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All posts tagged "Health and Mental Health"
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2.2K► ReportsThe Tragedy of Wasted Funds and Broken Dreams: An Economic Analysis of Childhood Exposure to Crime and Violence
This new report from the University of Pennsylvania is the first of its kind to estimate the economic costs of childhood crime...
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3.4KNewsFederal Government Must Address Youth Homelessness As Public Health Problem: Chapin Hall
To end youth homelessness, the federal government must go beyond a crisis response to the problem and take a comprehensive approach that...
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1.6KNewsLife-saving Advice for Suicide Prevention From Public Health Experts
When a person commits suicide, family members are often left wondering how they could have saved their loved one’s life.
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1.5K► ReportsLeaving No One Behind: All Children Immunized and Healthy
UNICEF recently released this report highlighting the tremendous progress of worldwide vaccination coverage efforts over the past three decades. However, now this...
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3.4K► ReportsNational Survey on LGBTQ Youth Mental Health 2019
The Trevor Project recently released results from the largest-ever survey of LGBTQ youth across the country. The report shows that nearly 40%...
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2.5KNewsKids Count Data: Overall Child Well-Being Improves, but Big Racial Disparities Continue
The number of children in the United States increased by more than 9 million in 30 years, with most of that increase...
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2.1K► ReportsTrends in Suicide Among Youth Aged 10 to 19 Years in the U.S., 1975-2016
This new report published in the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) summarizes and discusses the startling recent uptick in youth...
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2.4K► ReportsToxic Stress and Children’s Outcomes
The Economic Policy Institute shows how toxic stress in a child's life, which is disproportionately experienced by African American children, can disrupt...
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2.4KFrom the BureausAdvocates Hope NY Court Ruling on Warrants for Foster Youth Leads to Reform
Christina Young remembers the day the cops came for her at school. She was fifteen years old — a sophomore at Murry...
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2.3K► ReportsEliminating Racial Disparities in Maternal and Infant Mortality
The Center for American Progress provides a policy framework seeking to eliminate the stark and troubling racial disparities in maternal and infant...
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3.7KNewsYouth Caught in Crosshairs of Cycles of Gun Violence. Is Anybody Listening?
Cassio Batteast, a community advocate in Jackson, recently sat down with 20 of the students in the local school district who were...
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1.8K► ReportsBehind the Asterisk*: Perspectives on Young Adult Mental Health from “Small and Hard-to-Reach” Communities
CLASP publishes findings on young adults' mental health from focus groups in "small and hard-to-reach" white rural; Asian American, Native Hawaiian, and...
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2.9K► NewsmakersDr. Aaron Kowalski Appointed President and CEO of JDRF
JDRF recently appointed leading international diabetes expert and advocate, Dr. Aaron J. Kowalski, Ph.D. as its president and CEO. He succeeds Derek Rapp who...
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2.1KNewsMany Guns, Few Mental Health Services Drive High Rural Death Rate, Experts Say
Paul Reviere is sheriff of Lincoln County, a rural area with just under 8,000 people two hours east of Atlanta. In addition...
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3.3K► NewsmakersGreg Zweber to be Next President & CEO of Camp Fire
Greg Zweber, chief affiliate officer at Big Brothers Big Sisters of America, will be the new national president and CEO of Camp...
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4.0K► ReportsCops and No Counselors: How the Lack of School Mental Health Staff Is Harming Students
The ACLU takes a look at newly released Dept. of Education data showing the numbers of social workers, nurses, and psychologists in...
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15.4KMagazinesSubstance use: New focus, new solutions
Finding ways to make a difference in the lives of users and their families. Explore our digital magazine with news stories, personal...
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1.6KFrom the BureausKids and Drugs: A New Theory
Author and reporter Maia Szalavitz, who writes about substance use and related issues recently spoke with Youth Today and JJIE about her...
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1.1KVideosMothers and Fathers on Losing Children to Drugs
Two mothers and a father talk about what it's like to be the parent of a substance user in this affecting piece...
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1.0KVideosLogan’s Story
As a child, Logan Karr, 18, never felt accepted by his affluent peers. He turned to self-mutilation, then inhalants and psychedelics in...
