This opinion piece suggests how we can shape childhood experiences (particularly for those living in poverty and receiving poor education) to reduce adverse outcomes. What is an albatross to the poor is a woe to the affluent. Living in poverty is...
This post is part of Exploring a Culture of Health , a citizen science series brought to you by Discover Magazine, SciStarter and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation , serving as an ally to help Americans work together to build...
This article explains why these statistics and claims about domestic violence are deceiving and suggests alternative understandings of violence against women. Does getting married protect a woman from violence and rape? That's what Brad Wilcox and...
Cigarette smoking among high school students in the United States has reached a landmark low in a survey health officials have been conducting every two years since 1991. Just 15.7% of teens were current smokers in 2013, down from 27.5% when the...
The parents of Celeste Wills are still mourning after their sixth grade daughter committed suicide. The Beaufort County School’s anti-bullying slogan is “see something, say something”. But, her parents want to add an extra step...
African-American drivers represent 29 percent of Davenport motorists pulled over by police in 2013, even though they represent only 10 percent of the city’s population, according to a university study presented Tuesday. St. Ambrose University...
Abstract This study investigated the prevalence of and motivations behind the exchange of sexually explicit text messages (“sexting”)—including those with and without photographic images—among youth. Secondary aims included...
The California Assembly Health Committee approved by a vote of 16-0 a resolution to encourage statewide policies to reduce children’s exposure to adverse childhood experiences. California took a page from Wisconsin’s playbook with the...
Data from the Department of Health and Human Services shows cases of physical child abuse in Maine have increased 58 percent since 2011. The number of cases spiked in 2012 and continued to rise, but not as drastically, in 2013. In 2011 the total...
1. In low-income, urban young adults, family relationships, community stressors, and personal victimization were ranked as the 3 most stressful adverse childhood experiences (ACEs). 2. In this population, parental divorce/separation and mental illness...
Family violence may leave a genetic imprint on children, according to a recent study. Researchers from Tulane University School of Medicine found that children in homes affected by domestic violence, suicide or the incarceration of a family member...
Dear Mr. Will, I read your recent column on the “supposed campus epidemic of rape, a.k.a. sexual assault” and am somewhat taken aback by your claim that forcing colleges to take a tougher stand on sexual assault somehow...
When we are in survival mode, optimal amounts of cortisol -- commonly known as the stress hormone -- can be life saving. But abnormally high or prolonged spikes in cortisol -- like what happens when we are constantly stewing over a problem...
California Endowment Present Robert K. Ross tells the story of Claudia, a story about the devastating effects of trauma, and about the healing effects of resilience and courage.
This is an excerpt from AAP SmartBrief, June17, 2014: Exposure to prenatal stress linked to obesity risk in adulthood An analysis of data on nearly 120,000 young men in Denmark found that those born to mothers exposed to stressful situations, such...