• The study of development traditionally focused almost exclusively on the changes occurring from conception to adolescence and the gradual decline in old age. (wikipedia.org)
  • Since adolescence is a critical period in developing sound psychological and behavioural patterns and adolescent markers of SES were seldom used, we determine if family SES in adolescence predicts later mortality. (biomedcentral.com)
  • These findings underscore the roles of reserve capacity and school achievement during adolescence as likely causal or modifying factors in SES-health inequalities. (biomedcentral.com)
  • American Academy of Pediatrics, Committee on Adolescence and Society for Adolescent Health and Medicine. (txhealthsteps.com)
  • I use the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent Health, or Add Health, as an example of an integrative approach to health and of the importance of adolescence and the transition to adulthood years for setting health trajectories into adulthood. (dukeupress.edu)
  • Evidence is also presented on the linkages between health trajectories during adolescence and the transition to adulthood and social stratification in adulthood. (dukeupress.edu)
  • Prevalence and Stability of Sexual Orientation Components during Adolescence and Young Adulthood," Archives of Sexual Behavior , 2007. (str.org)
  • Journal of Youth and Adolescence, 46 (3), 603-632. (vcu.edu)
  • I didn't take the ruling too personally because I knew that my behavior in early adolescence hadn't given my father any reason to think me less trustworthy behind the wheel than my peers. (elinewberger.com)
  • Purpose Adolescence is a time of initiation of behaviors leading to noncommunicable diseases (NCDs). (unc.edu)
  • Methods Data on initiation of regular smoking during adolescence (10-19 years) and current adult smoking were obtained from the 1958 British Birth Cohort, the U.S. National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent Health (Add Health), the Pelotas 1982 Birth Cohort, and the Victorian Adolescent Health Cohort Study. (unc.edu)
  • Addictive behaviors often begin in adolescence and can involve substances or rewarding behaviors. (springer.com)
  • The Journal of Early Adolescence. (dah-journal.com)
  • A longitudinal study from adolescence to young adulthood. (adicciones.es)
  • 2002. "Academic and Health-Related Trajectories in Adolescence: The Intersection of Gender and Athletics. (albanica.al)
  • 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)
  • We know from past research that taking part in civic activities can help people feel more connected to others and help build stronger communities, but we wanted to know if civic engagement in adolescence could enhance people's health, education level and income as they become adults," said Parissa J. Ballard, Ph.D., assistant professor of family and community medicine at Wake Forest Baptist and principal investigator of the study. (scienceblog.com)
  • Journal of Early Adolescence , 37 (5), 662-676. (syr.edu)
  • 2019). Self-Injury in Adolescents . (txhealthsteps.com)
  • Additionally, 2.3 million 12- to 17-year-olds used alcohol for the first time in 2019, averaging approximately 6,200 adolescents who began using alcohol daily. (addictionhelp.com)
  • Behavioral Health Barometer (Vol. 5) (2019). (kidsdata.org)
  • 2019). The Journal of Pediatrics. (kidsdata.org)
  • 2019). The ASCA National Model: A framework for school counseling programs (4th ed. (springer.com)
  • IMPLEMENTATION: Authors systematically searched 8 major literature databases for all English language journal articles that assessed the effect of a law on health and economic outcomes published between January 1, 2009, and September 18, 2019. (cdc.gov)
  • A 2019 study found that more than 300 doctors die by suicide each year across the nation. (medscape.com)
  • In multivariate analysis, male sex, academic failure, poor family management, antisocial behaviour and addictive behaviour were the main predictors of adolescent smoking status. (who.int)
  • 2023. Adolescent predictors of deliberate self-harm thoughts and behavior among young adults: A longitudinal cross-national study . (uw.edu)
  • Because suicidal ideation is one of the most robust predictors of eventual suicidal behavior, understanding such ideation in youth, particularly among high-risk youth, is of paramount importance in developing responsive prevention efforts. (bsl.nl)
  • Comparing predictors of exclusive e-cigarette use with traditional tobacco use and dual use among adolescents. (springer.com)
  • 2023. Effects of cannabis legalization on adolescent cannabis use across 3 studies . (uw.edu)
  • 2023. Family, mental health, and placement outcomes of a low-cost preventive intervention for youth in foster care . (uw.edu)
  • 2023. Fostering Higher Education: Preliminary Findings from a small randomized pilot study . (uw.edu)
  • 2023. Health of young adults experiencing social marginalization and vulnerability: A cross-national longitudinal study . (uw.edu)
  • 2023. Mental health among homeless people . (uw.edu)
  • Aug. 24, 2023 Women with ME/CFS tend to have more symptoms and co-occurring conditions than men, according to initial results from the world's largest study of the disease. (sciencedaily.com)
  • A performance-based measure of peer influence susceptibility was examined as a moderator of the longitudinal association between peer norms and trajectories of adolescents' number of sexual intercourse partners. (ed.gov)
  • Susceptibility was examined as a moderator of the longitudinal association between perceptions of popular peers' number of sexual intercourse partners and trajectories of adolescents' own numbers of partners. (ed.gov)
  • High perceptions of the number of popular peers' sexual intercourse partners combined with high peer influence susceptibility predicted steeper longitudinal trajectories of adolescents' number of partners. (ed.gov)
  • National Institute of Justice and Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, "Extent, Nature, and Consequences of Intimate Partner Violence: Findings from the National Violence Against Women Survey. (breakthecycle.org)
  • Partner Violence Among Adolescents in Opposite-Sex Romantic Relationships: Findings From the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent Health. (breakthecycle.org)
  • The researchers that focused on sexual orientation published their findings in the reputable journal Archives of Sexual Behavior in 2007. (str.org)
