* Staffers honored for stellar service
   
* Five questions for Roxanna Winslow
   
* University of Colorado grad programs remain among the best in the nation
   
* Achievements in diversity celebrated by president's awards
   
* Early photos of CU in good hands
   
* International Festival offers tastes of global culture, foods
   
* Open enrollment begins next week
   
* Did you know...
   
* People
 
 NEWS FROM THE CU SYSTEM
 
  CU-BOULDER
  Four energy leaders receive engineering award
 
  UCCS
  Joint venture with Texas A&M to advance disease treatment
 
  UC DENVER
  Spring breaking for the greater good
 
  ANSCHUTZ MEDICAL CAMPUS
  School of Medicine, partners will work to prevent mistreatment of children
 
  CU FOUNDATION
  Former medical researcher gives $1.6 million for scholarships
 
  TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER
  Sanofi Pasteur licenses E. coli vaccine technology
 
 
   Home
   Newsletter Archive
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Download Newsleter in PDF
 
Share your thoughts
  LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
Share your opinions

CONTACT US
Send your thoughts and suggestions for the Newsletter
   
   

News from the CU system - Anschutz Medical Campus

School of Medicine, partners will work to prevent mistreatment of children

The Center for the Study of Social Policy (CSSP) awarded nearly $1.4 million to a partnership of Colorado organizations to test a promising approach to preventing maltreatment of infants and young children whose families face numerous stressors.

The local project – named The Strong Start Study: Strengthening Young Families Affected by Substance Use – will focus on pregnant women in substance abuse treatment and their babies. The study, through JFK Partners of the University of Colorado School of Medicine, will connect early with these women to help create systems of support with their families, friends and community through a High Fidelity Wraparound intervention. The goal will be increasing protective factors known to reduce maltreatment within the families to promote optimal child development.

"The awarding of the Strong Start Study for research on prevention of child maltreatment is a great opportunity to contribute to the needed knowledge in this area, especially given the heightened risk of developmental concerns for infants who have experienced prenatal exposure to alcohol and other drugs," said Corry Robinson, director of JFK Partners, University of Colorado School of Medicine, which is the lead organization for the project. "This project is an excellent fit with the overall mission of JFK Partners in strengthening families and promoting good health outcomes for children."

The school's department of psychiatry will conduct the evaluation. Other local partners include the Early Intervention Colorado of the Division of Developmental Disabilities and Women's Treatment for Substance Use Disorders of the Division of Behavioral Health, both within the Colorado Department of Human Services.

This grant is one of four projects selected by CSSP to implement new models and evaluate their effectiveness. This research is part of the National Quality Improvement Center on Early Childhood, a five-year project launched in late 2008 to develop and disseminate new knowledge about programs and strategies that prevent child maltreatment and optimal development of infants and children younger than five. The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' Children's Bureau awarded $10 million to CSSP to develop the center with its partners ZERO to THREE: National Center for Infants, Toddlers and Families; and the National Alliance of Children's Trust and Prevention Funds.

Bookmark - Print - Share

 
Previous Anschutz Medical Campus Stories

04/14/2010
University of Colorado Hospital provides funding for new crisis services system

04/07/2010
University of Colorado Cancer Center researchers receive $3.5 million grant

03/31/2010
Hospital receives distinguished designation for excellence in nursing

03/24/2010
Regional stem-cell center launched by School of Medicine

03/17/2010
School of Medicine program receives oral health grant

03/10/2010
UC Denver one of top places for postdocs to work

03/03/2010
University of Colorado Hospital internal medicine, specialty clinic relocating

02/24/2010
New type of complex genetic variation discovered

02/17/2010
UC Denver announces state's first bioengineering department

02/10/2010
School of Dental Medicine gives kids a smile

02/03/2010
Emergency medicine physicians take part in suicide research trial

01/27/2010
Researchers receive grant to study impact of law on public health practice

01/20/2010
Assembling planet's Tree of Life less daunting thanks to researchers

01/13/2010
State-of-the-art imaging offers enhanced treatment for arrhythmia

01/06/2010
Rural medicine, Down syndrome programs receive federal support

12/16/2009
Study highlights lack of knowledge regarding hospital medications

12/09/2009
School of Pharmacy researcher receives funding from Michael J. Fox Foundation

12/02/2009
New UC Denver program puts high school grads on pathway to med school

11/18/2009
Award of $577,000 will aid study of tuberculosis treatment

11/11/2009
Depression Center works to establish national network

11/04/2009
School of Medicine to take part in nationwide study of blood pressure

10/28/2009
College of Nursing expands offerings in Western Regional Graduate Program

10/21/2009
Study: Tanning associated with moles in very light-skinned children

10/14/2009
When the laboratory meets the studio

10/07/2009
When the laboratory meets the studio

09/30/2009
Cancer Center scientists win $870,000 ARRA Challenge Grant

09/23/2009
Cancer Center scientists win $870,000 ARRA Challenge Grant

09/16/2009
University of Colorado Cancer Center wins National Cancer Institute grant

09/02/2009
Ground broken on planned VA medical center

08/19/2009
SOM, state labor department to manage training facility

08/06/2009
Pulmonary hypertension drug helps former smokers

07/23/2009
Breast cancer researcher receives gift from Avon