Health
| Publication | Category | Topic |
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| Who Cares for the Sick Kids? Parents’ Access to Paid Time to Care for a Sick Child This brief analyzes employed parents’ access to five or more paid sick days annually to care for a sick child in 2008.
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Vulnerable Families Research Program | Children, Family, Health, Income, Wages |
| Understanding Child Abuse in Rural and Urban America: Risk Factors and Maltreatment Substantiation Using a large national sample of child maltreatment reports, this brief compares the outcomes of child maltreatment cases in rural versus urban places and identifies the characteristics associated with substantiation. Child abuse cases substantiated in rural and… |
Vulnerable Families Research Program | Children, Health, Rural, Urban |
| The Effects of State EITC Expansion on Children’s Health This brief examines the impact of state-level adoption of Earned Income Tax Credits (EITCs) on a set of health-related outcomes for children, including: (1) health insurance coverage, (2) use of preventive medical and dental care, and (3) health status measures… |
Vulnerable Families Research Program | Children, Health, Safety Net |
| Teen Stress and Substance Use Problems in Coös: Survey Shows Strong Community Attachment Can Offset Risk This brief explores how social stress and community attachment are related to problem alcohol and drug use for girls and boys in Coös County, New Hampshire.
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New Hampshire | Community, Coös Youth Study, Health, New Hampshire, Young Adults |
| Rural Workers Have Less Access to Paid Sick Days This brief, using data from the 2008 National Study of the Changing Workforce (NSCW) survey, analyzes paid sick time rates of workers by place and type of work. Paid sick days provide job protection to workers and a steady paycheck when they need to care for… |
Vulnerable Families Research Program | Employment, Family, Health, Rural |
| Civil Protective Orders Effective in Stopping or Reducing Partner Violence Civil protective orders are a low cost, effective solution in either stopping or significantly reducing partner violence for women. While all women benefit from civil protective orders, this brief finds there are greater obstacles to enforcement in rural places,… |
Vulnerable Families Research Program | Health, Rural, Urban, Women |
| Hard Times Made Harder: Struggling Caregivers and Child Neglect Poverty is only one of many challenges tied to a report of child neglect. The analysis in this brief finds that neglected children whose caregivers struggle with substance abuse and mental health problems are at significant risk for out-of-home placement. Risk… |
Vulnerable Families Research Program | Child Care, Children, Health, Poverty |
| Teachers Matter: Feelings of School Connectedness and Positive Youth Development among Coös County Youth Students who feel positively about their education, have a sense of belonging in school, and maintain good relationships with students and staff generally feel connected to their schools. In fact, 63 percent of Coös youth report feeling this way.
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New Hampshire | Coös Youth Study, Education, Health, New Hampshire, Young Adults |
| Youth Opinions Matter: Retaining Human Capital in Coös County As Coös County youth age, their attachment to their communities may deteriorate. This brief presents new data from the Coös Youth Study. This research indicates efforts to keep young people in Coös may benefit from efforts to show students that their views matter to… |
New Hampshire | Community, Coös Youth Study, Family, Health, New Hampshire, Young Adults |
| Too Much Free Time: Coos County Youth Who Are Least Involved in Out-of-School Activities Are Most Likely to Use Drugs & Alcohol Carsey Institute researchers are seeing links between the self-reported substance use and involvement in out-of-school activities. As part of a ten-year tracking survey of high school students in Coos County, New Hampshire, this brief finds that those most involved… |
New Hampshire | Coös Youth Study, Education, Health, New Hampshire, Young Adults |
