• In particular, ethnic minorities - including indigenous and Afro-Colombian communities - in former conflict zones are paying a heavy price for years of marginalization. (wfp.org)
  • In some high-income countries, racial and ethnic minorities recorded higher infection and death rates caused by COVID-19. (who.int)
  • Populations composed of racial/ethnic minorities, disabled persons, and people with low socioeconomic status have worse health than their counterparts. (cdc.gov)
  • For each phase, we describe specific methodological steps and resources and provide examples from research on racial/ethnic minorities, disabled persons, and those with low socioeconomic status. (cdc.gov)
  • Many ethnic minorities live in larger population centers, such as London and Birmingham, where there are higher rates of the disease. (upi.com)
  • We prioritize issues affecting vulnerable populations, especially those that are likely to have difficulty vindicating their rights through the political process or in the courts, such as the poor, racial, ethnic and religious minorities, prisoners, immigrants, and children. (hrw.org)
  • She has assessed disparities in the effects of COVID-19 among racial/ethnic minorities and other vulnerable groups within VA. This research provided early signals to VA leadership about the devastating impact of the coronavirus 2019 pandemic on racial/ethnic minority Veteran groups. (va.gov)
  • Her approaches demonstrate how social determinants of health among racial-ethnic minorities in VA can undermine even our best models of care. (va.gov)
  • The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic is disproportionally affecting racial and ethnic minorities. (researchgate.net)
  • Our finding of lower medical vulnerability of racial/ethnic minorities compared with the white subgroup, despite controlling for income and insurance status, was unexpected," the study said. (cbsnews.com)
  • It is also inconsistent with research showing higher rates of Covid-19 morbidity and mortality and other chronic illnesses among racial/ethnic minorities, specific to one age group. (cbsnews.com)
  • Depression is one of the most prevalent mental disorders among older adults, including ethnic and racial minorities, and is a leading cause of disease burden and disability in the US and abroad. (psychiatrictimes.com)
  • Considerable evidence exists that older US racial and ethnic minorities experience significant mental health disparities in depression burden and access to quality mental health treatment. (psychiatrictimes.com)
  • Those populations include adolescents, racial/ethnic minorities, immigrants, people impacted by the criminal justice system, people who use substances, and sexual and gender minorities. (positivelyaware.com)
  • But this still leaves 180 off-grid villages, many of which are home to Cambodia's most vulnerable populations- indigenous peoples and ethnic minorities, women, girls, children, youth, people living with disabilities, older persons, and displaced populations. (undp.org)
  • Among cases with race/ethnicity reported, 87% occurred among racial or ethnic minorities. (cdc.gov)
  • Although low immunization coverage among preschoolers has been attributed to difficulties in reaching certain groups, such as the urban poor and racial and ethnic minorities, more recent evaluations suggest that the health-care delivery system itself bears much of the responsibility. (cdc.gov)
  • These groups include the urban poor and racial and ethnic minorities. (cdc.gov)
  • I believe that a genuine resolution for decades of armed and ethnic struggle can only come if the neglected minorities, such as Rohingyas, are fully integrated in the process of dialogue. (transconflict.com)
  • Marginalized populations that share intersecting identities, such as women and girls, youth, and ethnic and religious minorities, are especially vulnerable to the health, rights and security, economic, and broader governance implications of the crisis. (asiafoundation.org)
  • Dental care among children has increased over the past decade, and racial/ethnic disparities have narrowed for some groups. (cdc.gov)
  • We measured changes in racial/ethnic disparities in annual dental care for children and adolescents aged 2 to 17 years and conducted multivariate analysis to study factors associated with changes in disparities over time. (cdc.gov)
  • We used Medical Expenditure Panel Survey data to obtain crude prevalence estimates of dental care use and calculated absolute disparities and changes in disparities for 3 racial/ethnic groups of children and adolescents compared with non-Hispanic white children and adolescents relative to fixed points in time (2001 and 2016). (cdc.gov)