  • These findings indicate that these genes may interact differently with environmental exposures and types of violent behavior. (cdc.gov)
  • The team's findings were based on 7 days which is shorter than similar studies conducted over 28 days. (sciencedaily.com)
  • Findings revealed unique developmental patterns: Perceived social status was associated with suicidal ideation, but only in adolescents, who showed greater risk for suicidal ideation if they viewed themselves as lower ranked in society and lower risk for suicidal ideation if they viewed themselves as higher ranked in society. (bsl.nl)
  • Conclusions -These findings suggest that injuries associated with fighting are a health risk among adolescent males. (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)
  • Those findings resulted in "Protecting Teens: Beyond Race, Income, and Family Structure," a paper co-authored by Mr. Blum and published in the December issue of the American Journal of Public Health. (edweek.org)
  • How can local health departments take current research findings and create programs that address these inequalities? (nlsinfo.org)
  • CONCLUSIONS: These findings provide a baseline for assessing national-level disparities in social determinants of health between people with HIV and the total U.S. population, and it can be used as a model to assess local disparities. (cdc.gov)
  • Innovation: Our community-engaged study incorporated perspectives of diverse groups of refugee women and adolescents in the Southeastern U.S. Findings from this study highlight lived experiences with SRH services and identify barriers to and facilitators of SRH services access and utilization. (bvsalud.org)
  • ABSTRACT A study in Monastir, Tunisia estimated the prevalence of smoking and analysed the determinants of tobacco use among adolescents aged 10-19 years. (who.int)
  • ABSTRACT The aims of this study were to evaluate possible relationships between trait anxiety, dental anxiety and the total number of decayed, missing and filled teeth (DMFT) index of patients attending a dental school clinic. (who.int)
  • The prevalence of smoking among adolescents in Monastir is high and requires targeted action. (who.int)
  • No population studies are available, so prevalence is not possible to ascertain. (plos.org)
  • The number of adolescents who are overweight has tripled since 1980 and the prevalence among younger children has more than doubled. (hhs.gov)
  • 14 Specific causes for the increase in prevalence of childhood obesity are not clear and establishing causality is difficult since longitudinal research in this area is limited. (hhs.gov)
  • Methods -Data from the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent Health were used to develop weighted estimates of injury prevalence and associations between injury and violence related behaviors. (bmj.com)
  • To evaluate the prevalence and hygiene habits of 13-19 years-old adolescent users of removable orthodontic appliances (ROA) and to determine hygiene methods for the appliances prescribed by dentists, in the city of Pelotas. (bvsalud.org)
  • The prevalence of infant, childhood and adolescent obesity is rising around the world. (who.int)
  • METHODS-- In 2007-2008, a sample of 241 sexually active adolescent females who were at high risk for pregnancy and STDs were recruited through two school-based clinics and two community clinics in Minneapolis and St. Paul. (cdc.gov)
  • Behavior Research Methods , 43 , 814-825. (springer.com)
  • In this study, we use propensity score methods to estimate the causal effect of early sexual initiation on young adult sexual risk behaviors and health outcomes using data from the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent to Adult Health. (syr.edu)
  • A mixed-methods study to identify factors associated with MenACWY vaccine uptake, barriers and motivations towards vaccination among undergraduate students. (cdc.gov)
  • Studies have investigated the efficacy of diverse hygiene methods to control the presence of microorganism in removable acrylic appliances 5-9 . (bvsalud.org)
  • Moreover, studies assessing the hygiene methods used by children to clean their ROA are inexistent. (bvsalud.org)
  • The team conducting the systematic review was a multidisciplinary team that included health economists and public health policy researchers, as well as public health lawyers with expertise in legal epidemiological research methods. (cdc.gov)
  • The authors identified and assessed the types of methods used to measure the laws' health impact. (cdc.gov)
  • EVALUATION: In this review, the authors examine how legal epidemiological research methods have been described in the literature as well as trends among the studies. (cdc.gov)
  • Methods: We conducted in-person, in-depth semi-structured interviews with 26 female refugee adolescents and adults from Burma, Bhutan or Nepal, and the Democratic Republic of Congo living in Georgia. (bvsalud.org)
  • Department of Health and Human Services and Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for Injury Prevention and Control, "Costs of Intimate Partner Violence Against Women in the United States," March 2003. (breakthecycle.org)
  • DOCUMENTATION FILE ONLY ACKNOWLEDGEMENT U.S. Department of Health and Human Resources Public Health Service Centers for Disease Control National Center for Health Statistics Hyattsville, Maryland July 1990 DHHS Publication No. (PHS) 90-1213 National Center for Health Statistics Manning Feinleib, M.D., Dr. P.H., Director Robert A. Israel, Deputy Director Jacob J. Feldman, Ph.D., Assoc. Director for Analysis and Epidemiology Gail F. Fisher, Ph.D., Assoc. Dir. (cdc.gov)
  • 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)
  • Obesity can affect a child's immediate health, educational attainment and quality of life. (who.int)
  • World Health Organization, Department of Injuries and Violence Prevention, "Violence Against Women: A Priority Health Issue. (breakthecycle.org)
  • In 2017, CDC conducted an analysis of state laws and regulations related to health education and specific to school-based sexual health education, HIV prevention education, and STD prevention education in the U.S. The purpose of this analysis was to identify the landscape in which SEAs and LEAs must operate when developing and implementing curricula and programs related to sexual health education, HIV prevention education, and STD prevention education. (cdc.gov)
