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Children and Youth

This topic page provides a brief overview of the Center for Rural Health’s activities relating to Children and Youth. This page contains a list of projects, key staff, and information pulled from the publications, presentations, events, news, and maps section of the CRH web site.

Projects

  • Carol M. White Grant Evaluation -- Evaluation of the after school recreation program in 18 Northwestern Minnesota school districts.
  • Empowerment Evaluation Project -- To assist with capacity building of evaluation efforts of primary prevention of intimate partner and sexual violence at the local and state level.
  • Evaluation of North Dakota Family Support Coalition -- Evaluation of the project's goal, which is to establish a collaborative network of organizations serving families of children with special health care needs to improve outcomes of children and their families.
  • Evaluation of Suicide Prevention -- Evaluation of the North Dakota Garrett Lee Smith Youth Suicide Prevention Program.
  • Impact of Pesticide Exposure on Cognition in Children -- This NIH funded project examined the impact of chronic exposure to pesticides in children between the ages of 7-12 on intelligence, school-related achievement and motor ability.
  • Primary Care Office -- The North Dakota Primary Care Office (PCO) program is a subcontract with the North Dakota State Health Department for recruitment and retention assistance and shortage area designation activities.
  • Upper Midwest Rural Health Research Center -- Undertakes national projects focusing on quality of rural health care and other important rural health issues.

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