Best Practices & Results

Promising Practices Network Update

Below are recent updates to the Promising Practices Network on Healthy Children at http://www.promisingpractices.net.

Healthy and Safe Children
http://www.promisingpractices.net/research.asp#healthy

Developmental and Behavioral Needs and Service Use for Young Children in Child Welfare
Pediatrics, October 2005.

Hearing Screening at Well-Child Visits
Archives of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine, October 2005

Food Prices Linked to Weight Gain in Children
RAND Corporation, September 2005

National Study of Neighborhood Safety, Outdoor Play, Television Viewing, and Obesity in Preschool Children
Pediatrics, September 2005

Prevalence of Household Firearms and Firearm-Storage Practices in the 50 States and the District of Columbia
Pediatrics, September 2005

Sexual Activity Among Adolescents in Romantic Relationships with Friends, Acquaintances, or Strangers
Archives of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine, September 2005

Teens and Oral Sex
National Campaign to Prevent Teen Pregnancy, September 2005

Use of Cigarettes and Alcohol by Preschoolers While Role-playing as Adults Archives of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine, September 2005

Who are America's Poor Children?
National Center for Children in Poverty, September 2005

Dynamic Effects Among Patients' Treatment Needs, Beliefs, and Utilization: A Prospective Study of Adolescents in Drug Treatment
Health Services Research, August 2005

Juvenile Probation Initiatives in California and Their Effect
RAND Corporation, August 2005

Preventive Dental Care and Unmet Dental Needs Among Low-Income Children American Journal of Public Health, August 2005

Teens' Driving Riskier with Male Teen Passenger, Teen Boy's Driving Safer with Female Teen Passenger
National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD), August 2005

Major Mental Disorders, Substance Use Disorders, Comorbidity, and HIV-AIDS Risk Behaviors in Juvenile Detainees
Psychiatric Services, July 2005

The Promising Practices Network is supported by:

• Annie E. Casey Foundation
• The Children's Institute
• Colorado Foundation for Families and Children
• The Colorado Trust
• The David and Lucile Packard Foundation
• Family and Community Trust
• Family Connection Partnership
• Foundation Consortium for California's Children & Youth
• KidsOhio.org
• New York State Office of Children & Family Services
• Northwest Early Childhood Institute
• Oregon Commission on Children and Families
• Parents Action for Children (formerly the I Am Your Child Foundation)
• RAND Corporation
• The Spencer Foundation