In the News

On November 19, the School Research Partnership at Duke in the Center for Child and Family Policy hosted its annual “Conducting Research in Schools” panel discussion.

The Duke Center for Child and Family Policy recently welcomed guest speaker Bryan Samuels, executive director of Chapin Hill, as part of the Sulzberger Distinguished Lecture Series.

Food assistance programs specifically earmarked toward subsidizing household food costs such as SNAP and WIC have positive effects on infant health and school achievement and reduce behavioral problems in school, promoting a range of health and educational benefits in the short- and long-term. 

This article dives into how climate change affects children’s physical and psychological well-being, highlighting 3 strategies to help combat this.

Depression is known to run in families, however less is known on how to break the cycle of generational depression. In a new study from Duke University’s Center for Child and Family Policy, researchers find an intensive childhood intervention designed to reduce conduct problems in at-risk children can also help disrupt the transmission of generational depression in families.

On October 17, CCFP welcomed Dr. Theresa Betancourt, Salem Professor in Global Practice at the Boston College School of Social Work, for a special event to discuss her new book, Shadows Into Light. 

The Duke Center for Child and Family Policy recently welcomed Dr. Chloe Gibbs, senior economist at the W.E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research, for her talk “Making Smart Investments in Early Childhood Education,” as part of the Center’s Early Childhood Initiative series.

In this study, Jennifer Lansford highlights the importance of support from family, friends, and colleagues on an individual’s well-being and mental health.

This op-ed by Lisa Gennetian and Jenni Owen warns that challenges and the restructuring of federal government programs are putting North Carolinian children at risk, urging lawmakers to pass a budget that protects Medicaid expansion, restores a child tax credit, and supports early education.

Sarah Komisarow studied the effects of school-based telehealth, reporting that offering telemedicine in schools lowered students’ risk of chronic absenteeism by approximately 29%.