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The Role of Mental Health Factors, Behavioral Factors, and Past Experience in the Prediction of Rapid Repeat Pregnancy in Adolescence
January 28, 2009 | Journal Article
Rapid repeat pregnancies (RRPs) in adolescents are poorly understood, even though they are some of the pregnancies at highest risk for poor outcomes. This study showed that aggression was associated with higher risk of an RRP, but life history factors such as abuse and depression were not.
Locating Family Mental Health Services in Shopping Malls and Schools
March 25, 2013 | Program Result
The UCLA Family Commons is a new model of preventive mental health care that provides nonstigmatized, cost-effective education and coaching to help families with children from infancy to adolescence address common childhood issues.
Funding Provides Mental Health Support for Hispanic Community Affected by September 11 Attacks
July 1, 2004 | Program Result
In 2002-03, the Committee for Hispanic Children and Families, New York, provided and trained other community groups to provide, group mental health sessions to Latinos affected by the September 11th attack on the World Trade Center in New York City.
Culturally Appropriate Storytelling to Improve Blood Pressure
January 18, 2011 | Journal Article
This study sought to develop and test a novel, evidence-based and culturally appropriate intervention to control blood pressure in African-Americans using storytelling DVDs.
Fresh Ideas: Improving the Health of Immigrant and Refugee Communities
June 27, 2011 | Program Result
Fresh Ideas was a targeted solicitation for proposals that aimed to give immigrants and refugees the tools and support they need to improve and maintain their own health.
Mapping the Innovation in Correctional Health Care Service Delivery in New York City
April 1, 2008 | Report
An electronic database and map of reentry services available to prisoners returning from New York City's jails to communities in its five boroughs finds services are often inaccessible.
Helping Mothers and Children with a Families Center in Washington, D.C.
March 24, 2010 | Program Result
The Developing Families Center in Washington, D.C., provides health and social support services to young women and their families in the city's low-income, Black neighborhoods.
Prisoners Returning Home in the Bronx and Brooklyn Find Reentry Services Located Far Away in Manhattan
August 27, 2009 | Program Result
An electronic database and map of reentry services available to prisoners returning from New York City's jails to communities in its five boroughs finds services are often inaccessible.
New York City-Based Hispanic Clergy Complete Mental Health Training Program to Better Serve Their Congregations
March 1, 2006 | Program Result
The Blanton-Peale Institute refined, strengthened and expanded its training program in mental health counseling for Hispanic pastors serving inner city congregations that it had developed with prior funding from RWJF.
Denial is Preferred Mental Health Therapy in N.Y.'s Chinatown Since September 11th Terrorist Attacks
May 1, 2004 | Program Result
In 2002–03, the Asian American Federation of New York, a non-profit leadership organization, conducted a mental health needs assessment of Asian American World Trade Center victims' families as well as vulnerable populations in New York City's Chinatown district — namely, children, elders and dislocated workers — to document the mental health status, needs and actual service use following the September 11th...