  • Racial and ethnic disparities in children's oral health and their access to dental care have been well documented (1-3). (cdc.gov)
  • Studies have shown an increase in use and some narrowing of racial/ethnic disparities among children and adolescents aged 2 to 17 years, but disparities relative to non-Hispanic white children persist by family income and insurance status (4-7). (cdc.gov)
  • In this study from Arkansas, USA, a state with TB incidence below the national average of 2.4 cases/100,000 population, we quantify the racial/ethnic disparities in TB incidence at the population level using detailed racial/ethnic categorizations that have not been widely used in previous TB studies in Arkansas ( 15 - 17 ). (cdc.gov)
  • These include intersectional stigmas of HIV, homophobia and transphobia, as well as gender, ethnic and racial disparities and inequalities. (iasociety.org)
  • Publicly available data on racial and ethnic disparities related to coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) are now surfacing, and these data suggest that the novel virus has disproportionately sickened Hispanic communities in the United States. (cdc.gov)
  • Although evidence-based behavioral interventions (EBIs) that prevent disease and disability exist, they are not being implemented broadly, especially in vulnerable communities experiencing disparities (1). (cdc.gov)
  • and people experiencing racial/ethnic health disparities. (legalnews.com)
  • Over her career, Dr. Washington has worked to advance research methods so that VA can better discern what multilevel factors drive racial-ethnic disparities in quality and mortality by integrating residential characteristics (e.g., poverty) and organizational factors (e.g., how their local VA care was structured, staffed, and managed) into models capable of identifying where the variation actually occurred. (va.gov)
  • Targeted workplace interventions and prevention efforts that are appropriately tailored to the groups most affected by COVID-19 are critical to reducing both COVID-19-associated occupational risk and health disparities among vulnerable populations. (cdc.gov)
  • [5] Ling, I., Del Rosario, M., & Gross, C. P. The COVID-19 Pandemic and Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Estimated Excess Mortality from External Causes . (medicareadvocacy.org)
  • [6] Chen, R., Aschmann, H. E., & Chen, Y.-H. Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Estimated Excess Mortality from External Causes in the US, March to December 2020 . (medicareadvocacy.org)
  • The risks for sputum smear-positive pulmonary TB and extrapulmonary TB were both significantly higher for racial/ethnic minority groups. (cdc.gov)
  • For decades, thousands of Rohingya, an ethnic and religious minority from Myanmar, have sought refuge in Bangladesh. (doctorswithoutborders.org)
  • Such populations include racial/ethnic minority groups, people with low socioeconomic status (SES), women, older adults, people with a mental health condition, and people with physical or intellectual disabilities. (cdc.gov)
  • The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) examined the impact of COVID-19 on people from racial and ethnic minority groups and identified several factors that may contribute to increased risk for COVID-19 severity and death, including discrimination within the health care system, disproportionate representation of racial and ethnic minorities in higher-risk essential work settings, wealth disparities, and housing. (deloitte.com)
  • The Roma population is the second largest minority in Romania (after the Hungarian ethnic group). (salvaticopiii.ro)
  • The IFS said that though the elderly have higher death rates with COVID-19 , most minority communities in Britain are younger than the overall population, "which should make them less vulnerable. (upi.com)
  • Minority groups, meanwhile, are more economically vulnerable, meaning they're more likely to be exposed to the virus in the labor market. (upi.com)
  • We monitor and track Our collective impact, and Community Advisory Board helps guide the initiative for racial and ethnic minority, rural, and socially vulnerable populations as we work to transform the science of community engagement. (aamc.org)
  • She has devoted her career to addressing the healthcare needs of vulnerable and underserved populations, particularly racial/ethnic minority and women Veterans. (va.gov)
  • With an increase from 6% in 2006 to 18% in 2050, they will account for the largest racial/ethnic minority group over age 65 by 2028. (psychiatrictimes.com)
  • The study attempts to explore the pandemic's full, societal-level impact on mortality for racial and ethnic minority populations. (medicareadvocacy.org)
