• Langille, Hughes, Murphy, and Rigby's study of 15- to 19-year-old students was conducted in four Nova Scotia schools, using a cross-sectional self-report study to identify their sexual activity and risk behaviours. (wikipedia.org)
  • This is a cross-sectional pilot study designed to establish hot and cold cognitive functions and underlying neurocircuitry in older adults with MDD. (nih.gov)
  • We conducted a cross-sectional study based in Kariobangi North Health Centre in Nairobi County. (biomedcentral.com)
  • A cross-sectional school-based study was conducted on 417 adolescents (243 girls) aged 15-18 from the Azorean Islands, Portugal. (biomedcentral.com)
  • 327 full text articles were then reviewed, leaving a total of 37 longitudinal and cross-sectional studies for inclusion in the meta-analysis . (nationalelfservice.net)
  • Cross sectional studies show doubling in proportion of young people treated with antipsychotics with a diagnosis ASD/learning disabilities from 7.1% in 1996 to 15.1% in 2011 (see figure 1). (nationalelfservice.net)
  • Focusing on potential biases in the juvenile justice system is essential as recent studies indicate that most types of interventions have negative consequences for the lives of young people, such as increasing the probability of crime in adulthood. (researchgate.net)
  • The current study addresses some of the limitations of previous research and uses data from the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent to Adult Health (Add Health) to test several hypotheses related to the probability of having been stopped or arrested by the police in youth, and the long-term impact of punitive interventions by the police and school authorities. (researchgate.net)
  • Les obstacles rencontrés par les jeunes Iraniennes devraient être pris en compte dans les interventions destinées à augmenter les taux d'activité physique. (who.int)
  • The primary aim is to develop a knowledge base derived from efficacy research, i.e., manualized, theory-driven, randomized controlled clinical trials of adolescent treatment interventions. (nih.gov)
  • Little research has ex- adoption and maintenance of exercise be- amined exercise behaviour in adolescents in haviour change and to apply interventions the Islamic Republic of Iran. (who.int)
  • Interventions are needed to identify adolescents exposed to PV and link them to care, with services targeting a range of mental health conditions among girls and perhaps focusing on depression among boys. (biomedcentral.com)
  • An interdisciplinary, integrated approach between mental health professionals and educators can lead to comprehensive and targeted treatments encompassing both academic and mental health interventions. (frontiersin.org)
  • The practical application of MI in clinical settings (as well as interventions derived from other health behavior theories such as the transtheoretical model [ 7 ]) typically includes the regular assessment of motivation. (biomedcentral.com)
  • We recommend more research on PPD using longitudinal designs to establish temporal ordering of these important public health problems and development of community-based interventions to address post-partum depression. (biomedcentral.com)
  • The study will test the effectiveness of two interventions: a teacher-training intervention In-Service Teacher Training (INSETT) combined with targeted cognitive-behavioral treatment-based Teaching Recovery Techniques (TRT) and a classroom-focused preventive intervention Peer Integration and Enhancement Resources (PIER). (biomedcentral.com)
  • A three-arm cluster RCT with parallel assignment, with a 1:1:1 allocation ratio, is applied in 16 schools that agreed to participate in the Refugees Well School interventions and effectiveness study. (biomedcentral.com)
  • Students, their parents, and teachers in intervention and control schools participated in the study at baseline before the interventions, after the interventions, and at 6 to 12 months after the interventions. (biomedcentral.com)
  • The current study presents a recommended universal approach of layered interventions aiming to reduce psychological distress and increase resilience among refugee and immigrant students. (biomedcentral.com)
  • QA Bulletin 14-01 PLAN DEVELOPMENT Page 2 Mental Health Service: MHS services typically include s individual, group or family based interventions to reduce mental or emotional disability and restore/preserve functioning. (chanceint.com)
  • This study examined early onset obesity as a risk factor for MetS risk in adolescence. (cdc.gov)
  • Researchers think that prevention strategies targeted during adolescence might safeguard reproductive health in adulthood. (nih.gov)
  • This vulnerable population is a small group of adolescents who are hard to serve and who, without the proper intervention, may experience negative outcomes during adolescence and the transition to adulthood. (hhs.gov)
  • Add Health was designed to understand how social environments and behaviors in adolescence are linked to health and achievement outcomes in young adulthood. (nih.gov)
  • The story of emotion and personality in adolescence is essentially a study in identifying indicators and predictors of adolescents' emotional well-being and distress, ascertaining core personality traits seen in adolescence, documenting the evolution of personality characteristics across time, and investigating the links among emotion, emotional well-being and distress, personality, and temperament. (iresearchnet.com)
  • There is a vast array of theory and research on emotion and personality across the life span.This research paper focuseson recent research into the emotional well-being and distress of adolescents, as well as personality and temperament development in adolescence. (iresearchnet.com)
  • Second, the field of research on adolescent development that has burgeoned in the last few decades has demonstrated not onlythattherearesignificantbiological,cognitive,social,and behavioral changes that occur during adolescence, but also that these changes are inextricably linked with one another. (iresearchnet.com)
  • In this research paper we aim to identify the major issues seen in research on emotional and personality development pertaining specifically to adolescence, to provide examples of illustrative research in these domains, and to explore how future research can increase our understanding of adolescent emotion and personality. (iresearchnet.com)
  • The years of adolescence young adulthood are often thought of as the years of life with the best mental and physical health and the lowest need for health services. (uemo.eu)
  • There is good scientific evidence to support the view that habits laid down in adolescence tend to follow us for the rest of our lives and create the foundation of our future health. (uemo.eu)
