Behaviors related to marriage and families in the Hispanic community are influenced by cultural values, beliefs, and customs. Marriage education practitioners who understand cultural themes and the various stressors recently immigrated Hispanic families face have an opportunity to discuss family violence (FV), bringing awareness of the issue to the Hispanic community. This resource provides tips […]
The well-being of military families has re-emerged as an important topic for our nation during the last decade. In this issue of NCFR Report you’ll find useful articles on research, historical overviews, suggestions for practice, and ideas for teaching and internships. The Family Focus section includes an introduction by Shelley MacDermid Wadsworth, Ph.D., CFLE, director of […]
The health benefits of marriage have been much commented upon in recent years by scholars, public officials, health and human service practitioners, and the media. Married people, we are told, are healthier and live longer, but the significance and practical use of this finding is not clear. Should healthcare professionals and advocates pay attention to […]
Designed to raise awareness about the challenges that military families face when returning home, The Art of Marriage Ops campaign equips military couples with The Art of Marriage DVD series. The Art of Marriage is a Christian-based program designed to strengthen marriages and prevent divorce by providing simple, effective insights for helping couples to cultivate […]
Marital and relationship education (MRE) has demonstrated its efficacy as a viable intervention helpful to couples and individuals who receive it. However, an overrepresentation of Caucasian populations existed in MRE research resulting in a need to understand how MRE is received by those in underserved populations. The current study reports the findings derived from focus […]
Small positive effects found, longer term follow-up planned HHS’ Administration for Children and Families (ACF) released findings from the Supporting Healthy Marriage (SHM) study assessing the effectiveness of programs designed to strengthen marriages among low-income married couples with children. The study found that across the eight programs evaluated, the SHM program produced a consistent pattern […]
Capturing the Vision was first launched in Miami-Dade County Public Schools as a pilot program developed specifically for culturally diverse populations. Capturing the Vision is a complement to marriage education, pregnancy prevention, and healthy relationship education as it augments these interventions with job and career development training, life skill education, and self-esteem building. Designed specifically […]
This activity gives seriously dating and engaged National Guard couples the opportunity to anticipate and discuss some of the challenges inherent to one or both partners being in the Guard.
RTV firmly believes that it is essential to teach young adolescents how to build healthy relationships and find compatible mates for lifelong marriages. Making it Work goes about doing that by teaching the relational skills necessary to negotiate healthy relationships and marriages. Based on research conducted by the National Extension Relationship & Marriage Education Network, […]
An activity to boost morale for grandparents who are caring for their deployed son’s or daughter’s children.