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.
Risky Behavior
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Institute for Safe Families
Grantee
The Foundation spoke with Martha Davis, Executive Director for the Institute for Safe Families, on how leaders are changing the landscape of ACEs.
Infographic: The Truth About ACEs
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Learn about Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs)
Tracking Media Trends in Portraying Risky Behaviors
May 23, 2011 | Program Result
In late 2006, the Annenberg Public Policy Center at the University of Pennsylvania launched a website, YouthMediaRisk.org, to make data and findings of the center's Coding of Mental Health and Media Project (CHAMP) available to the public.
Predictors of Sexual Risk Behaviors Among Newly Homeless Youth
April 1, 2008 | Journal Article
Not living with family members and drug use were the most important predictors of risky sexual behavior (higher number of partners and less consistent condom use) in unhoused adolescents in Los Angeles County. Gender and race/ethnicity played a much less important role.
Researchers Explore a Single Way to Treat the "Big Four" Health-Risk Behaviors
May 1, 2005 | Program Result
The Bayer Institute for Health Care Communication explored with health care experts the development of a single intervention tool for treating the "big four" health risk behaviors: sedentary lifestyle, risky drinking, unhealthy diet and smoking.
Circle of Health Program Designed to Address Risky Behaviors by Native American Youths in Phoenix
April 1, 2004 | Program Result
The American Indian Prevention Coalition undertook a planning process to develop a program aimed at preventing substance abuse, violence and other risky behaviors among Native American youth living in Phoenix.
Supplement to Journal of Adolescent Health Devoted to Topic of Adolescent Risk and Vulnerability
March 1, 2003 | Program Result
In July 2002, the Journal of Adolescent Health published a 79-page supplemental issue entitled Adolescent Risk and Vulnerability - Workshop Report.
Book Identifies Best Strategies to Prevent Adolescent Problem Behaviors
November 1, 2007 | Program Result
Four researchers, with different research approaches and perspectives on deviant behavior, spent the 2000-01 academic year identifying new strategies for creating behavior change in adolescent substance abusers.
Researchers Analyze Major Adolescent Health Study and Find that School and Family Ties Protect Teens from Risky Behaviors
December 1, 2006 | Program Result
Investigators at the University of Minnesota analyzed data and disseminated findings from the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent Health, the largest research study ever undertaken on adolescents in the United States.