**Children, Youth & Families
Aggressive preschoolers found to have fewer friends
than others
In comparison, non-aggressive
children do better at interactions with many peers over time. Those are the
findings of new research that used an important innovation for studying children's
peer relationships.
http://webclipper.handsnet.org/2008/07/aggressive-pres.php
Family resources, parenting quality influence children's
early cognitive development
Even among low-income families,
mothers with greater social and economic resources were more supportive in
parenting their children than those with fewer resources, which in turn influenced
the children's cognitive performance.
http://webclipper.handsnet.org/2008/07/family-resource.php
Parents should limit young children's exposure to background
TV
Despite the fact that pediatricians
recommend no screen media exposure for children under age 2, three-quarters
of very young children in America live in homes where the television is on
most of the time, according to research.
http://webclipper.handsnet.org/2008/07/parents-should.php
Growing up amid war affects children's moral development
Colombian children living
in war zones exhibited an understanding that stealing or hurting others is
wrong. But when asked to consider revenge as a motive, many said it is acceptable
to steal or hurt others for revenge.
http://webclipper.handsnet.org/2008/07/growing-up-amid.php
Oakwood Healthcare and UM-Dearborn Develop a New Home
for Educational Programs for Children, Families and Future Teachers
Oakwood Healthcare Inc.
(OHI) and the University of Michigan-Dearborn are working together to transform
a vacant Dearborn building into a state-of-the-art learning center housing
acclaimed clinical and educational programs for kids, families and future
teachers.
http://webclipper.handsnet.org/2008/07/oakwood-healthc.php
Immigrant youths explore identity in high school
Children from immigrant
families are assumed to give up their families' ethnic and cultural background
in order to assimilate with American culture. But a new study shows that
in fact, they find ways to combine their cultural heritage with their identification
as members of American society, especially during the high school years.
http://webclipper.handsnet.org/2008/07/immigrant-youth.php
Teen smokers struggle to kick the habit; most want to
quit and can't
The study found that teen
smokers make their first serious attempt to quit after only two and a half
months of smoking, and by the time they have smoked for 21 months they have
lost confidence in their ability to quit.
http://webclipper.handsnet.org/2008/07/teen-smokers-st.php
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Bullying-suicide link explored in new study
Researchers at Yale School
of Medicine have found signs of an apparent connection between bullying, being
bullied and suicide in children, according to a new review of studies from
13 countries published in the International Journal of Adolescent Medicine
and Health.
http://webclipper.handsnet.org/2008/07/bullyingsuicide.php
Complex questions asked by defense lawyers linked to
convictions in child abuse trials
Defendants in child abuse
cases are more likely to be convicted if their defense lawyer uses complicated
language when interrogating young victims according to new research out of
the University of Toronto and the University of Southern California.
http://webclipper.handsnet.org/2008/07/complex-questio.php
**Community Development
HUD ANNOUNCES DISASTER
ASSISTANCE FOR MICHIGAN STORM VICTIMS
U.S. Housing and Urban Development
Secretary Steve Preston today announced HUD will speed federal disaster assistance
to 11 storm-ravaged counties in Michigan and provide support to homeowners
and low-income renters forced from their homes following severe storms, tornadoes,
and flooding.
http://webclipper.handsnet.org/2008/07/hud-announces-d-6.php
**Economic Security
A New Safety Net for Low-Income Families
Some low-income families
help from government work supports, notably tax credits, food stamps, and
child care subsidies, but these supports either offer too little or go to
too few families that need them to reliably close the gap between earnings
and basic expenses.
http://webclipper.handsnet.org/2008/07/a-new-safety-ne.php
Legalization and Regulations for Online Gambling Needed;
Research Shows Online Gambling Can Be More Dangerous Than Casino Gambling
Believing online gambling
has the potential to become more habitual than casino gambling, a marketing
professor with the Richard Ivey School of Business is calling for legalization
of online gambling to allow for better regulation and to potentially reduce
harmful effects.
