Response to "Acquaintance molestation and youth-serving organizations" by Kenneth V. Lanning and Park Dietz.

Children Exposed to Abuse in Youth-Serving Organizations: Results From National Sample Surveys.

IMPORTANCE Protecting children in youth-serving organizations is a national concern. OBJECTIVE To provide clinicians, policymakers, and parents with estimates of children's exposure to abuse in youth-serving organizations. DESIGN, SETTING, AND PARTICIPANTS Telephone survey data from the 3 National Surveys of Children's Exposure to Violence (2008, 2011, and 2014) were combined to create a sa...

FOR I - ' M MISSING & EXPLOITED . . CHILDREN Child Molesters : A Behavioral Analysis For Law Enforcement Officers Investigating Cases

Terms of engagement: aligning youth, adults, and organizations toward social change.

Youth engagement is widely accepted as an essential element of successful youth development activities at an organizational level. However, because the practical issue of how to engage youth in the work of organizations remains unsettled, this qualitative research study was conducted as an outgrowth of consultation by Youth Infusion (a youth organization that works to support youth as decision ...

Serving the Vulnerable Towards Universal Health Coverage in Iran: Afghan Refugees’ Health and Social Wellbeing in the Capital City of Tehran

Background and Purpose: Afghans are the main refugee population in Iran. Gaining insight into the precise needs of this population, their health, and wellbeing are crucial for appropriate planning and consequential interventions to improve their life experience. Materials and Methods: A total of 20 legal Afghan refugees residing in Tehran were studied using a successfully tested questionnaire ...

Intermediaries supporting sports-based youth development programs.

The authors describe intermediary organizations whose aim is to provide technical assistance to sports organizations about infusing a youth development emphasis into their programming. Team-Up for Youth, Sports PLUS Global, and the National Recreation and Park Association are the three organizations highlighted in this article. Team-Up for Youth's mission is to pioneer innovative strategies to ...