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Contact: National Clearinghouse on Families and Youth, 5515 Security Lane, Suite 800, North Bethesda, MD 20852, Telephone: (301) 608-8098 Fax: (301) 587-4352 E-mail: [email protected] Web Site: http://ncfy.acf.hhs.gov Available from the website.

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Keywords: Adolescent pregnancy, Adolescents, Relationships, Violence prevention

Annotation: This document introduces key elements of successful efforts to raise awareness and build commitment for safe, stable, nurturing relationships and environments. The elements are organized in three clusters: developing a vision, raising awareness, and partnering with others. Relevant examples from the field of injury and violence prevention illustrating each element and a case study including the nine elements are presented. The document is a supplement to Essentials for Childhood: Steps to Create Safe, Stable, Nurturing Relationships and Environments.

Contact: National Center for Injury Prevention and Control, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 4770 Buford Highway, N.E., Mailstop F-63, Atlanta, GA 30341-3717, Telephone: (800) CDC-INFO Secondary Telephone: (888) 232-6348 Fax: (770) 488-4760 E-mail: [email protected] Web Site: http://www.cdc.gov/injury/index.html Available from the website.

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Keywords: Case studies, Injury prevention, Model programs, Primary prevention, Public awareness campaigns, Public health, Public private partnerships, Relationships, Violence prevention

Annotation: This resource guide provides links to organizations, programs, publications, and resources focused on Internet safety, as well as information on a variety of subtopics related to the Internet, including: alcohol and drugs, cyberbullying, sexting, social networking, and suicide and self-harm. Each item in the guide includes a short description and a link to the resource itself. [Funded by the Maternal and Child Health Bureau]

Contact: Children's Safety Network, Education Development Center, 43 Foundry Avenue, Waltham, MA 02453-8313, Telephone: (617) 618-2918 Fax: (617) 969-9186 E-mail: [email protected] Web Site: http://www.childrenssafetynetwork.org Available from the website.

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Keywords: Adolescents, Bullying, Children, Communication skills, Internet, Mental health, Online systems, Relationships, Resources for professionals, Risk factors, Safety

Annotation: This report provides information about the American Academy of Pediatric Dentistry (AAPD) Foundation's vision, mission, planning objectives, shared accomplishments, progress made, and future plans. Topics include access to care grants, Dental Home Day, Leadership and Advanced Leadership Institutes, contributions, and AAPD member participation.

Contact: American Academy of Pediatric Dentistry Foundation, 211 East Chicago Avenue, Suite 1600, Chicago, IL 60611-2637, Telephone: (312) 337-2169 Fax: (312) 337-6329 E-mail: [email protected] Web Site: https://aapdfoundation.org/ Available from the website.

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Keywords: Children, Collaboration, Dental care, Family centered care, Financing, Grants, Leadership, Oral health, Participation, Pediatric care, Public private partnerships, Relationships

Annotation: This document outlines a strategy of partnership that builds connections and fosters authentic engagement through convening and shared leadership. Topics include building engagement, coalescing around issues, ensuring relevant participation, doing the work together, and meeting to co-create tools and learning activities. Tools and learning activities are included.

Contact: National Association of State Directors of Special Education, , 225 Reinekers Lane, Suite 420, Alexandria, VA 22314, Telephone: (703) 519-3800 Fax: (703) 519-3808 Web Site: http://www.nasdse.org Available from the website.

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Keywords: Attitude change, Behavior change, Collaboration, Leadership, Public private partnerships, Relationships, Social learning, Trust

Annotation: This resource presents a framework to help guide primary care practices in becoming high-performing patient-centered medical homes. The resource describes eight change concepts that can be used to stimulate specific, actionable steps that lead to improvement. The concepts include engaged leadership; quality improvement strategy; empanelment; continuous and team-based healing relationships; organized, evidence-based care; patient-centered interactions; enhanced access; and care coordination. Additional contents include implementation guides, assessment tools, presentations, and other materials on the change concepts as well as resources on payment and recognition.