  • The Add Health is a nationally representative study that was designed to examine the causes of health-related behaviors of adolescents and their outcomes in young adulthood. (hhs.gov)
  • Participants were 677 Chilean infants who were part of an observational longitudinal study of biopsychosocial determinants of obesity and CVD risk. (cdc.gov)
  • Consistent with the predictions of social-cognitive, observational learning theory, this study supports the hypothesis that carrying weapons to school is associated with violent game play. (cdc.gov)
  • This observational study of current smokers was conducted at 10 US emergency departments (EDs). (biomedcentral.com)
  • Surveys which provide this information include the Canadian Community Health Survey (CCHS), the National Population Health Survey (NPHS) and the National Longitudinal Survey of Children and Youth (NLSCY). (wikipedia.org)
  • Garriguet's (2005) analysis of the National Longitudinal Survey of Children and Youth found that by age 14 or 15, about 13% of Canadian adolescents have had sexual intercourse. (wikipedia.org)
  • Obesity among children is a global public health problem (1,2), and signs of metabolic syndrome (MetS) have increased among both children and adolescents over the past 25 years (3,4). (cdc.gov)
  • 20) According to Frances K. Goldscheider and Calvin Goldscheider, "children whose families gained a stepparent while they were adolescents…increase their odds of leaving home to marry by about 100 percent. (marripedia.org)
  • According to the National Survey of Children's Health, children who live with both biological parents or two adoptive parents score higher on the positive parental relationship scale (50.7) than children who live with a biological parent and a stepparent (48.0), single mothers (49.7), or another family configurations (47.9), such as with their father only or foster parents. (marripedia.org)
  • In contrast, 11.9 percent of adolescents who live with stepparents, 8.6 percent of youth who live with their biological cohabiting parents, 10.9 percent of children living with one biological cohabiting parents, 10.5 percent of youth from divorced homes, and 11.1 percent of adolescents from never married homes have run away. (marripedia.org)
  • Although these service systems are not generally viewed as mental health programs, many children and adolescents who have come in contact with these services either require, or have obtained mental health services through them. (hhs.gov)
  • 6. NIMH should help to expand intervention research with children and adolescents. (nih.gov)
  • an estimated four million American children and adolescents suffer from a severe mental illness (US DHHS, 1999). (nih.gov)
  • Hamalainen, M.L. Migraine in children and adolescents: a guide to drug treatment. (nih.gov)
  • Bingol, C. Clinical features, classification and prognosis of migraine and tension- type headache in children and adolescents: a long-term follow-up study. (nih.gov)
  • We reviewed the recent literature on medicines used to manage inattention, impulsiveness, and overactivity in children with pervasive developmental disorders (autistic disorder, pervasive developmental disorder not otherwise specified, Asperger's disorder) using computer searches of pharmacologic studies. (nih.gov)
  • adolescent obesity is equated to the proportion of those who are in the upper end of the BMI distribution-specifically, at or above the age- and gender-specific 95th percentile of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's (CDC's) BMI charts for children and youth aged 2 through 19 years 2 (Kuczmarski et al. (nationalacademies.org)
  • The growth reference data were based on BMI distributions from national surveys between 1963 and 1980 for children aged 6 to 19 years, and between 1971 and 1994 for children aged 2 through 5 years (Kuczmarski et al. (nationalacademies.org)
  • Assessment and intervention for RD may be delayed or absent in children with frequently co-occurring mental disorders not fully responding to treatment in both school and mental health settings. (frontiersin.org)
  • the term RD is used from hereon) is approximately 5-10% of all children depending on the study across languages, cultures, and writing systems ( 3 ). (frontiersin.org)
  • There is a good review, covering the whole range of studies, by Fiona Tasker ( "Lesbian Mothers, Gay Fathers, and Their Children: A Review. (astaines.eu)
  • This review concluded that 'The studies indicate that children raised by lesbian women do not experience adverse outcomes compared with other children. (astaines.eu)
  • The same holds for children raised by gay men, but more studies should be done. (astaines.eu)
  • UMSL resources include a character education library consisting of well over 10,000 resources related to the development of character in children, adolescents, and adults, the What Works in Character Education Advisory Board (an interdisciplinary panel of national experts from character education and related disciplines), and the equipment and facilities of the Des Lee Technology Learning Center. (docecity.com)
  • Drawing on the concept of candidacy, we therefore reconstructed how socio-economically deprived parents and their (pre) adolescent children in the German-speaking part of Switzerland (non-)identified their candidacy for family-based addiction prevention services. (biomedcentral.com)
  • Based on parent and teacher ratings of their children, this study used regularized partial correlation network analysis (EBIC glasso) to examine the structure of DSM-5 Oppositional Defiant Disorder (ODD) symptoms. (biomedcentral.com)
  • A study of prescribing in primary care in the UK, showed that 29% of the children and young people with ASD were prescribed psychotropics, with antipsychotics being the third most frequently prescribed drugs (7.3%) (Murray et al, 2014). (nationalelfservice.net)
  • 1 in 6 children and adolescents with ASD received antipsychotics. (nationalelfservice.net)
  • Larson and Lampman-Petraitis (1989), for example, charted hour-tohour changes in mood over a week in a sample of preadolescent and adolescent children. (iresearchnet.com)
  • Recent studies suggest that many children have diets that do not meet current recommendations for foods or nutrients. (biomedcentral.com)
  • Add Health: Longitudinal Study of a Nationally Representative Sample of Adolescents in Grades 7-12 in the United States during the 1994-95 School Year, Followed into Adulthood with Five Interviews/Surveys in 1995, 1996, 2001-02, 2008, and 2016-18. (nih.gov)
