Health
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| Official Poverty Statistics Mask the Economic Vulnerability of Seniors In this brief, we compare Maine, one of the oldest states in the nation, to the United States as a whole. Historically, both children and the elderly were regarded as vulnerable groups in need of support from government programs. Traditional poverty estimates suggest… |
Vulnerable Families Research Program | Health, Poverty, Seniors |
| Oral Health Care Access in New Hampshire Just as good oral health is essential to good overall health, poor oral health can increase the risk of a number of serious health problems, including stroke and cardiovascular disease.1 Access to oral health care is not universal, however. Barriers to care may be… |
Evaluation, New Hampshire | Health, New Hampshire |
| Understanding Connections Between Rural Communities and Family Well-Being: A Study of Hampton, Iowa In this report, author Cynthia Needles Fletcher explores the role of "place" in shaping rural residents'-and in particular low-income residents'-futures. The analysis draws from interviews with residents and community key informants in Hampton,… |
Vulnerable Families Research Program | Community, Demography, Family, Health |
| Levels of Household Chaos Tied to Quality of Parent-Adolescent Relationships in Coös County, New Hampshire In this brief, author Corinna Tucker examines Coös County adolescents’ reports of household chaos using data from the Coös Youth Study and discusses whether socio-economic and parenting differences are related to adolescents who experience household chaos.
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New Hampshire | Coös Youth Study, Family, Health, New Hampshire, Young Adults |
| Health Insurance Among Young Adults Rebounds Post Recession: More Become Dependents on a Parent's Plan After ACA Extends Coverage to Adult Children While much of the existing research explores young adults' insurance only in the post-recession period (that is, 2010 to present), authors Michael Staley and Jessica Carson assess young adults' rates of coverage within and beyond the context of the… |
Vulnerable Families Research Program | Children, Employment, Health, Health Insurance, Young Adults |
| Key Findings and Recommendations from the Coös Youth Study In this brief, authors Michael Staunton and Eleanor Jaffee review the key findings and recommendations from research conducted in the first half of the Coös Youth Study, which began in 2008 and is planned to continue through 2018.
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New Hampshire | Community, Coös Youth Study, Education, Health, New Hampshire, Young Adults |
| Related Foster Parents Less Likely to Receive Support Services Compared With Nonrelative Foster Parents This brief identifies gaps in support services among foster parents using data from a nationally representative survey of children involved in the child welfare system (the second National Survey of Child and Adolescent Well-Being).
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Vulnerable Families Research Program | Family, Health, Safety Net |
| Intimate Partner Violence Among LGBTQ+ College Students Drawing from a survey of 391 college students in same-sex relationships, this brief documents the rates and patterns of intimate partner violence, and responses to it among LGBTQ+ youth.
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Vulnerable Families Research Program | Education, Gender, Health, Young Adults |
| The Importance of Outdoor Activity and Place Attachment to Adolescent Development in Coös County, New Hampshire This brief discusses the rates of participation in structured and unstructured outdoor activities as Coös County youth age, along with the relationship between outdoor activity involvement and indicators of place attachment throughout this period. The analysis is… |
New Hampshire | Community, Coös Youth Study, Health, New Hampshire, Young Adults |
| Variation Found in Rates of Restraint and Seclusion Among Students With a Disability The restraint and seclusion of individuals—practices usually associated with highly restrictive environments—are extreme responses to student behavior used in some public schools. In this brief, authors Douglas Gagnon, Marybeth Mattingly, and Vincent Connelly report… |
Vulnerable Families Research Program | Children, Education, Health |