Contact: Qualis Health, P.O. Box 33400, Seattle, WA 98133-0400, Telephone: (206) 364-9700 Fax: (206) 368-2419 Web Site: http://www.qualishealth.org Available from the website.

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Keywords: Access to health care, Barriers, Consumer satisfaction, Coordination, Evidence based medicine, Health care delivery, Health care reform, Leadership, Medical home, Model programs, Organizational change, Primary care, Program improvement, Quality assurance, Reimbursement, Relationships, Resources for professionals, Teamwork

Annotation: This report focuses on dating adolescents and abuse and harassment via digital media (i.e., online or via text messaging). The report provides background and discusses where and how abuse occurs; and what educators, parents, advocates, and adolescents should know. The link between abuse via digital means and other types of abuse is discussed, as well as strategies for prevention and intervention.

Contact: Urban Institute, 500 L'Enfant Plaza, SW, Washington, DC 20024, E-mail: https://www.urban.org/about/contact-us Web Site: http://www.urban.org Available from the website.

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Keywords: Abuse, Adolescent behavior, Adolescents, Child abuse, Child sexual abuse, Dating, Intervention, Physical abuse, Prevention, Relationships, Sexual abuse, Sexual harassment

Annotation: This document provides guidance on future research into and evaluation of the design and implementation of effective relationships between primary care practices and community organizations to promote increased availability of clinical preventive services. Contents include background and priority questions and recommendations.

Contact: U.S. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, 5600 Fishers Lane, Rockville, MD 20857, Telephone: (301) 427-1364 Web Site: http://www.ahrq.gov Available from the website. Document Number: ISBN 978-58763-428-4.

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Keywords: Community organizations, Evaluation, Health services delivery, Preventive health services, Primary care, Relationships, Research

Annotation: This report presents the results of a baseline survey completed by 241 girls, primarily African American, in grade 9 through 11 who are participating in a federally funded evaluation of the Demoiselle-2-Femme signature after-school program in Chicago, Illinois. The purpose of the evaluation is to estimate the effects of program participation on a number of key behavioral outcomes, including sexual activity, unprotected sex, and adolescent pregnancy. The report presents background; describes the program; and discusses study design and methods; student characteristics; relationships with adults; attitudes, feelings, and knowledge about sexual behavior; sexual behavior and prior pregnancy; dating violence; tobacco, alcohol, and marijuana use; and educational expectations.

Contact: Chapin Hall at the University of Chicago, 1313 East 60th Street, Chicago, IL 60637, Telephone: (773) 753-5900 Fax: (773) 753-5940 Web Site: http://www.chapinhall.org Available from the website.

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Keywords: Adolescent attitudes, Adolescent behavior, Adolescent females, Adolescent pregnancy, Adolescent sexuality, Alcohol consumption behavior, Blacks, Community programs, Dating, Educational attainment, Illinois, Interpersonal violence, Marijuana, Prevention, Relationships, Smoking, Substance abuse

Annotation: This report presents key research findings about the prevalence of and trends in adolescents' dating and sexual relationships. Additional topics include dating and sexual behaviors that may put adolescents at risk for negative outcomes; how these behaviors vary by gender, age, and race/ethnicity; and individual, family, and media influences on adolescents' sexual behaviors.

Contact: Child Trends , 7315 Wisconsin Avenue, Suite 1200 W, Bethesda, MD 20814, Telephone: (240) 223-9200 E-mail: Web Site: http://www.childtrends.org Available from the website. Document Number: Pub. no. 2013-04.

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Keywords: Adolescents, Environmental influences, Relationships, Risk factors, Sexual behavior, Sexual development, Sexual health, Sexual partners

Annotation: This toolkit provides information and resources for promoting healthy relationships among adolescents ages 11-14. Contents include evaluation findings on healthy relationship development and adolescent dating violence prevention efforts from 11 sites. Topics include elements of success including educating adolescents in and out of school, engaging influencers, social marketing, and policy change. Case studies, lessons learned, videos, and other resources are included.

