Author: The Boys Initiative

May 5, 2014   VISIT US AT OUR AUA MEETINGBOOTH #1785   The Boys Initiative is proud to be a 2014 collaborating partner News Clips Boys in Chairs: Navigating Our Sex, Sexuality and Sex Appeal in Attendant Care ProgramsBefore delving into it too far, I feel it’s important to unpack what I mean when I READ MORE

May 20, 2014 A Guide to Federal Education Programs That Can Fund K-12 Universal Prevention and Social and Emotional Learning Activities May 2014 Federal education funding has often been overlooked by school districts in search of sources of support for prevention. This guide is intended to help districts take advantage of those funds by identifying READ MORE

May 27, 2014    News Clips Recommendations Updated for Child, Adolescent Drug Testing (PDF)Drug testing is often used in children and adolescents but is invasive and can yield limited information, and results are easily misinterpreted, according to a clinical report from the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP). The report, published online May 26 in Pediatrics, provides guidance READ MORE

June 2, 2014    News Clips Boston: Minority Boys Need City’s AttentionA sobering study completed recently by Tufts University Professor James Jennings predicts a nightmare for the city’s black and Latino boys as they approach adulthood, posing the question: “If we don’t [intervene] then how can Boston become a great city for all?”Boston HeraldMay 30, READ MORE

June 10, 2014    News Clips ‘Thank Goodness We Have Boys’I have a responsibility to raise gentlemen. To raise boys into men who think unequal pay for equal work just isn’t fair. To raise men who don’t think mommies stay home and daddies go to work. To raise men who are equal participants in the READ MORE

June 16, 2014    News Clips The friendship crisis: Why are boys so lonely and violent?While there’s a lot of talk about the need for tighter gun control and better treatment of the mentally ill, the roots of this horrifying trend go much deeper. Our culture prizes independence over human connection. It devalues and even READ MORE

June 23, 2014    News Clips Do Minority Men Access Mental Health Treatment?Researchers from the Royal Holloway University have found that male members of ethnic minority groups take longer to recover from mental illness than do white men, because the minorities are reluctant to seek professional help.Decoded ScienceJune 22, 2014 As Antidepressant Warnings Toughened, Teen READ MORE

July 7, 2014    News Clips Safety of Vaccines Used for Routine Immunization in the United StatesThis report conducts a systematic review of the literature on the safety of vaccines recommended for routine immunization of children, adolescents, and adults in the United States.Agency For Healthcare Research and QualityJuly 2014 HIV Prevention Drug Truvada Might Lower READ MORE

July 21, 2014     News Clips D.C. schools hire expert to help improve outcomes for African American boysSimmons said he has been tasked with co-leading the school system’s nascent initiative to improve outcomes for African American males, whose graduation rate — 38 percent — lags far behind the city average. He will also examine READ MORE

July 28, 2014     News Clips 5 reasons HIV is on the rise among young gay and bisexual menA new study from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention found annual diagnoses of HIV among men ages 13-24 who have sex with men rose by 132.5 percent between 2001 and 2011 — a much READ MORE