Related Sites

KEY SITES FOR JOURNALISTS

Casey Journalism Center for Children and Families (http://casey.umd.edu) Provides a Newsletter with rich context on key policy issues, and a Listserv—an email discussion group for journalists only, with a query response capability.

Profnet (http://www.profnet.com) Access to over 6,000 experts from colleges and universities, corporations, national labs, medical centers, non-profits and public relations agencies. This site helps link journalists with sources either through database searches or email queries to public relations officers.

Media Resource Service(http://www.mediaresource.org) A program of Sigma Xi that provides access to 30,000 scientists, engineers, physicians and policy makers who have agreed to provide information to the media.

INFORMATION ORIENTED SITES

General

Children's Defense Fund (http://www.childrensdefense.org) Child Advocacy site that focuses on the needs of poor and minority children and those with disabilities. Research reports and facts and figures are available for these groups.

The Annie E. Casey Foundation (http://www.aecf.org) Provides up-to-date data and analysis on issues facing children and families. Full text of evaluations and reports, and data on the well-being of children is available. Also, access to KidsCount Data Reports.

Children NOW (http://www.childrennow.org) Provides policy information and up-to-date research, reports and publications on the well-being of children.

Health

Center for Disease Control and Prevention (http://www.cdc.gov) Health information in the form of data/statistics, reports, and publications on a variety if issues ranging from childhood asthma to teen pregnancy. Click Health Information for a subject list of fact sheets.

National Center for Health Statistics (http://www.cdc.gov/nchswww/default.htm) Access to the most current health statistics on a variety of topics such a child health and health insurance coverage. Provides news releases and fact sheets on prominent health issues.

Agency for Health Care Policy and Research (http://www.ahcpr.gov) News announcements, press releases, and data/surveys on timely health care policy issues. Research data on topics from managed care to primary care and fact sheets on a variety of health care issues is accessible.

National Safekids Coalition (http://www.safekids.org) Comprehensive fact sheets on current data and trends of childhood injuries. Links to a variety of other health/safety web sites are also available.

Family

Department of Health and Human Services (http://www.dhhs.gov) Press releases and fact sheets on family issues regarding Medicaid, child support, along with other family issues such as unemployment. White House Statements on family oriented initiatives are also provided.

Child Trends, Inc. (http://www.childtrends.org) Research and evaluation studies in several areas, including: teen pregnancy and childbearing; the effects of welfare and poverty on children; issues related to parenting, family structure, and family processes, including fatherhood and male fertility.

Violence

National Center for Injury Prevention and Control (http://www.cdc.gov/ncipc/dvp/dvpfacts.htm) Data displayed in easy to follow fact sheets on all issues of violence, from dating violence to suicide.

Education

US Department of Education (http://www.ed.gov) Access to education statistics and research on a range of topics from testing to teacher certification.

ERIC (Educational Resources Information Center)-CEECE(Clearinghouse on Elementary and Early Childhood Education) (http://ericeece.org) Information on educational research and practice regarding young children. An email information service, AskEric, is used to supply reliable answers to questions about education.

Education Week (http://www.edweek.org) On-line version of the weekly newspaper published by Editorial Projects in Education, provides a summary of news from newspapers across the country, and informative background essays on key topics in the news, such as bilingual education, inclusion, phonics and whole language, and more.

SITES FOR PARENTS

KidsHealth (http://www.kidshealth.org) Provides information to parents on children's physical and emotional health. Topics include common illnesses, behavior and development, and emergencies and first aid. Links are provided to other organizations and support groups that work to educate and support parents about their child's health.

Parents Q&A (http://www.parenting-qa.com) Provides parents with answers to pressing questions from toilet training, sleep problems and even playdough recipes. Has over 200 tip sheets and more than 4,000 national and local resources complete with abstracts and contact information.

Zero to Three (http://www.zerotothree.org) Select For Parents and access information about choosing quality childcare, child development milestones, recommended books and other resources lists on child development.

SITES FOR EDUCATORS

AskEric (http://ericir.syr.edu) Provides an email question answering service, access to the latest curriculum and lesson plans, access to new research findings, information about conferences.

Busy Teachers' Website (http://www.ceismc.gatech.edu) Select Virtual Schoolhouse and gain access to information and materials, and internet sites on classroom topics from Aeronautics to Zoology.

Global Schoolhouse (http://www.gsn.org) Offers educators the means to connect with other classrooms around the world, find interesting global learning projects, design internet learning projects for students.

OTHER SITES OF INTEREST

Psychwatch (http://www.psychwatch.com) Select Read It to read current and past news on a variety of research developments in the behavioral sciences community.

American Academy of Pediatrics (http://www.aap.org) Advocacy, research and publications on the physical, mental and social health of children.

HandsNet (http://www.handsnet.com) Provides news reports from a variety of web sites identified by experts in a variety of fields from public policy to child abuse to managed care. This site focuses on mostly children and family issues.

Children's Express (http://www.ce.org) CE reporters (ages 8-13) identify issues and produce stories, commentaries and analyses for syndication to print, radio and electronic media outlets world-wide.

Board on Children, Youth and Families
(http://www4.nationalacademies.org/cbsse/bocyfweb.nsf)
The Board was created in 1993 to provide a national focal point for authoritative, nonpartisan analysis of child and family issues relevant to policy decisions.