  • The authors emphasize the importance of addressing structural determinants of violence, substance abuse, and transportation deaths among racial and ethnic minority groups. (medicareadvocacy.org)
  • Burma has a rich ethnic minority population which account for roughly 30% of the total Burmese population. (transconflict.com)
  • tion, particularly among young people, racial and ethnic minority populations, people who lack health insurance, and people with comorbidities. (cdc.gov)
  • In the UK, so-called Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic (BAME) communities make up 13% of the population, but 35% of COVID-19 related hospitalizations. (lu.se)
  • The work under this strategic objective focuses on prevention, early detection, diagnosis, treatment, control, elimination and eradication measures to combat communicable diseases that disproportionately affect poor and marginalized populations. (who.int)
  • Allowing the consequences to fall disproportionately on the most vulnerable will breed more conflict, food insecurity, forced displacement, and zoonotic disease-with severe implications for all countries and communities. (degruyter.com)
  • We focus on individual-level behavioral interventions because these play a central role in preventing and managing many prominent health problems that disproportionately affect vulnerable populations (6). (cdc.gov)
  • Additionally, Black/African American (hereafter referred to as Black) and Hispanic/Latino communities are disproportionately affected by HIV compared with other racial/ethnic groups. (cdc.gov)
  • Targeted groups include high-risk populations, such as black and Hispanic adolescents and adults, premenopausal women, and low-income pregnant women. (cdc.gov)
  • However, the vaccination coverage in the target population of adolescents before their initial sexual contact since the implementation of vaccine in the larger population, with percentages below 80% among adolescents in specific territories. (bvsalud.org)
  • The Cholanaikkans are an ethnic group or indigenous community from India. (wikipedia.org)
  • The Rohyngas in Rakhine define themselves as an indigenous Burmese ethnic group descended from Arab merchants which settled from the 8th century in Southern Eastern Asian Colonies. (transconflict.com)
  • Indigenous, Afro-descendant, Roma and other ethnic populations are no strangers to these processes and have created their own medical and therapeutic systems that respond to their history, context, region and ways of seeing themselves in the world. (bvsalud.org)
  • Primary Health Care (PHC) has been assumed by part of the indigenous, Afro-descendant, Roma and other ethnic populations of the countries of the Region as a strategy for the development of their traditional medicines (See https://www3.paho.org/english/dd/pin/alma-ata_declaration.htm ). (bvsalud.org)
  • Findings from many studies show the highest use among non-Hispanic white populations and the lowest use among Hispanic and non-Hispanic black populations. (cdc.gov)
  • Leveraging resources, including community health workers, from an existing chronic disease prevention program is a promising strategy to reach Hispanic populations during these unprecedented times. (cdc.gov)
  • We discuss why Hispanic communities are highly vulnerable to COVID-19 and how adaptations were made to existing infrastructure for Penn State Project ECHO (Extension for Community Healthcare Outcomes) and Better Together REACH (a community-academic coalition using grant funds from Racial and Ethnic Approaches to Community Health) to address these needs. (cdc.gov)
  • In 2018, Better Together, a community-academic coalition led by Penn State College of Medicine, received a Racial and Ethnic Approaches to Community Health (REACH) award from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to reduce the high incidence of chronic diseases among Hispanic people in both Lebanon and Reading (3). (cdc.gov)
  • The Pew Research Center recently found that about two-thirds (65%) of Hispanic adults say the novel coronavirus is a major threat to the health of the US population as a whole, compared with less than half (47%) of the general public (4). (cdc.gov)
  • The objective of this commentary is to discuss why Hispanic communities seem to be highly vulnerable to COVID-19, summarize the Better Together REACH initiatives, discuss how Better Together REACH has adapted program offerings to support COVID-19 pandemic efforts for the Hispanic community, and consider steps that might be taken to replicate these efforts across the country. (cdc.gov)
  • In the United States, data show African American, Hispanic, and Native American populations are overrepresented among COVID-19 cases and deaths. (researchgate.net)
