Population Insitute

Connecting the Dots: Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights as Prerequisites for Global
Gender Equality and Empowerment | March 2023

Monterey County Weekly articles

Grown Up and Proud | Sept 22, 2005
Deep Lessons | Jul 14, 2005
Learning to Live | Apr 14, 2005
School of Life | Mar 17, 2005
Everybody Waits | Mar 10, 2005
We Are Not Barbie | Jan 20, 2005
All In Her Head | Jan 20, 2005
Born To Run | Jan 20, 2005
One Step at a Time | Sept 23, 2004
Gang War Escalates | Sept 02, 2004
Bad News for Local Women | June 03, 2004
Cycle of Support | Oct 16, 2003
Venture Philanthropists | July 10, 2003
Class Acts | June 19, 2003
Hard Times | Dec 12, 2002
Dirty Dancing | July 25, 2002
Hooking Up | July 25, 2002
A Numbers Problem | Sept 06, 2001
Healing Properties | Dec 21, 2000
Teach Your Children Well | Nov 09, 2000

Articles reprinted courtesy of Monterey County Weekly
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Articles from the Population Reference Bureau

Do Parents Spend Enough Time With Their Children? | January 2007
Families, Fathers, and Demographic Change | October 2006
The Neglected Link Between Food Marketing and Childhood Obesity in Poor Neighborhoods | July 2006
The Concentration of Negative Child Outcomes in Low-Income Neighborhoods | February 2006
Many Unwed Low-Income Parents in U.S. Need Both Relationship Skills and Employment Programs | March 2005
Rural Children Lag in Early Childhood Educational Skills | January 2005

Connected by 25: Improving the Life Chances of the Country's Most Vulnerable Youth | Michael Wald and Tia Martinez, Stanford University. November 2003
This paper identifies the four groups of youth who are at the highest risk of long-term unemployment, incarceration, and social disconnection. It discusses a number of policy directions for helping these youth make successful transitions into adulthood.

A Portrait of Well-Being in Early Adulthood | Brett Brown, Kristin Moore, and Sharon Bzostek; Child Trends; Summer 2003
This paper examines the well-being of young adults in the U.S. who are approximately 25 years of age. It provides a descriptive portrait of educational attainment, success in connecting with the labor force, and family life, with special looks at several ethnic groups.

Serving High-Risk Youth: Lessons from Research and Programming | Public/Private Ventures, September 2002
This paper reviews the outcomes from most of the major federal programs designed to help youth connect with the labor force over the past thirty years. It identifies elements that increase the effectiveness of programs.

Taking Stock: A Review of U.S. Youth Employment Policy and Prospects | Thomas Smith, Public/Private Ventures. April 2003
This paper reviews which young adults are most likely to have major problems connecting with the labor force and proposes a series of programs and policies to respond to the needs of this group.

Improving the Economic and Life Outcomes of At-Risk Youth | Robert Ivry and Fred Doolittle, MDRC, Spring 2003
This paper lays out a conceptual framework for designing programs focused on disconnected youth and proposes a specific major experimental program.

Using Community Colleges to Reconnect Disconnected Youth | W. Norton Grubb, University of California at Berkeley. April 2003
This paper argues that community colleges should be a major institution helping disconnected youth reconnect to education. It discusses a variety of measures community colleges would need to take to do this effectively.

Promoting Prevention, Targeting Teens: An Emerging Agenda to Reduce Domestic Violence | Ann Rosewater, Family Violence Prevention Fund, April 2003
This paper reviews the history of efforts to respond to domestic violence in the U.S. Based on the finding that the highest rates of domestic violence take place among couples ages 16-24, whether in marriage, cohabitation, or dating, the authors propose new means of preventing and responding to domestic violence.

Voices for Change: Leadership Development for Communities of Color to Improve Their Policy Impact | PolicyLink, July 2003
This paper proposes ways that foundation and government support should be used to create and enhance programs that help leaders of community-based programs in communities of color become more effective leaders in the policy arena.

Ten Tips for Parents
The National Campaign to Prevent Teen Pregnancy has reviewed recent research about parental influences on children's sexual behavior and talked to many experts in the field, as well as to teens and parents themselves. From these sources, it is clear that there is much parents and adults can do to reduce the risk of kids becoming pregnant before they've grown up.

Talking Back: What Teens Want Parents to Know About Preventing Teen Pregnancy
Teens get advice on all kinds of issues from their parents, teachers, and other adults, but they don’t often get asked to offer it. Consequently, the National Campaign continues to ask teens a direct question: If you could offer your parents and other adults advice about how to help you and your friends avoid pregnancy, what would it be? The following tips represent the major answers to this question that we have heard from teens over the years.

Parents Matter: Tips for Raising Teenagers
Originally prepared for a White House conference on teens back in 2000, this pamphlet discusses those things parents can do that help teens safely navigate adolescence.

Emerging Answers: Research Findings on Programs to Reduce Teen Pregnancy
This is a PDF summary of a report on program effectiveness.

Making the List: Understanding, Selecting, and Replicating Effective Teen Pregnancy Prevention Programs
This report helps readers navigate various lists of "effective" programs and offers advise on program replication.

Various "Science Says" research briefs
About 15 briefs and growing, topics range from where teens first have sex to parental influence to "what works."

Various research publications on "what works."
This section contains full-length publications on topics ranging from effective afterschool programs to programs for middle school aged adolescents.