Archive for January, 2011
LGB Youth at Greater Odds of Educational and Criminal Justice Sanctions
Lesbian, gay, and bisexual (LGB) youth face a variety of risks (including higher rates of attempted suicide, depression, unintended pregnancy, drug use, and cigarette smoking) which impact their health. New research sheds light on yet another dimension of risk for LGB youth, which has direct links to their health and well-being–the experience of being disproportionately [...]
Read More..>>Making a Difference with Mentoring
Last week I attended a very important basketball game. It wasn’t a playoff clinching game or a long-time rivalry, but it was still an important game. It was the first basketball game of the season for the youth I mentor through Committed Partners for Youth/Big Brothers Big Sisters (CPY/BBBS). My “little brother” played a great [...]
Read More..>>Introducing… Podcasts!
We just completed our first podcast! This project has been a delight to work on for several reasons, namely because podcasts are a new and exciting way for The Prevention Researcher to reach even more youth workers and thus, more youth. This premiere podcast features an interview with Kim Phillips-Knope of Affirmations in Detroit, Michigan. [...]
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