• Strong epidemiological data are needed on the changes (e.g., new friendships, activities/behaviors done together) that occur among friends to better understand the mechanisms impacting friends' health behaviors/outcomes. (biomedcentral.com)
  • The literature presents inconsistent findings about what portion of the relationship between friends' weight-related behaviors and outcomes can be attributed to different mechanisms such as shared routines, social learning, social pressure, friend selection, friendship ideals, shared access, norms, and influence. (biomedcentral.com)
  • STUDY DESIGN: Data of dyads from 41 cohorts from the National Institutes of Health Environmental influences on Child Health Outcomes Program (N = 2,983) were used to compare birth outcomes before and during the pandemic (n = 2,355), and a partially overlapping sample (n = 1,490) responded to a COVID-19 questionnaire. (bvsalud.org)
  • Socioeconomic adversity in early life is a risk factor for poor brain health in later life, but some individuals are resilient, achieving better-than-expected outcomes despite facing early life adversity. (air.org)
  • Biomarkers may help predict health outcomes, including dementia. (air.org)
  • We overview the relationship between parental criminality and incarceration and adolescent antisocial behavior, discuss how these factors might be linked through parenting, place this link within the context of the life course development of antisocial behavior, and then discuss interventions that might make a difference in improving outcomes for the children of incarcerated parents. (hhs.gov)
  • The current study represents one of the largest studies of Croatian adolescents to date, and aimed to examine associations between school and family factors linked to PYD, and mental health outcomes experienced by Croatian youth. (frontiersin.org)
  • The collective resources in a high social capital community have been reported to result in better health outcomes. (springer.com)
  • While evidence supports the links between social capital and various health outcomes, it is not clear about underlying mechanisms connecting multiple dimensions of social capital to health. (springer.com)
  • Subjective perceptions about communities can also play an important role in improving better health outcomes. (springer.com)
  • Further research is needed to examine underlying mechanisms linking the multiple dimensions of social capital to health outcomes among individuals who are vulnerable to external stressors. (springer.com)
  • Since individuals' behaviours and their social relations are embedded in neighbourhoods and communities, the concept of social capital provides a valuable conceptual perspective to understand how social environment influences health outcomes and behaviours [ 2 , 3 ]. (springer.com)
  • Few community-ascertained samples of children with ADHD have been studied prospectively to identify factors associated with differential outcomes. (biomedcentral.com)
  • The Children's Attention Project is the first such study in Australia, examining the mental health, social, academic and quality of life outcomes for children with diagnostically-confirmed ADHD compared to non-ADHD controls. (biomedcentral.com)
  • The study aims to map the course of ADHD symptoms over time and to identify risk and protective factors associated with differential outcomes. (biomedcentral.com)
  • These studies of clinical samples have demonstrated that both boys and girls with ADHD are at risk for a range of poorer outcomes in adolescence and adulthood. (biomedcentral.com)
  • School food environments are an important alternative environmental exposure for diet outcomes in children and adolescents. (biomedcentral.com)
  • Furthermore, we disaggregate Latinos by language preference in order to see how acculturation to the USA may moderate the effect of racial microaggressions on health outcomes for the group. (springer.com)
  • Temporal variables (ie, mood) collected regularly over a period of time could yield useful insights, particularly for evaluating health intervention outcomes. (jmir.org)
  • 50 studies, search period through-July 2009) combined with more recent evidence and evidence on additional outcomes (82 studies, search period January 2000-December 2011). (thecommunityguide.org)
  • Youth health-related fitness positively affects academic outcomes, although limited research has focused on the relationship between fitness and school absenteeism. (cdc.gov)
  • Youth physical activity and health-related fitness (henceforth fitness) positively affects academic outcomes (1,2), potentially acting through pathways involving enhanced cognition and memory (3) or improvements in both physical and psychosocial wellness (4,5). (cdc.gov)
  • Overcoming persistent disparities in healthcare access and health outcomes remains a foremost challenge. (nih.gov)
  • The study combines longitudinal survey data on respondents' social, economic, psychological and physical well-being with contextual data on the family, neighborhood, community, school, friendships, peer groups, and romantic relationships, providing unique opportunities to study how social environments and behaviors in adolescence are linked to health and achievement outcomes in young adulthood. (nih.gov)
  • The effects of breastfeeding on children's development have important implications for both public-health policies and for the design of targeted early intervention strategies to improve the developmental outcomes of children at risk as a result of biological (e.g., prematurity) or social adversity (e.g., poverty). (child-encyclopedia.com)
  • Thus, for these studies there is a clear reliance on either matching or statistical adjustment for the effects of other factors correlated with feeding method that may also influence child outcomes such as maternal IQ and/or parenting style. (child-encyclopedia.com)
  • Examining linkages between the extent of breastfeeding and children's longer-term psychosocial outcomes, including attachment to parents, behavioural adjustment and mental health. (child-encyclopedia.com)
  • Their infants were then studied prospectively across a number of outcomes. (child-encyclopedia.com)
  • Considerable variability exists in the psychosocial outcomes studied and the length of developmental follow-up. (child-encyclopedia.com)
  • Substance-involved trauma is associated with worse mental health outcomes among college students. (buffalo.edu)
  • Prospective pathways from affect to drug outcomes: Refusal self-efficacy in the context of peer influences. (buffalo.edu)