Contact: Futures Without Violence, 100 Montgomery Street, The Presidio, San Francisco, CA 94129-1718, Telephone: (415) 678-5500 Fax: (415) 529-2930 E-mail: [email protected] Contact E-mail: [email protected] Web Site: http://futureswithoutviolence.org Available from the website.

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Keywords: Adolescents, Middle schools, Model programs, Multimedia, Prevention programs, Program evaluation, Relationships, Research, Teaching, Violence prevention

Annotation: This document is designed to facilitate a shared vision for tribal child welfare evaluation and to provide a common language for tribal communities and evaluators as they improve evaluation practice. The content emphasizes supporting the training and career development of tribal members who are working to become evaluators and researchers. Contents include a visual "roadmap" and an overview of its components and their interrelationships. Topics include six relationship-, knowledge-, and skill-building priorities to address common fears of evaluation and to ensure that the community is actively involved in the design and understands the benefits and outcomes of the evaluation. Additional topics include stakeholder contributions and benefits and resources relevant to the six priorities.

Contact: U.S. Children's Bureau, Administration on Children, Youth, and Families , , 1250 Maryland Avenue, S.W., Eighth Floor , Washington, DC 20024, Telephone: Fax: E-mail: Web Site: http://www.acf.hhs.gov/programs/cb/ Available from the website.

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Keywords: American Indians, Collaboration, Communication skills, Community participation, Cultural barriers, Evaluation, Relationships, Research skills

Annotation: This report provides information about best practices in therapeutic or treatment foster care (TFC), a clinical intervention for youth from birth to age 18 who have severe mental, emotional, or behavioral health needs. Topics include essential partners; building relationships among provider agencies and child advocates; example practices in Connecticut, Illinois, Michigan, Oklahoma, Nebraska; efforts to expand the focus beyond safety and permanency to well-being for youth in therapeutic foster care; and public policy challenges.

Contact: First Focus, 1400 Eye Street, N.W., Suite 650, Washington, DC 20005, Telephone: (202) 657-0670 Fax: (202) 657-0671 Web Site: http://www.firstfocus.net Available from the website.

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Keywords: Access to health care, Adolescents with special health care needs, Advocacy, Behavioral medicine, Children with special health care needs, Foster care, Foster parents, Health services delivery, Intervention, Medically fragile children, Mental health, Policy development, Psychological needs, Reimbursement, Relationships, Therapeutics, Training, Trauma care, Youth

Annotation: This webcast, which took place on January 19, 2012, and was hosted by the National Campaign and Cicatelli Associates, is part of a series of webcasts on working with schools to prevent adolescent pregnancy. The webcast focuses on increasing understanding of how the education system works, strategies for building positive relationships with key stakeholders in schools, and tips for implementing evidence-based adolescent-pregnancy-prevention programs in schools.

Contact: National Campaign to Prevent Teen and Unplanned Pregnancy = Power to Decide, 1776 Massachusetts Avenue, N.W., Suite 200, Washington, DC 20036, Telephone: (202) 478-8500 Fax: (202) 478-8588 E-mail: [email protected] Web Site: http://www.thenationalcampaign.org Available from the website.

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Keywords: Adolescent pregnancy, Education, Prevention, Prevention programs, Relationships, School health programs

Annotation: This technical assistance resource outlines the knowledge, skills, and actions for staff and supervisors working with families in Early Head Start and Head Start (EHS/HS) programs. The document is a tool to assist programs with implementing the Head Start program performance standards and parent, family, and community engagement framework. Topics include family well-being and children's school readiness, prioritizing family services in HS/EHS, professional development strategies, and nine relationship-based competencies that are further defined throughout the document.

Contact: HeadStart.gov, Telephone: (866) 763-6481 E-mail: [email protected] Web Site: https://headstart.gov Available from the website.