  • And despite likely underreporting due to stigma, fear, and a lack of access, Hispanic populations represent a similarly disproportionate burden of COVID-19 cases. (senate.gov)
  • However, the epidemiology of TB in low-incidence countries is characterized by concentration of the TB burden, sometimes as high as in high-burden countries, among socially and historically marginalized populations ( 7 , 8 ). (cdc.gov)
  • 4 As with younger adults, the course of depression in older populations is marked by exacerbations, remissions, and chronicity-60% of older adults who recover from a major depressive episode have a subsequent episode, and up to 40% of depressed older adults can experience relapse and chronicity. (psychiatrictimes.com)
  • African governments not only must prepare for significant population growth but also face more immediate concerns ranging from resource competition, climate change and pandemic disease to violent conflict and terrorism. (npr.org)
  • The researchers also note that discrimination against Black and American Indian or Alaska Native populations produced communities that were especially vulnerable to the consequences of the pandemic, such as unemployment, housing instability, and reduced access to health care. (medicareadvocacy.org)
  • The Asia Foundation's regional project, the South Asia Regional Project to Strengthen Community Resilience to Covid-19, supported by the European Commission, aims to address the immediate threats and long-term implications of the Covid-19 pandemic faced by the most vulnerable populations of Bangladesh, India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, and the Maldives. (asiafoundation.org)
  • Core courses include sociocultural perspectives on population health, environmental interventions and advanced health promotion program evaluation. (sc.edu)
  • Three-fourths of Mexico's population thinks that the health system needs fundamental changes.1 In response, the Ministry of Health (MOH) launched the Crusade for Healthcare Quality in 2001. (who.int)
  • Paired with a related major, the global health certificate prepares students to work in changing environments and with more diverse populations. (uwm.edu)
  • Some health issues remain isolated and contained to locations or populations, but health matters increasingly transcend geographic boundaries. (uwm.edu)
  • Our methods focus on how to incorporate adaptations so that programs fit new community contexts, meet the needs of individuals in health-disparity populations, capitalize on scientific evidence, and use and build community assets and resources. (cdc.gov)
  • A health-disparity population has significantly higher disease incidence, prevalence, morbidity, or mortality or poorer survival rates than the general population (1) and is generally associated with socioeconomic disadvantages (6). (cdc.gov)
  • We focus on the translation of behavioral interventions in community settings because many individuals in health-disparity populations have limited or no access to health care (6). (cdc.gov)
  • This 5 ½-year ICCTM Innovations Project was to expand the participation of three historically un/underserved Filipino American, Latino, and LGBTQ+ populations with mental illness lived experiences, and establish an interdisciplinary team approach that incorporated their voices and experiences as community-defined strategies/solutions to advancing health equity. (aamc.org)
  • A general internist and a core investigator with HSR&D's Center for the Study of Healthcare Innovation, Implementation, and Policy ( CSHIIP ) in Los Angeles, CA, Dr. Washington also leads the Health Equity QUERI Center , which partners with VA's Office of Health Equity ( OHE ) in using a population health approach to examine health, healthcare quality, experiences, and outcomes of vulnerable Veteran populations across the VA healthcare system. (va.gov)
  • To succeed in combatting COVID-19, and lay the groundwork to address underlying social determinants of health, Durbin called on the CDC to immediately fund state and local public health efforts to train residents and local leaders to build a community health workforce that can better reach vulnerable populations. (senate.gov)
  • As communities work to scale up public health testing, contact tracing, education, and intervention efforts, the unacceptable racial and ethnic inequalities in health outcomes must be a primary focus. (senate.gov)
  • What can bridge the gaps with those populations, provided people have access to it, is technology, and presenters shared different ways tech can meet people where they're at to provide sexual health information. (positivelyaware.com)