  • Wave III, conducted when respondents were between 18 and 26** years old, focuses on how adolescent experiences and behaviors are related to decisions, behavior, and health outcomes in the transition to adulthood. (thearda.com)
  • As the research centre for UNICEF, Innocenti is uniquely positioned to understand and respond to research questions on the ground, and to feed research into policy and practice - through its programmes of cooperation with more 150 low and middle income countries, its links to UNICEF National Committees in 33 high income countries, and as an arm of the world's leading normative agency that shapes global policies and outcomes for children. (unicef-irc.org)
  • She recently completed an epidemiological study of the premutation of FXS and a 20-year follow up of a cohort of older adults with Down syndrome, examining how the family environment predicts outcomes in midlife and old age. (wisc.edu)
  • Substance use and bullying are prevalent among adolescents and have a wide range of adverse outcomes. (who.int)
  • Findings The study found large differences in the prevalence of daily smoking among adolescents, and also large differences between boys and girls within some countries. (who.int)
  • The study found no association between cigarette prices and adolescent daily smoking prevalence, and also the somewhat unexpected finding that having an age limit for allowing adolescents to purchase tobacco was associated with an increased risk of daily smoking. (who.int)
  • Conclusions There was an association between mandatory national bans on smoking and lower smoking prevalence. (who.int)
  • If this association is causal, introducing mandatory bans may reduce adolescent smoking prevalence. (who.int)
  • The findings that price was unrelated to smoking prevalence undermine findings elsewhere that adolescent smokers are more price-sensitive than adult smokers, but longitudinal studies are needed. (who.int)
  • The prevalence of infant, childhood and adolescent obesity is rising around the world. (who.int)
  • Despite the high prevalence of caries in children, there is a worldwide trend of caries reduction 3 , raising interest for other oral health problems, such as the increase of tooth erosion, mainly in young individuals 4 . (bvsalud.org)
  • The prevalence substance use have been cross-sectional studies. (who.int)
  • The increased prevalence in females may suggest a hormonal influence. (medscape.com)
  • The prevalence of sepsis and septic shock in our study is comparable to other published series. (bvsalud.org)
  • This longitudinal study, SPARC (Social impact of Physical Activity and nutRition in College), aims to describe the mechanism(s) by which friends' and freshmen's eating/PA behaviors and weight are related and to examine contextual factors related to behaviors among friendship networks over time (see conceptual framework in Fig. 1 ). (biomedcentral.com)
  • PURPOSE: To examine contextual factors that may facilitate or impede the provision of school health services. (omeka.net)
  • Despite efforts to increase investment in Indigenous health and well-being in the United States, disparities remain. (bvsalud.org)
  • The way in which health-promoting organizations are funded is one key mechanism driving the systemic, long-term health disparities experienced by Indigenous people in the US. (bvsalud.org)
  • Additional studies focusing on racial disparities, economic mobility, and twins continued until the original participants were in their 40s. (air.org)
  • Health Disparities - Our second focus includes research on population-level differences in health status and life expectancy. (air.org)
  • The Institute will allocate these funds to understand racial disparities and the impact of racism on substance use disorder (SUD) in general and health disparities in particular. (nih.gov)
  • Specifically, they offered recommendations for NIDA's REI Action Plan regarding synergies in health disparities and addiction research, research opportunities for SDOH and basic science, and best practices and ways to measure progress. (nih.gov)
  • Revisiting the concept and measurement of ACEs through a health equity lens is also a critical step in addressing the bias and disparities that are inherent in the systems and structures that collect and generate data. (cdc.gov)
  • Racially charged legislation and Latino health disparities: The case of Arizona's S.B. 1070. (springer.com)
  • Race and ethnicity in public health research: Models to explain health disparities. (springer.com)
  • Reach is a national initiative that establishes community-based programs and culturally-tailored interventions to eliminate health disparities among African Americans, American Indians, Hispanics/Latinos, Asian Americans, Alaska Natives, and Pacific Islanders. (nih.gov)
  • REACH partners use community-based, participatory approaches to identify, develop, and disseminate effective strategies for addressing health disparities across a wide range of health priority areas such as cardiovascular disease, diabetes, breast and cervical cancer, infant mortality, asthma, immunization, and obesity. (nih.gov)
  • This study is the first to estimate the economic burden of health disparities for 5 racial and ethnic minority groups and 3 education groups (i.e., adults without a 4-year college degree) at the national level and for all 50 states and the District of Columbia. (nih.gov)
  • Providing estimates of the economic burden of health disparities could help inform national and state policymakers of where policies and programs are most needed to address and reduce health disparities. (nih.gov)
  • Enormous disparities exist in health care systems, both private and public. (stanford.edu)
  • Our findings provide pooled estimates of HPV vaccine uptake across 79 studies (n=840 838) conducted in 15 countries, indicating modest (41.5%) overall uptake with twofold higher uptake for girls than for boys. (bmj.com)
  • Findings suggest that interventions for mental health promotion and prevention of internalizing problems should address both school and family contexts, and may be more effective when accounting for differing developmental experiences of female and male adolescents. (frontiersin.org)
  • Findings suggest that the structural dimension of social capital would function as a buffer against the malicious effects of chronic health conditions, impairments and disabilities. (springer.com)
