This study describes the characteristics and experiences of youth from the Boys and Girls Clubs of the Twin Cities, and compares their academic achievement to that of their peers. This study answered the following research questions: (1) What are the characteristics and experiences of youth who participate in the Boys & Girls Clubs of the Twin Cities? (2) How […]
Author: Sara Benning
The Well-Woman Project
The goal of the Well-Woman Project is to help women use their own words to describe the factors that affect their ability to be healthy and to use “well-woman care” (care when they are not sick). Stories describing women’s thoughts and experiences can give us powerful insights about women’s health and all of the complex factors that […]
Children’s Mental Health Case Study about Depression
The staff at the Children, Youth & Family Consortium have created Children’s Mental Health Case Studies. These online, interactive tools encourage practitioners, instructors, graduate students and community partners to collaborate together and explore how to respond effectively to children’s mental health needs. Each case study tells the story of a developing child and the adults […]
Video: Dr. Robert Blum on Adolescent Reproductive Health Care
In this video, Dr. Robert Blum (Johns Hopkins University) explains the importance of family planning programs specific for adolescent population. He discusses barriers of family planning services in developing countries and what to consider when implementing family planning and reproductive health services. Want to hear more from Dr. Blum? Join us on Friday, December 4, 2015, when he’ll present The Global […]
UMN MCH Alumni Dr. Robert Blum Discusses Global Early Adolescent Study
On Friday, December 4, 2015, SPH MCH alumni Dr. Robert Blum presented The Global Early Adolescent Study: A 15-country Study to Explore the Acquisition and Influence of Gender Norms in a Global Context. The age period from 10-14 years is among the most critical for human development, yet one of the most poorly understood. Biological processes are […]
Report: Perspectives on the Community Health Worker Workforce
This summary report captures information provided by community health workers (CHW) from across Minnesota. Included are characteristics such as education and certificate completion, features of CHW jobs (including service activities, work locations and support to special populations) and training interests. Produced by WellShare International along with the Minnesota Community Health Worker Peer Network (a CHW collaborative program of […]
Minnesota Safe Harbor Resources
The Safe Harbor First Year Evaluation Overview, released by the Minnesota departments of Health and Human Services, is the first report of its kind on Safe Harbor, the new statewide system for helping sexually exploited youth younger than age 18 years, which went into full effect in 2014. The Safe Harbor program provides these youths […]
Map of Social Media in the States
The Association of Maternal & Child Health Programs (AMCHP) has collected a list of state public health departments with Facebook and Twitter accounts.
Adoption and Permanency Modules: Three Part Series
TheUniversity of Minnesota’s Center for Advanced Studies in Child Welfare (CASCW) has added a three part series on Adoption and Permanency to its resource library. Students, professionals, and families will find these modules useful: Module 1: Adoption and Permanency: An Introduction Module 2: Adoption & Permanency: Loss, Grief and Trauma Module 3: Adoption & Permanency: Identity, Openness and […]
Global Nutrition Report
This report card on the world’s global, regional and country-by-country nutrition assesses countries’ progress in meeting global nutrition targets established by the World Health Assembly. It documents how well countries, aid donors, NGOs, businesses, and others are meeting the commitments they made at the major Nutrition for Growth summit in 2013. This report is the second report in an annual […]
Interactive Map: What States Consider Parental Disability in Termination of Parental Rights?
The Center for Advanced Studies in Child Welfare put together an interactive map providing up to date information on how states are including parental disability language in their state statutes, and resources about the intersection of parents with disabilities and child welfare.
Children in Common: Ensuring the Emotional Well-Being of Children When Parenting Apart
The Children, Youth & Family Consortium’s Children’s Mental Health eReview summarizes children’s mental health research and implications for practice and policy. It addresses the gap between what we know from the literature and what we experience working with families. Each issue explores a specific topic area and reflects the expertise of a group of people […]
DS-Connect®: The Down Syndrome Registry
DS-Connect®: The Down Syndrome Registry, launched by the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD) in 2013, contains lists of health care providers easily searched by specialty and location.
CDC’s Women’s Health National Health Observances
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has compiled a list of national women’s health observances, holidays and other special times of year. Want to know more about National Family Caregivers Month, American Diabetes Month or World AIDS Day? This list contains information available for these and many more observances.