  • The National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent to Adult Health [Add Health] is an ongoing longitudinal study of a nationally representative U.S. cohort of more than 20,000 adolescents in grades 7-12 (aged 12-19 years) in 1994 followed into adulthood with five interviews/surveys in 1995, 1996, 2001-02, 2008, and 2016-18. (nih.gov)
  • In the Canadian Youth, Sexual Health and HIV/AIDS Survey created by Boyce and colleagues, it was found that among students in grades 9 and 11 between 2002 and 2003, 84% to 90% of males and females who had ever had intercourse reported being protected from pregnancy by using a combined oral contraceptive pill, a condom or both the last time they engaged in sexual intercourse. (wikipedia.org)
  • First , "doing unto others" to overwhelming degrees can become stressful in itself, and will have adverse health consequences, as in the case of those family caregivers of loved ones with dementia who are unable to find respite support (Kiecolt-Glaser, 2002). (metanexus.net)
  • Because no research methodology is perfect, researchers in the social sciences and health outcomes look for a convergence of results across a variety of methods before reaching a conclusion as to the truth of any hypothesis. (metanexus.net)
  • Research has not looked at the Canadian adolescent, so findings are inferred from those in other countries and may not represent the diverse Canadian culture. (wikipedia.org)
  • The findings support the importance of self-efficacy for engaging in physical activity for both sexes of Iranian adolescents. (who.int)
  • Throughout the study, Shaw and her team plan to keep participants engaged with frequent outreach and educational materials, such as newsletters and invitations to hear scientists present their latest research findings. (nih.gov)
  • A number of striking findings have emerged from these studies. (nih.gov)
  • Discussions at this meeting were stimulated by consideration of a small set of papers that provided examples of observed associations between an antecedent--severe stress, behavioral self-control and the broader domain of conscientiousness-- and a range of consequent findings on adjustment, emotional self-regulation, general health and longevity. (nih.gov)
  • These exemplar findings are not isolated but rather exemplify a broad set of reports of associations between social, psychological, economic, and behavioral factors and health outcomes in middle-aged and older adults. (nih.gov)
  • One example, among many tempting mechanistic syntheses of these findings, might be that enhanced recovery from the negative affect (as modeled in the lab setting) is a "mechanism" that accounts for how high conscientiousness achieves its protective effect from addiction, from early school leaving and falling prey to "adolescent snares. (nih.gov)
  • As one of the first studies of its kind, findings should be interpreted cautiously and need to be replicated. (cdc.gov)
  • The findings demonstrate that PV is common among both sexes in urban disadvantaged settings across the world, and that it is associated with poor mental health outcomes in girls, and with poor health status in both girls and boys. (biomedcentral.com)
  • Our findings emphasize the importance of promoting and increasing regular PA and PF to reduce the public health burden of chronic diseases associated with a sedentary lifestyle. (biomedcentral.com)
  • Finally, we discuss possible explanations of the findings and their implications for follow-up studies and policy adjustments. (weizmann.ac.il)
  • The relationship between mother-daughter connectedness, self-concept, race/ethnicity, smoking behavior of residential mother, and smoking behavior of friends to the dependent variable, smoking behavior in adolescent girls, was the primary analysis. (medscape.com)
  • adolescent problem behavior or "snares. (nih.gov)
  • Prospective longitudinal measures are available to document change over time in each of these phenotypes, as well as change in the social environment and life experiences, making the Add Health sample ideal for understanding genetic linkages with health and behavior across the life course. (nih.gov)
  • 1996), suicidal behavior (e.g. (healthyselfesteem.org)
  • Put another way, just as maintaining innate physical health is the best defense against disease, teaching young people how to maintain their natural psychological health is the best defense against insecurity and the myriad of violent school behavior it can spawn. (healthyselfesteem.org)
  • While shifting the field's focus from youthful dysfunction to understanding and promoting health in young people is long overdue, psychology as a science is not yet grounded in fundamental causal principles that explain all youthful behavior from dysfunctional to optimal. (healthyselfesteem.org)
  • The construct of motivational readiness to change is fundamental to many health behavior theories, and it lies at the heart of numerous therapeutic approaches. (biomedcentral.com)
  • The National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent to Adult Health (Add Health) is a longitudinal study of a nationally representative cohort of adolescents recruited in grades 7 through 12 in the United States during the 1994-1995 school year. (nih.gov)
  • No other data resource with this expanse of genotype and phenotype data on a large nationally representative longitudinal sample with race, ethnic, socioeconomic, and geographic diversity exists. (nih.gov)
  • Adolescent readers in middle and high school benefit from reciprocal teaching (Rosenshine & Meister, 1995). (adlit.org)
  • The approach is widely used with struggling adolescent readers (Westera & Moore,1995). (adlit.org)
  • However, the impact of the age of obesity onset in early childhood on adolescent MetS risk has not been documented, because research has largely focused on infant weight gain and catch-up growth as predictors of health outcomes later in life (16-18). (cdc.gov)
  • In multivariate discriminant analysis, exercise self-efficacy, perceived barriers to exercise, perceived benefits of exercise and exercise behaviour were significant predictors of the stage of exercise behaviour change for both female and male adolescents. (who.int)
  • Projects also may identify, develop, and/or test related screening, assessment, and diagnostic instruments or may propose pretrial studies that investigate, for example, predictors of treatment outcomes in specific subgroups of adolescents. (nih.gov)
  • Add Health is a longitudinally designed, probability-based survey of data obtained through questionnaires and interviews of a representative population of adolescents, in grades 7 through 12, residing in the United States. (medscape.com)
  • [ 26 ] Included in the public-use version are 6,504 cases and 5,800 variables drawn from two independent samples, a core sample that is representative of adolescents in grades 7 to 12 in the United States and a supplementary sample of black students from well-educated families. (medscape.com)