  • Study findings provide directions for future research and implications for ethnic-racial socialization interventions to be incorporated into clinical care to improve coping with discrimination and sleep health. (ncfr.org)
  • Ten additional studies used different measures, eight of which reported favorable findings. (thecommunityguide.org)
  • It is thus difficult to draw firm conclusions from this study, but initial findings indicate that interpersonal relationships, cognitive vulnerabilities and behavioral difficulties may be modifiable predictors of depression following maltreatment. (nature.com)
  • Further studies combining multidimensional measurements of empathy are needed to confirm these findings. (frontiersin.org)
  • While the similarity allows international comparisons of studies in different places following the PIRLS strategy, the findings of this study add to extant literature on the relationship between student factors and reading achievement. (hindawi.com)
  • The findings of the paper provide an important entry point to the discussion on the relevance and scope of EU public mental health action. (lu.se)
  • Methods We included studies that sampled parents and assessed uptake of HPV vaccines for their children (≤18 years) and/or sociodemographics, knowledge, attitudes or other factors associated with uptake. (bmj.com)
  • Methods: A crosssectional study in a multistage random sample of 1,211, 8 to 12-years-old Brazilian schoolchildren in private and public schools was conducted in Pelotas, Brazil. (bvsalud.org)
  • Mailick's research incorporates epidemiological methods, biomarkers, and genetics, as well as social and psychological approaches, and analyzes electronic health records to advance knowledge about the health phenotype of FXS and autism. (wisc.edu)
  • Dr. McGovern is a leader in using rigorous methods of dissemination and implementation (D&I) science to close these gaps in equitable health care delivery. (stanford.edu)
  • By virtue of their developmental stage, it is these forgotten adolescents who have the potential to have the greatest impact on society at large, and in this chapter, we focus on the most powerful problem that they can exhibit, antisocial behavior. (hhs.gov)
  • Physiological and psychological maturation during adolescence alters cognitive, emotional, and motivational processes, and these developmental changes interact with other processes that influence adolescents' mental and behavioral health, including individual traits, family and social environments, and the broader social and economic climate ( National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine, 2019 ). (frontiersin.org)
  • Follow up at Wave IV has enabled researchers to study developmental and health trajectories across the life course of adolescence into adulthood using an integrative approach that combines the social, behavioral, and biomedical sciences in its research objectives, design, data collection, and analysis. (thearda.com)
  • Wave IV was designed to study the developmental and health trajectories across the life course of adolescence into young adulthood. (thearda.com)
  • The SPARC study aims to follow 1450 university freshmen from a large university over an academic year, collecting data on multiple aspects of friends and friendship networks. (biomedcentral.com)
  • Aims This study seeks to examine whether contextual factors influence adolescents' daily smoking. (who.int)
  • This master's thesis aims to thematically track the development of the EU discourse on the topic of mental health from 2005 until the present time. (lu.se)
  • Family can be a critical asset for the positive development of early adolescents in low income, urban, African American communities. (cdc.gov)
  • Design This study is based on a merged data set consisting of the 2001/02 Health Behavior in School-aged Children (HBSC) study and national-level data collected from the 2003 WHO European Tobacco Control Database and the World Development Indicators Database. (who.int)
  • McClintock's study relies on data from the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent to Adult Health (Add Health) and considers its first (1994-1995), third (2001-2002), and fourth (2007-2008) waves. (sexualdiversity.org)
  • Adjusted associations between distance from school to food retail outlets, counts of outlets near schools and diet scores were assessed using longitudinal (2001-2005 n=757) approaches. (biomedcentral.com)
  • Beginning with an in-school questionnaire administered to a nationally representative sample of students in grades seven through 12, the study followed up with a series of in-home interviews conducted in 1995, 1996, 2001-02, and 2008. (thearda.com)
  • The Progress in International Reading Literacy Study (PIRLS), the largest international reading achievement project, was first developed to explore the role of reading in educational achievement of fourth-grade pupils across 49 countries/districts in 2001. (hindawi.com)
  • To assess culturally specific reading-learning model, Hong Kong has participated in this international study since the Curriculum Reform 2001, in which "Reading to Learn" is one of the Four Key Tasks in the Curriculum Reform as an entry point for achieving learning goals and developing pupils' competence which is also the foundation for life-long learning [ 2 ]. (hindawi.com)
  • Using the two-wave data from a nationally representative cohort study of Australian adults ( N = 16,637), this study examined the effects of two dimensions of social capital (i.e., structural and cognitive social capital) on physical and mental health in the Australian adult population. (springer.com)
  • This longitudinal study of a nationally representative sample of adolescents in grades 7-12 in the US during the 1994-95 school year has followed the cohort into young adulthood with four in-home interviews, the most recent in 2008, when the sample was aged 24-32. (nih.gov)
  • The National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent to Adult Health (Add Health) is a longitudinal study of a nationally representative sample of adolescents in grades seven through 12 in the United States. (thearda.com)
  • As study participants move into retirement, Project Talent has become a resource for understanding the aging process, allowing participants to continue involvement in this remarkable and historic study. (air.org)
  • The National Institute on Aging, for example, has funded several studies, including the Project Talent Aging Study , a major life course study that is providing information about age-related brain and cognitive changes by following 22,500 of the original Project Talent participants. (air.org)
