Contact: Ed hatcher; American Sociological Association
202-833-3410, ext. 320; [email protected]
Science Writers Workshop on "Families, Youth, and Children's Well Being."
You are cordially invited to a science writers workshop on "Families,
Youth, and Children's Well Being," to take place on Monday, June 30,
from 8:30 a.m. - 11:30 a.m., in the Murrow Room, 13th Floor, the
National Press Club (14th and F Streets, N.W., Washington, D.C.). The
American Sociological Association (ASA) and the National Institutes of
Health's Office of Behavioral and Social Sciences Research (OBSSR) are
sponsoring the event. A continental breakfast will be served.
The ASA-OBSSR workshop will feature four prominent sociologists (funded
by the National Institutes of Health) who are conducting cutting-edge
research on issues related to the well being of families, youth, and
children. These scholars will present recent findings, explain the
science behind them, and discuss implications. Ample time for
questions and discussion will follow each talk. In addition to the
substantive program, the workshop will provide writers with fact
sheets, practical information on data resources and web sites, and a
list of experts in these fields.
The featured presentations are:
"The Changing Face of Childhood"
Dr. Donald J. Hernandez, Study Director, Board on Children, Youth, and
Families, National Academy of Sciences, on leave from his position as
Chief of the Marriage and Family Statistics Branch, Population
Division, U.S. Bureau of the Census.
Dr. Hernandez will discuss the growing racial diversity of the U.S.
population and how these demographic changes are affecting family
structure and children in poverty.
"Parents' Economic Challenges and Children's Unfolding World"
Dr. Linda M. Burton, Professor, Department of Human Development and
Family Studies, College of Health and Human Development, and Senior
Research Associate, Population Issues Research Center, Pennsylvania
State University.
Dr. Burton will present her research showing how economic changes --
including impoverished those brought on by welfare legislation -- are
altering the lives of parents and their children.
"Young Children and Their Social Settings: In- and Out-of-Home
Environments"
Dr. Sandra L. Hofferth, Research Scientist, Institute for Social
Research, and Adjunct Professor of Sociology and Research Associate,
Population Studies Center, University of Michigan.
Dr. Hofferth will discuss ways in which current trends in child-care
and parenting arrangements are affecting today's children.
"High Risk Behaviors Among Adolescents"
Dr. Kathleen Mullan Harris, Associate Professor of Sociology, and
Faculty Fellow, Population Center, University of North Carolina-Chapel
Hill.
Dr. Harris will describe a major new NIH-funded survey whose emerging
data offer improved understanding of high-risk adolescent behavior
related to violence, delinquency, substance abuse, depression, and
sexual activity.
This is the second in a series of OBSSR Science Writers Workshops
designed both to enhance communication between the news media and
behavioral and social scientists, and to increase public awareness of
the role that behavioral and social factors play in health, illness,
treatment, and disease prevention.
Both the ASA and OBSSR are committed to fostering information
dissemination of quality science on critical issues of health and well
being. We hope you can join us in what we expect will be a stimulating
and engaging dialogue between scientists and science writers. Please
register by June 26, 1997, by contacting Alva Hayslip at 202-833-3410,
ext. 309.
Sincerely yours,
Felice J. Levine, Ph.D. Norman B. Anderson, Ph.D.
Executive Officer Associate Director of NIH for
American Sociological Association Behavioral and Social Sciences
Research.
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