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June 1, 2000 | Program Result Report
In 1998, Laura Sessions-Stepp, a reporter on leave from The Washington Post, carried out research for a book on the developmental needs of young adolescents and adult responses to those needs.
April 1, 2008 | Journal Article
Not living with family members and drug use were the most important predictors of risky sexual behavior (higher number of partners and less consistent condom use) in unhoused adolescents in Los Angeles County. Gender and race/ethnicity played a much less important role.
August 22, 2008 | Program Result Report
Family Connections launched a research-based outpatient treatment and training program for teenagers involved with alcohol, drugs and other high-risk behaviors.
December 1, 2006 | Program Result Report
Investigators at the University of Minnesota analyzed data and disseminated findings from the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent Health, the largest research study ever undertaken on adolescents in the United States.
May 1, 2005 | Program Result Report
The Kaiser Permanente Center for Health Research conducted a comprehensive review of published trials to identify common core elements of counseling in primary care settings that are effective across behaviors for physical activity, diet and risky drinking.
June 1, 2004 | Program Result Report
The Washington Tennis & Education Foundation expanded its programming to introduce at-risk inner city children to health-promoting behaviors such as good nutrition, physical conditioning and avoidance of drugs and alcohol.
February 1, 2003 | Program Result Report
The Center for Grieving Children, Teens and Families in Philadelphia expanded its service, outreach and training programs in 2001-2002.
October 1, 2003 | Program Result Report
Audubon Area Community Services in Owensboro, Ky., planned and implemented a Free to Grow model that reduced risks for substance abuse by combining grassroots community action with intensive case management for high-risk families.
May 2, 2008 | Story
Denise Herd used her medical anthropologist background and rigorous quantitative methods to explore the hypothesis that rap music has increasingly glamorized the use of illegal drugs by associating drug use with wealth and high social standing.
June 20, 2012 | Program Result Report
From 2008 to 2011, eight projects implemented Safe Dates, a dating abuse prevention program, in middle and high schools through New Jersey Health Initiatives, which supports projects that improve the health and health care of state residents.