  • Add Health participants, who were not asked about their sexual identities until Wave III, could identify as 100 percent heterosexual, mostly heterosexual, bisexual, mostly homosexual, and 100 percent homosexual. (sexualdiversity.org)
  • In each wave of Add Health that McClintock used for her study, participants were also asked if they had ever experienced same-sex attraction or participated in same-sex sexual activity. (sexualdiversity.org)
  • Thirteen databases (including Medline, PsychINFO, SCOPUS) were searched (between 1984 and 2014) for prospective, longitudinal studies published in English that included at least 300 participants and assessed associations between childhood maltreatment and later depression. (nature.com)
  • This program will build a diverse group of one million U.S. research participants for the study of precision medicine, an emerging approach for disease treatment and prevention that takes into account the differences in genetics, environment, and lifestyle of individual patients when choosing treatments or developing interventions. (nih.gov)
  • As participants have aged into adulthood, however, the scientific goals of the study have expanded and evolved. (thearda.com)
  • As a Research Assistant, you learn important skills that are not easily taught in the classroom, such as operating technical equipment, speaking to and teaching study participants, coding and analyzing data, and designing experiments. (virginia.edu)
  • instead, previous studies suggest that compared with women who are not clinically depressed, depressed mothers are exposed to higher rates of cumulative life stressors including socioeconomic disadvantage, Reference Pickett and Wilkinson 3 family violence and low social support, Reference Goodman and Gotlib 1 and they tend to follow riskier life-course pathways characterised by low educational attainment, teen pregnancy, substance use and criminal behaviours. (cambridge.org)
  • This study used a latent difference score growth model to investigate how changes in family structure (biological father and stepfather residence) and maternal employment are associated with American children's externalizing problem behaviours (EPB) from ages 4-10 and whether these associations vary by children's level of self-regulation. (nlsinfo.org)
  • thus, once other behaviours are seen as more recompensating the adolescent opts for them. (inquiriesjournal.com)
  • In a study from Baghdad, around 39% of secondary ferent forms of substance use and their consequences, school students reported bullying victimization, and 21.5% and suicidal ideation and behaviours ( 6 ). (who.int)
  • Her current research includes a 22-year longitudinal study of autism during adolescence and adulthood, a decade-long study of family adaptation to FXS, and several research projects on demographically-representative samples of parents of individuals with neurodevelopmental disorders. (wisc.edu)
  • The Director-General has the honour to transmit to the Sixty-ninth World Health Assembly the report of the Commission on Ending Childhood Obesity (see Annex). (who.int)
  • The overarching goals of the Commission on Ending Childhood Obesity are to provide policy recommendations to governments to prevent infants, children and adolescents from developing obesity, and to identify and treat pre-existing obesity in children and adolescents. (who.int)
  • Obesity can affect a child's immediate health, educational attainment and quality of life. (who.int)
  • 180 online comments (see Appendix 1), the Commission has developed a set of recommendations to successfully tackle childhood and adolescent obesity in different contexts around the world. (who.int)
  • Biological data was gathered in an attempt to acquire a greater understanding of pre-disease pathways, with a specific focus on obesity, stress, and health risk behavior. (thearda.com)
  • Together, they co-developed the Strong African American Families program in 2000, which provided educational interventions to reduce adolescent substance abuse and high-risk behaviors in adolescents. (wikipedia.org)
  • Understanding early life factors that contribute to the retention or deterioration of brain and cognitive functioning in older age can help policymakers determine targets for health promotion interventions. (air.org)
  • Project Talent, with its unique size, demographic diversity, and comprehensive data from 1960 and beyond, offers an unprecedented opportunity to understand the factors that influence the aging process. (air.org)
  • Alzheimer's Disease and Related Dementias (ADRD) - Our primary focus on dementia has the broad goal of identifying adolescent antecedents, resilience factors, and life-course mechanisms for Alzheimer's Disease and related dementias and later life health and cognition. (air.org)
  • The Project Talent Biobank (PTBio) can help researchers better understand how family and school environment, education, and other factors contribute to later life health and wellness. (air.org)
  • How should measurement of ACEs also incorporate the measurement of social and health inequities, such as living in a context of structural racism, colonialism, poverty, and discrimination which are risk factors within community and societal contexts that may increase the risk for experiencing ACEs and exacerbate their impact? (cdc.gov)
  • A framework for understanding the interrelationship of individual and environmental factors that influence adolescent health and well-being, as well as opportunities for policy-level interventions, is known as Positive Youth Development (PYD). (frontiersin.org)
  • We examine the influence of perceived behavioral control (self-control and decision making) as a part of the overall framework for understanding the risk and protective factors for aggressive behaviors and weapons carrying. (cdc.gov)
  • The impact of social environmental factors on health and well-being has been widely studied over decades [ 1 ]. (springer.com)
  • Having flexible sexual attractions may grant greater importance to contextual and experiential factors when it comes to sexual identity. (sexualdiversity.org)
  • To test whether the exposure of a child to risk factors associated with mental health adds to the prediction of child psychopathology beyond exposure to maternal depression. (cambridge.org)
  • Children of clinically depressed mothers were exposed to more risk factors associated with maternal mental health. (cambridge.org)