  • Laws were included if they had at least one characteristic related to school-based curricula or classroom-based instruction on sexual health or HIV and STD prevention education. (cdc.gov)
  • Forty-four states and the District of Columbia were identified to have at least one law that addressed school-based sexual health, HIV prevention, and/or STD prevention education. (cdc.gov)
  • The goal of this module is to equip Texas Health Steps providers and other health-care professionals to recognize the manifestations and impact of interpersonal youth violence and employ best practices for screening, counseling and prevention. (txhealthsteps.com)
  • Preventing E-cigarette use among high-risk adolescents: A trauma-informed prevention approach. (vcu.edu)
  • This study examines whether sexually transmitted infection prevention knowledge predicts the acquisition of biologically confirmed sexually transmitted infections among African-American adolescent females. (nyu.edu)
  • A total of 715 females were recruited from public health clinics in Atlanta, Georgia, and using audio computer-assisted self-interview technology, we assessed for demographics, sexually transmitted infection prevention knowledge, risky sexual behaviors, and sexually transmitted infections. (nyu.edu)
  • After controlling for demographics and prior risky sexual behaviors, participants with high prevention knowledge were 0.09 times less likely to report sexually transmitted infections, and those with multiple sexual partners were 1.3 times more likely to report sexually transmitted infections. (nyu.edu)
  • Voisin, DR, Tan, K & Diclemente, RJ 2013, ' A longitudinal examination of sexually transmitted infection/HIV prevention knowledge and sexually transmitted infections among African-American adolescent females ', Journal of health psychology , vol. 18, no. 12, pp. 1582-1587. (nyu.edu)
  • Effective interventions for the prevention and treatment of child and adolescent obesity play an important role in reducing the global health and economic burden of non-communicable diseases. (researchgate.net)
  • The prevention of mental illness and the promotion of positive mental health have been identified as key priorities in Canada and worldwide. (canada.ca)
  • Already in the 1 ½ years under her leadership, she has helped UAB invest over $100,000 in suicide prevention and mental health awareness efforts. (uab.edu)
  • Dating Violence Against Adolescent Girls and Associated Substance Use, Unhealthy Weight Control, Sexual Risk Behavior, Pregnancy, and Suicidality. (breakthecycle.org)
  • According to the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMSHA), 15% began using alcohol before they were 13. (addictionhelp.com)
  • The roles of child maltreatment and fathers in the development of substance use in an at-risk sample of youth: A longitudinal study. (vcu.edu)
  • Evaluation of yoga for preventing adolescent substance use risk factors in a middle school setting: A preliminary group-randomized controlled trial. (vcu.edu)
  • Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration. (kidsdata.org)
  • One prominent substance-based addictive behavior among adolescents is vaping, while internet gaming represents a prominent behavioral addiction among this age group. (springer.com)
  • 2017) "Internet gambling in relation to Internet addiction, substance use, online sexual engagement and suicidality in a Greek sample," International gambling studies, 17(1), pp. 20-29. (dah-journal.com)
  • The research team found that volunteering and voting also were favorably associated with subsequent mental health and health behaviors, such as a fewer symptoms of depression and lower risk for negative health behaviors including substance use. (scienceblog.com)
  • Footnote 8 Footnote 9 Among youth in the United States, positive mental health outcomes have been found to be associated with a more positive self-concept, closer interpersonal relationships, stronger sense of school connectedness, higher self-reported physical health and fewer conduct problems (e.g. substance use, truancy, being arrested). (canada.ca)
  • Although they too had a much greater chance of obtaining a higher level of education and personal income, they also were involved in more risky behaviors six years later, Ballard said. (scienceblog.com)
  • We cannot make predictions with any degree of accuracy [about youths' risky behaviors] based on the color of their skin or size of their parents' bank account," said Dr. Robert W. Blum, a professor of pediatrics at the University of Minnesota and the lead investigator for the federally financed study. (edweek.org)
  • This work aims to assess the psychological impact of school bullying on adolescents. (scielo.br)
  • This study is about an exploratory clinical-qualitative research with multiple case studies of four teenagers, who had been victimized by bullying acts aged between 15 and 17 years old. (scielo.br)
  • Bullying behavior can also take indirect ways, as in the cases of social exclusion and isolation, or yet, it can occur on electronic channels, as cyberbullying ( Olweus, 2012 Olweus, D. (2012) Cyberbullying: An overrated phenomenon? (scielo.br)
  • Bullying and mental health amongst Australian children and young people with cystic fibrosis. (mcmaster.ca)
  • Do First Generation Immigrant Adolescents Face Higher Rates of Bullying, Violence and Suicidal Behaviours Than Do Third Generation and Native Born? (mcmaster.ca)
  • Relational responses to student behaviors are sensitive, individualized, and emphasize character strengths as a means of shifting the focus from the student's behavior to root causes of behavior. (ed.gov)
  • Addictive Behaviors, 90, 241-249. (vcu.edu)
  • Despite the fact that vaping and gaming initiation often occurs when youth are in school, research is limited with regard to school counselors' experience addressing these two potentially addictive behaviors. (springer.com)
  • Researchers have reported that high levels of technology and social media use are associated with depression and anxiety among adolescents and young adults (Huckins et al. (nbcc.org)
  • Risk factors and medical symptoms associated with electronic vapor product use among adolescents and young adults. (springer.com)
  • A longitudinal assessment of nicotine dependence, mental health, and attempts to quit smoking: Evidence from waves 1-4 of the population assessment of tobacco and health (PATH) study. (vcu.edu)