  • MECHANISM OF SUPPORT Because the nature and scope of the research proposed in response to this RFA may vary from pilot studies and secondary analyses to clinical trials, it is anticipated that mechanisms of support will vary also. (nih.gov)
  • This transition is difficult for many adolescents as research has shown that approximately five to seven percent of young people fail to successfully transition to independent adulthood by the age of 25. (hhs.gov)
  • There is also still much to be learned about the mental health of adolescents as they transition into adulthood. (hhs.gov)
  • For many adolescents, the presence of mental health disorders makes the successful transition to adulthood even more difficult. (hhs.gov)
  • As a result, success in school and the workforce, the ability to achieve a supportive, independent living situation, and obtaining continuity of care for mental health needs during the transition to adulthood are particularly challenging. (hhs.gov)
  • What is the mental health status of youth who came into contact with service systems or who were at risk of having contact with service systems prior to age 18 as they transition to adulthood? (hhs.gov)
  • dose-response relationship between measures of childhood self-control and a broad range of health and economic indices in adulthood. (nih.gov)
  • Add Health therefore has critical objective indicators of health status and disease markers in young adulthood, well before chronic illness or its complications emerge in later adulthood. (nih.gov)
  • Adolescents who engage in heavy episodic drinking (HED-i.e., 5+ drinks on a single occasion) increase risks for psychopathology, alcohol dependence, and similar negative consequences in adulthood. (mdpi.com)
  • These questionnaires and interviews examine behaviors, individual and community factors, and demographic and health-related variables of adolescents with the intention of providing a greater understanding of the factors that promote and/or protect against risky behaviors. (medscape.com)
  • The current study addresses this gap in the literature by making use of a monozygotic twin difference scores approach to explore the association between IQ and a variety of outcome measures, including general health, substance use, relationships, sexual behaviors, educational attainment, economic well-being, and criminal justice contacts. (bvsalud.org)
  • The total sample included 2,519 adolescent girls in the Add Health, Wave II public-use data set. (medscape.com)
  • The final sample size was 2,369 adolescent girls. (medscape.com)
  • The current study was designed to address this shortcoming by analyzing a sample of African American and White males drawn from the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent Health (Add Health). (researchgate.net)
  • In a sample of US adolescents aged 12 to 17 years, the overall MetS prevalence was 7%, with a range from 19% to 35% among obese adolescents (7). (cdc.gov)
  • ABSTRACT A cluster random sample of 1073 students in the Islamic Republic of Iran (mean age 14.37 years) completed a self-report questionnaire consisting of an exercise measure, selected constructs of Pender's health promotion model and an assessment of stages of behaviour change in exercise. (who.int)
  • The analytic sample for this current study was limited to participants who completed an interview at Waves 1 and 3 and who have a valid population weight for these Waves. (hhs.gov)
  • Add Health's large sample size, population diversity and rich longitudinal data base of psychosocial, physical, and contextual data will permit investigation of an exceptionally broad range of phenotypes with known genetic variation. (nih.gov)
  • Most recently, Chung and colleagues [ 14 ] studied a sample of 154 adolescents and found that 10-point rulers measuring readiness to quit as well as motivation, confidence, and difficulty in abstaining were all predictive of total number of cigarettes smoked during a 30-day timeline follow-back period as assessed 12 months after the initial ratings were collected. (biomedcentral.com)
  • The study sample included 200 mother-infant pairs visiting the Maternal and Child Health clinics for infant immunization at 6-14 weeks postpartum. (biomedcentral.com)
  • This study analyzed the relationships between metabolic risk factors (MRF) and physical activity (PA) and physical fitness (PF) in a sample of Azorean adolescents. (biomedcentral.com)
  • The present study fills this gap by analyzing these relationships in a sample of Azorean adolescents. (biomedcentral.com)
  • We examined changes in nutrient and food group intakes over time and the tracking of intakes across middle childhood in a longitudinal sample of girls. (biomedcentral.com)
  • Finally, what are the potential consequences of inaction with respect to social, developmental, and health outcomes and the associated health-care system costs? (nationalacademies.org)
  • Importantly, although the developmental plasticity that characterizes the period makes adolescents malleable, malleability is not synonymous with passivity. (nationalacademies.org)
  • Indeed, adolescents are increasingly active agents in their own developmental process. (nationalacademies.org)
  • There are few longitudinal data that focus on developmental changes in food and nutrient intake from early to middle childhood. (biomedcentral.com)
  • Goldenberg and colleagues' (2005) ethnography identified the mobility of the oil-gas workforce, binge partying, a high level of disposable income and gender-power dynamics as the main social, cultural, and structural factors affecting adolescent sexual behaviour in Fort St. John. (wikipedia.org)
  • Loneliness, depression, suicidal or self-harming behaviour, eating disorders, victimisation through violence or accidents, sexually related diseases, unwanted pregnancies, and alcohol and drug abuse are examples of health problems which are particularly prevalent in the adolescent period of life. (uemo.eu)
  • Several studies find that there is a high degree of stability of health problems and "problem creating" behaviour from adolescent to adult life. (uemo.eu)
  • The data used in this publication were made available by the American Family Data Archive (AFDA) Sociometrics Corporation (Los Altos, CA). [ 28 ] The Add Health public-use database was purchased for research use by the Texas Woman's University College of Nursing in January 2000. (medscape.com)
  • HEALTHY PEOPLE 2000 The Public Health Service (PHS) is committed to achieving the health promotion and disease prevention objectives of "Healthy People 2000," a PHS-led national activity for setting priority areas. (nih.gov)
