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The Children, Youth and Family Health Listserv shares resources and enhances networks among multidisciplinary professionals who work to improve the health and well-being of children, adolescents, families, and communities.
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Launching “The Right Seat” campaign, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration promotes child car safety for children between 0-12 years old. A complimentary campaign toolkit includes marketing materials to increase community awareness about seating and seat belts. Fact sh... Read more >>
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Because of the limited information on extremely low birth weight infants released from neonatal intensive care units (NICU), investigators aimed to assess the mortality risk factors for this population. A study in The Journal of Pediatrics has identified that specific races, a longer stay in t... Read more >>
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The National Institute for Health Care Management’s (NIHCM Foundation) Promising Practices in Maternal and Child Health Program has produced a fact sheet on a partnership model to stop bullying in schools. It also includes information for other organizations to use in justifying and impl... Read more >>
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The Community Services Locator is an online directory for finding services for children, adolescents, and families in the communities in which they live. The Maternal and Child Health Library has released their new edition which includes information for service providers and families to discov... Read more >>
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Surveying participants from the National Comorbidity Survey Replication, authors aimed to study the connection between exposure to interpersonal violence and gender differences in depression rates. The authors found that girls’ higher rates of depression in adolescence may be related to ... Read more >>
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Published in the Maternal and Child Health Journal, researchers explored the associations between neighborhood conditions and household socioeconomic characteristics on childhood behavioral problems. Using the 2007 National Survey of Children’s Health, results indicated that favorable co... Read more >>
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For STD Awareness Month (April), the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) created a new website focusing on the outreach of healthcare providers and their role in promoting the sexual health of young people. Resources include statistics, research, and tips for talking to patients a... Read more >>
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Released by Bread for the World Institute, “Enabling and Equipping Women to Improve Nutrition,” addresses gender roles and inequities as important in planning programs that work to improve nutrition among pregnant or lactating women. The brief also discusses how women are dispropor... Read more >>
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Authors in the Journal of Adolescent Health conducted a literature review examining pediatric to adult care transition outcomes for Youth with Special Health Care Needs (YSHCN). Researchers found that transition differs based on condition level and that there is little evidence about specific ... Read more >>
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