  • Risks identified to date include uptake by non-smokers, gateway effects, dangers associated with dual use, discouragement from smoking cessation, renormalising smoking, and allowing the tobacco industry to influence decision-making in public health (see Section 18.8 for a discussion of potential population-level risks and benefits). (tobaccoinaustralia.org.au)
  • Crucial to assessing the potential public health benefits of increasing use of e-cigarettes, then, is whether such use will increase or decrease the likelihood of a smoker eventually quitting tobacco. (tobaccoinaustralia.org.au)
  • Suicide is a serious global public health concern, especially among young people. (bsl.nl)
  • More molecular genetic research studies are needed to understand the pathophysiology of suicide and to reveal its relationship with gender. (jomh.org)
  • 11] Kułak-Bejda A, Bejda G, Lech M, Waszkiewicz N. Are lipids possible markers of suicide behaviors? (jomh.org)
  • I found that girls' risk of severe depression, thoughts of suicide, and suicide attempt increase the more their relationships diverge from what they imagined," said the study's author Brian Soller, an assistant professor of sociology and a senior fellow of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Center for Health Policy at the University of New Mexico. (parenthub.com.au)
  • Calls to improve availability of medical interventions have sometimes been made on the basis of reports of much increased levels of mental health problems, including suicide attempts, among youth with GD [ 7 , 8 ], and claims that the medical procedures referred to would improve mental health outcomes [ 6 , 9 ]. (plos.org)
  • 2004. "Suicide and Friendships among American Adolescents. (albanica.al)
  • The students in the nationally representative sample were asked about a range of behaviors, including whether they smoked, used drugs, drank alcohol, carried weapons, were sexually active, or had tried to commit suicide. (edweek.org)
  • Overweight and obesity in children are significant public health problems in the United States. (hhs.gov)
  • One disease of particular concern is Type 2 diabetes, which is linked to overweight and obesity and has increased dramatically in children and adolescents, particularly in American Indian, African American and Hispanic/Latino populations. (hhs.gov)
  • 11 Obesity in adulthood increases the risk of diabetes, high blood pressure, high cholesterol, asthma, arthritis, and a general poor health status. (hhs.gov)
  • I was uniquely positioned as a clinical provider and researcher on the multi-disciplinary team that developed the first comprehensive bariatric surgery program in the U.S. for adolescents with severe obesity. (cincinnatichildrens.org)
  • This ongoing work compares adolescents with severe obesity who underwent bariatric surgery to a control group who did not undergo bariatric surgery. (cincinnatichildrens.org)
  • The goals are to fill research gaps, highlight health risks, understand treatment barriers and address new opportunities for treating obesity in youth. (cincinnatichildrens.org)
  • 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)
  • Among the noncommunicable disease risk factors, obesity is particularly concerning and has the potential to negate many of the health benefits that have contributed to increased life expectancy. (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)
  • 1 Schools and other youth-serving organizations can help young people adopt lifelong attitudes and behaviors that support their health and well-being-including behaviors that reduce their risk for HIV, STDs, and pregnancy. (cdc.gov)
  • Evaluate a health-care provider's ethical responsibility to respond to an adolescent patient who is a perpetrator or victim of interpersonal youth violence. (txhealthsteps.com)
  • Youth development flourishes when education, public health, and school health collaborate on common goals aligned with a whole child approach to education. (ed.gov)
  • Using 2008-2013 Medicaid files, this retrospective cohort study was to evaluate the effect of Medicaid home and community-based services waiver programs on emergency department utilizations among youth with autism spectrum disorder. (rand.org)
  • The National Institute of Alcoholism and Alcohol Abuse (NIAAA) discovered that while underage youth drink less than adults overall, they consume much larger quantities than their adult counterparts in a single sitting. (addictionhelp.com)
  • Using data from the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth, we find that being interviewed in jail/prison does not increase the survey respondent's likelihood of being classified as black, and avoiding incarceration during the survey period does not increase a person's chances of being seen as white. (nlsinfo.org)
  • Logistic regression analysis of data from the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth and General Social Survey indicates that despite the addition of the color guide, the race of the interviewer matters for the assessment of respondent skin tone. (nlsinfo.org)
  • Using data from The National Longitudinal Survey of Youth, logistic regression analyses indicated that darker skin tone significantly increased the odds of suspension for African American adolescents. (nlsinfo.org)
  • All forms of child abuse (i.e., physical, sexual, emotional) and neglect have been associated with increased suicidal ideation and suicidal behavior in youth (Miller et al. (bsl.nl)
  • Alcohol use and risky sexual behavior among college students and youth: Evaluating the evidence. (adicciones.es)
  • 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)
  • 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)
  • For instance, positive mental health is associated with greater self-reported physical health, closer relationships and fewer conduct problems in youth. (canada.ca)
  • This study examined correlates of psychological and social well-being (PSWB) among youth in Grades 7-12/secondary I-V in Canada. (canada.ca)
  • In Chapter 3, I employ data from the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth 1979 and the 1970 U.S. Census of Population and Housing to estimate the likelihood that African American and White women who were raised in or near poverty but achieved middle-class status in adulthood will give birth to a low birthweight baby. (nlsinfo.org)
  • American Journal of Public Health 91 (2001) 1680. (breakthecycle.org)
