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2012 Kids Count Data Book
from 2012 KIDS COUNT Data Book now available

2012 KIDS COUNT Data Book

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NICHD Research Perspectives
from NICHD Director's monthly podcast for July is now online

July NICHD Research Perspectives

Listen to the podcast here

Counting Couples, Counting Families
from The National Center for Family & Marriage Research - new report

Counting Couples, Counting Families

Read the full report here

from Cognitive changes may be only sign of fetal alcohol exposure

Cognitive changes may be only sign of fetal alcohol exposure

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Mandela Story
from Zippy Weekly Videos

Mandela Story

Nelson Mandela turned 94 recently. His life has been amazing and has changed not only South Africa but the world.  This clever short film shows how Mandela’s life events would have been recorded if they had happened now, in the era of social media

USG @ AIDS 2012 logo
from U.S. Census launches new database on HIV/AIDS

United States Government at AIDS 2012

Before and during AIDS 2012, stay up to date on U.S. Government activities at the XIX International AIDS Conference.

PEPFAR logo
from U.S. Census launches new database on HIV/AIDS

HIV/AIDS Surveillance Database

The HIV/AIDS Surveillance Data Base is a compilation of information from widely scattered small-scale surveys on the AIDS pandemic and HIV seroprevalence (infection) in population groups in developing countries.

On Your Lap, In Your Heart. Resources for Grandparents

Zero to Three's grandparenting resources include information on supporting healthy child development as well as tools for addressing some of the more common challenging situations that come up when raising young children.

Stephen Hawking on Higgs Discovery has lost me $100
from Zippy Weekly Videos

Stephen Hawking on Higgs Boson Discovery: it cost me $100!

Enjoy this charming video of Professor Stephen Hawking cheerfully losing his bet over the discovery of the "Higgs Boson" particle.

Improving the Lives of Adolescents and Young Adults: Out-of-School Time Programs that have Significant Positve Impacts

Child Trends' latest brief, Improving the Lives of Adolescents and Young Adults: Out-of-School Time Programs That Have Significant Positive Impacts, identifies 43 programs that have somewhat to very sizable, statistically significant impacts on adolescent or young adult outcomes. The brief uses Child Trends' online database of experimentally evaluated social interventions for children and youth, Lifecourse Interventions to Nurture Kids Successfully (LINKS), to identify programs with manuals that have positive impacts on a range of outcomes, such as behavior problems, physical health, and education.