New Bureau of Consumer Protection

Take a look at what the Obama administration is doing to protect consumers.
http://www.whitehouse.gov/blog/2011/02/07/robins-story-andrews-story-new-bureau-protect-consumers?utm_source=wh.gov&utm_medium=shorturl&utm_campaign=shorturl

Raising Healthy Children: Translating Child Development Research Into Practice - Guerra - 2011 - Child Development - Wiley Online Library

This is a must read issue of Child Development, a publication of SRCD. Would love to see FCSRJ do something like this. People need to understand how research connects to their daily lives. More importantly, research needs to be focused on improving the quality of people's lives. If we can't or won't reach out to the public, then ultimately we haven't accomplish a thing. Translational research should really be what a Family and Consumer Sciences is all about.
Raising Healthy Children: Translating Child Development Research Into Practice - Guerra - 2011 - Child Development - Wiley Online Library

Obama May Take Big Step Against Campus Sex-Assault | Womens eNews

Obama May Take Big Step Against Campus Sex-Assault | Womens eNews

Great New Resource for Pregnant Women and New Mothers

Website:

http://www.text4baby.org

Mission:

Text4baby is a free mobile information service designed to promote maternal and child health. An educational program of the National Healthy Mothers, Healthy Babies Coalition (HMHB), text4baby provides pregnant women and new moms with information they need to take care of their health and give their babies the best possible start in life. Women who sign up for the service by texting BABY (or BEBE for Spanish) to 511411 will receive free SMS text messages each week, timed to their due date or baby’s date of birth. Text4baby is made possible through a broad, public-private partnership that includes government, corporations, academic institutions, professional associations, tribal agencies and non-profit organizations. Founding partners are HMHB, Voxiva, CTIA - The Wireless Association and Grey HealthCare Group (a WPP company). Johnson & Johnson is the founding sponsor, and premier sponsors include WellPoint, Pfizer and CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield. U.S. government partners include the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy and the Department of Health and Human Services. The mobile health platform is provided by Voxiva and free messaging services are generously provided by participating wireless service providers. Implementation partners include BabyCenter, Danya International, Syniverse Technologies, Keynote Systems and The George Washington University. Contact Information: General Inquiries info@text4baby.org For information about becoming a partner or technical assistance for existing partners, please contact: partners@text4baby.org For media inquiries, please contact: media@text4baby.org or call 202-944-1968

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Challenges to the Health Care Law

Love Diane Rehm. Good discussion about the healthcare law and all the controversy around it.
Challenges to the Health Care Law

The University of Arkansas has a new tool for family life education - Navigating Life's Journey | NCFR

The University of Arkansas's Cooperative Extension Service is offering a new, free resource: Navigating Life's Journey. You can sign up to receive weekly e-mails to help you improve your personal well-being and family relationships. The research-based ideas come from dozens of the world's best family life experts so you can trust that they are credible and will work in your life. There will also be a practical suggestion of how you can apply the idea to your life. Interested?
The University of Arkansas has a new tool for family life education - Navigating Life's Journey NCFR

Future of Children journal - Fragile Families | NCFR

The latest edition of the Princeton-Brookings Future of Children journal is on Fragile Families. Click on the link below to download for free.
Future of Children journal - Fragile Families NCFR