Youth Today
All posts tagged "Mental Health"
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Archives: 2014 & Earlier
… Grow Self Esteem and a Sense of Belonging through Nontraditional Sports
Many programs offer at-risk youth access to normal sports and outdoor recreation activities – from soccer to hiking – but few provide...
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Archives: 2014 & Earlier
Dating Violence
www.cdc.gov/ChooseRespect The slogan for this website, home to the Center for Disease Control and Prevention’s “Choose Respect” initiative, is “Respect. Get it....
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News Briefs: Archives 2011 & Earlier
Casey Study Shows Mixed Progress for Nation’s Youth
The latest installment of the Annie E. Casey Foundation’s benchmark measurements of child well-being shows progress in child and teen death rates...
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Funding: Archives 2014 & Earlier
Abstinence Survey Stirs Debate
A nearly two-year-old, federally-funded survey of teen and parent attitudes about sex has prompted new outrage among abstinence education supporters, just as...
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Legacy of Katrina: The Impact of a Flawed Recovery on Vulnerable Children of the Gulf Coast
Despite economic and infrastructure growth in the Gulf region after Hurricane Katrina, one item remains unrepaired five years later: children’s mental health....
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Heat Illness Among High School Athletes – United States, 2005-2009
With football practices at high schools and youth recreation leagues well underway this month, a new federal government report warns coaches, parents...
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News
Child Nutrition Bill Passes Senate
The U.S. Senate passed a new $4.5 billion Child Nutrition bill Thursday, approving it by unanimous consent, a procedure that does not...
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Tobacco Use in 13 States
A new Centers for Disease Control and Prevention study shows youths 18 to 24 who smoke cigarettes are more likely to use...
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Challenges in Serving Rural American Children through the Summer Food Service Program
Summer Food Service Program (SFSP) sites across the country are failing to reach a large majority of children in rural areas, according...
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Employment: Archives 2014 & Earlier
A Giant in Recovery is Shot Down
David Lewis David Lewis, 54, a towering figure in prisoner and addiction rehabilitation in his hometown of East Palo Alto, Calif.,...
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Teenagers in the United States: Sexual Activity, Contraceptive Use, and Childbearing, National Survey of Family Growth 2006-2008
U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention This new report makes clear that not all teens are motivated to avoid pregnancy,...
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U.S. National Longitudinal Lesbian Family Study: Psychological Adjustment of 17-year-old Adolescents
Pediatrics Children raised since birth in lesbian-mother families display healthy psychological adjustment and outperform their heterosexual- and male homosexual-raised counterparts in...
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Youth Tobacco Sales
U.S. Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) The national rates of tobacco sales to minors showed a slight increase...
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Youth Risk Behavior Surveillance – United States, 2009
U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Nearly three-quarters of American students – 72.5 percent – have drunk alcohol by the...
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Archives: 2014 & Earlier
Out With It: Gay and Straight Teens Write About Homosexuality
Edited by Al DesettaYouth Communication2nd edition. 153 pages. $13.95 paperback. This anthology of 25 heartfelt essays captures the gay teen experience....
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Weekly Notes: Walsh Act Delayed; LWOP in Penn.; Illinois’ mental health problem; and more
***Pennsylvania leads the nation in two things: cheese steak consumption and locking up juveniles for life without parole (LWOP). One of those...
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Parenting and Child Development in Adoptive Families: Does Parental Sexual Orientation Matter?
A pressing question regarding the effectiveness of certain adoptive parents has increasingly found its way into courtrooms, resulting in legal proceedings and...
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News
Congress Passes Law to Reduce Crack/Cocaine Sentencing Disparities
President Barack Obama is expected to sign a bill passed by the House of Representatives Wednesday that will reduce the gap in...
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2010 Kids County Data Book
Some improvements in child well-being during the 1990s stalled in the first years of the 2000s, just before the recession began, according...
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Healing Invisible Wounds: Why Investing in Trauma-Informed Care for Children Makes Sense
This policy brief says that not enough is being done by the juvenile justice and criminal justice systems to address the issues...
