KIDS COUNT Publications and Resources

August 1, 2012CA&N ResourcesAnnie E. Casey, children, data, infants, Kids Count, report, state level data, wellbeingMiPSAC

July26, Annie E. Casey Foundation: This list of resources includes our annual Data Book, which provides national and state-by-state profiles of child well-being and related products created to supplement the Data Book each year. For more reports and resources, see also:

Link to AECF Knowledge Center This link connects you with all the AECF reports including the newly released 2012 reports.

Grant Opportunity: R40 Maternal and Child Health Research Program (MCHR)

August 1, 2012CA&N ResourcesChild, grant opportunity, grant.gov, health, Infant, maternal, researchMiPSAC

July 30, 2012, Grants.gov: Within the R40 MCH Research Program, funding is available in FY 2013 to support approximately six (6) extramural multi-year research projects. The R40 MCH Research Program supports applied research relating to maternal and child health services including services for children with special health care needs, which show promise of substantial contribution to advancement of the current knowledge pool, and when used in States and communities should result in health and health services improvements. Findings from the research supported by the MCH Research Program are expected to have potential for application in health care delivery programs for mothers and children. Research proposals should address critical MCH questions such as public health systems and infrastructure, health disparities, quality of care, and promoting the health of MCH populations, which also support the goals of the Health Resources and Services Administration. ELIGIBLE APPLICANTS: State governments; County governments; City or township governments; Special district governments; Independent school districts; Public and State controlled institutions of higher education; Private institutions of higher education Link to Grant Synopsis

New CDC Data Highlight Differences in HIV-Related Risk Behavior Trends Among Racial/Ethnic Subgroups of U.S. Adolescents

August 1, 2012CA&N ResourcesAIDS Conference, CDC, condom use, disease, ethnic differences, high school students, HIV, multiple partners, youthMiPSAC

July 24, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention: New data released by CDC this week during the 2012 International AIDS Conference indicate fewer U.S. high school students overall are engaging in sexual behaviors that put them at risk for HIV and other sexually transmitted diseases. According to the 20-year trend analysis, African-American youth achieved the greatest declines in risk behavior. Overall progress, however, has stalled in recent years, and black youth still report higher levels of sexual risk behaviors than youth of other racial or ethnic groups. Reducing sexual risk behaviors among America’s youth is critical to achieving the goals of the National HIV/AIDS Strategy, which calls for educating all young people on HIV, as well as intensified prevention efforts for populations at greatest risk, including youth. Link to Article on CDC Web Site

Kids Count Data Book 2012: State Trends in Child Well-Being

August 1, 2012CA&N Resourceschild wellbeing, Data Book, Kids Count, measures, statesMiPSAC

2012, Annie E. Casey Foundation: Since 1990, KIDS COUNT has ranked states annually on overall child well-being using an index of 10 indicators. Over time, we changed some of the indicators to replace weaker measures with stronger ones, but the overall scope of the list remained consistent. In this year’s Data Book, we have updated our index to take advantage of these advances in knowledge and the availability of new state-level data to create a more robust tool to better serve the needs of the field. Reliable state-level measures of childhood mental health, juvenile justice involvement and child maltreatment are either not regularly collected or are not collected in a sufficiently comparable form for inclusion in this index. Link to pdf Data Book

Improving The Lives Of Adolescents And Young Adults: Out-Of-School Time Programs That Have Significant Positive Impacts

August 1, 2012CA&N ResourcesAdolescents, behavior problems, Child Trends, children, Education, life skills, LINKS, out-of-school, physical health, program evaluation, reproductive health, social-emotional health, substance use, young adultsMiPSAC

July 2012, Child Trends: The Lifecourse Interventions to Nurture Kids Successfully (LINKS) database aims to help decision makers identify the most effective out-of-school time programs and avoid programs that do not work. LINKS is an online compendium of more than 575 experimental evaluations of social interventions for children and young adults. This fact sheet highlights programs for adolescents and/or young adults that have relatively sizeable impacts for at least one outcome. This Fact Sheet, identifies out-of-school time programs for adolescents or young adults that have statistically significant positive impacts on select outcome categories. Outcome categories include behavior problems, substance use, reproductive health, social-emotional health, life skills, education, and physical health. Link to pdf Fact Sheet