  • A Review of Studies from 1978 to 2000. (astaines.eu)
  • The most recent School Crime Victimization Study (2000) revealed that 17 percent of 12th graders reported that they had been injured at school and the number of students who felt unsafe at school rose from 6 percent in 1989 to 9 percent in 1998. (healthyselfesteem.org)
  • According to information drawn from the Canadian Community Health Survey and the National Population Health Survey, in 2005 43% of teens aged 15 to 19 reported that they had had sexual intercourse at least once (down from 47% in 1996-1997). (wikipedia.org)
  • Because of the presence of the oil industry, a study examined how a large population of transient, mostly male oil workers nearby affected adolescent sexuality in the nearby community of Fort St. John. (wikipedia.org)
  • Add Health is housed at the Carolina Population Center of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. (nih.gov)
  • Reading disorder (RD), a specific learning disorder (SLD) of reading that includes impairment in word reading, reading fluency, and/or reading comprehension, is common in the general population but often is not comprehensively understood or assessed in mental health settings. (frontiersin.org)
  • Fox, 1996) have predicted a significant increase in school violence over the next decade if current population trends persist. (healthyselfesteem.org)
  • We chose as our study population women living in a low-income urban settlement in Nairobi where the prevalence of child malnutrition was known to be high [ 25 , 26 ]. (biomedcentral.com)
  • The authors "conducted a meta-analysis and meta-regression analysis focusing on antipsychotic use in youth with ASD and/or learning disabilities to identify overarching trends across studies and to explore moderators of antipsychotic treatment", which takes into account several individual studies of prescribing for this population. (nationalelfservice.net)
  • An important secondary aim is to assess the effectiveness of standard adolescent treatment practice utilizing an equally rigorous approach. (nih.gov)
  • Personal relationships and settings also change during this period, as peers and romantic partners become more central and as the adolescent moves into and then beyond secondary school or gains employment. (nationalacademies.org)
  • We also conducted hand-searching of key journals and secondary reference searching of included articles to identify potential studies. (plos.org)
  • However, there is a lack of instruments for evaluating secondary school students' physics learning motivation, as most motivational studies consider science learning motivation as a single construct and do not distinguish between the motivation to learn different science disciplines. (weizmann.ac.il)
  • Weighted logistic regression models are presented by gender to evaluate whether PV is associated with posttraumatic stress, depression, suicidal thoughts and perceived health status. (biomedcentral.com)
  • Pacheco LS, Blanco E, Burrows R, Reyes M, Lozoff B, Gahagan S. Early Onset Obesity and Risk of Metabolic Syndrome Among Chilean Adolescents. (cdc.gov)
  • Early onset obesity was defined as a World Health Organization z score of 2 standard deviations (SDs) or more for body mass index (BMI) at age 5 years. (cdc.gov)
  • We used linear regression to examine the association between early onset obesity and adolescent MetS risk z score, adjusting for covariates. (cdc.gov)
  • Because direct measures of body fat are neither feasible nor available for nationwide assessments of the prevalence of obesity, the National Health and Nutrition Examination Surveys (NHANES), 1 conducted by the National Center for Health Statistics, have been using body mass index (BMI) as a surrogate measure for body fatness. (nationalacademies.org)
  • The prevalence of adolescents who are physically inactive, in conjunction with the rising prevalence of obesity, are a major threat to health in the twenty-first century [ 3 ]. (biomedcentral.com)
  • I.World Health Organization. (who.int)
  • e-mail: [email protected]). The designations employed and the presentation of the material in this publication do not imply the expression of any opinion whatsoever on the part of the World Health Organization concerning the legal status of any country, territory, city or area or of its authorities, or concerning the delimitation of its frontiers or boundaries. (who.int)
  • The mention of specific companies or of certain manufacturers' products does not imply that they are endorsed or recommended by the World Health Organization in preference to others of a similar nature that are not mentioned. (who.int)
  • All reasonable precautions have been taken by the World Health Organization to verify the information contained in this publication. (who.int)
  • In no event shall the World Health Organization be liable for damages arising from its use. (who.int)
  • The World Health Organization (WHO) would like to acknowledge the contributions provided by Stanton A. Glantz, PhD (Professor of Medicine, American Legacy Foundation Distinguished Professor of Tobacco Control and Director of the Centre for Tobacco Control Research and Education at the University of California at San Francisco, a WHO Collaborating Centre on Tobacco Control), along with Jonathan R. Polansky (Principal, Onbeyond LLC). (who.int)
  • Infant feeding practices were assessed based on World Health Organization infant and young child feeding guidelines. (biomedcentral.com)
  • despite the proximity of the two nations, Canada has its own unique culture and generalizations about Canadian adolescent sexuality based on American research can be misleading. (wikipedia.org)
  • Although there is a lack of research on the effects of mass media which is specific to Canadian adolescents, studies have been conducted in similar cultures (such as the United States). (wikipedia.org)
  • Research needs to be conducted in Canada, to provide an accurate picture of adolescent sexuality in Canada. (wikipedia.org)
  • Implications of this study are discussed and avenues for future research are offered. (researchgate.net)
  • RESEARCH OBJECTIVES Background Alcohol is often abused by adolescents and frequently results in adverse consequences. (nih.gov)
  • The regular blood draws and ultrasounds will be performed by a trained medical professional either at the NIEHS Clinical Research Unit (CRU) or at the participants' home in the presence of at least one parent or guardian. (nih.gov)
  • The Audiological and Genetic Database (AudGenDB) is a medical and research database resource that supports qualified researchers studying pediatric hearing health. (nih.gov)
