Latino Multifamily Group (Latino MFG) Program
October 19, 2012NNED Community of Practice: Latino Multifamily Group (Latino MFG) Program The Latino Multifamily Group (Latino MFG) program facilitates the involvement of Spanish-speaking Latino families in mental health services for their ill family members. Based on the Multifamily Group program first developed by Dr. William McFarlane and widely validated, the Latino MFG program is presented in Spanish […]
Coalition for a Drug Free Hawaii
October 18, 2012The Coalition for a Drug-Free Hawaii (CDFH) provides innovative services that help keep Hawaii’s children and families healthy, strong, and resilient against drug and alcohol abuse. Formed in 1987 out of a spirit of business and community concern, CDFH is a highly regarded leader in the substance abuse prevention field. CDFH conducts family strengthening services, […]
Things People Never Told Me: When You Start Living on Your Own from Foster Care
October 15, 2012This compilation of suggestions about finances, health care, employment, and relationships from foster youth transitioning to adulthood is aimed at equipping other youth leaving foster care with the necessary tools to become independent and successful adults. Population of focus: Youth in foster care Link to resource: http://www.pathwaysrtc.pdx.edu/pdf/proj2-ThingsNoOneToldMe.pdf Organization: Center for Pathways to Positive Futures, Portland State University […]
Protected: East End Partnership with Families
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Playforward: Elm City Stories – iPad Video Game to Prevent HIV Infection among Youth
October 8, 2012Yale researchers are developing a video game for the iPad aimed at preventing HIV infection among ethnic minority adolescents. Their study appears in Games for Health, titled A Qualitative Study to Inform the Development of a Videogame for Adolescent Human Immunodeficiency Virus Prevention. The video game, which is called Playforward: Elm City Stories, is being developed, in collaboration […]
Suicide Prevention Public Service Announcement for Native Americans Contemplating Suicide
October 6, 2012Native Cry Outreach Alliance, an organization dedicated to suicide prevention within the Native American community, has produced a gripping new public service announcement (PSA) aimed at Natives who are considering taking their own lives. With tight close-ups of real people who have lost loved ones to suicide, comments from professionals and educators hoping to reverse […]
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