HandsNet Human Services Digest - May 26, 2009



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***CHILDREN, YOUTH AND FAMILIES***


Mayo Clinic Researchers Examine the Psychological Impact of Child Abuse

http://webclipper.handsnet.org/2009/05/mayo-clinic-res-2.php



HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius, Sesame Workshop, and the Ad Council Launch National Campaign to Protect Families from H1N1 Virus and Stay Healthy

http://webclipper.handsnet.org/2009/05/hhs-secretary-k.php



American Dental Education Association Receives Grant From W.K. Kellogg Foundation to Help Improve the Oral Health of Vulnerable Children

http://webclipper.handsnet.org/2009/05/american-dental-10.php



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Quality of Child Health: Expanding the Scope and Flexibility of Measurement Approaches

http://webclipper.handsnet.org/2009/05/quality-of-chil.php



Telemedicine may improve care for school children with diabetes

http://webclipper.handsnet.org/2009/05/telemedicine-ma.php



Express Lane Eligibility and Beyond: How Automated Enrollment Can Help Eligible Children Receive Medicaid and CHIP

http://webclipper.handsnet.org/2009/05/express-lane-el.php




***CIVIC ENGAGEMENT/PHILANTHROPY***


Piper Trust Awards Grants Over $2 Million for Arts, Children and Healthcare

http://webclipper.handsnet.org/2009/05/piper-trust-awa.php



Mayo Clinic researchers find popular television shows inaccurately portray violent crime

http://webclipper.handsnet.org/2009/05/mayo-clinic-res-1.php




***COMMUNITY BUILDING***


Creative New Venture to Help Communities Revitalize Neighborhoods Hit Hard by Foreclosures

http://webclipper.handsnet.org/2009/05/creative-new-ve.php



HUD makes $117 million available to clean up dangerous lead in housing

http://webclipper.handsnet.org/2009/05/hud-makes-117-m.php



HUD Secretary Donovan statement on the Helping Families Save Their Homes Act of 2009

http://webclipper.handsnet.org/2009/05/hud-secretary-d-1.php



Time running out for families to get Disaster Housing Assistance

http://webclipper.handsnet.org/2009/05/time-running-ou.php



HUD announces sanctions against more than 120 FHA-approved lenders

http://webclipper.handsnet.org/2009/05/hud-announces-s.php



Erika Poethig appointed HUD Deputy Assistant Secretary for Policy Development and Research

http://webclipper.handsnet.org/2009/05/erika-poethig-a.php




***ECONOMIC SECURITY***

Rising unemployment could leave half of African American children in poverty

http://webclipper.handsnet.org/2009/05/rising-unemploy.php



Risk and Recovery: Documenting the Changing Risks to Family Incomes

http://webclipper.handsnet.org/2009/05/risk-and-recove.php


A Detailed Picture of Intergenerational Transmission of Human Capital

http://webclipper.handsnet.org/2009/05/a-detailed-pict.php




***EDUCATION***

Education Secretary Sets Tone for 'Race to the Top' By Naming Innovative New Leader

http://webclipper.handsnet.org/2009/05/secretary-dunca-7.php



Secretary Duncan Asks: Will California Lead or Retreat in Public K-12 Education's Race for the Top?

http://webclipper.handsnet.org/2009/05/secretary-dunca-4.php




***HEALTH***


Growing retail clinic trend makes few inroads in poor, underserved areas

http://webclipper.handsnet.org/2009/05/growing-retail.php



New contraceptive device is designed to prevent sexual transmission of HIV

http://webclipper.handsnet.org/2009/05/new-contracepti.php



Financing Health Care Reform : Before the Senate Committee on Finance

http://webclipper.handsnet.org/2009/05/financing-healt.php


Health Reform: The Cost of Failure

http://webclipper.handsnet.org/2009/05/health-reform-t.php



HHS Takes Additional Steps Toward Development of Vaccine for the Novel Influenza A (H1N1).

http://webclipper.handsnet.org/2009/05/hhs-takes-addit.php



Statement From Paul E. Jarris, MD, MBA, Executive Director of the Association of State and Territorial Health Officials on the Need for Sustained Funding of Public Health

http://webclipper.handsnet.org/2009/05/statement-from-9.php




***NUTRITION AND HEALTHY LIVING***


Workplace e-mail intervention program helps people sit less and eat better

http://webclipper.handsnet.org/2009/05/workplace-email.php




***SUBSTANCE ABUSE***


Early exposure to tobacco smoke may lead to early emphysema later

http://webclipper.handsnet.org/2009/05/early-exposure-3.php




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The Human Services Digest is compiled by:

Michael Saunders
HandsNet Editor
msaunders@handsnet.org