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Locating Family Mental Health Services in Shopping Malls and Schools

March 25, 2013 | Program Result Report

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.

Ethical Family Interventions for Childhood Obesity

September 1, 2011 | Journal Article

Family-based interventions are programs that target parents and children in creating a healthy lifestyle, which is difficult as families are confronted with an obesogenic food environment and have sedentary behaviors.

Father Absence and Child Well-Being

October 1, 2002 | Report

A Critical Review.

Children's Development Depends on Nature, Nurture and the Interplay Between the Two, Study Finds

March 1, 2011 | Story

Research by RWJF Health & Society Scholar shows that fearful children are more vulnerable to the negative effects of growing up in "rough neighborhoods."

Preventing Child Abuse and Neglect in New Jersey Through a Home Visitation Program

July 14, 2010 | Program Result Report

Evidence-based home visitation refers to voluntary programs that meet federally mandated requirements for family-focused services - prenatally through early childhood - delivered in the home environment.

Shaniqua Ballard's Story

March 24, 2010 | Program Result Report

Shaniqua Ballard was living without much hope in a shelter for pregnant women, with little money and no health insurance, until she discovered the Developing Families Center, where she received obstetric and well-woman care, and enrolled her children in the child development program.

Parental Media Mediation Styles for Children Aged 2 to 11 Years

April 1, 2006 | Journal Article

A number of negative health consequences in children have been associated with overexposure to media. The goal of this research was to better understand parental approaches to influencing children's use of media (television, video and computer). An ...

In Two California Counties Health Teams Support Grandparents Raising Their Grandkids

March 1, 2006 | Program Result Report

According to the U.S. Census Bureau, in 1999 more than 3.9 million children in America were being raised in homes maintained by one or more grandparent.

A New Look at Nature vs. Nurture Emphasizes Multiple Influences

September 1, 2001 | Program Result Report

The National Institute of Child Health and Human Development and the University of Notre Dame held a 1999 conference on parenting and child development.

Parents of Chronically Ill Children Choose Respite Care Needs Over a Residential Rehabilitative Center

September 1, 1997 | Program Result Report

The University of Florida School of Medicine surveyed families and health care providers of chronically ill children to determine what services would be needed and how they should be provided in a model residential treatment facility.

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