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April 30, 2013 | New Public Health Post
Last year, more than 675,000 U.S. children were victims of maltreatment. Preventing abuse and neglect in the first place by giving families the support they need, when they need it, yields the best outcomes.
November 13, 2009 | Program Result
While prominent in the field, Nurse-Family Partnership is one of many home-visiting programs aimed at helping families and young children.
October 26, 2009 | News Release
Duncan Campbell, founder of Friends of the Children and RWJF grantee, was awarded a 2009 Purpose Prize today, which honors social entrepreneurs over 60 who are using their experience and passion to take on society's biggest challenges.
June 15, 2005 | Program Result
Parent Trust for Washington Children established a Rural Family Group Support Network to expand its presence beyond urban settings, and into Washington's rural counties to reduce families' social isolation that can lead to child abuse and neglect.
September 26, 2002 | Program Result
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.
October 1, 2001 | Program Result
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.
March 31, 2007 | Program Result
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.
March 1, 2001 | Program Result
From 1996 through 1998, the Academy of Medicine of New Jersey, Princeton Junction, N.J., gave a series of seminars on domestic violence, child abuse and elder abuse for community-based physicians throughout New Jersey.
January 1, 2008 | Program Result
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.
July 12, 2012 | Story
Walter Zelman, director of the public health department at California State University, Los Angeles, tapped into Commission to Build a Healthier America research to inform students as they assessed local health concerns.