  • International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. (uw.edu)
  • Handbook of Social Sciences and Global Public Health. (uw.edu)
  • among students who were currently sexually active, 35% had had four or more partners, and 39% had not used a condom at last intercourse.5 Clearly, risky sexual behaviors and resulting sexual health outcomes among adolescents pose major public health and health services concerns. (cdc.gov)
  • Los Angeles County Dept. of Public Health. (kidsdata.org)
  • Public health guidance includes recommendations to engage in strength-promoting exercise (SPE), but there is little evidence on its links with mortality. (edu.au)
  • Child maltreatment - another global public health concern, affecting an estimated one billion children in the past year (Hillis et al. (bsl.nl)
  • PLOS Global Public Health is a global forum for public health research that reaches across disciplines and regional boundaries to address some of the biggest health challenges and inequities facing our society today. (plos.org)
  • PLOS Glob Public Health 2(3): e0000245. (plos.org)
  • American Journal of Public Health 94: 89-95. (albanica.al)
  • Of great concern to public health experts is the growing body of research suggesting a possible relationship between e-cigarette use and the uptake and escalation of smoking among young people, particularly given evidence of increasing e-cigarette uptake among young never smokers. (tobaccoinaustralia.org.au)
  • As positive mental health promotion is a public health priority, examining its potential determinants is important. (canada.ca)
  • Footnote 1 Footnote 2 The Public Health Agency of Canada defines positive mental health as "the capacity of each and all of us to feel, think, and act in ways that enhance our ability to enjoy life and deal with the challenges we face. (canada.ca)
  • It's a significant public health problem, and the numbers are quite alarming. (drgiamarson.com)
  • However, our work suggested the tracking of adolescent weight and physical health outcomes alone may not sufficiently capture its relevance for public health issues of this patient age group, nor their potential long-term risks and medical needs as they age out of pediatrics and into adult primary care. (cincinnatichildrens.org)
  • CONTEXT: Public health policy can play an important role in improving public health outcomes. (cdc.gov)
  • Accordingly, there has been an increasing emphasis by policy makers on identifying and implementing evidence-informed public health policy interventions. (cdc.gov)
  • DISCUSSION: Through highlighting public health law research methodologies, this systematic review may inform researchers, practitioners, and lawmakers on how to better examine and understand the impacts of legal interventions on health and economic outcomes. (cdc.gov)
  • This document is provided by the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR) ONLY as an historical reference for the public health community. (cdc.gov)
  • In a study of pregnant teens and adult women, 20% of the teens and 17% of the adult women reported abuse during pregnancy. (breakthecycle.org)
  • Adolescent girls who marry early are vulnerable to poor reproductive health outcomes including low contraception use and unwanted pregnancy due to low decision-making agency and communication with their husbands. (researchsquare.com)
  • Contraceptive use and family planning reduce unplanned pregnancy and prevent maternal and newborn morbidity and mortality ( 1 ), and may be particularly important for adolescent girls. (researchsquare.com)
  • CONTEXT-- Understanding the interplay of multiple contexts of adolescents' sexual risk behaviors is essential to helping them avoid pregnancy and STDs. (cdc.gov)
  • Pregnancy and STDs pose substantial threats to the health of adolescents. (cdc.gov)
  • Current efforts to reduce pregnancy and STD rates among adolescents focus on reducing sexual risk behaviors, such as having multiple sex partners and not using condoms consistently. (cdc.gov)
  • Relationships between parental attitudes, family functioning, and internet gaming disorder in adolescents attending school. (springer.com)
  • Changing Attitudes to Gender Roles: A Longitudinal Analysis of Ordinal Response Data from the British Household Panel Study. (xyonline.net)
  • Adolescents' attitudes toward family and gender roles: An international comparison. (xyonline.net)
  • Few studies investigated the attitudes of dentists toward oral preventive measures. (bvsalud.org)
  • Some public attitudes about health and the environment. (cdc.gov)
  • This implies that adolescents with same-sex attraction (SSA) or homoerotic dreams are manifesting symptoms of an underlying reality: They are homosexual. (str.org)
  • The research, published in the International Journal of Eating Disorders , provides new insights into the extent to which Native American populations experience eating disorders, revealing that women are more likely to report behavioral symptoms then men, while challenging views that NA men and ethnically white men will experience different psychological symptoms. (sciencedaily.com)
  • The team confirmed the theory that NA women were more likely than NA men to report behavioral symptoms of eating disorders, revealing that regardless of race, ethnicity or nationality, research consistently shows that women are more vulnerable to developing disordered eating behaviors or full syndrome eating disorders than men. (sciencedaily.com)
  • While there are too many harmful symptoms and behaviors associated with eating disorders to name here, purging is more common than you might guess. (drgiamarson.com)
  • Low serotonin levels and altered functions of serotonin receptors affect suicidal behavior. (jomh.org)
  • Developmental studies have shown that early adverse exposures to poor environments could activate adaptive responses or mechanisms that provide long-term health advantages [ 12 ]. (biomedcentral.com)
  • Among school factors, increased school attachment was found to be significantly associated with reduced depression, anxiety, and stress for female adolescents, and with decreased depression and stress for male adolescents. (frontiersin.org)
  • 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)
  • For example, 75% of adolescent males with SSA at age 17 had opposite-sex attraction at age 22. (str.org)
  • 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)
