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Research: Minority Children Need Strategies To Fight Obesity
September 08, 2011
The White House Task Force on Childhood Obesity, created by the president as part of the first lady's "Let's Move" campaign, aims to solve the epidemic of childhood obesity within a generation, returning the country to a rate of 5 percent by 2030, which was the rate before childhood obesity first began to rise in the late 1970s. ...
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1 In 5 Children Suffer From Hunger
August 25, 2011
A new study released today by Feeding America, a hunger relief organization, reveals millions of children are struggling with hunger in every U.S. county, regardless of whether they live in homes below or above the poverty level. “Map the Meal Gap: Child Food Insecurity 2011,†found the percentage of hungry U.S. children range ...
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96% Of Latinos Want College For Children
August 25, 2011
A new impreMedia/Latino Decisions poll reveals when it comes to their children’s education, Latino voters have clear and high aspirations. The poll shows that 96% of Latino parents would like to see their kids earn a college degree, whether it is a bachelor’s, master’s or professional degree. What is not so clear ...
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Minorities Worry About Children's Health More Than White Counterparts
August 22, 2011
The top 10 children’s health concerns among people of all races include childhood obesity, drug abuse, and smoking and teen pregnancy, according to a recent poll by the University of Michigan C.S. Mott Children’s Hospital National Poll of Children’s Health. The annual poll, released August 15, asked Hispanic, Black and White respondents to rank the importance of 23 health concerns for children in their own community. Different ethnicities indicated varying levels of concern for specific health issues. Overall, Blacks and Hispanics were more likely than Wwhites to rank children’s health issues ...
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Survey: 1 In 5 Children Live In Poverty
August 17, 2011
A new survey released by the Annie E. Casey Foundation, a private charitable organization, says that child poverty in the United States increased in 38 states in the last decade. The annual KIDS COUNT Data Book shows the official child poverty rate, which is a conservative measure of economic hardship, increased 18 percent between 2000 and 2009, essentially returning to the same level as the early 1990s. ...
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MINORITY CHILD HUNGER CRISIS
July 18, 2011
America's minority children have fallen further behind in the last year in a wide variety of areas, according to a report releaed today by the Children’s Defense Fund. The report also shows continuing and increasing inequality in our country. Particularly striking is the fact that children of color, who are now 44 percent of America’s children, will be the majority of children in 2019 – just eight years from now. In nine states and the District of Columbia, this is already the case. The report, The State of America’s Children 2011, says with unemployment, housing foreclosures, and hunger at historically high levels, children’s well-being is in jeopardy. ...
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Black Nurses Partner To Mentor Black Children
July 18, 2011
The National Black Nurses Association and the National CARES Mentoring Movement have signed a three year partnership to recruit and train NBNA members to serve as community based mentors in helping to close the education gap with our Nation’s Black children. “Partnering with the National CARES Mentoring Movement ...
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Native American Parents Extend Drinking Habits To Children
June 29, 2011
Urban American Indian teenagers with alcoholic parents perceive their parents to be less restrictive about drinking and tend to face more alcohol-related problems at age 18, according to a new study by Colorado State University’s Tri-Ethnic Center. The study recently was published in the The American Journal. ...
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No Child Left Behind Law And Minority Kids
June 23, 2011
Nearly a decade after the No Child Left Behind law was enacted, studies have shown little progress in reducing the number of teachers of low-income students who are inexperienced or teaching classes outside their subject areas. The law, which was supposed to stop school districts from putting less qualified teachers in classrooms with low-income students, is best known to the public for requiring more standardized testing. According to studies, considerable progress has been made in reducing the number of uncertified teachers ...
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Report: CA Is "Ground Zero For Missing Children"
May 24, 2011
The drop in the state's population of young children has meant declining student enrollment and neighborhood school closures. ...
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Mentors Help Black Child Stay Focused On Success
May 12, 2011
The researchers found that behaviors such as anger, breaking the law, and substance abuse were reduced when informal mentors provided support. ...
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Urban Minority Children Have Trouble Sleeping
May 16, 2011
There is mounting evidence suggesting that children from minority groups have significantly shorter sleep durations and increased sleep disruptions.†...
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Visits To Asthma Specialists Delayed For Black Children
May 16, 2011
“Our study shows significant differences in levels of pre-existing illness exist between white and black children at the time of initial visit to an asthma specialist." ...
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Study Links Anti-Flame Chemicals To Mental Harm In Latino Farm Children
May 11, 2011
We wanted to focus on environmental exposure in children’s development, and the best approach to do that is to look at early exposures, starting with pregnancy. ...
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Study Finds Sickle Cell Treatment Safe For Young Children
May 10, 2011
“Families who enrolled their children in this important study are heroes for helping us find better treatments that will benefit children now and in the future." ...
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"Delayer Boom," More Educated Women Delay Having Children
May 10, 2011
Differences in childlessness by race and origin are more substantial for women who have never married. ...
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Report: Children Not Protected At Border
April 29, 2011
U.S. agencies are not complying with a 2008 law intended to protect unaccompanied children crossing the border from Mexico. ...
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Children's Health On The Chopping Block
April 25, 2011
“There’s nothing serious about a plan that claims to reduce the deficit by spending a trillion dollars on tax cuts for millionaires and billionaires." ...
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Program To Fight Early Childhood Obesity In Low-Income Communities Launched In NY
April 21, 2011
Working together, these organizations will build the capacity of Head Start centers to support staff and families in developing new knowledge. ...
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USDA Awards Grant To Fight Minority Childhood Obesity
April 21, 2011
"We know that in order to win the future, we have to win the race to educate our children. That means that our kids must be healthy so they can learn and thrive." ...
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No Child Left Behind Waiver Debate
April 14, 2011
The panel concluded that granting waivers from the Law would have a disparate and harmful impact on minority students. ...
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Racial Wealth Gap In Homes With Young Children Stark, Widening
April 07, 2011
The wealth gap between white and black households with children in the United States nearly doubled to $47,000 between 1994 and 2007. ...
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Many Low-Income Autistic Children Go Undiagosed
April 06, 2011
“At the height of rising prevalence, which involved children born between 1992 and 1995, kids whose parents had fewer economic resources simply weren’t diagnosed. ...
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Summit To Examine America's Racial Wealth Gap And Children Of Color
April 01, 2011
Prominent scholars, policy experts, advocates and members of Congress will take part in a policy summit on to assess the growing gap. ...
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Groups Tackle Disparities In Child Welfare System
March 25, 2011
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Negative Effects Of No Child Left Behind Revealed
March 17, 2011
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Campaign To Fight CA Childhood Hunger Kicks Off
March 17, 2011
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Obama To Congress: "Fix No Child Left Behind"
March 14, 2011
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Group Has Ideas To Replace "No Child" Law
March 10, 2011
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Bias In Child Welfare System Explored
March 10, 2011
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