Rhode Island KIDS COUNT The mission of Rhode Island KIDS COUNT is to improve the health, safety, education, economic well-being, and development of Rhode Island's children.
Publications
Identifying and Reducing Environmental Health Risks of Chemicals in Our Society: Workshop Summary
The National Academies Press, 2013 On November 7–8, 2013, the Institute of Medicine’s Roundtable on Environmental Health Sciences, Research, and Medicine held a workshop to discuss approaches related to identifying and reducing potential environmental public health...
CAPT Online Learning
SAMHSA's Center for the Application of Prevention Technologies (CAPT), 2015 SAMHSA’s Center for the Application of Prevention Technologies (CAPT) offers a menu of online courses designed to help substance abuse prevention practitioners working at the state-,...
The Bay Team: CADCA “Coalition in Focus” Award Press Release
CADCA, 2015 Congratulations to the BAY Team for winning the "Coalition in Focus" award at CADCA's 25th National Leadership Forum in National Harbor, MD. They were recognized for their success in reducing underage drinking through environmental strategies that shifted...
Lessons After Two Years of Marijuana Legalization Short Report
SAM: Smart Approaches to Marijuana, 2015
Month-By-Month Prevention and Promotion Call to Action and Planning Guide
SAMHSA The PFP: Prevention and Promotion Month-to-Month Call to Action and Planning Guide can substantially improve the planning and management of your prevention programs, provide resources that focus on prevention interventions, and potentially serve as the...
Theory at a Glance
National Cancer Institute This monograph, Theory at a Glance: Application to Health Promotion and Health Behavior (Second Edition), describes influential theories of health-related behaviors,processes of shaping behavior, and the effects of community and environmental...
Making Health Communication Programs Work
National Cancer Institute at the National Institutes of Health This book is a revision of the original Making Health Communication Programs Work, first printed in 1989, which the Office of Cancer Communications (OCC, now the Office of Communications) of the National...
Harvesting the Scientific Investment in Prevention Science to Promote Children’s Cognitive, Affective, and Behavioral Health: Workshop Summary
Institute of Medicine of the National Academies, 2014 Over the past few decades there have been major successes in creating evidence-based interventions (EBIs) to improve the cognitive, affective, and behavioral health of children. Many of these EBIs have been put...
Rhode Island Data Brief
Rhode Island Department of Health, 2011 One in three RI high school students (34%) drinks alcohol. This Brief examines if these students are in greater jeopardy from other health risks than their non-drinking peers and whether those risks have improved or worsened...