http://webclipper.handsnet.org/2008/07/study-legalizat.php
**Education
Foundation Affirms Long-term Commitment to Early Childhood
Education by Investing an Additional $18 Million Over
3-Year Period
The McCormick Foundation
approved more than $6.2 million in additional grants for 2008-the first installment
of over $18 million to be invested through 2011. Since 1993, the Foundation
has invested more than $80 million in a broad range of activities to build
a system of early care and education in Illinois.
http://webclipper.handsnet.org/2008/07/mccormick-found.php
Grants to Enhance Libraries in Low-Income Schools
The U.S. Secretary of Education
announced the award of $18,258,896 to enhance libraries in 59 low-income school
districts across the United States. The grants aim to help students improve
reading achievement by increasing their access to up-to-date and technologically
advanced school library materials.
http://webclipper.handsnet.org/2008/07/secretary-spell-16.php
U.S. Department
of Education Awards New York $16.6 Million
Grant to Help Create More Charter Schools
New York is one of five states receiving the
competitive grants through the Department's Charter Schools Program (CSP),
which supports states' efforts to plan, design, implement and disseminate
information about charter schools. To create a continuum of K-12 high quality
charter schools in New York state, the
CSP grant funds will also be used with greater emphasis on secondary charter
schools.
http://webclipper.handsnet.org/2008/07/us-department-o-10.php
Education Department and EU Fund 16 Projects to Advance
International Curriculum Development and Student Exchanges
The U.S. Secretary of Education
announced the award of $1,279,738 for 16 projects that add a European Community-United
States dimension to international curriculum development and student exchanges.
http://webclipper.handsnet.org/2008/07/education-depar-1.php
The university of the future
In a world where economies
are increasingly dependent upon high-level knowledge, higher education is
a key national resource. But a Forward Look initiated by the European Science
Foundation (ESF) shows that we need to know more about how universities, and
other higher education institutions, are changing in the 21st century.
http://webclipper.handsnet.org/2008/07/the-university.php
Growth in Giving to Education Likely to Slow in Coming
Year
The CASE Fundraising Index
predicts that philanthropic support for schools, colleges and universities
will grow by 5.3 percent for the academic year that began on July 1. Over
the last 20 years, the average annual rate of growth for giving to education
has been 7 percent.
http://webclipper.handsnet.org/2008/07/growth-in-givin.php
**Health
Second national scorecard on US health care
system finds no overall improvement
Despite spending more on
health care than any other industrialized nation, the U.S. overall continues
to fall far short on key indicators of health outcomes and quality, with particularly
low scores on efficiency.
http://webclipper.handsnet.org/2008/07/second-national.php
More than 2/3 of Massachusetts residents
support health reform law
In the two years since the
law's passage, approximately 350,000 Massachusetts residents have gained health insurance
coverage. The poll finds that the public is aware of the law's success at
reducing the number of uninsured in the state with 14% saying the law has
been very successful and 57% somewhat successful.
http://webclipper.handsnet.org/2008/07/poll-more-than.php
New report warns current policies will not avert health
workforce crisis
A report from the Association
of Academic Health Centers warns that the nation is facing a health workforce
crisis and is running out of time to ensure an adequate health workforce to
meet needs resulting from critical socioeconomic challenges for health care.
http://webclipper.handsnet.org/2008/07/new-report-warn.php
Cancer researchers call for ethnicity to be taken into
account
Breast cancer research needs
to investigate how a person's ethnicity influences their response to treatment
and its outcome, according to a new Comment piece in Lancet by researchers
from Imperial College London.
http://webclipper.handsnet.org/2008/07/cancer-research.php
APHA Applauds New Report on Health Impacts of Climate
Change
In support of continued
efforts to research and analyze the health impacts of climate change, the
American Public Health Association applauds release by the U.S. Environmental
Protection Agency of a report that discusses the potential impacts of climate
change on human health, human welfare and communities in the United States.
http://webclipper.handsnet.org/2008/07/apha-applauds-n.php
Evaluation to Measure Effectiveness of Oral Health Care
Model in Rural Alaska Native Villages
The two-year study offers
an opportunity to determine the quality of service provided by the Alaska
Native Tribal Health Consortium's Dental Health Aide Therapist Program.
