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March 25, 2013 | Program Result
The UCLA Family Commons is a new model of preventive mental health care that provides nonstigmatized, cost-effective education and coaching to help families with children from infancy to adolescence address common childhood issues.
September 1, 2011 | Journal Article
Family-based interventions are programs that target parents and children in creating a healthy lifestyle, which is difficult as families are confronted with an obesogenic food environment and have sedentary behaviors.
October 1, 2002 | Report
A Critical Review.
March 1, 2011 | Story
Research by RWJF Health & Society Scholar shows that fearful children are more vulnerable to the negative effects of growing up in "rough neighborhoods."
July 14, 2010 | Program Result
Evidence-based home visitation refers to voluntary programs that meet federally mandated requirements for family-focused services - prenatally through early childhood - delivered in the home environment.
March 24, 2010 | Program Result
Shaniqua Ballard was living without much hope in a shelter for pregnant women, with little money and no health insurance, until she discovered the Developing Families Center, where she received obstetric and well-woman care, and enrolled her children in the child development program.
April 1, 2006 | Journal Article
A number of negative health consequences in children have been associated with overexposure to media. The goal of this research was to better understand parental approaches to influencing children's use of media (television, video and computer). An ...
March 1, 2006 | Program Result
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, in 1999 more than 3.9 million children in America were being raised in homes maintained by one or more grandparent.
September 1, 2001 | Program Result
The National Institute of Child Health and Human Development and the University of Notre Dame held a 1999 conference on parenting and child development.
September 1, 1997 | Program Result
The University of Florida School of Medicine surveyed families and health care providers of chronically ill children to determine what services would be needed and how they should be provided in a model residential treatment facility.