Reports

  • Tuesday, June 11, 2013

    Transitional Kindergarten in California: A Research Brief

    Transitional kindergarten aims to provide an additional year of early education to California’s youngest students to ensure that they obtain the necessary preparation to succeed in school.

  • Wednesday, June 5, 2013

    A Moderated Mediation Model: Racial Discrimination, Coping Strategies, and Racial Identity Among Black Adolescents

    This study examines how general coping strategies mediate the relationship between perceived racial discrimination and depression. Results suggest that the use of “avoidant coping strategies” may mediate or help to explain why perceptions of racial discrimination are associated with increased depression among African American youth.

  • Wednesday, May 29, 2013

    Surgeon General Reports on Smoking and Tobacco Use

    For the Center for Disease Control and Prevention's Office on Smoking and Health, AIR works closely with authors, reviewers, and other experts to facilitate the production of the Surgeon General’s Reports on Smoking and Tobacco Use.

  • Tuesday, May 28, 2013

    Diabetes Prevention Services: Cost Savings and the Role of Incentives

    For the Bipartisan Policy Center, AIR developed a financial model of the costs and benefits of a small diabetes prevention program. Key findings include: There is a large population with pre-diabetes in the U.S. who could benefit from a prevention program, and a diabetes prevention program can produce overall cost savings for individuals.

Products

  • Friday, June 14, 2013

    Service: Logistics and Document Support Services

    For more than three decades, AIR has provided wide-ranging support to institutes and offices at NIH, including convening and supporting expert panels; planning and managing meetings; and designing and producing scores of publications for researchers, academics, and policy makers.

  • Friday, June 14, 2013

    Tool: Guide for Father Involvement in Systems of Care (Updated)

    Coinciding with Father’s Day, the Technical Assistance Partnership for Child and Family Mental Health released an updated Guide for Father Involvement in Systems of Care to share information about the positive influences of fathers on their children’s lives and potential negative consequences when they are not involved.

  • Thursday, June 13, 2013

    Tool: Standards of Care for LGBT Youth

    AIR senior researchers Jeffrey Poirier and Karen Francis have identified key concepts, data, and research as well as the connection between stigma and well-being for LGBT children and youth. They presented an action planning tool to assist organizations and systems in identifying prioritized strategies, goals, and actions towards implementing these standards of care and incorporating them into day-to-day practice.

  • Monday, June 10, 2013

    Tool: Early Learning Needs Assessment Tool

    The Early Learning Needs Assessment Tool can create custom or provide prepared reports using data AIR has collected on the supply and demand for early learning and care for young children, including estimates of those eligible for Title V state programs.