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Adverse Childhood Experiences
May 10, 2013 | Feature/Infographic
The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation is working to increase awareness and understanding of the impact of ACEs and the need to develop effective innovative interventions.
Child FIRST Develops an Evidence-Based Early Childhood Intervention
February 5, 2013 | Program Result Report
Child FIRST is a home-based early childhood intervention that works with the most vulnerable very young children and their families to reduce serious emotional disturbance, developmental and learning problems, and abuse and neglect.
Parental Influence on Substance Use in Adolescent Social Networks
December 1, 2012 | Journal Article
Adolescents benefit from having a friend whose parents are authoritative, even if their own are not.
Social Impact 100 Index
November 27, 2012 | Grant/Feature
Ten grantees from the Vulnerable Populations Portfolio at RWJF have been named to the Social Impact Exchange's S&I 100, an index of the top nonprofits having a positive impact on America's most pressing social issues.
Industry Efforts to Improve Nutrition and Marketing for Children's Cereals Yield Mixed Results
June 22, 2012 | News Release
The first Cereal FACTS study was released in 2009, and found that least healthy cereals were those most frequently and aggressively marketed directly to children as young as age 2.
Temporal Trends in Incidence and Long-Term Care Fatality of Stroke Among Children from 1994 to 2007
May 30, 2012 | Journal Article
his article examines incidence and fatality rates of pediatric stroke in New Jersey from 1994 through 2007.
Improving on Success: Why the Nurse-Family Partnership Model is a Work in Progress
May 21, 2012 | Human Capital Blog Post
David Olds, PhD, is founder of the Nurse-Family Partnership, a Robert Wood Johnson Foundation 40th Anniversary Force Multiplier that provides maternal and early childhood health programs for at-risk, first-time mothers. He is a professor of pediatri ...
Let's Make it Easier for Caregivers to Protect Infants from Whooping Cough
March 20, 2012 | Human Capital Blog Post
The Centers for Disese Control and Prevention recommends pertussis vaccination for adults in close contact with newborns. The immunization of household contacts provides early protection for infants, who do not gain immunity to pertussis until they ...
Nurse-Led Program Helps Young, At-Risk Moms and Babies
February 27, 2012 | Story
The Nurse-Family Partnership is projected to touch the lives of more than 400,000 families nationwide by 2019.
Healthy Babies Minnesota: A Q&A with State Health Officer Edward Ehlinger
January 12, 2012 | New Public Health Post
Healthy Babies Minnesota is an umbrella of activities aimed at using prenatal and first-year initiatives to make Minnesotans healthier throughout their lives. NewPublicHealth spoke with Edward Ehlinger, MD, the state’s commissioner of health, about ...