Address Toxic Stress in Vulnerable Children and Families for a Healthier America
June 21, 2013 | Culture of Health Post
Low incomes, subpar education, and often race and ethnicity, combine to create a conspiracy against health.
Child Abuse and Neglect
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Trumping ACEs: Building Resilience and Better Health in Kids and Families Experiencing Trauma
June 19, 2013 | Culture of Health Post
An op-ed highlights a recent summit and ongoing efforts in Philadelphia to raise awareness about the negative impact of ACEs on health, education, and other outcomes.
Harvard Law Professor Faults Strategies for Protecting Abused Kids
September 26, 2002 | Program Results Report
Starting in 1997, Elizabeth Bartholet a law professor at Harvard Law School, researched and wrote Nobody's Children: Abuse and Neglect, Foster Drift, and the Adoption Alternative.
Hawaiian Health Foundation Launches Program to Diagnose and Treat Child Abuse Victims Entering Foster Care
March 31, 2007 | Program Results Report
In 2002, the Kapi'olani Health Foundation created the Child At-Risk Evaluation (CARE) program, a pediatric specialty clinic specializing in the diagnosis and treatment of child abuse.
At Least 10,000 Tune in to Watch Videoconference on Identifying and Reporting Child Abuse
October 1, 2001 | Program Results Report
The University of Maryland Foundation produced a nationwide videoconference in 1999 to help professionals working with children to recognize and report child abuse and neglect.
Conference Attendees and Journal Readers Learn Ways Children Overcome Adversities
January 31, 2008 | Program Results Report
The Society for Life History Research in Psychopathology convened a conference to examine factors that promote resilience in children who have been abused, neglected or experienced other adversity, and go on to lead full and productive lives.
Cell Phones Give Researchers a Window on Young Mothers' Parenting Practices - Leads to NIH Funded Study
October 6, 2009 | Program Results Report
Researchers at the University of Notre Dame conducted two pilot studies on the use of cell phones to gather detailed information about predictors of early child neglect among adolescent and adult mothers.
Institute for Safe Families
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The Foundation spoke with Martha Davis, Executive Director for the Institute for Safe Families, on how leaders are changing the landscape of ACEs.
Childhood Trauma
Topic
Topic page on RWJF's investment in programs focused on childhood trauma.
Boston PBS Affiliate Produces "Failure to Protect" - Frontline Documentaries about the U.S. Child Welfare System
December 15, 2004 | Program Results Report
In January and February 2003, WGBH Educational Foundation aired a three-part Frontline series called "Failure to Protect," which addresses problems with the child welfare system in America.