the boys initiative

December 9, 2011

National News Clips

• Broadwater boys stop shaving for a cause
  Delmarva Now Online
  December 8, 2011
• The 'Boy Problem' Examined
  Inside Higher Ed
  December 6, 2011
• Sweating a Sex Education Class for Fathers and Sons
  Huffington Post
  December 6, 2011
• Youth with Behavior Problems Are More Likely to Have Thought of Suicide
  Health Behavior News
  December 6, 2011
• To Boost Learning, Start with Emotional Health
  Education Week
  December 6, 2011
• Teenage Boys and Sexual Decision-Making: An Expanding Role for Mutually Satisfying Consensual Sex
  Psychology Today
  December 5, 2011
• Boy Scouts seek to expand their membership in the inner city
  The Boston Globe
  December 4, 2011
• Putting drug offenders into treatment a better choice than prison
  The Star-Ledger
  December 4, 2011
• HIV-Positive Boy Talks of Being Denied Entry to Hershey School
  ABC News
  December 2, 2011
• Brain Enlargement Tied to Regressive Autism, but Only in Boys
  Medscape
  December 1, 2011
• Schools "Relearning" How to Teach Boys
  King.5.com (Seattle, WA)
  November 30, 2011
• Taking healthcare to students; Clinics at schools are becoming a key part of the nation's medical safety net
  Los Angeles Times
  November 28, 2011  

Of Note

• The Great American Condom Campaign
  Advocates for Youth
  December 2011
• STEM Holiday Gifts

Opinion

• A Good Man. What Does it Mean?
  Huffington Post
  December 8, 2011
• Docs Don't Talk to Boys Enough About Sexual Health
  BET Online
  November 30, 2011

Studies and Reports

• Physicians Believe Addressing Patients' Social Needs Is As Important As Addressing Their Medical Conditions
  Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
  December 8, 2011
• Some children’s cereals packed with sugar, study finds
  Washington Post
  December 6, 2011
• New Report Looks at the State of Health Care in the Juvenile Justice System
  Juvenile Justice Information Exchange
  December 2, 2011
• Young people aged 13–29 accounted for 39% of all new HIV infections in 2009
  Centers for Disease Control
  December 1, 2011
• Updated HPV Vaccine Fact Sheet Discusses New Recommendation for Vaccinating Boys
  Kaiser Family Foundation
  November 21, 2011  
• Missed Opportunities for HIV Testing in Health Care Settings Among Young African American Men Who Have Sex with Men: Implications for the HIV Epidemic
  AIDS Patient Care and STDs
  October 24, 2011
• Teens, kindness and cruelty on social network sites
  Pew Internet
  November 9, 2011

International News
AUSTRALIA

• Geelong secondary schools dominated by young males
  Geelong Advertiser
  December 9, 2011 
• Dads' depression 'hurts kids' development'
  Sydney Morning Herald
  December 6, 2011

BERMUDA

• All-boys school unit 'could cut dropout rate' says OBA
  Bermuda Sun
  December 7, 2011

NETHERLANDS

• Premature birth 'affects behaviour'
  The Press Association
  December 7, 2011

UK

• Boys Don’t Cry: A Personal Perspective
  Impact
  December 4, 2011 
• SPECIAL REPORT: As figures reveal young women are outdoing men at work, one father passionately argues that if we allow boys to fall further behind, ALL of society will suffer.
  Daily Mail
  December 4, 2011
• New HPV vaccine could see boys getting the jab
  Men's Health Forum
  December 1, 2011
• Europe's Men Need Their Own Health Strategy
  British Medical Journal
  November 30, 2011 

ZIMBABWE

• Boys' Sexual Assault by Women
  Gender Links
  December 5, 2011