  • This system was created to collect and transfer real time data about individual- and social-level factors that influence physical, mental, emotional, and social well-being. (jmir.org)
  • Consideration of study design is vital when addressing questions of causality, and the temporal order of factors that may influence causal pathways, as is the case in this review. (nature.com)
  • In both studies, we also will examine potential protective factors (e.g., parenting, constructive social activities, civic engagement) that moderate the effects of exposure to violence on subsequent violent behavior. (umich.edu)
  • The Columbia County Longitudinal Study, pioneered by Leonard Eron, began in 1960 and has been directed at discovering the child and parental factors linked to child aggression. (umich.edu)
  • Nutrition and health factors such as alcohol use and medication can reduce the quality of mothers' breast milk and adversely affect infant neurological state and mother-infant interactions. (child-encyclopedia.com)
  • Using data from the National Survey of Family Growth on 1,928 males and 2,859 females aged 15-29, we examine individual characteristics, family background factors, and characteristics of first sexual relationships and partners associated with the transition to a first nonmarital birth. (cdc.gov)
  • Association of psychological risk factors and acute myocardial infarction in China: the INTER-HEART China study. (mcmaster.ca)
  • The current study utilizes child- and caregiver-reported school climate and child-reported discrimination experiences as predictors of youths' racial/ethnic identity from 5th to 7th grade. (ncfr.org)
  • There is a lack of well-designed, prospective studies on modifiable predictors of depression following maltreatment. (nature.com)
  • East Mediterr Health J. 2021;27(5):483-490. (who.int)
  • Les patients qui ont accepté de participer après apptéléphonique ont été inclus de janvier à mai 2021.Les variables d'étudeétaient: âge, sexe, acuité visuelle (AV), caractéristiques de la LCET selon Diallo, pronostic fonctionnel et anatomique en post puberté (plus de 15 ans). (bvsalud.org)
  • There, her research program centered on studies to understand how successful families and communities help children succeed. (wikipedia.org)
  • U.S. DOJ, 2000), the children of incarcerated parents per se have not been considered the responsibility of any traditional governmental entity, such as child welfare, mental health, or the juvenile court. (hhs.gov)
  • Which of these additional potentially traumatic experiences are more likely to be experienced by children affected by social and health inequities? (cdc.gov)
  • Children screening positive for ADHD by both parent and teacher report, and a matched sample (gender, school) screening negative, are invited to participate in the longitudinal study. (biomedcentral.com)
  • This study is the first Australian longitudinal study of children with ADHD and one of the first community-based longitudinal studies of diagnostically confirmed children with ADHD. (biomedcentral.com)
  • Additional environments where people spend much of their time are considered instead of or alongside residential areas, such as the workplace for adults and schools in the case of children and adolescents [ 10 - 16 ]. (biomedcentral.com)
  • Children of clinically depressed mothers are exposed to both maternal psychopathology and risks that are associated with maternal mental health. (cambridge.org)
  • Maternal depression is a significant public health concern because of its negative impact on both the mothers and their children. (cambridge.org)
  • This paper addresses the association of biological fathers' residence to their involvement and to mothers' involvement with their adolescent children, and the role of parental relationship quality in this association. (nlsinfo.org)
  • It uses as its sample 2,161 adolescent children of young women from the 1979 National Longitudinal Survey of Youth. (nlsinfo.org)
  • 9 In February 2023, the WHO issued a new definition for post COVID-19 in children and adolescents. (bmj.com)
  • Sixteen schools and over 7,000 children from high-risk neighborhoods in the Chicago area participated between 1990 and 1997 in the study. (umich.edu)
  • The Adolescent Brain Cognitive Development (ABCD) Study will enroll 10,000+ healthy children and follow them from ages 9 to 10 into early adulthood to understand how children's experiences affect brain development. (nih.gov)
  • A review of current approaches used to help children and parents cope with health care procedures. (mcmaster.ca)
  • Children and adolescents are substance use ( 8 , 9 , 13 ). (who.int)
  • Addiction and mental health services for teens, young adults and their families. (hazeldenbettyford.org)
  • Emerging research has indicated that racial microaggressions have adverse effects on the sleep health of African American and Latinx young adults. (ncfr.org)
  • To focus our work, we defined the target population (to whom we refer generally as "adults") to be adolescents and adults ages 16 and older who need to develop their literacy skills outside the K-12 system. (nationalacademies.org)
  • It relies on study samples of convenience (college students in introductory psychology courses) or elderly populations, and it does not usually include adults with relatively low education or literacy skills. (nationalacademies.org)
  • This is the first study to estimate the relationship of Geographic Information Systems-derived measures of neighbourhood walkability (ie, street connectivity, land use mix and population density), and the Walk Score with both self-reported utilitarian walking and accelerometer-assessed daily steps in a large sample of Canadian adults. (bmj.com)
  • risk in relation to active cigarette smoking and young adults in Ukraine: a cross-sectional household exposure to secondhand cigarette study. (who.int)
  • Studies comparing technology-based PAAS programs, particularly when addressing the digital divide that often exists for rural African-American families, found that youth in technology conditions reported significantly reduced risky behaviors when compared to control groups. (wikipedia.org)
  • Peer influences grow dramatically during adolescence, as youth aggregate in groups around common interests and values (Snyder, Dishion, & Patterson, 1986). (cdc.gov)
  • Research has shown that neighborhoods can influence parents' ethnic-racial socialization approaches to further promote the optimal development of ethnic minority youth. (ncfr.org)
  • adolescent Latina youth were sought because they represent the largest and fastest growing ethnic minority group in the United States. (jmir.org)
