Care of Adolescent Parents and Their Children
Many children live with their adolescent parents, alone, or as part of an extended family. This article addresses specific medical and psychosocial risks specific to adolescent parents and their children. In the article, challenges unique to the adolescent mother and her partner, as well as mitigating circumstances and protective factors are discussed. Click here for the full article.

CDC: U.S. Teen Birth Rate Fell to Record Low in 2009
This article was published by ABC news in April, 2011. Despite an overall decline in teen births, the U.S. teen birth rate is nine times higher in the U.S. than it is in other developed countries. Data used in the article can be found on the CDC website.

Help Students Graduate
Looking for a great idea to help encourage students to graduate? The International Journal on School Disaffection, page 50, shows an article titled Graduation Credit Cards – Immediate Buy In, Immediate Pay-off by Robert Eichorn, Ruth Garza, Karre Jones and Marie Sobers. This article explains how for less than $100 the Virginia Alternative Education School greatly improved their graduation rate and attitudes about education for their students. There are some other great articles in the Journal as well to help improve drop-out rates.

CDC's New Pediatric Genetics Website
This website offers easy-to-read information on genetic disorders, family health history, genetic counseling and newborn screening. It also features a compilation of important data, scientific publications and more.

Report on Health Literacy and Adolescents
Health Literacy and Adolescents: An Agenda for the Future, a report published by the National Education Association Health Information Network, discusses health literacy among adolescents and suggests a future agenda to improve understanding of health and the healthcare system.

National Association of Children's Hospitals and Related Institutions (NACHRI) Releases Guidance on Providing Childhood Obesity Treatment
The guide, A Survival Guide – Planning, Building and Sustaining a Pediatric Obesity Program, is an outcome of FOCUS on a Fitter Future, an initiative developed by the NACHRI to articulate the role of children's hospitals and related institutions in combating pediatric obesity while building consensus on performance measurement and quality improvement.

New Brief on Infants of Depressed Mothers Living in Poverty
Infants of Depressed Mothers Living in Poverty: Opportunities to Identify and Serve, a brief published by the Urban Institute, is part of a study to identify ways mainstream service systems can reach mothers of young children and link them to services, with the ultimate goal of preventing child abuse and neglect. The authors of the brief address the effects of parental depression, its prevalence and potential intervention points. Additional topics include race, age and family structure; coexisting risks such as domestic violence, substance abuse and health problems; prenatal care and feeding practices; mother-infant interactions; and child well-being.