  • Objectives -To identify violence related behaviors associated with injuries among adolescent males involved in fights. (bmj.com)
  • Results -Forty seven per cent injured others and 18% were themselves injured in a fight among adolescent males in the preceding 12 months. (bmj.com)
  • State laws can significantly shape state and local education agencies (SEAs and LEAs) decisions on school curricula and services, including the content and delivery of sexual health education. (cdc.gov)
  • Sexual health education polices across the nation include state laws and regulations ranging from general mandates to specific guidelines. (cdc.gov)
  • 2015). Child Sex Trafficking and Commercial Sexual Exploitation: Health Care Needs of Victims . (txhealthsteps.com)
  • The study also compared sexual attraction at ages 17 and 22, with similar results. (str.org)
  • Married adolescent girls are vulnerable to risky sexual and reproductive health outcomes. (researchsquare.com)
  • Adolescent Reproductive and Sexual Health (ARSH) programs should include more focus on raising adolescent consciousness regarding contraceptive use and delayed first birth as potential choices in marriage, social norms related to unacceptability of fertility pressures from in-laws' and delayed first birth in marriage. (researchsquare.com)
  • Structural equation models examined longitudinal relationships between baseline measures of these constructs and sexual risk behaviors assessed six months later. (cdc.gov)
  • Los adolescentes que combinaron sexo y alcohol presentaron en mayor medida características asociadas con el riesgo sexual. (adicciones.es)
  • Razones para no aceptar una relación sexual en jóvenes que se divierten en contextos recreativos nocturnos en función del género y la embriaguez. (adicciones.es)
  • Sexual uses of alcohol and drugs and the associated health risks: A cross sectional study of young people in nine European cities. (adicciones.es)
  • Parenting practices and adolescent sexual behavior: A longitudinal study. (adicciones.es)
  • Seventy-one 9th grade adolescents (52% female) participated in an experimental 'chat room' paradigm involving 'e-confederates' who endorsed sexual risk behaviors. (ed.gov)
  • Results provide novel preliminary evidence regarding the importance of peer influence susceptibility in adolescents' development of sexual behaviors. (ed.gov)
  • Objective: This study investigates female refugees' experiences accessing and utilizing sexual and reproductive (SRH) services in the state of Georgia. (bvsalud.org)
  • We further extend the reserve capacity framework to include health behaviour since psychosocial resources underlie these factors and operate through them [ 20 ]. (biomedcentral.com)
  • We track their psychosocial health and health risk behaviors across ten years, as they transition towards adulthood. (cincinnatichildrens.org)
  • During both interviews, researchers asked participants about their mental health. (parenthub.com.au)
  • Participants were between the ages of 18 to 27 when civic engagement was measured, and then six years later outcomes - health, education and income - were measured. (scienceblog.com)
  • The research team used propensity score matching, a statistically rigorous methodology to examine how civic engagement related to later outcomes regardless of participants' background characteristics, including levels of health and parental education. (scienceblog.com)
  • Adolescents with the lowest school achievement were more than twice at risk of dying compared to those with better school performance. (biomedcentral.com)
  • A child's exposure to his/her father abusing his/her mother is the strongest risk factor of transmitting violent behavior from one generation to the next. (breakthecycle.org)
  • View and download data on health risk behaviors among high school students and school health policies and practices. (cdc.gov)
  • The effects of father-perpetration of maltreatment on adolescent health risk. (vcu.edu)
  • age 20 years, with a risk ratio of 6.1 for adult smoking related to adolescent initiation. (unc.edu)
  • First, for immigrant adolescents living in non-poverty neighborhoods, we find assimilation to be positively associated with educational achievement and psychological well-being but also positively associated with at-risk behavior. (unc.edu)
  • Author Manuscript risk behaviors, relatively few studies have examined relationships between these behaviors and latent indicators of unstable, chaotic environments. (cdc.gov)
  • Guided by the catalyst model of aggression, risk alleles identified in previous studies were hypothesized to be associated with intimate partner violence (IPV) perpetration in the presence of financial stressors, a possible environmental trigger. (cdc.gov)
  • In the eating disorder field this type of epidemiological study has lagged behind other research, but now we have a foundation to study the distribution of eating disorders and identify psychological risk factors in Native American populations. (sciencedaily.com)
  • As for why relationship inauthenticity increased the risk of mental health problems for girls, but not for boys, Soller said, "Romantic relationships are particularly important components of girls' identities and are, therefore, strongly related to how they feel about themselves - good or bad. (parenthub.com.au)
  • 6,7 In a national survey of American Indian children 5-18 years old, 39 percent were found to be overweight or at risk for overweight. (hhs.gov)
  • Deriving hypotheses from general strain and social control theories, we use data from the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent Health to test if type of extracurricular activity participation diminishes the risk of economic disadvantage on violent delinquency. (albanica.al)
  • Smoking poses a very significant risk to health both in the immediate and the longer term, but the most serious diseases emerge only with long-term use. (tobaccoinaustralia.org.au)
  • 13 Additional longitudinal studies, 14-25 and several less extensive reviews 26 and meta-analyses, 27-34 have similarly concluded that e-cigarette use is associated with an increased risk of cigarette smoking. (tobaccoinaustralia.org.au)
  • Prospective longitudinal and intervention studies could examine whether changes in these potential risk/protective factors are accompanied by changes in positive mental health. (canada.ca)
  • Statin Use and Skin Cancer Risk: A Prospective Cohort Study. (who.int)
