﻿<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/"><channel><title>Cision News</title><link>https://news.cision.com</link><description>Cision is the leading global provider of media research, distribution, monitoring and evaluation services. With over 40 locations throughout the world, Cision provides the insight, expertise and intelligence that improve performance and build reputations.</description><pubDate>Tue, 09 Jun 2026 14:03:47 GMT</pubDate><image><title>Cision News</title><width>146</width><height>60</height><link>https://news.cision.com</link><url>https://news.cision.com/Content/img/news-logo.png</url></image><item><title>Partnership for Male Youth Announces Founding Partners for Groundbreaking National Campaign</title><link>http://news.cision.com/the-boys-initiative/r/partnership-for-male-youth-announces-founding-partners-for-groundbreaking-national-campaign,c9551248</link><guid isPermaLink="false">cision1557331</guid><description><![CDATA[Leading national health organizations and health leaders join in unprecedented collaboration to improve the health of adolescent and young adult males
The Partnership for Male Youth (http://www.partnershipformaleyouth.org) (www.partnershipformaleyouth.org) has announced its founding members, fifteen national and state organizations that will collaborate on ways to address the unmet health care needs of our nation's young males. 

Adolescent and young adult (AYA) males - those between the ages of 10 and 26 - receive minimal health care; for them health care consists largely of sports]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 14 Mar 2014 17:11:16 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>THE PARTNERSHIP FOR MALE YOUTH RELEASES WEB-BASED CLINICAL PRACTICE TOOLKIT FOR ADOLESCENT AND YOUNG ADULT MALES</title><link>http://news.cision.com/the-boys-initiative/r/the-partnership-for-male-youth-releases-web-based-clinical-practice-toolkit-for-adolescent-and-young,c9525680</link><guid isPermaLink="false">cision1518705</guid><description><![CDATA[Groundbreaking web-based, interactive resource for health care providers, parents and young males
Washington, DC – January 23, 2014 – Today The Partnership for Male Youth publically launched Promoting Health for AYA Males, a project that will promote adolescent and young adult (AYA) male health by providing a clinical practice toolkit for health care providers as well as tools to engage AYA males in their own health care.

The clinical practice toolkit, Health Provider Toolkit for Adolescent and Young Adult Males (http://www.ayamalehealth.org/), has been over a year in development.  It is]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 23 Jan 2014 18:08:38 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>THE BOYS INITIATIVE ANNOUNCES UPCOMING LAUNCH OF THE PARTERNSHIP FOR MALE YOUTH</title><link>http://news.cision.com/the-boys-initiative/r/the-boys-initiative-announces-upcoming-launch-of-the-parternship-for-male-youth,c9518665</link><guid isPermaLink="false">cision1508705</guid><description><![CDATA[Launch will coincide with release of clinical practice toolkit for adolescent and young adult males
On January 22 The Boys Initiative will launch The Partnership for Male Youth and the first initiative of the Partnership, Promoting Health for AYA Males, a project to promote adolescent and young adult (AYA) male health by providing a clinical practice toolkit for health care providers as well as tools to engage AYA males in their own health care. Further detail on the webinar will be forthcoming.

The clinical practice toolkit, Health Provider Toolkit for Adolescent and Young Adult Males,]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 08 Jan 2014 16:44:41 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>NATIONAL BOYS ORGANIZATION HAILS RECENT FINDINGS ABOUT HPV VACCINE USE</title><link>http://news.cision.com/the-boys-initiative/r/national-boys-organization-hails-recent-findings-about-hpv-vaccine-use,c9433398</link><guid isPermaLink="false">cision1367287</guid><description><![CDATA[Use attributed to major decline in HPV infection among teen girls; challenge remains to more fully vaccine boys
June 24, 2013 – Washington, DC - The Boys Initiative (www.theboysinitiative.org) is greatly encouraged by recent findings (http://jid.oxfordjournals.org/content/early/2013/06/18/infdis.jit192.abstract), published in the Journal of Infectious Diseases, indicating that the infection rate of the human papilloma virus (HPV) among teenage females has dropped by half in recent years.  Federal officials attribute that decline to more widespread use of a vaccine for teenage females that]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 24 Jun 2013 22:36:09 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>THE BOYS INITIATIVE APPLAUDS OPEN LETTER TO PRESIDENT OBAMA</title><link>http://news.cision.com/the-boys-initiative/r/the-boys-initiative-applauds-open-letter-to-president-obama,c9409143</link><guid isPermaLink="false">cision1319657</guid><description><![CDATA[Mark Sherman, a big fan of President Obama, asks him to call the nation’s attention to the problems facing boys and young men.
Washington, DC – May 1, 2013 – Today Dennis Barbour, Co-Founder and Executive Vice President of The Boys Initiative (http://www.theboysinitiative.org/) applauded an open letter to President Obama from Dr. Mark Sherman, the Editor of The Boys Initiative’s blog (http://theboysinitiative.wordpress.com/about-the-boys-initiative/). The letter reads in part as follows:

