PPN Newsletter August 2008
Listed below are recent updates to the Promising Practices Network on Children, Families and Communities website (http://www.promisingpractices.net).
SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENTS
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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
Juvenile Delinquency in Child Welfare: Investigating Group Home Effects
— Sep. 2008
Journal abstract at Children and Youth Services Review website
Intimate Partner Violence Among Adolescent and Young Adult Mothers
— Aug. 2008
Trends in HIV- and STD-Related Risk Behaviors Among High School Students
— Aug. 2008
Alcohol Binges Early in Pregnancy Increase Risk of Infant Oral Clefts
— July 2008
America's Children in Brief: Key National Indicators of Well-Being, 2008
— July 2008
Association Between Posttraumatic Stress and Depressive Symptoms and Functional Outcomes in Adolescents Followed Up Longitudinally After Injury Hospitalization
— July 2008
Children's Physical Activity Drops From Age 9 to 15
— July 2008
Colocating Health Services: A Way to Improve Coordination of Children's Heath Care?
— July 2008
Issue brief at Commonwealth Fund website
Parental Feeding Practices Predict Authoritative, Authoritarian, and Permissive Parenting Styles
— July 2008
Reducing Unplanned Pregnancies through Medicaid Family Planning Services
— July 2008
School Outcomes of Late Preterm Infants: Special Needs and Challenges for Infants Born at 32 to 36 Weeks Gestation
— July 2008
Together Forever? Romantic Relationship Characteristics and Prenatal Health Behaviors
— July 2008
Cigarette Use Among High School Students
— June 2008
2008 Fact Sheet on Demographics: Adolescents and Young Adults
— 2008
See all in this area » Children Ready for School
Early Childhood Assessment: Why, What, and How?
— Aug. 2008
America's Children in Brief: Key National Indicators of Well-Being, 2008
— July 2008
See all in this area » Children Succeeding in School
The Academic Status of Children and Youth in Out-of-Home Care
— Sep. 2008
Early Childhood Assessment: Why, What, and How?
— Aug. 2008
America's Children in Brief: Key National Indicators of Well-Being, 2008
— July 2008
Making a Difference? The Effects of Teach for America in High School
— July 2008
School Outcomes of Late Preterm Infants: Special Needs and Challenges for Infants Born at 32 to 36 Weeks Gestation
— July 2008
2008 Fact Sheet on Demographics: Adolescents and Young Adults
— 2008
See all in this area » Strong Families
The Academic Status of Children and Youth in Out-of-Home Care
— Sep. 2008
Juvenile Delinquency in Child Welfare: Investigating Group Home Effects
— Sep. 2008
When Child Care Breaks Down
— Sep. 2008
Intimate Partner Violence Among Adolescent and Young Adult Mothers
— Aug. 2008
America's Children in Brief: Key National Indicators of Well-Being, 2008
— July 2008
Reducing Unplanned Pregnancies through Medicaid Family Planning Services
— July 2008
Together Forever? Romantic Relationship Characteristics and Prenatal Health Behaviors
— July 2008
The Influence of Social Supports on Employment for Hispanic, Black, and White Unmarried Mothers
— May 2008
2008 Fact Sheet on Demographics: Adolescents and Young Adults
— 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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