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 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.

Staff

• Conway, Pat
• Moulton, Patricia

Presentations

• Assessing Substance Consumption and Consequences in North Dakota
  Presented by Muus, K. on Jun 27, 2007 at the annual conference of the Council of State and Territorial Epidemiologists, Atlantic City, NJ.
• Effects of Pesticide Exposure on Learning and Development
  Presented by Moulton, P., Petros, T., Pyle, S., Ferraro, R., Kerr, P., Offutt, S., & Barr, D. on Sep 19, 2006 at the Regional Children’s Environmental Health Summit, Vail, CO.
• Chronic Exposure to Pesticides and Intellectual Performance in Children
  Presented by Moulton, P. on Aug 13, 2006 at the American Psychological Association Annual Conference, New Orleans, LA.
• Trauma Focused Interventions for Native Children
  Presented by Fleming, C., University of Colorado Health Sciences Center on Apr 6, 2006 at the American Indian Research Forum, Grand Forks, ND.
• Impact of Pesticide Exposure on Cognition and Health in Children
  Presented by Moulton, P. & Petros, T. on Mar 23, 2006 at the 2006 Dakota Conference on Rural and Public Health, Fargo, ND.

Maps

• 2000 Census Percent Change - Children 1990-2000 -- Shows the percentage of change in the population of children in North Dakota from 1990 to 2000.
• Center for Rural Health Activities in North Dakota, 2003-2007 -- Displays the location of the Center for Rural Health's activites, from 2003 - 2007, in North Dakota.
• North Dakota Counties with Children Below Poverty, 2000 -- A map demonstrating North Dakota counties with children below poverty in 2000.