Dear Mr. President,

I am a lifelong liberal Democrat and a strong supporter of your presidency. A]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 01 May 2013 15:51:45 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>THE BOYS INITIATIVE ANNOUNCES APOINTMENT OF PRESTIGIOUS PANEL TO GUIDE GROUNDBREAKING PROJECT ON ADOLESCENT MALE HEALTH</title><link>http://news.cision.com/the-boys-initiative/r/the-boys-initiative-announces-apointment-of-prestigious-panel-to-guide-groundbreaking-project-on-ado,c9360456</link><guid isPermaLink="false">cision1222608</guid><description><![CDATA[Washington, DC – January 23, 2013 –   Today The Boys Initiative (http://www.theboysinitiative.org/) announced the appointment of David L. Bell, MD, MPH, Arthur Elster, MD, MJ, and Arik Marcell, MD, MPH to serve as founding members of the steering committee to guide its groundbreaking  project Health Guidelines for Adolescent and Young Adult Males (http://theboysinitiative.org/programs/healthguidelines.html).

Dr. Bell has joint appointments at Columbia University’s schools of medicine and public health.  An adolescent medicine physician, he is the medical director of the Young Men’s]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 23 Jan 2013 16:57:54 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Boys Organization Co-Founder Comments on Newtown Tragedy</title><link>http://news.cision.com/the-boys-initiative/r/boys-organization-co-founder-comments-on-newtown-tragedy,c9351602</link><guid isPermaLink="false">cision1205111</guid><description><![CDATA[Washington, DC – December 19, 2012 – Today Dennis Barbour, Co-Founder of  The Boys Initiative (http://www.theboysinitiative.org/), a Washington, DC-based nonprofit organization, released the following comments.

Friday’s tragedy in Connecticut was wrenching.  Once again an apparently troubled young man devastated a community.  Once again our nation searches its soul, asks how it could happen, and asks how we can prevent such a nightmare from happening again.  Who among us can forget the moment we first saw the images of those children who died so violently?   Like the images of those who]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 19 Dec 2012 21:26:57 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Boys Organization Calls New York Times Article “Profoundly Disturbing”</title><link>http://news.cision.com/the-boys-initiative/r/boys-organization-calls-new-york-times-article--profoundly-disturbing-,c9315849</link><guid isPermaLink="false">cision1135783</guid><description><![CDATA[Washington, DC – October 9, 2012 – Today The Boys Initiative (http://www.theboysinitiative.org/), a Washington, DC-based nonprofit organization, characterized an October 9 article appearing in the New York Times (http://www.nytimes.com/2012/10/09/health/attention-disorder-or-not-children-prescribed-pills-to-help-in-school.html?_r=1&partner=rss&emc=rss&smid=tw-nytimes) as “profoundly disturbing”.  The article examines the widening diagnosis of ADHD in children and the use of prescription drugs to treat symptoms that may or may not be related to that diagnosis.  Studies show that boys are]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 09 Oct 2012 19:02:21 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>THE BOYS INITIATIVE WELCOMES NEW ADVISORY BOARD MEMBERS</title><link>http://news.cision.com/the-boys-initiative/r/the-boys-initiative-welcomes-new-advisory-board-members,c9283831</link><guid isPermaLink="false">cision1073549</guid><description><![CDATA[Leading medical and gender equity experts join national board
Washington, DC – July 12, 2012 –  Today The Boys Initiative (http://www.theboysinitiative.org/) announced the appointment of Michael Kimmel, PhD, and David L. Bell, MD, MPH to its National Advisory Board.