  • The Colorado Trust is a foundation dedicated to achieving health equity-ending inequalities that affect racial, ethnic, low-income and other vulnerable populations, so that everyone can achieve good health. (coloradotrust.org)
  • A de-scriptive cross-sectional study was conducted with correla-tional analysis in light of the social determinants of health.The population consisted of 2,237 children registered in thebasic and complementary database of the epidemiologicalrecord of event 113 of the Public Health Surveillance. (bvsalud.org)
  • Background: The nutritional status of the school population serves to trace the quality of life of students, so its analysis helps, among other things, to design public policies related to health, childhood, and youth. (bvsalud.org)
  • In light of the broad scope and serious health effects posed by the obesity problem, new and potentially more potent interventions for reducing obesity and obesity-related behaviors are needed, especially in high-risk populations. (cdc.gov)
  • Although in most developing countries COVID-19 has not yet spread extensively, the lockdowns and economic fallouts are already having a major impact on their populations and fiscal health. (lu.se)
  • Research to identify the particulars in each territory are important for HPV prevention, early detection of precursor lesions and actions in health promotion as continuing education for professionals and health education in the self-care of the population in general and the vulnerable 3,4 . (bvsalud.org)
  • Understanding the factors that affect the HPV vaccination decision-making is critical if health promotion interventions are to be developed and address doubts, myths and fears of acceptance in population groups least likely to receive the HPV vaccine 9,10 . (bvsalud.org)
  • In 2006, PAHO issued Resolution CD47.R18, which urges Member States, among other things, to incorporate the ethnic perspective in the achievement of the Millennium Development Goals and the intercultural approach in the Region's national health systems as part of the primary health care strategy (See https://iris.paho.org/handle/10665.2/366 ). (bvsalud.org)
  • to serve as a reference for all countries seeking to strengthen their health care systems, bringing health care closer to people living in urban and rural areas, regardless of their gender, age, ethnic group, social status or religion" (See https://iris.paho.org/handle/10665.2/31083 ). (bvsalud.org)
  • In a densely populated country in which strong competition over work, living space, and resources is inevitable at a local level, the stateless Rohingya are left highly vulnerable. (doctorswithoutborders.org)
  • 1 case/100,000 population), current TB interventions should be adapted to unique local challenges focusing on populations at increased risk for TB as suggested by WHO's action framework for TB elimination in low-incidence countries ( 7 , 8 ). (cdc.gov)
  • As he introduced a session at the International AIDS Society's conference in Brisbane, Australia, ( IAS 2023 ), Elwin Wu, co-director of the Social Intervention Group and the HIV Intervention Science Training Program for Underrepresented New Investigators at Columbia University, urged colleagues to "elevate voices without imposing a white Eurocentric POV," and to "decolonize scientific methods," when developing interventions for vulnerable populations. (positivelyaware.com)
  • With those goals in mind, several presenters showed how tech-based interventions could help vulnerable populations prevent HIV and other sexually-transmitted infections. (positivelyaware.com)
  • The continent hosts 54 countries with over 1.2 billion people from more than 800 ethnic groups speaking as many as 2,000 languages. (npr.org)
  • WFP's activities in Colombia are concentrating on the most vulnerable populations, which include victims of violence, marginalized communities and ethnic groups. (wfp.org)
  • According to Jewish groups, the Jewish population in Crimea was approximately 10,000 to 15,000, with most living in Simferopol. (state.gov)
  • Drawing from 2 existing models, we describe 7 methodological phases in the process of translating and implementing EBIs in communities to reach these vulnerable groups: establish infrastructure for translation partnership, identify multiple inputs (information gathering), review and distill information (synthesis), adapt and integrate program components (translation), build general and specific capacity (support system), implement intervention (delivery system), and develop appropriate designs and measures (evaluation). (cdc.gov)
  • Under the program, trained outreach specialists connect with members of COVID-19-vulnerable population groups to provide guidance for healthy coping. (legalnews.com)
