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Talking About Child Abuse and Neglect Prevention

Included in this toolkit are application materials, based on the research findings, that can help engage the public in understanding early child development as it applies to child abuse and...

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Determinism Leavened by Will Power: The Challenge of Closing the Gaps Between the Public and Expert Explanations of Gene-Environment Interaction

Epigenetics has important implications for health policy - but lay perceptions of genetics are out of step with current science. This study pinpoints the gaps.

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Invisible Structures of Opportunity: How Media Depictions of Race Trivialize Issues of Diversity and Disparity

This media analysis was conducted to examine the various ways in which race is presented to readers, directly and indirectly, in the nation’s news media.

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Like Mars to Venus: The Separate and Sketchy Worlds of Budgets and Taxes

This report uses cognitive interviews to investigate Americans’ thinking about budgets and taxes- both as separate issues and as they relate to each other.

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Enough Blame To Go Around: Understanding the Public Discourse on Education Reform

This report shares the results of 18 focus groups conducted in 7 cities with diverse groups of politically engaged people around the United States. This research shows that Americans generally...

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Child Mental Health: A Review of the Scientific Discourse

This report offers an extensive literature review as well as expert interviews to begin to document the story that experts wish to tell about child and family mental health.

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Early Childhood Framing Case Study – Example 1

This document is an organizational case statement, used to describe the organization to potential donors, participants and the larger community. This case study looks at the document before and...

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Early Childhood Development Framing Case Study – Example 2

This document is designed to promote a county-wide early literacy program. This case study looks at the document before and after implementing reframing recommendations and illustrates the...

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Early Childhood Development Framing Case Study – Example 3

This annual publication reports on the well-being of a state’s children, using a set of data indicators. This case study looks at the document before and after implementing reframing...

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Early Childhood Development Framing Case Study – Example 4

This document is a letter to the editor promoting statewide legislation to increase investment in early childhood education programs. This case study looks at the document before and after...

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Talking Points (Child Abuse and Neglect)

The talking points are intended to be used in preparation for media interviews, editorial board visits, or other public communications as a reminder of the core elements of the child development...

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FAQs (Child Abuse and Neglect)

A series of questions that advocates tell us they must often answer. Examples of effective and less-effective responses to each question are included.