This
page features research reports/updates on national and international
issues related to children. Some reports were forwarded to us
by CCCS faculty and visitors to our website,
while others are derived from the University of Wisconsin-Madison's Internet
Scout Project (http://scout.cs.wisc.edu/).
The Internet Scout Project provides information about the Internet
to the U.S. research and education community under a grant from
the National Science Foundation. To search for statistical data,
please visit our "Statistical Information" page. Thank you!
America's
Children: Key National Indicators of Well-Being 2007
The
Federal Interagency Forum on Child and Family Statistics has
released "America's
Children: Key National Indicators of Well-Being 2007," a compilation
of statistics about children's economic security, health, behavior, social environment,
and education. The Federal Interagency Forum on
Child and Family Statistics, or the Forum, is a working group
of Federal agencies that collect, analyze, and report data
on issues related to children and families. The Forum has partners
from 22 Federal agencies as well as partners in private research
organizations.
To
view and download past editions of "America's Children" as
well as detailed statistical tables for the 2005 edition,
visit http://childstats.gov/pubs.asp.
Camden
Kids Count: A City Profile of Child Well-Being  (Oct 28,
2004)
Camden
Kids Count 2004 is a joint publication between
ACNJ and CAMConnect, a non-profit data warehouse for the City
of Camden.
The report provide a snapshot of child well-being in one of
New Jersey’s most impoverished cities. This important
data can be used to help guide state and city efforts to provide
a stronger community safety net to New Jersey’s neediest
citizens, especially as the state undertakes broad reforms
to fix its failing child protection system.
For more information or copies of the reports,
contact the Camden Center for Youth Development, 315 Cooper Street, Camden, or
call Nancy Parello at 908-268-3537.
>>> read
the Camden Kids Count report size:
1, 021K -- 40 pages
Air
Pollution Can Reduce Children's Lung Function
http://www.nih.gov/news/pr/sep2004/niehs-08a.htm
Children
who live in polluted communities
are five times more likely
to have clinically low lung
function - less than 80 percent
of the lung function expected
for their age. New data from
the Children's Health Study
suggests that pollutants
from vehicle emissions and
fossil fuels hinder lung
development and limit breathing
capacity for a lifetime. The
study was funded by the National
Institute of Environmental
Health Sciences (NIEHS),
one of the National Institutes
of Health, the California
Air Resources Board and the
Hastings Foundation. [NIH
News Release, 9-8-04]
Early
Child Development and Social Context: A Chart Book
Despite
increased attention to children's development, many young
children fail to receive the social, developmental, and health
care support they need to be ready for school. The Commonwealth
Fund and Child Trends released these finding in September
2004 after
assessing the quality of early child development services
in the U.S., reviewing more than 30 key indicators of development
and health for children up to age 6, as well as social factors
in families and communities that affect these outcomes.
The chartbook, produced by Child Trends in partnership with
the American Academy of Pediatrics Center for Child Health
Research, lays out a framework for early child development
and identifies such key indicators as socioemotional and intellectual
development, overall health, family functioning, parental health,
receipt of care, community/neighborhood factors, child care,
and demographic factors. The report looks at such issues as:
- how
children are faring on indicators of intellectual development
such as reading proficiency and expressive language;
- indicators
of socioemotional development such as behavioral
self-control and social competence;
- the
links between good health practices and social, emotional,
and intellectual development of young children; and
- the
effects of family function and parental health on how young
children grow and develop.
http://www.cmwf.org/publications/publications_show.htm?doc_id=237483
Diagnosis:Dramatic
recent improvements in health care for poor children in America
are being threatened by a new wave of cost-cutting in the
states. Changes are being made that not only endanger the
health of young people but are likely to lead to greater
costs in future years.
Governing is published
by Congressional Quarterly, Inc. This report on children's
health care is part of a larger study, titled, A
Case of Neglect: Why Health Care Is Getting Worse, Even Though
Medicine Is Getting Better.
America's
Children: Key National Indicators of Well-Being 2007
http://www.childstats.gov/americaschildren/
Includes
previous years' reports. The reports are issued by the Federal
Interagency Forum on Child and Family Statistics and is
available on the Forum's Web site or through the National Maternal
and Child Health Clearinghouse, 2070 Chain Bridge Road, Suite
450, Vienna, Virginia 22182. The phone number is 703-356-1964.
The
Future of Children (http://www.futureofchildren.org/)
is published twice annually by The David and Lucile Packard Foundation,
Los Altos, CA. The primary purpose of The Future of Children is
to disseminate timely information on major issues related to children's
well-being.
New
Jersey Metropatterns (New Jersey Regional Coalition)
Social
Exclusion and Children: A European View for a US Debate
http://www.unicef-icdc.org/publications/pdf/iwp90.pdf
Series:
Innocenti Working Papers, 90
Author: Micklewright, John
Publisher: IRC
Date of Publication: 2002
Pages: 40
Category: Industrialized Countries
The concept of social exclusion has been widely debated in Europe but its
application to children has seen relatively little discussion. What could be
meant by exclusion of children is the first main theme of the paper, where among
other things I consider the choice of reference group, the geographical dimension
of exclusion, and the issue of who is responsible for any exclusion of children.
The second main theme is the use of the concept of exclusion in the USA, where
in contrast to Europe it has achieved little penetration to date. To assess whether
there is fertile ground for discussion of social exclusion as it relates to children
in the US, I discuss various features of US society and institutions including
the measurement of poverty, analysis of children's living standards, state versus
federal responsibilities, welfare reform and the emphasis on 'personal responsibility'.
The
National
Kids Count State-Level Data Online,  by
the Annie E. Casey Foundation, is available at http://www.aecf.org/kidscount/sld/databook.jsp.
The
2007 KIDS COUNT Data Book, is a project of the Annie E. Casey
Foundation that features national and state-level measures of
child well-being.
Its essay focuses on the steep increase since 2000 in the number
of children who live in households where no adult has worked
for the past year.
The
National Children's Study
The
National Children’s Study will examine the effects
of environmental influences on the health and development
of more than 100,000 children across the United States,
following them from before birth until age 21. The goal
of the study is to improve the health and well-being
of children.
|