  • Risk Stratification for Early-Onset Colorectal Cancer Using a Combination of Genetic and Environmental Risk Scores: An International Multi-Center Study. (who.int)
  • The results of this study showed evidence of an association between high cariogenic risk and great severity of oral disease in the studied group of young women and low Ca intake. (medscape.com)
  • Research has extensively demonstrated the relationship between health and socioeconomic status (SES), often measured through income, education or occupation. (biomedcentral.com)
  • This dissertation examines the extent to which African American and White women in the United States who have experienced upward socioeconomic mobility are able to translate their achieved social class status into favorable maternal and infant health outcomes. (nlsinfo.org)
  • To estimate the association of infrequent breakfast consumption with socioeconomic, behavioral, and individual factors in a sample of Brazilian adolescents from public schools. (bvsalud.org)
  • Conversely, I found no evidence that romantic relationship inauthenticity - which captures the extent to which relationships unfold in ways that are inconsistent with how adolescents think or feel they should - contributes to poor mental health among boys. (parenthub.com.au)
  • In the initial interview, researchers provided adolescents with a number of cards describing events that often occur within relationships, including everything from hand holding and kissing to sex, Soller said. (parenthub.com.au)
  • Helping girls build their identities around things other than romantic relationships may mitigate the effects of relationship inauthenticity on their mental health," he said. (parenthub.com.au)
  • Soller also suggested that creating programs and interventions aimed at providing adolescents with tools to help them better control how the events in their relationships play out may lead to romances that enhance adolescent mental health and other developmental outcomes. (parenthub.com.au)
  • This study examined the relationships between psychological capital (PsyCap), coping strategies, and well-being among 609 university students using self-report measures. (nbcc.org)
  • Purging behaviors may make recovery from eating disorders even more difficult because of the impact on the mind and spirit -eroding feelings of motivation, self-worth, interfering in supportive relationships, harming self-efficacy, and adding self-imposed negative pressure. (drgiamarson.com)
  • The secrecy of purging behaviors and the shame that often accompanies it can harm close relationships. (drgiamarson.com)
  • The researchers then analyzed how individual characteristics and circumstances-including race and family income, school performance, and parental relationships-influenced those behaviors. (edweek.org)
  • The majority of adolescents are, therefore, included in the age-based definition of "child", adopted by the Convention on the Rights of the Child, as a person under the age of 18 years. (who.int)
  • A longitudinal study was designed by linking baseline data on 12 to 18 year-old Finns in 1985-95 ( N = 41,833) from the Adolescent Health and Lifestyle Surveys with register data on mortality and SES from Statistics Finland. (biomedcentral.com)
  • Childhood is generally defined as the period of life between birth and adulthood, but children can also be characterized by their stage of development, including prenatal, infant, toddler, school-age, pre-pubescent, and teen or adolescent. (rand.org)
  • An integrative approach bridges biomedical sciences with social and behavioral sciences by understanding the linkages between social, behavioral, psychological, and biological factors in health. (dukeupress.edu)
  • Scientists in Connecticut have carried out one of the first psychological studies into eating disorders in Native American (NA) populations. (sciencedaily.com)
  • While this research was one of the first into the psychological effect of eating disorders in NA populations it can now lead to further, longer studies. (sciencedaily.com)
  • Baltes was active in various national and international organizations including the US Social Science Research Council (where he served as chair of the Board of Directors from 1996 until 2000), the German-American Academy Council, the Berlin-Brandenburg Academy of Sciences, and the European Academy of Science. (wikipedia.org)
  • Research shows that well-designed and effectively implemented school health policies and programs can improve students' health-related behaviors and outcomes, as well as their educational outcomes . (cdc.gov)
  • Dr. Neil Whitehead, a research scientist who worked for the New Zealand government for 24 years and the United Nations for another four years, analyzed this study. (str.org)
  • RAND research on children covers the prenatal period to age 18 and spans multiple research areas, including health, education, criminal justice, and safety. (rand.org)
  • We gratefully acknowledge research support from the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development through grant R01 HD044761-03. (cdc.gov)
  • To date, research has identified a number of individual and social contextual variables that are associated with these behaviors. (cdc.gov)
  • UCLA Center for Health Policy Research. (kidsdata.org)
  • This study contributes to the research literature on colorism-discrimination based on skin tone-by examining whether skin darkness affects the likelihood that African Americans will experience school suspension. (nlsinfo.org)
  • It is unclear whether the research literature on adolescent gender dysphoria (GD) provides sufficient evidence to adequately inform clinical decision making. (plos.org)
  • Whole population studies using administrative datasets reporting on GD / gender non-conformity may be necessary, along with inter-disciplinary research evaluating the lived experience of adolescents with GD. (plos.org)
  • Research has demonstrated that this exacerbates existing mental health concerns among university students (Klussman et al. (nbcc.org)
  • The Journal of Sex Research, 47, 330-344. (adicciones.es)
  • Journal of Research in Crime and Delinquency 30(3): 245-266. (albanica.al)
  • Journal of Research in Crime and Delinquency 36: 123-155. (albanica.al)
  • Journal of Research in Crime and Delinquency 38(4): 319-361. (albanica.al)
  • The National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent Health: Research Design. (albanica.al)
