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Start Strong: Building Healthy Teen Relationships

Start Strong: Building Healthy Teen Relationships

A study of 1,430 seventh-grade students reveals that many 7th-graders are dating and experiencing physical, psychological, and electronic dating violence. More than one in three students (37%) surveyed report being a victim of 'psychological dating violence' and nearly one in six (15%) report being a victim of 'physical dating violence.'

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The Overlooked Connection Between Social Needs and Health

Health Care's Blind Side

Health Care's Blind Side

In a national survey, four in five physicians say patients’ social needs are as important to address as their medical conditions, and that unmet social needs are leading directly to worse health. Likewise, 80 percent do not feel confident in their capacity to address their patients' social needs given existing resource and time constraints.

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Healthy Recess Can Reduce Bullying, Expand Learning Time in Schools

Transforming School Climate, from the Playground to the Classroom

Transforming School Climate, from the Playground to the Classroom

Randomized control trial results suggest that strengthening recess transforms the school climate, paving the way for less bullying and more focus on learning. Research measured the effects of Playworks, which promotes safe, healthy play at recess and throughout the day at schools in 23 cities nationwide.

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Out-of-School Males of Color

January 1, 2012 | Report

This roundtable provides additional content knowledge in framing the education and employment policies and practices for out-of-school males of color.

Education and Paths to Employment for Middle School Boys of Color

January 1, 2012 | Report

Male students of color face significant disparities in educational achievement in public schools in the United States, beginning at the earliest grades.

Education and Employment of High School Males of color

January 1, 2012 | Report

a summary of the notes and key themes that emerged during the roundtable discussion about the policy barriers and solutions to meeting the education and employment needs of young men of color.

Health for Boys and Young Men of color

January 1, 2012 | Report

This roundtable looked at the data on the health of adolescent (ages 11-19) young males of color, and discussed how their health outcomes are shaped by disadvantaged contexts and unequal opportunities.

Investing in Boys and Young Men of Color

February 1, 2013 | Issue Brief

Policies and practices that support young men of color in their teen years can help put them on the path to lead healthy and productive lives. Young men of color face more obstacles in education, employment, and health than their white peers.

Improving Access to Children's Mental Health Care

March 6, 2013 | Report

This report is the second in a series of studies that report on strategies to sustain children’s mental health services and prevent the onset of problem behaviors.

Father Absence and Child Well-Being

October 1, 2002 | Report

A Critical Review.

Developing a Business Plan for Sustaining School Mental Health Services

November 7, 2012 | Report

Case Studies from The Center for Health and Health Care in Schools at George Washington University on developing a business plan for sustaining school mental health services.

Collaborative Learning: A Case Study on More Than Wheels and Ways to Work

November 6, 2012 | Report

This case study explores how More Than Wheels and Ways to Work entered conversations to explore a potential merger.

Medicaid-Financed Services in Supportive Housing for High-Need Homeless Beneficiaries Business Case

June 1, 2012 | Issue Brief

This brief outlines the rationale for states to consider designing Medicaid-financed, supportive housing-based care management services to improve care for at-risk beneficiaries while lowering costs associated with avoidable hospitalizations and other crisis services.

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