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Improving Children's Development and Parents' Self-Sufficiency
The Nurse-Family Partnership is a national nonprofit organization committed to producing enduring improvements in the health and well-being of low income, first time parents and their children. Dr. David Olds, the program's founder, released updated, reanalyzed findings in January.
More Girls Abusing Drugs
Girls and Drugs—A New Analysis: Recent Trends, Risk Factors and Consequences indicates that girls have caught up with boys in illicit drug and alcohol use and have actually surpassed boys in cigarette and prescription drug use, despite commonly held beliefs that boys are at higher risk for using illegal substances. Also, more girls than boys are new users of substances.
Reviewing Drunk Driving
Drunk Driving describes the problem of drunk driving, reviews the factors that increase its risks, identifies a series of questions that can help law enforcement analyze local drunk driving problems, and reviews responses to the problem of drunk driving and the effectiveness of these responses.
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