All posts tagged "Mental Health"

More Thoughts on the Sexual Victimization Survey

The Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS) has just released its first-ever nationwide survey of youth about sexual victimization in juvenile facilities, which...

One in Eight Juveniles Report Sexual Victimization in Large Facilities

Twelve percent – or about one in eight – of youths held in large juvenile facilities in the U.S. report being victimized...

New Teen Pregnancy Funds Revive Sex Ed Debate

A new $110 million appropriation for teen pregnancy prevention and the Obama administration’s elimination of funds for abstinence-only education has revived what...

Parents Matter: The Role of Parents in Teens’ Decisions About Sex

  Child Trends A new study of the relationship between parental roles and teen decisions on sex revealed that the two are...

Teens’ Attitudes About Drugs Worry Health Researchers

Teens in recent years have become more indifferent to the harms associated with drug use and abuse, according to the 2009 Monitoring...

Weekly Notes: Funding for JJ research announced; Obama to start from scratch in OJJDP seach?; findings from major study on juvenile offenders; and more

Couple of quick-hit notes today ***The Senate Judiciary Committee did not mark up the Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act reauthorization at...

Lifelines: Linking to Federal Benefits for People Exiting Corrections

Bazelon Center for Mental Health Law The Bazelon Center for Mental Health Law has released a three-volume report emphasizing  the importance of...

American Legacy and the “truth”: Your Letters

  We are concerned by the inaccuracies and innuendo in your series of articles, “The Truth About American Legacy” [October]. • The...

Alcohol Promotion on Facebook

  Marin Institute The Marin Institute, which calls itself the “alcohol industry watchdog, ” calls for Facebook to ban all alcohol-related content...

Unfolding Lives: Youth, Gender and Change

Rachel ThomsonThe Policy Press, distributed by International Specialized Book Services202 pages. $89.95. In 1996, the 10-year “Inventing Adulthoods” longitudinal study began following...

The Truth About American Legacy

The American Legacy Foundation is a rare example of a public charity being born with a silver spoon. Even before it began...

Healton: An Ex-Smoker Sees Hope

  Healton: “Going against the tobacco industry is a marathon.” By Michael Anft  At her offices along Massachusetts Avenue, in the heart of...

The Truth About American Legacy

The American Legacy Foundation is a rare example of a public charity being born with a silver spoon. Even before it began...

The Truth About American Legacy

The American Legacy Foundation is a rare example of a public charity being born with a silver spoon. Even before it began...

Federal Bullying/Drug Program Chief Draws Fire

A Fact Sheet Reporting National, State, and City Trends in Teen Childbearing

  Child Trends In 2007, the second year in a row that the U.S. teen birth date increased after a 14-year decline,...

KIDS COUNT Indicator Brief: Reducing the Teen Birth Rate

  Annie E. Casey Foundation Data collected in 2006 by the U.N. Statistics Division show teen birth rates in the United States...

Poverty in the United States, 2008

  Urban Institute Nearly 40 million Americans, including 14 million children, were living in poverty in 2008, an increase to 13.2 percent...

Individual and Social Influences on Progression to Daily Smoking During Adolescence

  American Academy of Pediatrics Adolescents whose friends and parents smoke are at greater risk of progressing from merely experimenting with cigarettes...

Habla Con Tus Hijos

http://www.hablacontushijos.org This new site marks the launch of the Partnership for a Drug-Free America’s campaign to engage Spanish-speaking parents in the effort...