Youth Today
Research
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Research of Note for December 2002-January 2003
As winter sets in, there is less emphasis on outdoor activities, so it is important to know about new research showing that...
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Web Watch for October 2003
Child Welfare Children Awaiting Parents http://www.capbook.org%20is a useful tool for parents, those interested in adoption policy, and social workers for kids...
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Research of Note for November 2002
Sometimes research results sound a lot like what our parents or grandparents taught us. Other times research can warn us that products...
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Research of Note for October 2002
This month’s Research Watch gives some of the details behind the headlines questioning the effectiveness of counseling after traumatic events. Two other...
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Research of Note for September 2002
Because September is back-to-school month, it’s a good time to think about schools. Two of the three new studies below focus on...
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Web Watch for September 2002
Child Welfare AdoptUSKidswww.adoptuskids.orgis a service of the National Adoption Center, dedicated to matching hard-to-place children with families. More than 60 percent...
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Research of Note for July-August 2002
Sometimes research seems to prove the obvious, but there are times when research challenges what we think we know and has the...
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Research of Note for May 2002
This month’s Research Watch provides information about the effectiveness of drug prevention programs, the impact of role models on youth and new...
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Research of Note for March 2002
A focus on studies that help youth workers identify the strengths in even the most at-risk youth, but also remind staff to be...
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Press Watch for February 2002
AdvoCasey This special edition (fall 2001) of the Annie E. Casey Foundation magazine – titled, “Fostered or Forgotten? A Special Report on...
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Research of Note for February 2002
This month’s Research Watch has some good news about teen pregnancy and potentially good news about foster care. Unfortunately, there are worrisome...
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Web Watch for February 2002
Civic Engagement Community Building Resource Exchangewww.commbuild.org links visitors to a large, regularly updated database of resources and information about innovative and...
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Dating and Other Dangers For High School Girls
Research Watch readers know that college campuses are not the safe havens that many adults envision, at least, not if you’re a...
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Just Say No to Lice, but not to Nits
Lice inspections have become a fact of life in schools and children’s programs across the country, with children required to leave school...
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Smoking and Girls: A Deadly Mix
When we think of the dangers facing children, most adults think of violence, illegal drugs, drunk driving, teen pregnancy and AIDS. We...
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Job Corps Delivers, Study Says
The most extensive study of Job Corps in nearly 20 years says the nation’s largest youth employment training program is worth the...
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Child Care Staff: Salaries, Stability, and Kids’ Behavior
Aggressive behavior of children in child care made front page headlines last month, but an equally important – and possibly related –...
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TV Wrestling and Dating Don’t Mix
There are plenty of studies showing a link between violent TV and children’s aggressive behavior, but a new study makes the unusual...
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Research Watch AIDS and Young Women
AIDS is a growing threat to women, including teenage girls. A new report by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention...
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Couch Potatoes Beware
The debate about the impact of TV violence continues (see Research Watch, Feb. 2001), but there is growing evidence that TV viewing...
