The Effect of a “Maintain, Don’t Gain” Approach to Weight Management on Depression Among Black Women: Results From a Randomized Controlled Trial
July 21, 2014An intervention program aimed at helping obese women maintain their weight without adding pounds also significantly reduced depression in nearly half the participants, according to a new study. The study cites past research showing that women are twice as likely as men to suffer from depression, and more than one in seven black women will […]
Safely Home Report Highlights Community-Based Alternatives to Youth Incarceration
July 13, 2014The Youth Advocate Programs Policy and Advocacy Center has released “Safely Home.” This report highlights cost-effective, community-based alternatives to incarceration for high-needs youth. Some key findings: More than 8 of 10 youth remained arrest-free and 9 of 10 were at home after completing their community-based programs. Intensive programs based in the community can serve 3 […]
A Randomized Trial of Text2Quit: A Text Messaging Program for Smoking Cessation
June 30, 2014Smokers who use a texting service to help them quit are twice as likely to be smoke free after six months, compared with those who just receive smoking-cessation reading material, a new study finds. The overall quit-smoking numbers were low in both groups—11 percent using the texting service, compared with 5 percent in the reading […]
A Systematic Review of Community Based Evidence Based Practices for People with Severe Mental Illness
Intensive Case Management (ICM) is a community based package of care, aiming to provide long term care for severely mentally ill people who do not require immediate admission. ICM evolved from two original community models of care, Assertive Community Treatment (ACT) and Case Management (CM), where ICM emphasises the importance of small caseload (less than […]
Supporting Sobriety Among American Indians and Alaska Natives: A Literature Review
June 25, 2014This report highlights and reviews literature, programs and activities focused on substance abuse in urban American Indian and Alaska Native communities in the U.S. In 2010 the Urban Indian Health Institute (UIHI) initiated its Health Equity Project to provide information and tools to address the health disparities affecting urban AI/AN communities. This report represents a […]
Latino Voices: The Impacts of Crime and Criminal Justice Policies on Latinos
June 24, 2014Latino Voices is a report on Latino experiences with crime and the criminal justice system in California. The report is available in English and Spanish. Here are some statistics from the report: Victims of Crime Latinos are murdered twice as much as whites in California — and more by strangers. Latinos are more likely to be […]
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