  • The Indian, black Caribbean and 'other white' ethnic groups also have excess fatalities, with the white Irish group the only one to have fewer fatalities than white British. (upi.com)
  • Low immunization coverage has been attributed to difficulties in reaching certain groups in the population. (cdc.gov)
  • Myanmar's (also known as Burma) Rohingya population is one of the most vulnerable ethnic groups in the world today. (transconflict.com)
  • Despite the ongoing democracy reforms, the meetings to promote dialogues with ethnic armed groups and the nationwide ceasefire, Myanmar's for peaceful transition is, at best, incomplete. (transconflict.com)
  • Moreover, a quarter of the world's population is latently infected with Mycobacterium tuberculosis , which puts them at a 5%-10% lifetime risk of developing active disease ( 2 - 4 ). (cdc.gov)
  • Africa will soon be home to a quarter of the world's population. (npr.org)
  • I work in a multi-professional team for assessment and intervention for preschool children in one of Gothenburg's most multi-ethnic and socio-economically disadvantaged areas. (gu.se)
  • As people of colour disproportionally belong to socio-economically poor and vulnerable communities, the COVID-19 lockdowns and layoffs are disproportionally impacting people of colour. (lu.se)
  • Large differences between the original EBI context and disparity communities in populations, settings, and available resources often require substantial adaptations. (cdc.gov)
  • The memorandum also committed both organizations to "enhance our collective response to vulnerable populations to help preserve and promote pluralism in the Middle East" through assistance to a number of communities hit hard by IS, including Yazidis, Christians, Shi'a Muslims, and other ethnic and religious communities. (catholicnewsagency.com)
  • Conflict and ethnic rivalry in the horn of Africa during the 1970s caused massive migrations of persecuted and vulnerable communities to neighbouring countries. (who.int)
  • This is critical when substance use disorders have become increasingly prevalent among our state's most vulnerable communities. (ebar.com)
  • Estimating influenza disease burden from population-based surveillance data in the United States. (cdc.gov)
  • They are categorised as a Particularly Vulnerable Tribal Group by the Government of India. (wikipedia.org)
  • Objetivo: analizar los factores asociados a la desnutrición aguda en niños menores de cinco años en el Valle del Cauca entre 2016 y 2019. (bvsalud.org)
  • Advance research that addresses the challenges and opportunities of implementing novel prevention and treatment modalities, including long-acting technologies, in different populations and contexts. (iasociety.org)
  • Black individuals, furthermore, had the highest estimated excess homicide deaths per capita (6.7 per 100,000 population), which was more than double the rate of the next highest group (American Indian or Alaska Native individuals). (medicareadvocacy.org)
  • People can be defined as vulnerable when they lack the autonomy to make their own decisions or experience impairing conditions, which might constrain their physical and/or cognitive autonomy. (mdpi.com)
  • It is difficult to precisely assess the percentage of Roma people in Romania, when considering the nomadic Roma population and the fact that this population does not have identification documents. (salvaticopiii.ro)
  • 35 people from the majority population, who are members of the community and who live in the areas covered by the project, including people in vulnerable situations, in risk situations or facing various forms of social-economic exclusion will receive the same services as the Roma population. (salvaticopiii.ro)
  • With a population of 2,082,957 in 2018, more than 456,000 people living in Macedonia were experiencing poverty that year. (borgenproject.org)
  • As the population increases and people live longer than previous generations, a significant number of older people will need treatment for mental disorders. (psychiatrictimes.com)
  • Similar numbers are coming out of the US, where Black people make up 13 percent of the population, but 30% of COVID-19 patients. (lu.se)
  • Hispanics/Latino people represented 18.5% of the population, but 25% of PWH. (cdc.gov)
  • 20-year mortality among individuals with CHDs with general population estimates. (cdc.gov)
  • 20-year mortality for those with any CHD were similar to the general population. (cdc.gov)
  • Among individuals without noncardiac anomalies, those with nonsevere CHDs experienced mortality between 1 and 35 years of age, similar to the general population, and those with any CHD experienced mortality between 10 and 35 years of age, similar to the general population. (cdc.gov)