  • Arch Environ Health, Massachusetts youth cohort. (who.int)
  • This prioritized research is organized in a conceptually sequential structure across the public health model, such that all research efforts ultimately inform more effective and equitable approaches to prevention and intervention. (cdc.gov)
  • As one of 27 Institutes and Centers at NIH, NIMHD supports research partnerships across NIH and externally with a goal to create synergistic research approaches to improve public health for health disparity populations, including racial and ethnic minorities and socioeconomically disadvantaged and geographically underserved populations. (nih.gov)
  • 1 Research designs have included both cross-sectional and longitudinal approaches. (child-encyclopedia.com)
  • Based on prior literature and theoretical reasoning, it was anticipated that the structural and cognitive social capital would influence self-assessed health status (physical and mental health). (springer.com)
  • In this study, the cognitive component was operationalised by perceptions of community cohesion encompassing neighbourhood trust and belongingness [ 14 , 15 ]. (springer.com)
  • Fitness improvements may both directly and indirectly reduce absenteeism, working potentially through pathways involving self-esteem, physical health, mental health, and cognitive processing (3,4). (cdc.gov)
  • Some newer initiatives support research on precision medicine, child health studies examining environmental influences and cognitive brain development, and scientific workforce diversity. (nih.gov)
  • The results of this study suggest that both of the early automatic and of the later cognitive processes of pain empathy may be impaired in IADs. (frontiersin.org)
  • Add Health was developed in response to a mandate from the U.S. Congress to fund a study of adolescent health, and Waves I and II focus on the forces that may influence adolescents' health and risk behaviors, including personal traits, families, friendships, romantic relationships, peer groups, schools, neighborhoods, and communities. (thearda.com)
  • National Institute of Mental Health , Centers for Disease Control and Prevention , Internal Funds. (umich.edu)
  • Analyses showed that the effects of chronic health conditions on mental health status were moderated by the structural social capital ( β = .652, SE = .249, p = .009). (springer.com)
  • Longitudinal analyses showed a decrease of the mean healthy (−1.12, se 0.12) and unhealthy (−0.48, se 0.16) diet scores. (biomedcentral.com)
  • Social investment policies and childbearing across 20 countries: Longitudinal and micro-level analyses. (su.se)
  • Meta-analyses of cross-sectional and longitudinal studies have consistently found that childhood maltreatment is strongly associated with clinical depression across the life course. (nature.com)
  • Following her doctoral research, McBride Murry became an assistant professor at the University of Connecticut within the School of Family Studies and then moved to Athens, Georgia to become an assistant professor at the University of Georgia. (wikipedia.org)
  • The National Institutes of Health (NIH) has launched an effort to identify and address structural racism in biomedical research through a new initiative called UNITE . (nih.gov)
  • McClintock's research showed that women with more education and women who were more physically attractive (as rated by their Add Health interviewers) had higher probabilities of identifying as "100 percent heterosexual" than other women in Waves III and IV of Add Health. (sexualdiversity.org)
  • Outcome measures were 'healthy' and 'unhealthy' diet scores derived from adolescent self-reported data in the Research with East London Adolescents: Community Health Survey (RELACHS). (biomedcentral.com)
  • Further research on adolescents' food purchasing habits with larger samples in varied geographic regions is required to identify robust relationships between proximity and diet, as small numbers, because of confounding, may dilute effect food environment effects. (biomedcentral.com)
  • But first, we'll speak with two University of Michigan School of Public Health researchers who are leading the way in both school safety and firearm violence prevention research. (umich.edu)
  • To date, research has provided clear support for the nutritional and health benefits of breastfeeding for the mother and child, 1 with appropriate cautions noted for women who are ill or on medication. (child-encyclopedia.com)
  • Most research concerned with the psychosocial effects of breastfeeding is based on observational studies due to the ethical challenges of randomly assigning mothers to either breastfeeding or formula feeding groups. (child-encyclopedia.com)
  • Strategic communications and research engagement activities ensure that Innocenti research is widely disseminated and translates into practical impacts and policy influence. (unicef-irc.org)
  • National Research Council. (nationalacademies.org)
  • We gratefully acknowledge research support from the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development through grant R01 HD044761-03. (cdc.gov)
  • In addition, he conducts D&I research and practice projects in federally-qualified health centers (FQHCs) across the State of California, in the Stanford Division of Primary Care and Population Health, and in specialty addiction and mental health treatment organizations nationwide. (stanford.edu)
  • He leads, facilitates and/or actively engages networks advancing D&I science in health, including the NIDA Clinical Trials Network Translation & Implementation Special Interest Group, the NIDA Clinical Trials Western States Node Translation & Implementation Workgroup, the Stanford University Network for Dissemination & Implementation Research (SUNDIR), the VA Palo Alto HSR&D Center for Innovation to Implementation, and the Stanford Medicine Center for Improvement. (stanford.edu)
  • He is on the Core Faculty of the National Institute of Mental Health Implementation Research Institute at the Washington University in St. Louis. (stanford.edu)
  • Dr. McGovern's primary focus is the implementation and sustainment of evidence-based interventions and guideline adherent care in public and private health care systems and organizations. (stanford.edu)
  • How might caregiver responses to a school-based racial dilemma influence children's development of racial/ethnic identity in light of their school experiences? (ncfr.org)
