(THE CONVERSATION/AP) - The conditions within a person’s home, family and community affect their ability to stay healthy. Scientists studying these social determinants of health are trying to ...

A new systematic review has found that parents and other child caregivers who have alcohol-related diagnoses are twice as likely to maltreat children in their care than parents and caregivers with no ...

Child maltreatment has been the focus of two separate studies led by UQ researchers, who examined the main parental risk ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Can parents legally let their children drink alcohol at home in North Carolina? While some parents may view supervised drinking as ...

Growing up, my dad was a professional chef and typically wouldn't get home until after my sisters and I had gone to bed. That's why my mom took care of us most weekday evenings. Our routine never ...

A new study found one in four U.S. children has a parent with a substance use disorder, a dramatic increase from years past A large portion of parents' disorders are considered moderate to severe The ...

Michael Golding receives funding through a Medical Research Grant from the W. M. Keck Foundation and a research grant from the NIH through the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA ...

North Carolina law prohibits parents from allowing minors to drink at home. Parents face charges like child neglect or aiding and abetting if they allow it. Minor exceptions include religious rites, ...