Child sexual abuse is a pervasive societal problem. The current prevention model tends to place the responsibility on the very young people that are being victimized. Instead, there needs to be a more comprehensive approach that targets all contexts of a young person’s life.
Sexual abuse of children and youth, ages 6-17, refers to sexual acts perpetrated by an individual in relative power to the victim. The sexual abuse of young people typically occurs in private and leaves no physical signs, which makes detection very difficult.
Nearly one-third of young people in the United States are considered overweight or obese. Obesity in America has become a crisis among young people, an epidemic that is closely linked to physical activity.
Home visiting programs for families with young children have been in effect for many years; however, this is the first comprehensive meta-analytic effort to quantify the usefulness of home visits as a stra
For more than a decade, the long wars in Afghanistan and Iraq have placed tremendous and cumulative strain on U.S. military personnel and their families.
Research on child development shows that children’s sexual identity generally develops during early adolescence. Generally, by age 10 or 11, youth are aware of their lesbian, gay, or bisexual sexual orientation.
Suicide is currently the third leading cause of death for youth between the ages of 15 and 24, and each year, nearly 4,600 youth ages 10 to 24 commit suicide3. Even more troubling, for every completed suicide among youth ages 15 to 24, there are between 100 and 200 suicide attempts.
In response to a request from the Office of Family Policy, Children and Youth, within Military Community and Family Policy, the Arizona Center for Research and Outreach team conducted a review on financial readiness for youth ages 3-21 years.
In this study, researchers examined the patterns of spouse abuse and child abuse perpetrated within a five year period (2000–2004) in a sample of 10,864 Active Duty Army Soldiers who had substantiated cases of family violence offenses.