  • Further, it examines how caregivers' strategies for how to respond to a school-based racial dilemma in 5th grade may lessen or intensify these influences on pre-adolescent children's identity development. (ncfr.org)
  • We examined the longitudinal association between individual children's fitness and lagged school absenteeism over 4 years in urban middle schools. (cdc.gov)
  • Finally and importantly, there is a need for more studies examining the mechanisms or pathways by which breastfeeding may influence children's short- and long-term psychosocial adjustment. (child-encyclopedia.com)
  • In addition, biological fathers' nonresidence has a direct positive contextual effect on maternal involvement, but has a stronger indirect negative effect via parental relationship quality. (nlsinfo.org)
  • of these, 24 returned written parental consent forms, completed assent processes, and enrolled in the study. (jmir.org)
  • The mechanisms of resilience, as well as the causal pathways between early life adversity and later life brain health, are unclear, but educational experiences are very likely critical. (air.org)
  • Department of Health and Human Services , National Institutes of Health , Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health & Human Development , with cooperative funding from 23 other federal agencies and foundations. (thearda.com)
  • The 3 centers are federally-funded, respectively by the National Institute on Drug Abuse (P50DA05402), the National Institutes of Health Healing Addiction Long Term (HEAL) initiative (U2CDA057717), and the US Department of Health and Human Services Substance Use and Mental Health Services Administration (H79SM081726). (stanford.edu)
  • This paper describes the recruitment, data collection, and data analytic protocols for the SPARC (Social impact of Physical Activity and nutRition in College) study, a longitudinal examination of the mechanisms by which friends and friendship networks influence nutrition and physical activity behaviors and weight gain in the transition to college life. (biomedcentral.com)
  • The study followed the students, collecting new data at 1, 5, and 11 years after their high school graduation to better understand what experiences and influences helped prepare them for careers and life after high school. (air.org)
  • Using weekly diary data from a sample of 140 African American and Latinx college students, the current study examined associations between reports of racial microaggressions across 4 weeks and reports of sleep health (i.e., sleep onset latency, sleep quality, total sleep time). (ncfr.org)
  • This project involves secondary analysis of data from a large-scale longitudinal, field experiment in Chicago. (umich.edu)
  • most important, we will collect self-report data on specific social cognitions related to weapon carrying and weapon use, as these weapon-related social cognitions were not available in our earlier study. (umich.edu)
  • The fourth wave of interviews expanded the collection of biological data in Add Health to understand the social, behavioral, and biological linkages in health trajectories as the Add Health cohort ages through adulthood. (thearda.com)
  • Design A cross-sectional analysis of data collected as part of the Canadian Health Measures Survey (2007-2009). (bmj.com)
  • Intimate partner abuse (IPA) is a public health crisis that disproportionately impacts indigenous women. (bvsalud.org)
  • Together, these studies offer specific insights about neurodevelopmental disorders across the life course, and the impacts on families. (wisc.edu)
  • Pilot study to assess the feasibility of revitalizing Project Talent after 30 years of non-contact. (air.org)
  • This was a two-phase study that included development of YEMAS and a feasibility pilot with Latino adolescent females. (jmir.org)
  • Feasibility was established with Latina adolescents (N=24), who responded to four surveys daily for two two-week periods (four weeks total). (jmir.org)
  • Study risk of bias was assessed using the Effective Public Health Practice Project tool. (bmj.com)
  • In the fields of public health and social epidemiology, Robert Putnam's definition of social capital has been widely utilised [ 6 ]. (springer.com)
  • American Journal of Public Health, 102 (5), 836-843. (springer.com)
  • In this episode of the Population Healthy podcast, we'll speak with two University of Michigan School of Public Health researchers who are leading efforts to provide evidence-based strategies to promote school safety. (umich.edu)
  • We'll learn what encompasses school safety, who it involves, and how the National Center for School Safety-housed within Michigan Public Health-provides resources and information to school communities. (umich.edu)
  • Hello and welcome to Population Healthy, a podcast from the University of Michigan School of Public Health. (umich.edu)
  • Zimmerman is the Marshall H. Becker Collegiate Professor of Public Health at the University of Michigan School of Public Health and the co-director of the University of Michigan's Institute for Firearm Injury Prevention. (umich.edu)
  • Gun violence in the United States is a serious public health concern. (umich.edu)
  • The study was funded by NIMHD and is a collaboration by researchers from NIMHD, Tulane School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Uniformed Services University, TALV Corp, and National Urban League. (nih.gov)
  • Although whether IAD is a mental disorder per se is still controversial, the public health and social issues related to IAD are clear and the neural correlates of IAD have begun to be explored ( D'Hondt and Maurage, 2015 ). (frontiersin.org)
  • Our projects span multiple focus areas in clinical and health psychology, engineering, nursing, and public health - these include topics such as Insomnia, Addiction Treatment, HIV Care Engagement, Cancer Survivorship, Mood and Anxiety, and Global Health. (virginia.edu)
  • Public Health, 97(8):1401-1402. (who.int)
  • Am J Public Health, Community Health, 56(1):66-71. (who.int)
  • Romantic opportunities appear to influence women's sexual identities - but not men's, suggests a new study that will be presented at the 110th Annual Meeting of the American Sociological Association (ASA). (sexualdiversity.org)
  • This indicates that women's sexuality may be more flexible and adaptive than men's," said study author Elizabeth Aura McClintock, an assistant professor of sociology at the University of Notre Dame. (sexualdiversity.org)
  • Perceived racism in relation to weight change in the black women's health study. (springer.com)
