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SFTS July 2003 News
Safe from the Start would like to introduce HealthWorks! Television. HealthWorks! is a partnership between Project Hope and the San Luis Obispo County Public Health Department that has produced five 1-hour television shows for public access television on topics such as child abuse prevention, anger management and postpartum depression. A recent study determined that these programs have a regular viewing audience of about 10,000 households on the Central Coast. The project founders say this could easily be replicated in other areas and is highly cost-effective. For more information, contact Kristi Kelty at kdkelty@earthlink.net
Safe from the Start learned about this great strategy though the "submit a strategy" section of our Web site. If you have a program or strategy that you would like to share with us, fill out the form.
NEW RESEARCH
Researchers have been successful in identifying biological factors associated with aggression but have had less luck figuring out how these factors might contribute to aggression and violence. It seems natural that the best road to reducing dangerous aggression is learning more about the factors that shape aggressive behavior.
For more information on "The Biological Basis of Aggression," check out
www.brainconnection.com/topics/?main=fa/aggression
According to a National Institute on Drug Abuse study by researchers at the University of Oregon Child and Family Center, grouping high-risk youths may inadvertently reinforce problem behavior. The researchers found that 11- to 14-year-olds at high risk for drug abuse and increasingly serious delinquency that were grouped together actually increased their levels of self-reported smoking and teacher-reported delinquency over 3 years. They also exhibited significantly worse behaviors than similarly at-risk youths who were given prevention materials to study individually or received no intervention at all.
For more information, check out www.drugabuse.gov/NIDA_notes/NNVol17N5/Grouping.html
NEW RESOURCES
This bullying prevention program teaches students, staff and parents the skills to help children develop healthy relationships and decrease bullying at school. It is designed for school-wide application, with lessons for the upper elementary grades (3rd-5th or 4th -6th).
For more information, check out www.cfchildren.org/program_str.shtml
The Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention's Tribal Youth Program has produced a Web site that is designed to support tribal efforts to prevent and control delinquency and improve the juvenile justice system for American Indian and Alaska Native youth. This Web site includes information on publications, grants and funding, and training and technical assistance.
For more information, check out ojjdp.ncjrs.org/typ/
The Science-Based Prevention Programs and Principles guide by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration provides the latest information about model programs, important research and evaluation findings across multiple prevention programs.
For more information, check out store.health.org/catalog/productDetails.aspx?ProductID=16512
TRAINING
The Building Partnerships Initiative to End Men's Violence has announced an online seminar series on strategies and programs to end men's violence. Through e-mail discussions, guest moderators will present case studies and participants will be able to talk to others about strategies to end men's violence. Anyone interested is welcome to join in and participation is free.
FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES
The Maternal & Child Health Bureau has made 2.2 million dollars available to support 10 research projects into maternal and child health services. Colleges and universities as well as non-profit organizations are eligible to apply for this funding. The application deadline is August 15.
For more information, contact Kishena Wadhwani at (301) 443-2927 or kwadhwan@hrsa.gov.
The Office of Safe and Drug-Free Schools is offering funding which may be used to help develop early childhood community partnerships offering substance abuse and domestic violence prevention, and other services. The application deadline is July 30th.
For more information, check out www.jointogether.org/y/0,2521,564457,00.html?U=88275.
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