A multigenerational group of people who share a close relationship and generally live in the same household, with one or more parents caring for biological or adopted children, families also include adult children who care for their elderly parents. RAND research on families spans various populations and socioeconomic backgrounds in developed as well as developing countries and addresses such topics as child welfare, fertility, marriage and divorce, and household economic security.
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This study examined whether specific parenting factors can be used to predict adolescent problem behaviors in intervention studies.
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Messages from senior Air Force leaders to Airmen need to reinforce stated cultural goals and generally do so. Greater emphasis and clarity are needed in some areas, and some dissemination challenges exist.
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What can governments do to address the demographic challenge? RAND Europe examines population ageing: consequences and possible solutions.
Research Brief
Examines parent-child discussions of sexual behavior. Finds consistency in the timing and content of such discussions; however, many parents and children do not discuss key topics, such as birth control, before adolescents become sexually active.
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The Community Foundation of Shreveport-Bossier selected education, health, and poverty as the focus for funding related to children and families. This framework helps the Foundation prioritize investments by identifying the intersection of local needs, community assets, and national best practices.
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In this Congressional Briefing held on March 1, 2010, behavioral scientist Anita Chandra shared findings from the largest study to date on how children whose parents serve in the U.S. military are faring academically, socially, and emotionally during this extended period of wartime.
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Examines the contribution of family, school, and neighborhood factors to the racial achievement gap in education.
Research Brief
Describes a decisionmaking framework, focused on the intersection of needs, assets, and best practices, designed to help the Louisiana community of Shreveport-Bossier prioritize its investments in children and families.
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Military wives have a much greater tendency than similar civilian wives to be underemployed, although there does not seem to be a strong link between wives' labor force position and satisfaction with their life situation.
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Explores why Hispanic children are enrolled in preschools and early childhood centers in lesser proportions than children of other races and ethnicities.
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Examines the effects of family process variables (specific things families do) and family status variables (who families are) on the academic achievement and nonacademic outcomes of students, both in the United States and internationally.
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Assists school-based mental health professionals, school personnel, and child welfare social workers in adapting two school-based interventions for use with youth in foster care who have symptoms of distress following exposure to trauma.
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The safety net provided by the African extended family has traditionally been the basis for the assertion that there is no such thing as an orphan in Africa.
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A strong social network, informational support from sex partners, and other social factors affect whether homeless women receive substance abuse treatment.
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This article tests whether parents reinforce or compensate for child endowments.
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Examine timing of parent-child discussions about sexual topics relative to child-reported sexual behavior.
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There are many contributors to obesity, including excess consumption of discretionary calories (foods high in sugar and fat and low in essential nutrients), lack of fruit/vegetable consumption, and insufficient physical activity.
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Setting intermediate criteria between the present behavior and total abstinence can improve outcomes for hard to treat smokers.
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Studies the effect of parental deployment on the well-being of children, and whether and how parental deployments affect the behavioral, social, and emotional outcomes of youth in the school setting.
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