PPN Newsletter November 2008
Listed below are recent updates to the Promising Practices Network on Children, Families and Communities website (http://www.promisingpractices.net).
SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENTS
LAST CHANCE — Submit Your Questions about Preventing Low Birth Weight to Child Policy Experts
Low birth weight (LBW) infants are those that are born weighing less than 5.5 pounds. Research shows that low birth weight infants face higher rates of infant mortality, developmental challenges, and long-term disabilities. The prevention of low birth weight infants is a serious public health challenge, and recent data suggest that the rate of LBW infants born in the United States has reached its highest level in almost 30 years. In this Expert Perspectives feature, we invite you to ask three leading experts on child and maternal health your questions on the topic of preventing low birth weight. Additional questions will be accepted until November 21 and answers will be posted in the following weeks.
Learn more and submit your question to the experts
PPN Website Announces Launch of New Expert Perspectives Section
PPN is pleased to announce the addition of a new Expert Perspectives section to the website! This new section is a collection of our past expert features, including videos of policy and research events and questions answered by child policy experts. Features include such topics as educational television programming for young children, child abuse prevention, effective SCHIP policy, and the quality of children's health care in America. Future PPN child policy expert events and features, including the current feature on low birth weight, will also be included in this collection of Expert Perspectives.
View the new Expert Perspectives section
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
State-Level Health Care Access and Use Among Children in U.S. Immigrant Families
— Nov. 2008
Journal abstract at American Journal of Public Health website
America's Health Starts With Healthy Children: How Do States Compare?
— Oct. 2008
Condom Use and Consistency Among Male Adolescents in the United States
— Oct. 2008
Evidence-Based Maternity Care
— Oct. 2008
News release at Childbirth Connection website
Improving Child Health Care Through Federal Policy: An Emerging Opportunity
— Oct. 2008
Is There a Trend of Increased Unwanted Childbearing Among Young Women in the United States?
— Oct. 2008
Recent Trends in Infant Mortality in the United States
— Oct. 2008
Sexual and Reproductive Health Behavior Among Teen and Young Adult Men
— Oct. 2008
Keeping Adolescents Out of Prison
— Fall 2008
From Suspicion of Physical Child Abuse to Reporting: Primary Care Clinician Decision-Making
— Sep. 2008
Racial/Ethnic, Socioeconomic, and Behavioral Determinants of Childhood and Adolescent Obesity in the U.S.
— Sep. 2008
Marriage and Health Care Coverage Among Families with Children
— Aug. 2008
Evaluation of Talking Parents, Healthy Teens, A New Worksite Based Parenting Programme to Promote Parent-Adolescent Communication About Sexual Health
— July 2008
See all in this area » Children Succeeding in School
Keeping Adolescents Out of Prison
— Fall 2008
See all in this area » Strong Families
State-Level Health Care Access and Use Among Children in U.S. Immigrant Families
— Nov. 2008
America's Health Starts With Healthy Children: How Do States Compare?
— Oct. 2008
Basic Facts about Low-Income Children: Birth to Age 18
— Oct. 2008
Basic Facts About Low-Income Children: Birth to Age 3
— Oct. 2008
Basic Facts About Low-Income Children: Birth to Age 6
— Oct. 2008
Marriage and Health Care Coverage Among Families with Children
— Aug. 2008
Predictors of Homelessness and Doubling-Up Among At Risk Families
— Aug. 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
Doris Duke Charitable Foundation
Family and Community Trust
Foundation Consortium for California's Children & Youth
Fred Rogers Center for Early Learning and Children's Media, at Saint Vincent College
Georgia Family Connection Partnership
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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