Recent Blog Posts

View Post: In-Laws with Money: The Health Effects of Teen Alcohol Use
31 Oct 2009 by Sula Lee  
When you give a child alcohol at the age of 12, and reinforce alcoholic and dysfunctional behavior their entire childhood - you promote a pattern that is difficult to escape. ... We will discuss some of the consequences of teen alcohol abuse. Drinking and Driving Motor vehicle crashes are the leading cause of death among youth ages 15 to 20. The rate of fatal crashes among alcohol-involved drivers between 16 and 20 years old is more than twice the rate for ...
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View Post: Joey and Helani: The Health Effects of Teen Alcohol Use
31 Oct 2009 by Trista  
In one study……short-term memory skills were evaluated in alcohol-dependent and nondependent adolescents ages 15 and 16. The alcohol-dependent youth had greater difficulty remembering words and simple geometric designs after a 10-minute interval. ... I think that far too many people, parents included, look at teen drinking as if it were some kind of "rite of passage" instead of a threat to their child's health. More articles like this one just might turn the tide. ...
View Blog: Joey and Helani - http://joeyandhelanihopkins.blogspot.com/

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View Post: Creating Precious Conversations With Youth
Love Isn't Enough ...
25 Nov 2009 by Tami Winfrey Harris   ...
View Blog: http://loveisntenough.com/

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View Post: Volunteer with San Diego Youth
5 Dec 2008
Foster Care provides long-term care for abused, abandoned and neglected youth referred by San Diego Health and Human Services Agency and the Probation Department. Provides case management, crisis intervention, training, support groups ... The Teen Recovery Center is designed for youth who are experiencing difficulties with alcohol and drugs. San Diego Youth & Community Services Foster Care is an intensive, treatment-oriented program that finds foster parents and certifies ...
View Blog: Opportunities within 20.0 miles of Chula... - http://www.volunteermatch.org/search/index.jsp?r=20...

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View Post: Health Scene calendar - ContraCostaTimes.com
25 Nov 2009 by Contra Costa Times  
Children's health assistance available — Parents with children in need of medical services or equipment who are not fully covered by health insurance can apply for a grant of up to $5000 from United Health Care Children's Foundation. www. uhccf.org. Concussion Tool Kit — The Centers for Disease ... AOD Study — "A Youth-Developed Guide to AOD Indicators" is the title of the 48-page book sponsored by Contra Costa Health Services' Alcohol and Other Drug Services Division. ...
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View Post: The Free Press, Mankato, MN - Study: Mankato youth support eroding
24 Nov 2009
Published November 24, 2009 08:02 pm - A research study released Tuesday on the social and emotional health of Mankato youth suggests the infrastructure that once earned national accolades is eroding. ... The teen birth rate has been climbing since 2002. -- The number of students qualifying for free and reduced lunch has increased to nearly a third of all children in Blue Earth and Nicollet counties. -- The number of children in out-of-home placements in Blue Earth county ...
View Blog: The Free Press, Mankato, MN--Local News - http://www.mankato-freepress.com/

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View Post: Study Finds Booze Sellers Are Using Cable To Ply Teens - The ...
24 Aug 2009 by Phil Villarreal  
"Alcohol advertisers have pledged to avoid audiences made up of more than 30 percent underage viewers - such as children's programming," said David H. Jernigan, director of the Center on Alcohol Marketing and Youth and an associate ..... Hiding alcohol from children/teens like it doesn't exist is the WORST way to introduce your teen to it. If you act like it's this forbidden fruit then as soon as they can they'll go out binge drinking (that's a generalized statement, ...
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View Post: Use of Alcohol among Children and Young People: Final Report
10 Nov 2009
The message needs to be jointly endorsed by health experts and the Government. The more detailed findings (pp19-101) indicate broader implications involving education and youth work and family work professionals. ... It builds understanding of what influences alcohol consumption in CYP, and as such can be seen to build understanding of behaviour in youth culture. It is therefore a useful document to help all ITE students consider the social difficulties and pressures that ...
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View Post: Moving Upstream – report results « Anthropology Graduate Students ...
13 Jan 2009 by mlasalle  
In the report introduction, BC's Representative for Children and Youth, Mary Ellen Turpel-Lafond wrote, “…a closer look at marginalized and street involved Aboriginal youth tells a grim story of our service delivery system failing to reach ... The McCreary Centre Society is a non-profit organisation committed to improving the health of BC youth through community based projects and youth engagement and leadership projects which address current youth health issues. ...
View Blog: Anthropology Graduate Students at UBC - http://ubcanthgrads.wordpress.com/

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View Post: Volunteer Opportunities for Teens in Santa Monica :: Santa Monica ...
20 Nov 2009 by Sandra Dupont, Santa Monica Counselor and...  
Youth volunteers are welcome. Binky Patrol of Santa Monica 1786 Sunset Avenue (310) 396-2296. Organization that makes and gives handmade blankets to babies born HIV positive or drug-addicted, children who are abused, in shelters, .... self- defense workshops, after school child care, crafts, sports, GED diploma program, career counseling, transitional housing program for young women emancipated from foster care, teen media literacy projects, girls' basketball, ...
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