare in the Federal Budget
— June 2008
Obesity and Extreme Obesity: New Insights Into the Black-White Disparity in Neonatal Mortality
— June 2008
Teen Sexual Behavior and Contraceptive Use: Data from the Youth Risk Behavior Survey, 2007
— June 2008
Trends in Food Stamp Program Participation Rates: 2000 to 2006
— June 2008
Year Four Evaluation: Arkansas Act 1220 of 2003 to Combat Childhood Obesity
— June 2008
Developmental Trajectories of Substance Use from Early to Late Adolescence: A Comparison of Rural and Urban Youth
— May 2008
Is Underimmunization Associated With Child Maltreatment?
— May 2008
Pediatric Emergency Department Visits in Community Hospitals from Selected States
— May 2008
Health Care Utilization and Costs Associated with Childhood Abuse
— Mar. 2008
See all in this area » Children Ready for School
Early Childhood Experiences: Laying the Foundation for Health Across a Lifetime
— June 2008
Prevalence of Developmental Delays and Participation in Early Intervention Services for Young Children
— June 2008
See all in this area » Children Succeeding in School
Has Student Achievement Improved Since 2002? State Test Score Trends Through 2006-07
— June 2008
Kids' Share 2008: How Children Fare in the Federal Budget
— June 2008
Predicting Success on the California High School Exit Exam
— June 2008
See all in this area » Strong Families
Early Childhood Experiences: Laying the Foundation for Health Across a Lifetime
— June 2008
Effects of Enhanced Foster Care on the Long-Term Physical and Mental Health of Foster Care Alumni
— June 2008
Kids' Share 2008: How Children Fare in the Federal Budget
— June 2008
Trends in Food Stamp Program Participation Rates: 2000 to 2006
— June 2008
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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