  • The database draws information from several sources, including electronic health records, audiological instruments, radiological imagery, clinical genetics results, and genomics research records, and makes them accessible to researchers using a powerful, intuitive, web-based query interface. (nih.gov)
  • This study considered six key research questions. (hhs.gov)
  • 2. NIMH's portfolio should reflect the importance of longitudinal research in revealing normative and atypical brain development. (nih.gov)
  • In 2013, the Division of Behavioral and Social Research (BSR) underwent a review by the National Advisory Council on Aging (NACA) to evaluate the overall impact of research supported by the Division and make recommendations for future investments. (nih.gov)
  • The Division of Behavioral and Social Research has invested heavily in large scale survey research as well as in longitudinal studies that have tracked individuals from childhood to midlife, to old age and to the end of life. (nih.gov)
  • Add Health has a large, multidisciplinary user base of over 50,000 researchers around the world who have published over 3,400 research articles. (nih.gov)
  • While there is a growing research literature on this association, more studies are needed of when to intervene and of the early and long-term benefits of comprehensive intervention. (frontiersin.org)
  • Learn more about the state of adolescent literacy, get practical advice on teaching reading and writing, and browse the library of research, reports, and guides. (adlit.org)
  • Her dissertation research on the ways in which low-income families made use of home computers and high speed Internet access to strengthen the school-home-community connection won a National Science Foundation (NSF) Dissertation Improvement Award and was highlighted in scholarly publications including Nature and The Scientist as well as in popular media such as National Public Radio and local newspapers. (docecity.com)
  • Besides quantitative models and health literacy approaches, qualitative research is lacking that could shed light on the exact circumstances and processes that lead to hindered addiction prevention service uptake by these families. (biomedcentral.com)
  • This research was supported by the US National Institute of Mental Health, Grants R01 MH090173 and RC1 MH088950. (plos.org)
  • Crews makes these assertions about the scientific status of psychoanalytic theory and therapy without apparent knowledge of the basic science literature to be reviewed here shortly or the psychotherapy outcome research that documents that even brief psychodynamically informed treatments are as effective as cognitive therapy and antidepressant medication in treating depression (Elkin et al, 1989) and of studies clearly demonstrating the efficacy of psychoanalytic forms of treatment (e.g. (psychomedia.it)
  • Given the large amount of research in each of the areas of emotion, personality, and temperament, it is not possible within the confines of this research paper to conduct a comprehensive review of relevant studies. (iresearchnet.com)
  • With half of all mentally ill adults exhibiting symptoms of mental illness by the age of 14 and three quarters by their mid- twenties, it is increasingly clear that understanding the origins of mental illness requires studies that elucidate the mechanisms of developing brain architecture and chemistry (Kessler, et al. (nih.gov)
  • When we get started young, this transformation has life-long health benefits, but there are benefits whenever we get started, even as older adults. (metanexus.net)
  • They collectively serve as a case study for how BSR might best proceed to identify optimal strategies for illuminating the pathways and mechanisms through which these factors affect health in middle-aged and older adults. (nih.gov)
  • Of special interest was identifying targets that are amenable to change, leading to improvements in the health and well- being of older adults in the U.S. (nih.gov)
  • Iranian adolescents' participation in physi- are low when one considers activity rates cal activity, the present study, conducted in Iranian adults. (who.int)
  • 1. The maintenance of good health among adolescents and young people is of crucial importance with regard to their future health as adults. (uemo.eu)
  • It is well documented that those who score high on health problems as teenagers, are more likely to do so also as adults, while those who score low, continue to do so in adult life. (uemo.eu)
  • Sadly, we have less knowledge about health problems and their prevention in the young generation, than we do when adults are concerned. (uemo.eu)
  • This chapter explores three key domains of adolescent development: puberty, neurobiological development, and psychosocial development. (nationalacademies.org)
  • Families living in poor socio-economic circumstances, already confronted with social and health inequalities, are often not reached by family-based addiction prevention services. (biomedcentral.com)
  • School-based sex education is a cornerstone of HIV prevention for adolescents who continue to bear a disproportionally high HIV burden globally. (plos.org)
  • Although the results of inadequate prevention of health risks sooner or later will be a task for the health services, other arenas are equally, or even more important, sites for preventive activities. (uemo.eu)
  • The prevalence of metabolic syndrome has increased over the last few decades in adolescents and has become an important health challenge worldwide. (biomedcentral.com)
  • Because of this, several surveys and studies have been conducted which acquired information on Canadian adolescent sexuality. (wikipedia.org)
  • Several surveys have been conducted in Canada examining a wide range of health-related topics, including surveys providing information about adolescent sexuality in the country. (wikipedia.org)
  • BSR contracted with The National Academy of Sciences Board on Behavioral, Cognitive and Sensory Sciences to conduct an expert meeting in Washington, DC, on May 30, 2014 to explore this topic, including opportunities for using BSR-supported biosocial surveys to advance this agenda. (nih.gov)
  • Previous surveys include NHANES III (conducted from 1988 to 1994), NHANES II (conducted from 1976 to 1980), NHANES I (conducted from 1971 to 1974), the National Health Examination Survey (NHES) cycle 3 (conducted from 1966 to 1970), and the NHES cycle 2 (conducted from 1963 to 1965). (nationalacademies.org)
  • The Early Childhood Longitudinal Study (ECLS) program is sponsored by the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES). (nih.gov)
  • 14. Pakalnis, A. Current therapies in childhood and adolescent migraine. (nih.gov)
  • 2012) illustrate the use of data harmonization to pool data from two very long-term studies of adult health that began in childhood. (nih.gov)
