Hispanics and Family-Strengthening Programs: Cultural Strategies to Enhance Program Participation
January 28, 2014This brief, using qualitative data collected during the Hispanic Healthy Marriage Initiative Grantee Implementation Evaluation, describes the adaptations and refinements undertaken by study sites to make their services more culturally responsive to address the backgrounds and life circumstances of people of different cultural, racial, ethnic, or socio-economic backgrounds. The adaptations included addressing issues of language, […]
Nursing in 3D: Workforce Diversity, Health Disparities, Social Determinants of Health
January 25, 2014This supplement focuses on the accomplishments and lessons learned from the summit Nursing in 3D: Workforce Diversity, Health Disparities, and Social Determinants of Health. The topics featured during the Nursing in 3D summit and in this supplement are inextricably linked to health equity, a critical component of HRSA’s mission. The supplement has the following articles: […]
Using Social Media in Child Welfare
Using social media techniques and innovations in child welfare practice is a relatively new approach for the field. While using social media as a practice tool offers opportunities to enhance, improve, and make work with children and families more effective, it also presents new challenges for the field. These pages offer information and resources on […]
Veterans Empowering Teens Through Support
January 23, 2014Description: Veterans Empowering Teens Through Support (VETTS) connects gang involved youth or youth who are at-risk for gang involvement to an individual they can trust and work with to change the trajectory of their life. The goal is to reduce recidivism to Juvenile Detention among youth that are gang involved or are at risk for gang involvement. The program […]
Implementing Health Reform: Improved Data Collection and the Monitoring of Health Disparities
The relative lack of standards for collecting data on population subgroups has not only limited our understanding of health disparities, but also impaired our ability to develop policies to eliminate them. This article provides background about past challenges to collecting data by race/ethnicity, primary language, sex, and disability status. It then discusses how passage of […]
Community Reinforcement and Family Training (CRAFT): Engaging Unmotivated Drug Users in Treatment
January 22, 2014Although motivation for drug abuse treatment is a substantial problem, unilateral intervention through concerned significant others (CSOs) represents a promising method for engaging unmotivated individuals. The Community Reinforcement and Family Training (CRAFT) program, based on principles of reinforcement, was developed for this specific purpose. In Phase I, CSOs received the CRAFT intervention, whereby they were taught skills for modifying a […]
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