  • There are no official figures, but it is estimated there are around 1.4 million Rohingya in Rakhine - approximately half the state's total population - of which 800,000 reside in the three townships, making up 80% of the cities' total population. (transconflict.com)
  • AB 666 would also address the reality that California's behavioral workforce currently fails to reflect the linguistic, ethnic, and cultural backgrounds of the state's population, by providing grants to diversify the workforce and build a more culturally competent field. (ebar.com)
  • The fundamental concepts and complexity of pain include how pain is observed and assessed, collaborative approaches to treatment options, and application of pain competencies across the lifespan in the context of various settings, populations, and care-team models. (iasp-pain.org)
  • Factors affecting the adequate vaccination coverage in a given population are examined at different socio-territorial levels that include political, community, organization, interpersonal (parent-child relationship), and intrapersonal (professional) relations 10 . (bvsalud.org)
  • Inequity was also evident in the populations that proved most vulnerable to the various impacts of the virus, in Africa and globally. (who.int)
  • Since then, ethnic cleansing and human deportation against Rohingya has taken place. (transconflict.com)
  • Decreeing stateless status for the Rohingya ethnic group, the Citizens Law forms the legal basis for the continuing arbitrary violence against the Rohingya community. (transconflict.com)
  • With the Citizenship Law still in place, for example, the first national census after thirty years, expected in 2014, will further marginalize Rohingya population with respect to the 2015 election. (transconflict.com)
  • The prevalence of high-risk oncogenic HPV in specific territories and populations combine with the ethnic or racial differences that exist in our country 2-4 . (bvsalud.org)
  • Population-based surveillance for hospitalizations associated with respiratory syncytial virus, influenza virus, and parainfluenza viruses among young children. (cdc.gov)
  • The aim of the project was to investigate the prevalence of autism in young children in an immigrant population, studying risk factors and clinical characteristics of autism, including feeding problems. (gu.se)
  • Immunization of preschool-age children is intended to provide early protection to this most vulnerable group, and approximately 80% of the routine childhood vaccines are currently recommended to be administered by 15-18 months of age. (cdc.gov)
  • C.Vinod is the first one to graduate from this ethnic group. (wikipedia.org)
  • The European Council estimates that the Roma population represents between 6% and 12% of the total population in Romania, while the data published by the National Statistics Institute after the census in 2011 show that 3.08% of the population in Romania is represented by the Roma ethnic group. (salvaticopiii.ro)
  • If you're not sure, mentally replace the reference to aging or old with the equivalent reference to another vulnerable population, such as a religious or ethnic group. (beliefnet.com)
  • It is estimated that one out of three women, one out of four men, and one in ten youth will experience GBV in their lifetimes and they, Memiah noted, are vulnerable to both HIV and unwanted pregnancy. (positivelyaware.com)
  • Several organizations, both outside of Macedonia and within it, are providing poor Macedonian populations access to safe, legal housing. (borgenproject.org)
  • A major consequence of conflict is the frequent and substantial displacement of civilian populations. (who.int)
  • Translating EBIs into settings to reach these vulnerable individuals presents numerous unique issues. (cdc.gov)
  • The study does have some limitations, including the lack of information about Covid-19 in the 18-to-25 population, and a chance that it could underestimate the vulnerability rates for certain ethnic or racial subgroups of young adults due to the data source. (cbsnews.com)
  • Although numerous models of implementation processes are available, they are broad in scope, few offer specific methodological guidance, and few address the special issues in reaching vulnerable populations. (cdc.gov)
  • While denial of equal opportunities for all citizens to participate in the political life of their country is a concern in many OSCE countries, the ethnic restrictions in the constitution of Bosnia and Herzegovina which deny Bosnian citizens the right to run for certain political offices is perhaps the most blatant example of this problem among the OSCE participating States. (csce.gov)