  • They focus on the long- term association between childhood conscientiousness and adult health and longevity. (nih.gov)
  • From 1991 through 1996, 1,933 infants were enrolled in either a preventive trial of iron supplementation to prevent iron-deficiency anemia or a neuromaturation study, a study that assessed neurodevelopment by using neurophysiological and electrophysiological techniques. (cdc.gov)
  • This study investigated this complex relationship, showing that parents' emphases regarding science learning changed during the first COVID-19 lockdown and in parallel, the relations between these emphases and their adolescent children's goal orientation and self-efficacy toward science learning also changed. (weizmann.ac.il)
  • The project focused on the mental health of vulnerable youth who have been in contact with service systems, including child welfare, juvenile justice, and run-away and homeless programs. (hhs.gov)
  • This study has as a particular focus on the mental health of vulnerable youth who have been in contact with service systems, including child welfare, juvenile justice, and runaway and homeless programs. (hhs.gov)
  • Both these models offer unique theoreti- nian youth and others from similar cultures cal strengths for studying adolescent physi- and ethnic groups. (who.int)
  • Such targeted treatments may contribute to improved educational and health-related outcomes in vulnerable youth. (frontiersin.org)
  • With the emergence of positive psychology, however, the field's emphasis has begun to shift from studying youthful pathology and dysfunction to developing a psychology of optimal youth development. (healthyselfesteem.org)
  • Only a principle-based understanding of positive youth development can lead to marked improvement in the mental health of American youth followed by a significant reduction in school violence. (healthyselfesteem.org)
  • This article presents a round-up of intervention initiatives aimed at struggling adolescent readers. (adlit.org)
  • A growing number of intervention initiatives aimed at struggling adolescent readers have emerged in the past several years. (adlit.org)
  • The current protocol describes the study design for a multi-layered intervention model. (biomedcentral.com)
  • As a pediatric endocrinologist with training in reproductive endocrinology, Shaw became frustrated that she was unable to tell her adolescent patients what to expect in the months and years ahead. (nih.gov)
  • Les conclusions confirment l'importance de l'efficacité personnelle dans la pratique d'une activité physique chez les adolescents iraniens des deux sexes. (who.int)
  • The public-use data set of The National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent Health (Add Health), In-Home interviews, for Wave II (1996) were used. (medscape.com)
  • [ 25 ] In addition, the Add Health project collected data with the goal of further establishing the importance of the social and family context of adolescent lives to the health-related choices that they make. (medscape.com)
  • Wave II data were collected from April 1996 through August 1996. (medscape.com)
  • The data set was edited to remove participants with characteristics not relevant to the present study. (medscape.com)
  • Existing data shows that, overall, Canadian adolescents are taking more measures to protect their sexual health. (wikipedia.org)
  • Questionnaire data are provided from parents, teachers, and school administrators at each longitudinal round (grade level) of the ECKLS-K:2010-11. (nih.gov)
  • Data for this project come from the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent Health (Add Health). (hhs.gov)
  • A key recommendation was that BSR leverage both its data resources and new study designs to gain mechanistic insights on the pathways linking behavioral and social factors to health and mortality. (nih.gov)
  • Add Health datasets are distributed according to a tiered data disclosure plan designed to protect the data from the risk of direct and indirect disclosure of respondent identity. (nih.gov)
  • Data were collected from 9 to 18 year olds surveyed nationally in a three-wave longitudinal survey. (cdc.gov)
  • We analysed data from a survey with 2393 adolescents aged 15-19 years, recruited using respondent-driven sampling from urban disadvantaged settings in Baltimore (USA), Delhi (India), Ibadan (Nigeria), Johannesburg (South Africa) and Shanghai (China). (biomedcentral.com)
  • Antipsychotic treatment prevalence at different time intervals, and, in studies with longitudinal data, change in treated prevalence from baseline until last study time point. (nationalelfservice.net)
  • The funders had no role in study design, data collection and analysis, decision to publish, or preparation of the manuscript. (plos.org)
  • Data sharing not applicable as no data sets generated and/or analysed for this study. (bmj.com)
  • All data relevant to the study are included in the article or uploaded as supplementary information. (bmj.com)
  • Much of the data on children's dietary intakes is based on national food consumption survey data [ 20 ]. (biomedcentral.com)
  • however, longitudinal data are needed to provide evidence of changes in intake over time. (biomedcentral.com)
  • The largest, most comprehensive study to date of this phase of puberty in girls will help researchers find signs of regular and irregular cycles. (nih.gov)
  • Moms can help their daughters prepare for puberty by enrolling them in the new "A Girl's First Period" study. (nih.gov)
  • Two biological components of puberty, adrenarche and gonadarche , are relevant in understanding the link between puberty and adolescent wellbeing. (nationalacademies.org)
  • Formerly, he was the inaugural Ambassador Holland H. Coors Professor of Character Development at the US Air Force Academy (1999), and Professor of Psychology (1979-1998) and Director of the Center for Ethics Studies at Marquette University. (docecity.com)
  • A toxic environment makes healthy adolescent development challenging. (nationalacademies.org)
  • Rather, adolescent development is partly a consequence of earlier life experiences. (nationalacademies.org)
  • It is challenging to study the co-development of motivation and learning due to these complex interactions which can vary widely across individuals. (weizmann.ac.il)
  • These are critical and challenging questions that underlie the study of individual differences in emotional and personality development. (iresearchnet.com)
  • Over the course of two years, researchers will monitor blood and urine samples of study participants to measure reproductive hormone levels. (nih.gov)
  • Researchers want to study a new way to give ECT called iLAST. (nih.gov)
