All posts tagged "Mental Health"

Condom Use and Consistency among Male Adolescents in the United States

Although seven out of 10 teen males used a condom the first time they had sex, only half used condoms consistently with...

Household Food Security in the United States, 2007

Children in 323,000 households experienced instances of very low food security in 2007, up from 221,000 in 2006.

Q&A: Lawanda Ravoira, National Center for Girls and Young Women

The National Center on Crime and Delinquency has begun work on a major new project: The National Center for Girls and Young...

Minors in Possession

  THE NEWS-REVIEW (Roseburg, Ore.) Leading with the story of 14-year-old Jordan Baker – who was found passed out on a raft...

Childhood Onset Schizophrenia: A Life Interrupted

Aquarius Health Care Media26 minutes each. DVD $145 each. From the Keeping Kids Healthy series, these DVDs offer intimate views into the...

Teen Talk

http://www.teentalk4u.org This free national service provides e-mail counseling by a licensed clinical social worker to troubled teens. Participants’ identities are kept confidential....

MENTOR/National Mentoring Partnership

http://www.mentoring.org The site features guidelines on how to be a quality mentor and how to start a mentoring program. It also includes...

National Alliance for Drug Endangered Children

http://www.nationaldec.org This nonprofit organization was founded in 1993 to assist and care for children who are in danger because their parents or...

Sexuality Research and Social Policy – Volume 5, Number 3

The September issue of the NSRC's journal is devoted entirely to a series of articles that identify major flaws in abstinence-only education,...

Interim Drug Free Communities (DFC) Program Evaluation Findings Report

This analysis finds that use rates for alcohol, tobacco or marijuana in the past 30 days among ninth- through 12th-grade students within...

Mapping Community Data on Children of Prisoners: Strategies and Insights

Reclaiming Futures Spreading Out…Want In?

In 2001, the Princeton, N.J.-based Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF) announced its Reclaiming Futures Initiative, which helped 10 pilot sites develop ways...

Sex Ed: Any Link Between What Teens Learn, How They Behave?

USA TODAY The debate between abstinence-only and comprehensive sex education advocates has been reignited by the announcement that the 17-year-old daughter of...

Income, Poverty and Health Insurance Coverage in the United States: 2007

The U.S. child poverty rate in 2007 was the highest it has been since 1998, according to the Census Bureau's most recent...

Understanding the Behavioral and Emotional Consequences of Child Abuse

Children who were abused or neglected in their early years are likely to display behavioral problems such as emotional instability, depression and...

Perceived Harmfulness Predicts Non-medical Use of Prescription Drugs among College Students: Interactions with Sensation-Seeking

In this first study to describe college students' beliefs about the risks of recreational use of prescription painkillers and stimulants, researchers find...

National Survey on Drug Use and Health

Current illicit drug use among youth ages 12 to 17 is continuing to decline, according to this 2007 survey.

Juvenile Drug Courts: Two Agencies, One Application

The details have not been finalized, but the plan is for one single application in 2009 for federal funds for juvenile drug...

Adolescent School Failure Predicts Later Depression Among Girls

University of Washington, Social Development Research Group Adolescent girls who experience serious school failures such as expulsion, suspension or dropping out are...

Using Local Data to Explore the Experiences and Needs of Children of Incarcerated Parents

The Urban Institute Urban Institute researchers merged and analyzed local and state data to understand better the experiences and needs of children...