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All posts tagged "Health and Mental Health"
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1.4KNewsAlabama’s Essential Workers Lack Access to Basic Health Care, Services, Report Says
The “essential workers” hailed as pandemic heroes often lack the basic protections of a living wage, health insurance, paid sick leave and...
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1.3K► ReportsChildhood in the Time of COVID
Save the Children releases a new report analyzing how COVID has impacted children and families around the nation while ranking each state...
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2.9K► ReportsKids, Families and COVID-19: Pandemic Pain Points and the Urgent Need to Respond
The Annie E. Casey Foundation analyzes data from U.S. Census Bureau surveys to discuss how households with children are faring during the...
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2.1KNewsWhy Focusing On Women, Girls Could Reduce Gun Violence
Her son spent a decade behind bars for an accidental shooting in which a young woman was killed. Then, instead of a...
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1.9K► Reports2020 Children’s Mental Health Report: Telehealth in an Increasingly Virtual World
The Child Mind Institute takes a look at the current mental health of the nation's children as they grow and learn in...
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1.8K► ReportsAll Black Lives Matter: Mental Health of Black LGBTQ Youth
The Trevor Project uses data collected from a national survey of over 2,500 Black LGBTQ youth to provide a comprehensive look at...
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1.4K► ReportsYouth Justice Under the Coronavirus: Linking Public Health Protections with the Movement for Youth Decarceration
A new report from the Sentencing Project discusses how the juvenile justice system has responded to COVID-19 and makes a number of...
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2.8K► ReportsState Suicide Rates Among Adolescents and Young Adults: 2000–2018
The CDC releases a new worrying report showing recent significant increases in youth suicide rates in at least 42 states.
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2.5K► ReportsBreaking Barriers to Quality Mental Health Care for LGBTQ Youth
The Trevor Project uses data gathered from a survey of 40,000 LGBTQ youth to highlight the multitude of barriers they face in...
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1.7K► ReportsThe Toxic Truth: Children’s Exposure to Lead Undermines a Generation of Future Potential
UNICEF and Pure Earth jointly produced this report showing that roughly 1 in 3 children has unhealthy levels of lead in their...
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1.2K► ReportsChild Care and Feeding Young Children During the Pandemic
A new brief from the Urban Institute discusses whether and how kids will be fed going forward through the COVID-19 pandemic, providing...
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2.7K► ReportsNational Survey on LGBTQ Youth Mental Health 2020
The Trevor Project releases the second annual National Survey on LGBTQ Youth Mental Health.
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1.4K► ReportsGlobal Status Report on Preventing Violence Against Children 2020
The World Health Organization and UNICEF analyze the actions and policies of governments around the world implemented to prevent violence against children...
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2.6K► NewsmakersDr. Kimberlyn Leary Joins Urban Institute as Senior Vice President
The Urban Institute has announced Dr. Kimberlyn Leary will be the organization’s new senior vice president, responsible for overseeing all research and...
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1.5K► Reports2020 KIDS COUNT Data Book
The Annie E. Casey Foundation releases the 31st edition of its KIDS COUNT Data Book, describing how children across the United States were...
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2.2K► ReportsAdvancing Teen Flourishing: Moving Policy Upstream
Well Being Trust discusses how supporting the mental and physiological health of teens through well-funded programs and comprehensive policies benefits society as...
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1.5K► ReportsA Global Framework for Youth Mental Health
The World Economic Forum and Orygen partnered to produce this comprehensive framework to address the youth mental health crisis around the world...
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2.0K► NewsmakersNemours Children’s Health System Appoints James Digan as Enterprise Chief Development Officer
The Nemours Children’s Health System recently announced the appointment of James Digan as its next enterprise chief development officer, effective in July....
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1.5K► ReportsEarly Estimates of the Indirect Effects of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Maternal and Child Mortality
New modelling research published in The Lancet indicates a worrying surge in maternal and child mortality is coming due to the ongoing...
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1.9KNewsNew Mexico Foster Care Intends to Become ‘Trauma Responsive’ in Lawsuit Settlement
New Mexico’s already low performance in child welfare hit rock bottom on Sept. 22, 2018: Thirteen foster youth, represented by Disability Rights...
