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Listed below are articles that have been added to The Family Index in the past 2 weeks. Many of these will be current findings but some may be from older articles that have only recently been identified by our research team.

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Report on Teen Cigarette Smoking and Marijuana Use
This report investigates the prevalence of marijuana use among teenagers, and demonstrates the links between cigarette smoking and the transition to marijuana.
• Category: Adolescence/Youth > Adolescent Substance Use/Abuse
• National Center for Addiction and Substance Abuse at Columbia Universtiy • September 01, 2003

When Children Cannot Remain Home: Foster Family Care and Kinship Care
This article discusses the increasing usage of kinship care as a result of such factors as increased demand for foster care, a shortage of available spaces, and expense issues.
• Category: Children > Foster Home Care
• The Future of Children • Spring 1998

Child Maltreatment and Substance Abuse
This paper examines substance abuse as a contributing factor to different types of child abuse and maltreatment.
• Category: Crime And Violence > Child Abuse/Neglect
• National Child Protection Clearinghouse, Australian Institute of Family Studies • Spring 1996

Young, Single, Non-Residential Fathers: Their Involvement in Fatherhood
This paper discusses recent findings on the attitudes, feelings, economic situations, and levels of parental involvement of unmarried fathers who wish to participate in their children's upbringing.
• Category: Parenthood/Childrearing > Fatherhood
• The Joseph Rowntree Foundation • December 01, 1997

National Survey of American Attitudes on Substance Abuse VI: Teens
This report presents the findings of a 2001 survey that asked teens about their attitudes on substance abuse.
• Category: Adolescence/Youth > Adolescent Substance Use/Abuse
• The National Center on Addiction and Substance Abuse at Columbia University • February 01, 2001

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