Benefits of Childhood Mental Health Intervention ‘Ripple Across Generations’
New important research from Drew Rothenberg and Center Director Jennifer Lansford.
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The Center for Child and Family Policy is dedicated to improving the well-being of children and families through research, education, and engagement. We study factors that influence child outcomes, develop and test promising interventions, and advance evidence-based practices and policies that can inform change and unlock opportunities for all children and their families.
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Benefits of Childhood Mental Health Intervention ‘Ripple Across Generations’
July 27, 2022
Duke Research Blog
A childhood intervention program called Fast Track improves family life into the second generation, report researchers.
read more about Benefits of Childhood Mental Health Intervention ‘Ripple Across Generations’Duke Announces Winners of the 2022 DST Spark Seed Grants
July 20, 2022
Duke Today
Sarah Komisarow is among nine early- to mid-career faculty from across Duke campus and the School of Medicine who have been recognized for pursuing new directions and ideas to enhance novel research and scholarship at Duke.
read more about Duke Announces Winners of the 2022 DST Spark Seed GrantsNCER Awards Over $92 Million in Education Research Grants
July 15, 2022
IES National Center for Education Research
NCER awards 45 new grants through its FY 2022 Education Research Grants program, an investment of more than $92 million across its various content areas and project types.
read more about NCER Awards Over $92 Million in Education Research GrantsInvesting in Latino children and youth—the future strength of the US
July 12, 2022
Brookings
The recently released 2022 Census statistics reveal two converging facts about the U.S. population: It is aging, and, simultaneously, becoming increasing racially and ethnically diverse.
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Featured Projects
Research Project
Childhood, Adolescence, and Covid-Related Risk and Protective Factors in the Development of Adjustment in Early Adulthood Across Cultures
Building on the ongoing Parenting Across Cultures longitudinal study that began in 2008, this project will continue to follow participants in their early to mid-twenties.
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Research Project
BELLA Online: ESL and Classroom Teachers Working Together With Children and Families
Project goal is to design, develop, and test an online professional development program called Bridging English Language Learning and Academics (BELLA) for improving teacher and student outcomes for working with English Learners (ELs).
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Research Project
The Impact of Mental Health Therapy on Job Creation and Business Outcomes in Youth and Female-Led Enterprises
This study will evaluate the impact of cognitive behavior therapy delivered through virtual reality on job creation and business outcomes in youth and female-led enterprises in Nigeria via improvements in depression, stress, and anxiety.
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Research Project
Child and Adolescent Predictors of Young Adults’ and Their Parents’ Primals in Nine Countries
This study provides an unprecedented opportunity to understand whether and how primals in early adulthood are predicted by childhood and adolescent experiences and how parents’ primals are related to their young adult children’s primals in the most diverse long-term longitudinal study ever conducted.
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The Center offers a variety of ways for Duke students at every level to learn about child and family policy and become involved in original research.