Abstract Child health and housing security are closely intertwined, and children without homes are more likely to suffer from chronic disease, hunger, and malnutrition than are children with homes. Homeless children and youth often have significant...
"She suffered cruelty not only from strangers, but also at the hands of those who were supposed to help and protect her, she said. Her mother forced her into marriage at an early age in exchange for rent money. Once, she said, her court ordered drug...
Materials for pediatricians on how to support adoptive and foster families. Includes a handout for parents: Parenting After Trauma: Understanding Your Child’s Needs ....
"Survivors of sexual violence have long gone without treatment and suffered debilitating symptoms of depression, anxiety and post-traumatic stress disorder...."...
"The act of describing a feeling such as anger may have a significant impact on the body's physiological response to the situation that elicits the emotion, according to research published June 5 in the open access journal PLOS ONE by Karim Kassam...
"State lawmakers are getting ready to move forward with proposals to expand the legal definition of child abuse in Pennsylvania in an effort to flag more incidents of suspected mistreatment.... "Too often, McCormack said, the state's definition of...
Abstract Child abuse is a social problem that receives much attention from policy makers, practitioners, and researchers. This alarming phenomenon generates many consequences for children, their families, and society as a whole; one tragic...
Abstract Intimate partner violence (IPV) has been linked to childhood abuse, posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD), and low emotional intelligence (EI). Relationships among adverse childhood experiences (ACE), PTSD symptoms, and partner aggression...
"An initiative of the W.K. Kellogg Foundation in partnership with The National Center on Family Homelessness, OrganWise Guys, Inc., and Dr. Danielle Hollar.... "Funded by the W.K. Kellogg Foundation , Healing Hearts, Promoting Health (HHPH) is an...
"Leaders of local groups that deal with child sexual abuse are disappointed with budget cuts that have slashed $250,000 from their budgets, but they’re not just sitting around hoping the federal government will restore the...
First, my heart goes out to every student who was denied his or her high school diploma. These students are victims that our state superintendent and legislators have abandoned, rejected, and chose not to protect them from injustice. 4,200 students...
Here's a must-read about a police department in the small Canadian town of Prince Albert, Saskatchewan, pop. 35,000, that was dealing with 35,000 calls a year, which was double the number in 2001. The calls were on track to double again in eight...
"To get a sense of just how foolish and shortsighted the $85 billion across-the-board sequester cuts are you don’t have to look any further than Head Start. The federal government’s only pre-K program , Head Start provides comprehensive,...