  • The study in- volved 1070 adolescents selected from 35 schools using a multistage cluster sampling method. (who.int)
  • and 5 types of household challenges (growing up in a household where there is intimate partner violence (IPV), an incarcerated household member, adult substance misuse, adult mental health problems, or divorce/separation). (cdc.gov)
  • Thus, "individual differences in child neuropsychological health initiate a cumulative process of person X environment interactions, culminating in a pathological adult antisocial personality structure [cumulative continuity]. (inquiriesjournal.com)
  • When rigorous demonstrations of efficacy do not exist, the next best approach would be to recommend both instructional practices consistent with available evidence on adult literacy and rigorous efficacy studies to confirm these recommendations. (nationalacademies.org)
  • Few studies of adult literacy focus on the development of reading and writing skills. (nationalacademies.org)
  • 1956). The anatomical approach to the study breast cancer in young adult women. (who.int)
  • This includes longitudinal studies of associations between these two clinical phenomena, as well as laboratory-based studies of co-occurrence. (buffalo.edu)
  • Owing to the cross-sectional study design, conclusions regarding causality and the directionality of the associations could not be made. (bmj.com)
  • In addition to the above, there has been one prospective study that has used a cluster randomization design. (child-encyclopedia.com)
  • A prospective study of smoking and risk of (2007). (who.int)
  • Families can help mitigate the effects of negative economic and social conditions on adolescent aggressive behavior. (cdc.gov)
  • Through keynote presentations and discussion panels, researchers who concentrate on the social determinants of health (SDOH) and their influence on SUD and scientists knowledgeable on the effects of racial discrimination on biology relevant to addiction provided feedback that will inform NIDA's efforts to promote racial equity. (nih.gov)
  • It is a unique reality poorly studied from a social psychological perspective. (mdpi.com)
  • Social capital is a collective attribute of communities that determines health and well-being of populations. (springer.com)
  • Additionally, these two dimensions of social capital were hypothesized to moderate the relationships between chronic health conditions and these two aspects of health status. (springer.com)
  • However, none of the social capital variables significantly predicted physical health status. (springer.com)
  • Specifically, community participation (structural social capital) is indispensable to develop an effective community-based program to improve health and well-being of those with chronic health conditions or disabilities, as increasing active participation may generate beneficial effects in this vulnerable population. (springer.com)
  • Social capital is an important determinant of health and overall well-being [ 4 ]. (springer.com)
  • Rather, social context and romantic experience might influence how they perceive and label their sexual identity. (sexualdiversity.org)
  • Journal of Health and Social Behavior, 52 (3), 365-382. (springer.com)
  • Social stress and mental health in the southern black belt. (springer.com)
  • Journal of Health and Social Behavior, 36, 274-284. (springer.com)
  • Join us as we dig into important health topics, stuff that affects the health of all of us at a population level, from the microscopic to the macroeconomic, the social to the environmental, from cities to neighborhoods, states to countries, and around the world. (umich.edu)
  • Accumulation of economic hardship and health during the COVID-19 pandemic: Social causation or selection? (mcmaster.ca)
  • Urban Girls: Resisting Stereotypes, Creating Identities (1996) Variation in Adolescent Pregnancy Status: A National Tri-Ethnic Study. (wikipedia.org)
  • A growing body of literature demonstrates important negative health effects from racial microaggressions for racial/ethnic minorities. (springer.com)
  • He is a mentor to numerous individuals across the country and at Stanford, from university undergraduates to mid-career faculty and clinical administrators at academic institutions and health care systems nationwide. (stanford.edu)
  • Increases in family communication were significantly associated with reduced depression, anxiety, and stress only for male adolescents, while increased family satisfaction was significantly associated with reduced depression, anxiety, and stress for female adolescents and with decreased depression and stress for male adolescents. (frontiersin.org)
  • At the same time, these risk exposures significantly increased the odds of both externalising and internalising diagnoses, over and above the influence of maternal depression. (cambridge.org)
  • The Add Health cohort has been followed into young adulthood with four in-home interviews, the most recent in 2008, when the sample was aged 24-32. (thearda.com)
  • Specifically, the decision of whether or not to breastfeed is related to socioeconomic status (SES), maternal mental health, education, attachment history and nurturance. (child-encyclopedia.com)
  • 2005) Contextual Processes of Romantic Relationships: Plausible Explanations for Gender and Race Effects. (wikipedia.org)
  • However, less is known about the role of cultural processes within the family that may mitigate the effects of racial microaggressions on sleep health. (ncfr.org)
  • Aligned with the overall NIH efforts to address this important issue, in June 2020, the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) formed its Racial Equity Initiative (the Initiative or REI). (nih.gov)
  • The study found that smoking bans in schools were associated with lower odds ratios of daily smoking, which was the one positive association in the study. (who.int)
  • This should be confirmed by studies that examine whether mandatory bans are more rigorously implemented than voluntary bans. (who.int)
  • These new features of contemporary societies have been interpreted mainly as consequences of a profound cultural change, with the emergence of new ideas and values that influence people's choices. (springeropen.com)
  • I also study the measurement and evaluation of negative consequences resulting from heavy drinking or problem cannabis use in college students. (buffalo.edu)
  • Adolescent females send and receive more text messages than any others, with an average of 4050 texts a month. (jmir.org)