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Alavi, Zakia; Calleja, Nancy G. – Child Welfare, 2012
Recent studies have highlighted the progressively increasing number of children prescribed psychotropic medication, while findings have illustrated significantly greater usage among child welfare-involved children. These findings have raised serious concerns among mental health and child welfare professionals as well as the general public. To…
Descriptors: Public Health, Child Welfare, Drug Therapy, Mental Health
Buck, Beverly; Baker, Robin – Colorado Children's Campaign, 2013
The "Colorado Children's Budget" presents and analyzes investments and spending trends during the past five state fiscal years on services that benefit children. The "Children's Budget" focuses mainly on state investment and spending, with some analysis of federal investments and spending to provide broader context of state…
Descriptors: Budgets, Expenditures, Trend Analysis, Children
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Goodman, Anna; Fleitlich-Bilyk, Bacy; Patel, Vikram; Goodman, Robert – Journal of the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry, 2007
Objective: To identify risk factors for poor child mental health in the southeastern Brazilian municipality of Taubate. Method: In 2001 we carried out a representative school-based survey of Brazilian schoolchildren ages 7 to 14 years (response rate, 83%). We collected extensive data on child mental health and on potential risk and protective…
Descriptors: At Risk Persons, Public Health, Intelligence Quotient, Health Needs
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Schneiderman, Janet U. – Journal of School Nursing, 2004
This qualitative study of school nurses describes what the nurses want to do for school children in foster care, what they are actually doing, and how the school organization affects the provision of care. The study looked at the nurses' practice through the lens of the Social Ecological Model of Health, identified interventions using the…
Descriptors: Health Needs, School Nurses, Public Health, Political Power
Davis, Lois M.; Kilburn, M. Rebecca; Schultz, Dana J. – RAND Corporation, 2009
The study identifies some of the greatest disparities for boys and men of color relative to their white counterparts across specific socioeconomic, health, safety, and school readiness indicators in California and provides information about different strategies for reducing the disparities--including effective programs, practices, and…
Descriptors: School Readiness, Males, Minority Groups, Racial Bias
Ford, Mary; Kroll, Joe – 1990
The North American Council on Adoptable Children (NACAC) released this report in response to recent calls for a return to institutionalized care for children. The response is based on NACAC's long-held position that: (1) every child deserves a family; (2) institutionalization is not an acceptable substitute for a family; and (3) many important,…
Descriptors: Adoption, Child Advocacy, Child Health, Child Neglect
Colorado Children's Campaign, 2005
The Children's Budget is a comprehensive report on funding for children's services in Colorado. This report provides a six- year funding history for more than 50 programs funded with state, local, and federal dollars. The Colorado Children's Budget analyzes reductions in programs and services during the economic downturn. The data in the…
Descriptors: Health Insurance, Health Services, Children, Income