The Kanawha-Charleston Health Department wants to look at some of the major reasons behind health related problems children face that could eventually lead to more serious issues during adulthood. Dr. Michael Brumage, the department’s...
Are you afraid you're raising a little delinquent? Is your eight- or nine-year-old lacking in sympathy for others, and unwilling to provide needed help? Perhaps what your kid needs is just 10 months with a ukulele. According to ...
A new grant program from the U.S. Administration for Children and Families is trying to untangle how to develop services for domestic victims of human trafficking. The most recent round of grants focuses on rural areas, where...
In New York, kids are fighting to stay alive; in Seattle kids are contemplating suicide. This is one way to describe the vast differences in the student populations I have spent my career working with. As a high school teacher for the past...
Tears of joy streamed down her face as she covered her mouth with her hands, staring in amazement at the portrait of the proud mother smiling over the shoulder of a young girl with the dancing brown eyes. “Gorgeous, gorgeous,...
Deanna Zandt is a media technologist and author of " Share This! How You Will Change the World with Social Networking ." Take a quick look at her site's "about" page and try really hard to not be impressed. This magical button...
When the Army discharged her for drug use in May 2004, Rhiannon Duncan, a single mother in her mid-20s who served full-time in the Army, had many demons and very little sense of direction. In August 2014, after a few years marked by...
The city of Boston is ramping up efforts to end homelessness among veterans , and for one local organization, that means focusing on legal assistance. Boston-based Veterans Legal Services (VLS) is the only organization of its...
When parents and communities are squeezed, their young children pay the price. How can we do better? California Newsreel's acclaimed new documentary series, The Raising of America: Early Childhood and the Future of Our Nation , explores how a...
Being overweight doesn’t necessarily make a person distraught, researchers are learning. Rather, it’s the teasing, judgment and unsolicited advice directed at overweight people that can cause the greatest psychological harm....
Abuse of older people, which can take the form of sexual or emotional abuse, physical violence and financial manipulation, affects at least 10 percent of older Americans, according to a review article published Thursday in...
At 7:30 a.m. Monday through Friday, you'll find Mark Gaither standing on Gough Street in southeast Baltimore. He's outside Wolfe Street Academy , the neighborhood elementary school where he's the principal. Gaither has a huge umbrella in case...
Introduction Why is there so much difference in the health of residents in one county compared to other counties in the same state? In these reports, theCounty Health Rankings & Roadmapsprogram explores how wide gaps are throughout each state and what is driving those differences. This information can help state leaders as they identify ways for everyone to have a fair chance to lead the healthiest life possible. Specifically, these reports can help state leaders understand:...
Inequality: What Can Be Done? Anthony B. Atkinson Harvard University Press Inequality will be everywhere and nowhere in the 2016 presidential debates. Given the way the rhetoric has evolved among the leading candidates, the economy will likely...
Every Thursday night you can find Nathan Fields making the rounds of Baltimore's red light district, known to locals as The Block. An outreach worker with the Baltimore City Health Department, Fields, 55, is a welcome sight outside strip clubs...