  • Neben quantitativen Modellen und Forschung zu Gesundheitskompetenz ( Health Literacy ) fehlt es an qualitativer Forschung, die Aufschluss über die genauen Umstände und Prozesse geben könnte, die zur erschwerten Inanspruchnahme von Angeboten durch diese Familien führen. (biomedcentral.com)
  • Compared to those that did not report violence, boys exposed to PV had 11.4 higher odds of having a negative perception of health (95%CI adjusted OR = 2.45-53.2), whilst this figure was 2.58 times in girls (95%CI = 1.62-4.12). (biomedcentral.com)
  • Although this is true for most of the younger generation, a substantial proportion experiences a wide range of health problems and worries. (uemo.eu)
  • For example, a summary of the major results of 16 studies with experimental and control groups found a median effect size of 0.32 with standardized test measures, and an effect size of 0.88 when experimenter-developed measures were used. (adlit.org)
  • Results From 49 included studies, 38 focused on workplaces and educational institutions and 11 on public places. (bmj.com)
  • Join the New York Academy of Sciences and Johnson & Johnson for a series of engaging and insightful webinars with extraordinary scientists whose discoveries have made a profound impact on human health. (nyas.org)
  • National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. (nationalacademies.org)
  • The investigators will study 60 participants aged 21-80 years old with MDD. (nih.gov)
  • Polyvictimisation (PV) - exposure to violence across multiple contexts - causes considerable morbidity and mortality among adolescents. (biomedcentral.com)
  • Langille and colleagues' survey found that the Nova Scotia adolescents studied were as sexually active as those studied nationally and provincially. (wikipedia.org)
  • This study contributes towards filling the knowledge gap regarding the adverse effects of postpartum depression on infant health in sub-Saharan Africa. (biomedcentral.com)
  • Cite this: Factors That Influence Smoking in Adolescent Girls - Medscape - May 01, 2003. (medscape.com)
  • Adolescents are exposed to diverse conditions and factors influencing their daily lives. (wikipedia.org)
  • Societal conditions, culture, the neighbourhood, family members, parents and peers interact with the adolescent, and adolescent sexuality is shaped by these factors. (wikipedia.org)
  • Studies have also examined the factors that explain variation in IQ measures in general. (bvsalud.org)
  • This is a problem precontemplation, contemplation, prepara- because the risk factors and health risk be- tion, action and maintenance [ 12 ]. (who.int)
  • To our knowledge, there is only one study that has compared coronary heart disease risk factors to PA measured objectively by pedometry [ 11 ], and, to date, there are no studies that have analyzed the relations between MRF and PA (measured with pedometers) and overall PF levels in adolescents. (biomedcentral.com)
  • Young adolescents in the eastern provinces and Quebec were more likely to report being sexually active than were those in Ontario and the west. (wikipedia.org)
  • Add Health sampled the multiple environments in which young people live their lives, including the family, peers, school, neighborhood, community, and relationship dyads, and provides independent and direct measurement of these environments over time. (nih.gov)
  • The Character Education Partnership (CEP) is a nonpartisan national coalition of organizations and individuals, based in Washington, DC, dedicated to developing young people of good character who become responsible and caring citizens. (docecity.com)
  • Schools are natural environments in which to enhance young people's social and emotional skills, mental health, and contact between diverse groups, including students from refugee and immigrant backgrounds. (biomedcentral.com)
  • Policy statement on preservation of good health among adolescent and young people. (uemo.eu)
  • For the purposes of this document the term "adolescents and young people" refers to those aged 10 to 24 years. (uemo.eu)
  • 2. Special attention should be paid to the health of adolescents and young people by health care services and the rest of society. (uemo.eu)
  • 3. A fully comprehensive range of easily accessible services should be provided for all adolescents and young people. (uemo.eu)
  • Adolescents and young people are particularly vulnerable to the effects of the erosion of family structure and protection within contemporary society. (uemo.eu)
  • This is not always an easy task, and the way the young girl or boy copes with it is of great importance to their adult mental and physical health. (uemo.eu)
  • The following is not intended to be a complete overview of health risks to adolescents, but a brief focus on important areas of special concern, and some proposals about how to prevent negative effects on health of adolescents and young people. (uemo.eu)
  • The study will enroll 75 girls between the ages of 10 and 14 years, with the goal of having at least 25 girls complete all study visits. (nih.gov)
  • 9) Thus, divorce and separation result in less caring and more overprotective parenting during the adolescent years. (marripedia.org)
  • This makes these vulnerable and crucial years a very important arena where appropriate preventive and supportive activities are likely to be of great importance to future health. (uemo.eu)
  • The FGP is a graphic representation of the USDA Dietary Guidelines for Americans, which were developed for use by all Americans aged 2 years and over to promote health and reduce the risk of chronic disease. (biomedcentral.com)
  • The purpose of this study was to examine the effects of postpartum depression on infant feeding practices and malnutrition among women in an urban low income settlement in Nairobi-Kenya. (biomedcentral.com)
  • In view of this, the current study used network analysis [ 4 ], controlling for these limitations, to examine the network structure of DSM-5 ODD symptoms, based on parent and teacher ratings. (biomedcentral.com)
  • ere, the subsample size used in this analysis is small enough for a practical laboratory study that exposes subjects to standard, emotionally laden stimuli to test the effect of individual differences in conscientiousness on recovery from exposure to a negative stimulus. (nih.gov)
  • Globally, rates of exposure to PV in adolescents vary considerably. (biomedcentral.com)
  • Two types of treatment studies may be submitted under this RFA: (1) those that are theory driven and based on experimental design (efficacy studies) and (2) those that assess practice as usual in health service settings (effectiveness studies). (nih.gov)
  • The instructional approaches described below have been shown to have some efficacy in improving outcomes for struggling adolescent learners. (adlit.org)