National Research Center for Women & Families
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The National Center for Policy Research for Women & Families examines the implications of tax policies for the health and safety of women, children, and families. Major concerns include: the effects of the privatization of Social Security on the health of women, and on children and adults with disabilities; the impact of welfare reform on women, children, and families; and the impact of tax policies on federal and state funding available to improve the quality and availability of health care and child care. [Return to home]
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Contact Information:
1701 K Street NW
Suite 700
Washington, DC 20006
Phone: 202-223-4000
Fax: 202-223-4242
Email info@center4policy.org
CENTER DESCRIPTION
AREA(S) OF EXPERTISE
Aging; Family; Girls and Adolescents; Grants and Scholarships; Health and Health Care; Law/Legal Issues; Media; Politics; Poverty; Social Security; Violence Against Women and Girls; Welfare Reform; Women and Girls with Disabilities; and Work and Family.
RECENT PROJECTS AND ACTIVITIES
Early Puberty. CPR is working with other researchers, the media, and policy makers to call attention to the increase in early puberty among girls in the U.S. Our analyses will provide information about the likely environmental causes and the potential consequences for girls' mental health and safety.
Internships/Fellowships. CPR offers Internships and Fellowships to undergraduate and graduate students who want to learn about women's health issues and the Washington policy scene. Fulltime fellowship positions are for those with a college degree and offer a stipend.
Breast Cancer Public Education Campaign. Because many women diagnosed with breast cancer do not have all the facts they need to get the treatment that is best for them CPR is working to raise the awareness of this issue. CPR's campaign, targeted at patients and doctors, has resulted in stories on TV, newspapers, and Web sites.
Breast Implants. CPR's analysis of all published research shows that the studies by manufacturers of breast implants did not evaluate long-term safety. CPR writes articles on the safety record of implants, testifies before the FDA, meets with breast cancer groups and talks to the media.
"Using Research to Inform Patients of Breast Cancer Surgery Options." A conference scheduled for September, 2001, will bring together experts representing health professionals, researchers, and patient advocates, to develop strategies to increase the likelihood that women who are newly diagnosed with early-stage breast cancer will be accurately informed about their surgical options (and related treatment such as radiation). We will focus primarily on information about different kinds of mastectomies, breast-conserving surgery, and radiation.
Policy Forums and Capitol Hill Briefings. In March 2001, CPR held the first Senate Policy Forum on Women and Families, featuring the new women senators. The policy forum was held in the U.S. Senate. Other policy forums and Congressional briefings are planned for 2001 and 2002.
CPR staff members have participated in Congressional briefings and public meetings with executive branch officials on a range of topics, including food safety, improving research on the impact of medications taken during pregnancy, and the safety of medical products.
This year, CPR worked to help pass the Violence Against Women Act, and has been working to ensure that Congress improves and extends the Child Abuse Prevention Act by lobbying and testifying before congress.
Blind Adults and Children.CPR is completing a study of the experiences and unmet needs of blind adults and children in the U.S., with special attention to the growing number of elderly blind women who are living alone.
PUBLICATIONS
Social Security Reform: An Issue for Women in 2000, Diana Zuckerman. This article was carried on the Knight Ridder newswire, to newspapers across the country in January 2000.
Calling for Informed Consent on Silicone Gel Implants or an End to Sales, Diana Zuckerman. Published in the March 2001 issue of MAMM: Women, Cancer, and Community, Point of View column.
The Need to Improve Informed Consent for Breast Cancer Patients, Diana Zuckerman, Ph.D., Journal of the American Medical Women's Association, 55, 285-89.
Women Can't Count on the FDA: The Agency's Approval of Saline Breast Implants Jeopardizes Lives and Ignores Serious Problems, Patricia Lieberman. Published Thursday, June 15, 2000, in the Los Angeles Times, page B11.
What is to Blame for Youth Violence?: The Media, Guns, Parenting, Poverty, Bad Programs, Or…, Diana Zuckerman, Ph.D. Article based on a Research Watch column by Diana Zuckerman, in the March 2001 issue of Youth Today. Youth Today is a publication of the American Youth Work Center in Washington DC.