http://webclipper.handsnet.org/2008/07/evaluation-to-m.php
UT pathologists believe they have pinpointed Achilles
heel of HIV
Human Immunodeficiency Virus
(HIV) researchers at The University of Texas Medical School at Houston believe they have uncovered the Achilles heel in the armor
of the virus that continues to kill millions.
http://webclipper.handsnet.org/2008/07/ut-pathologists.php
**Nonprofit Management
Creating engaged boards’ key to sustaining small, medium-size
nonprofits
BoardSource
is partnering with the Flint area Building Excellence, Sustainability and Trust
Project, to develop a multi-tiered strategy aimed at generating heightened
engagement and leadership among nonprofit boards that serve Flint and Genesee County, Michigan.
http://webclipper.handsnet.org/2008/07/creating-engage.php
Ask and you’re Likely to Get Help, According
to Stanford Business School Research
People are more willing
to help than you think, and that can be important to know when you're trying
to get the resources you need to get a job done, when you're trying to solicit
funds, or what have you."
http://webclipper.handsnet.org/2008/07/ask-and-youre-l.php
**Nutrition and Healthy
Living
Peers important for nutrition education among Latinos
A systematic literature
review conducted by a team of researchers from the University of Connecticut,
the Hispanic Health Council (Hartford), and the Connecticut Center for Eliminating
Health Disparities among Latinos assessed the impact of peer education/counseling
on nutrition and health outcomes among Latinos living in the United States.
http://webclipper.handsnet.org/2008/07/peers-important.php
Type 2 diabetes: Culturally-tailored education can improve
blood sugar control
Using community-based health
advocates, delivering information within same-gender groups or adapting dietary
and lifestyle advice to fit a particular community's likely diet can help
people with type 2 diabetes control their blood sugar levels, certainly for
up to six months, following health education.
http://webclipper.handsnet.org/2008/07/type-2-diabetes.php
Children's physical activity drops from age 9 to 15
The activity level of a
large group of American children dropped sharply between age 9 and age 15,
when most failed to reach the daily recommended activity level, according
to the latest findings from a long-term study by the National Institutes of
Health.
http://webclipper.handsnet.org/2008/07/childrens-physi.php
Asians who immigrated to US before age 25 have poorer
mental health than older immigrants
The study is noteworthy
because it shows that using traditional measures of socio-economic status
-- number of years of school and household income -- to predict health outcomes
is not accurate for individuals who immigrate when they are children or young
adults.
http://webclipper.handsnet.org/2008/07/asians-who-immi.php
Culture and Depression
The expectation that East-Asian
people emphasize physical symptoms of depression (e.g. headaches, poor appetite
or aches/pains in the body) is widely acknowledged, yet the few available
empirical studies report mixed data on this issue.
http://webclipper.handsnet.org/2008/07/culture-and-dep.php
Forensic patients with tattoos more likely to have antisocial
personality disorder
The presence of tattoos
on forensic psychiatric inpatients should alert clinicians to a possible diagnosis
of Antisocial Personality Disorder, and also about the potential for histories
of suicide attempt, substance abuse, and sexual abuse, according to research
published today in Personality and Mental Health.
http://webclipper.handsnet.org/2008/07/forensic-patien.php
**Seniors
Elderly falls cut by 11 percent with education and intervention
Commonly viewed as an inevitable
consequence of aging and often ignored in clinical practice, falls among the
elderly were cut by 11 percent when researchers at Yale School of Medicine
used a combination of fall prevention educational campaigns and interventions
aimed at encouraging clinicians to incorporate fall-risk assessment and management
into their practices.
http://webclipper.handsnet.org/2008/07/elderly-falls-c.php
American Dental Association Launches New, Improved 'OralLongevity' Web Site
The refreshed site features
an updated design, enhanced navigation and new content for the initiative
that helps increase awareness about the importance of older Americans maintaining
good oral health for a lifetime.
http://webclipper.handsnet.org/2008/07/american-dental-5.php
**Substance Abuse
Coffee and cigarette consumption are high among AA attendees
More than one million Americans
currently participate in the Alcoholics Anonymous program. Recent findings
confirm that coffee and cigarette use among AA members is greater than among
the general US population.
http://webclipper.handsnet.org/2008/07/coffee-and-ciga.php
