Journalist Sandra Fish did a fascinating profile of Urban Peak, a program for homeless youth in Denver, for Al Jazeera America. Here's the beginning: David Jennings was 16 when he found himself on the streets, an angry, violent young man. “I...
Results showed that victims of bullying had a higher chance of developing "internalising behaviours" such as depression, anxiety and social withdrawal. The bullies themselves were found to have an increased risk of developing "externalising...
A Murdoch University School of Law researcher says traditional theories of forgiveness don't work for victims of serious crime. Dr Courtney Field said interviews with victims of violent assault, sexual assault and child abuse as well as those who...
The estimated 9 percent of college students who have symptoms of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) are likely to drink more alcohol than peers without the psychological condition. In turn, heavy alcohol consumption exacerbates their PTSD symptoms...
For the report, which was published online Jan. 13 in the journal Pediatrics , the researchers looked at statistics regarding emergency-room visits by young people in 66 U.S. hospitals from 2001 to 2008. They then estimated the number of injuries...
A University of Illinois study has identified the three most significant risk factors for child obesity among preschoolers: (1) inadequate sleep, (2) a parental BMI that classifies the mom or dad as overweight or obese, and (3) parental restriction of...
Green spaces improve wellbeing from ECEHH on Vimeo . This is an interesting finding for the resilience-building communities and individuals categories, from TheAtlanticCities.com: Researchers have been studying the relationship between...
University of Michigan School of Public Health researchers who studied police and US Census Bureau data for Flint, MI, found that in census tracts "where there were low ratios of adult men to adult women, young people were 36 percent more likely to...
What do you see when you watch the video? I see an obviously ill man whose illness precludes him from having a rational interaction with the police. And I see officers who clearly lose whatever patience they may have had toward this ill man at the...
The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation's Commission to Build a Healthier America released three major recommendations yesterday. They are: Make investing in America’s youngest children a high priority. This will require a significant shift in...
Alice Driver completed this documentary to produce a journalistic version of her PhD research. In a Q-and-A in Vela, where she's a staff writer, she said this about the project that looks at the interface between violence and photography in Ciudad...
Anthony W. Orlando, lecturer in the College of Business and Economics at California State University, Los Angeles, and managing partner of the Orlando Investment Group, wrote this wonderful tongue-in-cheek post, pointing out that if everyone did...
In response to a string of child-abuse related deaths in the State of Florida, Governor Rick Scott wants to hire more than 400 additional investigators in the coming year—an effort that will cost millions. On Tuesday, Scott will outline a...
I learned that this event (or, at least the first phase of it) took place in Atlanta on Friday (Jan. 10, 2014). Which other states have done something similar, and which states have something similar in the works? ...