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Feeding Our Future: Growing Up Healthy with WIC
2009
This report by Children’s HealthWatch highlights the implications of the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) on very young children. The report details research indicating that WIC improves children’s health as well as reduces the risk of developmental delays.
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Child and Youth Emergency Mental Health Care: A National Problem
2007
This policy brief summarizes the incidence of emergency room usage by children, youth, and adults seeking treatment for mental health problems.
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Copy That: Guidelines for Replicating Programs to Prevent Teen Pregnancy
2006
Whether considering a program for replication or preparing a program for replication by others, a number of key questions must be considered: What is the program intended to accomplish? Is the program effective? What makes it effective? Is the program ready to be replicated? What is the replication plan? This report draws on the replication experiences of three programs: Plain Talk, the Teen Outreach Program, and the Children's Aid Society-Carrera Adolescent Pregnancy Prevention Program. It provides a brief overview of the primary issues involved in replicating a program to prevent teen pregnancy.
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The Power of Plain Talk: Exploring One Program's Influence on the Adolescent Reproductive Health Field
2006
This report explores whether there had been a general change or shift in attitudes and beliefs about parental involvement in the adolescent reproductive health field over the past decade, and whether or not Plain Talk had played a role in bringing about that change. The report also covers issues such as access to services and disproportionate rates of pregnancy and STDs among minority populations.
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U.S. Teenage Pregnancies, Births and Abortions: National and State Trends and Trends by Race and Ethnicity
2010
This report details the most current teenage pregnancy, birth, and abortion statistics as of January 2010. It concludes with discussion of the methodology and the sources used to obtain the estimates.
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Improving Medicaid Managed Care for Youth with Serious Behavioral Health Needs: A Quality Improvement Toolkit
2009
This toolkit highlights the experiences of nine Medicaid managed care organizations in the Collaborative on Improving Managed Care Quality for Youth with Serious Behavioral Health Needs. The Collaborative worked together over a two-year period to improve care for youth with serious behavioral health needs.
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What Works? A Study of Effective Early Childhood Mental Health Consultation Programs
2009
This report is targeted toward states and communities interested in data-driven guidance around the creation and implementation of childhood mental health consultation programs. Through visits to six consultation programs, the authors explore the essential components of effective mental health programs, such as the skills, competencies, and training of the mental health professionals, and detail the extent to which consultation efforts occur nationally.
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KIDS COUNT Indicator Brief: Reducing the Teen Birth Rate
2009
This KIDS COUNT Indicator Brief describes six strategies that can contribute to preventing teen pregnancy.
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KIDS COUNT Indicator Brief: Preventing Low Birth Weight
2009
This brief describes five strategies for reducing the rate of low birth weight births: promote and support research on its causes, expand access to health care, focus intensively on smoking prevention and cessation, ensure that pregnant women get adequate nutrition, and address social and demographic risk factors.
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