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Groups Unify to Reduce Latina Teen Pregnancy

More than 50 national organizations have taken the first steps toward a new national campaign to reduce pregnancies among Latina teens –...

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Childhood Poverty Persistence: Facts and Consequences

Low-Income Working Families Project, Urban Institute Children born into poverty whose families continue to be poor for several years have worse...

New Walsh Act Rules Allow States to Shield Juveniles…Sort Of

The Justice Department proposed new rules this summer that would make it optional for states to include most juvenile sex offenders on...

Walsh Act Watch: Florida Edition

Florida became the third state to gain substantial compliance with the Sex Offender Registration and Notification Act, part of the larger Adam...

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Teenagers in the United States: Sexual Activity, Contraceptive Use, and Childbearing

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services A recent study conducted by the National Center for Health Statistics confirmed that not...

News Briefs: Archives 2011 & Earlier

New Rules to Snuff Out Youth Smoking Kick In

Final rules that take effect this month will usher in a new era of broad restrictions on the sale, distribution and...

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Sexually Transmitted Diseases Among Young Adults

Child Trends This report categorizes the prevalence of sexually transmitted diseases (STDs) among 18- to 26-year-olds and also provides insight into...

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Adolescent Smoking and Maternal Risk Factors

U.S. Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration Mothers who smoke cigarettes and/or have had a major depressive episode (MDE) in...

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Early Course of Nicotine Dependence in Adolescent Smokers

American Academy of Pediatrics While there was already evidence of a correlation between the onset of nicotine dependence symptoms and long-term...

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Parental R-Rated Movie Restriction and Early-Onset Alcohol Use

Journal of Studies on Alcohol and Drugs Parents who allow their children to view R-rated movies are increasing the likelihood that...

Funding: Archives 2014 & Earlier

New Funding from OJJDP: Juvenile Sex Offenders, Exposure to Violence, Indigent Defense

Of course, the one time we get the Weekly Notes done early, the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention adds really...

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Advocates Urge Changes to Juvenile Standards on Prison Sex Abuse

The Justice Department should not require states to use medical staff members in detention and residential facilities to question juveniles about abusive...

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Jury Hits Scouts with $18.5 M for Abuse

Depending on how you look at it, the Boy Scouts of America (BSA) was punished last month for trying to keep...

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Unintended Pregnancy Among U.S. Adolescents: Accounting for Sexual Activity

Lawrence B. Finer of the Guttmacher Institute stresses the need for teen pregnancy prevention programs, based on his finding that sexually...

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Drug Abuse and Obesity Share Brain Mechanism

A study by the Scripps Research Institute has confirmed the notion that the brain’s reward system and dopamine are tied to both...

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Teen Birth Rate Drops

Births to U.S. teenagers dropped two percent in 2008, reversing two years of teen birth increases that had interrupted a 14-year decline,...

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Boy Scout Confidential

Related on the Web Book: Scout’s Honor: Sexual Abuse in America’s Most Trusted Institution Q&A With Patrick Boyle, Author of ‘Scout’s Honor’...

News Briefs: Archives 2011 & Earlier

Health Law Gives Abstinence-only Proponents New Life

The health care reform law that President Barack Obama signed into law March 23 to help Americans get access to health insurance...

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The National Survey on Drug Use and Health Report: Substance Use among Black Adults

Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) This new national survey shows that alcohol use and abuse by African-American adults...

Archives: 2014 & Earlier