Does Home Visiting Prevent Child Maltreatment?
A recently published evaluation of a New York state home visiting program has found that home visiting produces significant outcomes in reducing child abuse and neglect. Healthy Families New York is a home visiting program targeting expectant parents and those with...
Dads and Postpartum Depression
While it’s widely known that some mothers suffer from postpartum depression, current research is now suggesting that new fathers may become depressed after childbirth, too. A study published in the current issue of the Journal of the American Medical Association...
Teens: Birth Rate Down, but Support Needs Growing
There’s a “good news” story making the rounds of media outlets this past week:Â the teen pregnancy rate in Canada is declining faster than rates in the US, Britain and Sweden, according to a study from the Sex Information and Education Council of...