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Keywords: Competence, Early Head Start, Families, Head Start, Oral health, Relationships, Resource materials, Technical assistance, Training materials, Young children

Annotation: This policy brief focuses on areas in which children in immigrant families are advantaged or disadvantaged, compared with children with both parents born in the United States. The brief presents findings from 1994 to 2010 in the following categories: overall well-being, family economic well-being, health, educational attainment, community engagement, and social relationships. Results for select countries and regions of origin are also presented.

Contact: Foundation for Child Development, 295 Madison Avenue, 40th Floor, New York, NY 10017, Telephone: (212) 867-5777 Fax: (212) 867-5844 E-mail: [email protected] Web Site: http://www.fcd-us.org Available from the website.

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Keywords: Child health, Children, Communities, Economic factors, Educational attainment, Families, Immigrants, International health, Relationships, Research, Social interaction, Statistical data

Annotation: This report is based on the proceedings of the conference, Making Connections: Effects of Marriage and Couple Relationships on the Heath of Infants, Adolescents and Older Adults, held on October 20-22, 2008, in Racine, Wisconsin. Topics included key research lessons and recommendations, new directions, opportunities to improve health care, and first steps toward a more couple- and family-centered health care system.

Contact: National Healthy Marriage Resource Center, 1950 West Littleton Boulevard #306, Littleton, CO 80120, Telephone: (303) 830-0400 E-mail: [email protected] Web Site: http://www.healthymarriageinfo.org/ Available from the website.

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Keywords: Adolescent health, Conference proceedings, Families, Health care systems, Infant health, Marriage, Older adults, Relationships, Research

Annotation: This document presents a summary of a workshop held by the Board on Children, Youth, and Families of the Institute of Medicine and the National Research Council on October 27–28, 2010, in Washington DC, to review and commemorate a decade of advances related to the mission of the report, From Neurons to Neighborhoods: The Science of Early Childhood Development, released on October 3, 2000. It discusses research and policy issues.

Contact: National Academies Press, 500 Fifth Street, N.W., Keck 360, Washington, DC 20001, Telephone: (202) 334-3313 Secondary Telephone: (888) 624-8373 Fax: (202) 334-2451 E-mail: [email protected] Web Site: http://www.nap.edu Available at no charge from the website after registration; $33 plus shipping and handling. Document Number: ISBN 978-0-309-20978-6.

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Keywords: Child health, Communities, Early childhood development, Families, Health, Learning, Mental health, Neighborhoods, Parent child relations, Public policy, Relationships, Research, Stress, Young children

Annotation: This report, which was presented at the 2012 Add Health Users Conference in Bethesda, Maryland, on July 27, 2012, explores the question of whether adolescent depression and suicidality predict unhealthy young adult romantic relationship outcomes. The report provides background, discusses gaps in research and data, and presents information from a study. Study measures (depressive symptoms, suicidal symptoms, unhealthy relationship outcomes, relationship violence, sexual infidelity), findings, and analytic methods are presented.

Contact: Child Trends , 7315 Wisconsin Avenue, Suite 1200 W, Bethesda, MD 20814, Telephone: (240) 223-9200 E-mail: Web Site: http://www.childtrends.org Available from the website.

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Keywords: Adolescent mental health, Adolescent sexuality, Depression, Interpersonal violence, Relationships, Research, Statistical data, Suicide

Annotation: This report provides information from a webinar presented by Child Trends on July 19, 2012, that discussed the Flourishing Children Positive Indicators Project, which developed constructs to measure positive indicators in adolescents. Topics include project purpose, measurement issues, project steps, cognitive interview findings, and constructs (relationship skills, flourishing in relationships, flourishing in school and work, helping others to flourish, environmental stewardship, and personal flourishing).

Contact: Child Trends , 7315 Wisconsin Avenue, Suite 1200 W, Bethesda, MD 20814, Telephone: (240) 223-9200 E-mail: Web Site: http://www.childtrends.org Available from the website.

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Keywords: Adolescent development, Adolescent employment, Adolescent health, Educational attainment, Relationships, Research, Self esteem