"The first ever global study to examine how changes in health inequality are related to overall coverage of maternal and child health interventions has shown that the countries making the most rapid progress in increasing maternal and child health...
"...One argument that violence researchers often hear is that behaviors like name-calling and insults aren't serious enough to be called abuse. But that's not true, Bonomi said. "Studies in adults have shown that psychological abuse alone can be...
Released today from the Institute for Economics & Peace , this new report, Violence Containment Spending in the United States , provides an analyses of how much of the U.S. economy is related to preventing or dealing with the consequences of violence. Key Findings from the report: Violence Containment cost the U.S. $2.16 trillion per year. If violence containment were an industry, it would be the largest industry in the U.S. Federal expenditure has expanded in the last ten...
"In 18 years - the time it takes for an infant to develop into an adult - the number of children who've become victims of violence at home has declined, says a report released Wednesday by the federal Justice Department’s Bureau of Justice...
Intimate Partner Violence During Pregnancy Dr. Philip V. Scribano, who works at the Department of Pediatrics, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania reviewed these articles for the Academy on Violence and Abuse (AVA) September...
"As kids and teachers head back to school, we wanted to turn away from questions about politics and unions and money and all the regular school stuff people argue about, and turn to something more optimistic — an emerging theory...
"On June 15, 2011, Washington became the first state in the United States to enact legislation aimed at preventing adverse childhood experiences (ACE), reducing their prevalence, and mitigating their effects. House Bill 1965 (HB 1965) was established...
There's a new book out -- Resilience: The Science of Mastering Life's Greatest Challenges . It's written by Steven Southwick, a Yale Medical School and Yale Child Study Center psychiatry professor who specializes in PTSD and resilience, and...
Canada --“People who have trauma histories are especially sensitive to interactions within health care,” explains Dr. Catherine Classen, director of the Women’s Mental Health Research Program at Women’s College Research...
"One out of every 4 children attending school has been exposed to a traumatic event that can affect learning and/or behavior. Help is available. Hope is possible!" http://www.nctsnet.org/resources/audiences/school-personnel I will add this...
"A 10-week program that fits easily into the high school curriculum could give students a lifetime of less anger and lower blood pressure, researchers report. Health and physical education teachers taught anger and stress management to 86 ninth...
In the current Boston Review, University of Chicago economist and Nobel Laureate James J. Heckman makes a powerful argument for social policy to improve the early lives of disadvantaged children . He asks a series of questions to consider before...
Michelle Radin, Jane Kretzmann, Maryann DeMatthews, and Juliet C. Dorris-Williams joined ACEs Connection in August. Here's some info about each, and a link to their profile pages. Michelle Radin , Eagle River, AK -- Michelle is a consultant on...
Linda Peterson, Kimberly Shultz, Hoyt Roberson and JJ Moody joined ACEs Connection in August. Here's some info about each, and a link to their profile pages. Linda Peterson , Chicago, IL -- Linda is a psychology student. Kimberly Shultz , Oceanside,...
The "Still Face Experiment" has been around since 1975, when Drs. Ed Tronick, T. Berry Brazelton and two colleagues presented it to the Society for Research in Child Development . ( Jason Goldman did a great writeup on Thoughtful Animal...