Promising Practices Network Offers Children's Health Research in Brief

The Promising Practices Network on Children, Families and Communities has updated its site to include additional information under its Proven and Promising Programs "Research in Brief" section.

In the area of healthy and safe children, visit www.promisingpractices.net/research.asp#healthychildren for:

• "Prevalence and Trends in Overweight Among U.S. Children and Adolescents, 1999 - 2000." Journal of the American Medical Association, October 2002.
  
  
• "Racial Differences in the Evaluation of Pediatric Fractures for Physical Abuse." Journal of the American Medical Association, October 2002.
  
  
• "Behavioral Correlates of Television Viewing in Primary School Children Evaluated by the Child Behavior Checklist." American Medical Association, September 2002.
  
  
• "The Effectiveness of Child-Resistant Packaging for Aspirin," American Medical Association, September 2002.
  
  
• "Promoting Positive Mental and Emotional Health in Teens: Some Lessons from Research." Child Trends, September 2002.
  
  
• "A Prospective Study of the Role of Depression in the Development and Persistence of Adolescent Obesity." Pediatrics, September 2002.
  
  
• "Survey of the Injury Rate for Children in Community Sports." Pediatrics, September 2002.
  
  
• "Television Viewing and Initiation of Smoking Among Youth." Pediatrics, September 2002.
  
  
• "Unmet Need for Mental Health Care Among U.S. Children: Variation by Ethnicity and Insurance Status." American Psychiatric Association, September 2002.
  
  
• "National, State, and Urban Area Vaccination Coverage Levels Among Children Aged 19 - 35 Months." Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, August 2002.

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