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Characteristics of Young Adult Sexual Relationships: Diverse, Sometimes Violent, Often Loving

Child Trends analyzed data from the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent Health (Add Health). Results of our analyses indicate that young adult relationships are fairly diverse; that these relationships have both positive and negative dimensions; and that partner and relationship characteristics and patterns of contraceptive use vary considerably by relationship type, gender, and race/ethnicity.

What Adults Need to Know about Kids and Substance Abuse

Why do youth abuse alcohol, tobacco, and other drugs? How can you tell when a young person is using, and how should you respond? What if a student tells you that someone else is using drugs? This hands-on resource provides an overview of the substances kids are most likely to use (including over-the-counter drugs and increasingly popular inhalants), concise descriptions of effects and warning signs, and a guide to working with youth, parents, the school, social workers, and law enforcement. Comprehensive, realistic, and optimistic, it follows the entire cycle of substance abuse, from experimentation to recovery.

from Child Trends announcement:

The Child Indicator

The Child Youth and Families Indicator Newsletter

Michael P. Johnson
from Family Focus on Child Abuse and Neglect

Domestic Violence and Child Abuse: What Is the Connection—Do We Know?

By Michael P. Johnson, Ph.D., Associate Professor Emeritus, Penn State University

One of NCFR's leading scholars on domestic violence examines the link between Intimate Partner Violence and child abuse.

Individual and Family Stress and Crises

The first comprehensive text on stress and crisis management specifically tailored to courses focusing on the family. Organized by stress model, this book helps readers understand the relationships among models, research, crisis prevention, and crisis management with individuals and families. Providing a balance of theory, research, hands-on applications, and intervention strategies, this innovative text presents a comprehensive overview of the field. An ideal core text for upper division undergraduate and graduate students in courses such as Family Crisis, Family Stress and Coping, and Dysfunctions in Marriage and Family.

Pew Internet & American Life Project

The Pew Internet & American Life Project is one of seven projects that make up the Pew Research Center, a nonpartisan, nonprofit "fact tank" that provides information on the issues, attitudes and trends shaping America and the world. The Project produces reports exploring the impact of the internet on families, communities, work and home, daily life, education, health care, and civic and political life. The Project aims to be an authoritative source on the evolution of the internet through surveys that examine how Americans use the internet and how their activities affect their lives.

for Members ONLY

Sexuality Issues Special Session - Audio Recording

Mapping Latina/o Sexualities Research in the United States

Dr. Marysol Ascencio, Associate Professor, University of Connecticut, Human Development and Family Studies and Puerto Rican and Latino Studies A review of the complexities, challenges, and gaps in current research and scholarship. The Latina/o population is the largest minority group in the United States, but understanding is limited and often colored by simplistic or stereotypical images.

The Impact of Family Acceptance and Rejection on Risk and Well- Being for LGBT Youth

Caitlin Ryan, Ph.D., ACSW, Director of Adolescent Health Initiatives, Cesar E. Chavez Institute, San Francisco State University Little has been known about the role of families and caregivers in contributing to risk or well-being for LGBT adolescents and adults. Dr. Ryan will discuss new research from the Family Assistance Project on acceptance and rejection and a resulting family-related model of prevention and care.

Facilitator/Presider: Stephen Russell

for Members ONLY

The Impact of HIV/AIDS on Families in the U.S. and Abroad - Audio Recording

Dr. Cynthia Gomez, Professor and Director of Health Equity Initiatives at San Francisco State University

Facilitator/Presider: Deborah Coehlo

Karen Seccombe, Ph.D.
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Why health care reform? Why now?

by Karen Seccombe, MSW, Ph.D., School of Community Health, Portland State University

The telephone rang. "A telemarketer, perhaps? Ugh, just let it ring. No, wait, it could be important...." Sure enough, it was every parent's nightmare, "Karen, I'm calling to tell you that your daughter had an accident at school and may have broken her arm."

Richard Rhodes
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An answer to human violence

by Richard Rhodes, Guest Columnist, Winner of the Pulitzer Prize for Non-Fiction (1988) and the National Book Award (1987)

I know today, with confidence in the evidence, that violence is not genetic nor merely neurological: violence is learned through a process of violent socialization.