Maternal Death Among U.S. Black Women
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Area of Expertise: Children, Youth, and Families
How Accurate Was the 2020 Census—and Why Should You Care?
By Julia Greene
Significant undercounts in the 2020 Census could have serious consequences for underrepresented groups and individual states.
PRB Awarded $500,000 by Conrad N. Hilton Foundation to Promote Evidence on Early Childhood Development From East and Southern Africa
By asoares
WASHINGTON, January 27, 2023—PRB today announced it has received a $500,000 grant from the Conrad N. Hilton Foundation to promote evidence on early childhood development from East and Southern Africa.
Youth & NCD Digital Health Interventions
A library of research on how digital health interventions can engage youth in low- and middle-income countries to minimize their risks of noncommunicable diseases.
Anti-Poverty Tax Credits Linked to Declines in Reports of Child Neglect, Youth Violence, and Juvenile Convictions
A temporary expansion of the child tax credit helped fuel a dramatic drop in child poverty in 2021.
“New Normal” Still Hard for California Families and Kids, Especially Children With Special Health Care Needs
By asoares
Encinitas, Calif., November 15, 2022—Children with special health care needs in California still face significant COVID-related challenges nearly three years into the pandemic, new survey findings reveal.
Vulnerable Older Americans Aren’t Getting Adequate Care—Even With Paid Caregivers or Grown Children
Half of older parents who need daily care at home have unmet needs, and those with stepchildren are less likely to get help from their kids.
Reena Khaiya Atuma
Today’s Research on Aging: Rising Obesity in an Aging America
U.S.
LGBTQ Youth and Young Adults Are Coming Out Into a Polarized Environment—and Finding Valuable School and Community Support
Naming the vulnerability and discrimination LGBTQ youth face can be a starting point for adults and institutions that support youth—and youth themselves—to act for change.