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    Health advisory on social media use in adolescence

    May 2023

    Senior Research Scientist Linda Charmaraman, Ph.D., co-authored a health advisory on social media use in adolescence released by the American Psychological Association.

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    Journeys in Youth Development Podcast, Episode 4

    APRIL 2023

    NIOST director Georgia Hall, Ph.D., talks to Terrance Cauley, Senior Director in the Department of Youth, Family & Clinical Services at Better Family Life, Inc. in St. Louis, Missouri. Terrance highlights the importance of offering historically marginalized Black youth opportunities for self-definition, and discusses how he does this through his work in out-of-school time programming.

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    WCW Collaborates on $5 Million Project to Promote Sustainability in Liberia

    February 2023

    WCW will lead the design of a social inclusion strategy to empower women and young people in the Liberian forestry sector.

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    Having 'The Talk' with Teens

    February 2023

    Jennifer Grossman, Ph.D., shares findings from interviews with fathers about how they try to make conversations with their teens about sex and dating less awkward.

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    The Wage Gap: The Motherhood Penalty and the Fatherhood Premium

    December 2022

    Sari Pekkala Kerr, Ph.D., discusses how the pay gap changes for parents throughout their careers.

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A Social Change Approach to the Prevention of Sexual Violence Toward Women

Authors: Caroline H. Sparks, Bat-Ami Bar On

Prevention of sexual violence against women requires analyzing the place of such violence in society and approaching prevention as a problem of systems change. The goal of primary prevention programs is the pursuit of social justice for women by deinstitutionalizing sexual violence and institutionalizing the principle of respect for persons.

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