Youth Today

Archives: 2014 & Earlier

Hooked:New Science on How Casual Sex Is Affecting Our Children

Joe S. McIlhaney, Freda McKissic Bush Northfield Publishing 163 pages. $17.99. Based on recent findings in neuroscience, obstetrician-gynecologists McIlhaney and Bush...

Archives: 2014 & Earlier

National Directory of Drug and Alcohol Abuse Treatment Programs 2008

U.S. Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration Free. This updated nationwide directory of more than 11,000 community substance abuse treatment...

Archives: 2014 & Earlier

It’s Your (Sex) Life

http://www.mtv.com/onair/ffyr/protect/lifeguide/ MTV has teamed with the Kaiser Foundation to raise awareness about sexually transmitted diseases (STDs) and offer teens a comprehensive...

News

Changes in Abstinence Grants Draw Suspicion

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ latest request for proposals for its Abstinence Only grants increases the grant period from...

Funding: Archives 2014 & Earlier

Administration Won’t Enforce New SCHIP Rules

The Bush Administration will not crack down on states that are out of compliance with its controversial rules on state children’s health...

NY Times All Over Juvenile Justice

What got into the New York Times editorial board? They have taken up the cause of juvenile justice reform with a vengeance....

With Walsh Act, State Interpretations Play Big Role

I spent some time looking at the regulations on sex offender registries contained within the Adam Walsh Act, specifically those that pertain...

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Young Adults with Serious Mental Illness: Some States and Federal Agencies Are Taking Steps to Address Their Challenges

The GAO estimates that at least 2.4 million young adults, ages 18 to 26, or 6.5 percent of the non-institutionalized young adults...

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A New Safety Net for Low-Income Families

The Urban Institute Urban Institute researchers found that four in five of America's 13.7 million low-income families include working adults, but still...

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Self-Regulation in the Alcohol Industry

This report monitors the efforts by the alcohol industry to reduce the likelihood that alcohol advertising will target youth, by its placement...

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Improvements to Demographic Household Data in the Current Population Survey: 2007

In 2007, the Census Bureau reported that 73.7 million children younger than 18 years old lived in the United States. Of these,...

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Child Well-Being Index 2008 Report

The quality of life of American children has been stalled since 2002, according to the foundation's 2008 Child Well-Being Index (CWI), an...

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Pathways from Family Religiosity to Adolescent Sexual Activity and Contraceptive Use

Teens from religious families wait longer before having sex, due to cohesive family environments and positive peer networks, according to Child Trend’s...

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Abstinence Education: Assessing the Evidence

Almost 7,000 teenagers become sexually active every day, and with that comes an increased risk of sexually transmitted diseases, lower academic achievement...

Archives: 2014 & Earlier

The Transgender Child: A Handbook for Families and Professionals

Stephanie Brill, Rachel PepperCleis Press252 pages. $16.95. This groundbreaking guide can change our perception of the male/female social order. As co-founder of...

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Parrotfish

Ellen WittlingerSimon & Schuster294 pages. $16.99. On the Monday after Thanksgiving of junior year, Angela trades a bra for an Ace bandage...

Archives: 2014 & Earlier

Real People: Legal But Dangerous: OTC and Rx Drugs

Sunburst Media22 minutes. DVD/VHS packaged together, $129.95. In a roundtable discussion, eleven high school students reveal common practices among peers who abuse...

Research

2008 KIDS COUNT Databook

Annie E. Casey Foundation (AECF)Available at http://www.kidscount.org/datacenter/databook.jsp The 19th KIDS COUNT Data Book continues the Annie E. Casey Foundation’s annual state-by-state tracking...

Archives: 2014 & Earlier