Michael Kimmel is University Distinguished Professor of Sociology at SUNY Stony Brook (http://www.stonybrook.edu/commcms/sociology/people/faculty/kimmel.html).  He is the author or editor of more than 20 books on men and masculinities, including GUYLAND: THE PERILOUS WORLD WHERE BOYS BECOME MEN, and MANHOOD IN AMERICA; A]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 12 Jul 2012 12:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>IT’S TIME TO GET SERIOUS ABOUT BOYS AND YOUNG MEN OF COLOR - MINORITIES NOW CONSTITUTE A MAJORITY</title><link>http://news.cision.com/the-boys-initiative/r/it-s-time-to-get-serious-about-boys-and-young-men-of-color--minorities-now-constitute-a-majority,c9261476</link><guid isPermaLink="false">cision495369</guid><description><![CDATA[The Boys Initiative’s Minority Male Youth 2050 project aimed at addressing issue
Washington, DC – May 17, 2012 –  Today the Census Bureau (http://www.census.gov/newsroom/releases/archives/population/cb12-90.html) released a set of estimates showing that for the first time 50.4 percent of our nation's population younger than age 1 were minorities as of July 1, 2011. This is up from 49.5 percent from the 2010 Census taken April 1, 2010. A minority is anyone who is not single-race non-Hispanic white.

At the same time, achievement is declining among minority males. Today among males, only 28%]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 17 May 2012 15:59:29 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>NATIONAL CAMPAIGN TO PROMOTE ACHIEVEMENT AMONG BOYS AND YOUNG MEN ANNOUNCES LAUNCH OF NEW BLOG FOR EXPERTS IN THE FIELD</title><link>http://news.cision.com/the-boys-initiative/r/national-campaign-to-promote-achievement-among-boys-and-young-men-announces-launch-of-new-blog-for-e,c9260718</link><guid isPermaLink="false">cision495008</guid><description><![CDATA[Blog will serve as communications hub
Washington, DC – May 16, 2012 – The Boys Initiative (http://www.theboysinitiative.org/) is pleased to announce the launch of its new blog Attention must be paid: Caring about boys and young men (http://www.theboysinitiative.wordpress.com/), dedicated to news, commentary and advice. The purpose of the blog is to serve as an online communications hub for discussion about issues facing our boys and young men. Blog authors will include our nation’s leaders on subjects related to the advancement of boys’ health, educational attainment and preparation for]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 16 May 2012 13:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>NATIONAL CAMPAIGN TO PROMOTE ACHIEVEMENT AMONG BOYS AND YOUNG MEN ANNOUNCES PLANS TO FORM COALITION ON BOYS AND YOUNG MEN OF COLOR</title><link>http://news.cision.com/the-boys-initiative/r/national-campaign-to-promote-achievement-among-boys-and-young-men-announces-plans-to-form-coalition-,c9248946</link><guid isPermaLink="false">cision482058</guid><description><![CDATA[Coalition will help guide new Minority Youth Project
Washington, DC – April 19, 2012 – The Boys Initiative (http://www.theboysinitiative.org/), a Washington, DC based nonprofit organization, has announced plans to form a coalition of organizations in the health, education, juvenile justice and other fields to work together in defining steps that can be taken among them to address the mounting problem of underachievement among boys and young men of color.

Achievement is declining among all young males, regardless of race or ethnicity.  With that said, the risk factors for underachievement]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 19 Apr 2012 14:37:24 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>National Campaign to Advance Achievement among Boys and Young Men Announces Launch of Minority Male Youth 2050</title><link>http://news.cision.com/the-boys-initiative/r/national-campaign-to-advance-achievement-among-boys-and-young-men-announces-launch-of-minority-male-,c9187538</link><guid isPermaLink="false">cision418243</guid><description><![CDATA[Project will focus on solutions
Washington, DC – November 16, 2011 - The Boys Initiative (www.theboysinitiative.org) today announced the launch of its project Minority Male Youth 2050 with the appointment of the project steering committee.

Achievement is declining among all young males, regardless of race or ethnicity.  With that said, the risk factors for underachievement are most pronounced among minority males.  By 2020 the combined minority population in grades K-12 will exceed the white population. By 2050 Hispanics will comprise a majority of the US population. Yet today among males,]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 16 Nov 2011 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item></channel></rss>