  • Journal of Leisure Research 37: 51-76. (albanica.al)
  • Relative to other common approaches used in this kind of research, this method lets us have greater confidence that civic engagement really is affecting later life health and education," Ballard said. (scienceblog.com)
  • PROGRAM OR POLICY: Growth and refinement of the field of research assessing the impact of legal interventions on health outcomes, known as legal epidemiology, prompted this review of studies on the relationship between laws and health or economic outcomes. (cdc.gov)
  • The increase in clinical presentations of GD, particularly among natal female adolescents, warrants further investigation. (plos.org)
  • Similar trends in other NCD risks suggest that adolescents will be central to future efforts to control NCDs. (unc.edu)
  • As indicated in Section 3.36 , health risks associated with smoking are unlikely to be reduced by e-cigarettes if users continue to smoke. (tobaccoinaustralia.org.au)
  • This article examines the extent to which participation in sports acts as a conditioning effect to the relationship between economic disadvantage and adolescent violent delinquency. (albanica.al)
  • Papers were excluded if they did not clearly report on clinically-verified gender dysphoria, if they were focused on adult populations, if they did not include original data (epidemiological, clinical, or survey) on adolescents (aged at least 12 and under 18 years), or if they were not peer-reviewed journal publications. (plos.org)
  • Regarding interdisciplinarity, Baltes was engaged primarily in two projects: he chaired (together with Karl Ulrich Mayer) the Berlin Aging Study and, together with the Sociologist Neil Smelser, he was co-editor-in-chief of the 26-volume International Encyclopedia of the Social and Behavioral Sciences (Elsevier) which appeared in 2001. (wikipedia.org)
  • Journal of Behavioral Addictions, 3 , 27-32. (springer.com)
  • International Journal of Behavioral Development. (dah-journal.com)
  • Children Now/Kaiser Permanente "National Poll on Kids Health and Safety," December 1995. (breakthecycle.org)
  • Children's Defense Fund, Child Welfare and Mental Health Division, "Domestic Violence and its Impact on Children. (breakthecycle.org)
  • The role of callous/unemotional traits in mediating the association between animal abuse exposure and behavior problems among children exposed to intimate partner violence. (vcu.edu)
  • Overweight in children and adolescents is generally caused by a lack of physical activity, unhealthy eating patterns resulting in excess energy intake, or a combination of the two. (hhs.gov)
  • A study with 11 obese children and adolescents was conducted to assess the prototype. (researchgate.net)
  • 4. Discuss how structural level racial inequalities (residential segregation, wealth accumulation patterns, labor market segmentation, etc.) impact the ability of African American women to benefit, in terms of their health and that of their children, from upward mobility. (nlsinfo.org)
  • Numerous studies in Europe (Ireland, Netherlands, United Kingdom, France) and in the United states suggest that the dietary factors in children may be as important as they are in adults. (medscape.com)
  • and for understanding health disparities among the young as both causes and consequences of social stratification. (dukeupress.edu)
  • Looking at the long-term consequences, overweight adolescents have a 70 percent chance of becoming overweight or obese adults, which increases to 80 percent if one or more parent is overweight or obese. (hhs.gov)
  • 2005. "Participation in School-Based Extracurricular Activities and Adolescent Adjustment. (albanica.al)
  • But the data is from the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent Health, a project by the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and mandated by the United States Congress. (str.org)
  • Data were taken from a cross-sectional survey study with married girls aged 15-19 years (N=4,893) collected from September 2015 to July 2016 in Bihar and Uttar Pradesh, India. (researchsquare.com)
  • This study used survey data from married girls aged 15-19 years in India, to study the association of in-laws pressure to have a child immediately after marriage with contraceptive use ever, parity, time until first birth, and couple communication about family size. (researchsquare.com)
  • We then test the hypotheses using data from the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent Health. (unc.edu)
  • This hypothesis was tested using weighted, clustered logistic regression with data from the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent to Adult Health. (cdc.gov)
  • Using data from the Health Survey for England and the Scottish Health Survey from 1994-2008, we examined the associations between SPE (gym-based and own-body-weight strength activities) and all-cause, cancer, and cardiovascular disease mortality. (edu.au)
  • The team, led by Professor Ruth Striegel-Moore from Wesleyan University in Connecticut, studied data taken from the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent Health for over 10,000 men and women with a average age of 22. (sciencedaily.com)
  • data for 1966-70 are for adolescents 12-17 years of age, not 12-19 years. (hhs.gov)
  • This report presents national anthropometric reference data for all ages of the U.S. population in 2003-2006, adding to results published previously from 1960-2002. (cdc.gov)
  • Data from the 2004 National Nursing Home Survey (most recent available) sheds light on end-of-life (EOL) care in nursing homes. (cdc.gov)
  • To uncover the data underlying their conclusions, the researchers analyzed an ongoing survey-known as the "Add Health" study-of 10,000 black, white, and Hispanic students in grades 7-12 who attended 134 schools across the country. (edweek.org)
  • Fundamental data on national and international awards provided by Academic Analytics. (colorado.edu)
  • Overall, 3 major themes emerged from this study: (1) limited variability in the sources of the health data across the studies, (2) limited differences in the methodological approaches used to connect law to health outcomes, and (3) lack of transparency surrounding the source and quality of the legal data relied upon. (cdc.gov)
  • and other periodic or occasional data collection activities to produce a wide spectrum of health and health- related data. (cdc.gov)
  • NCHS releases public-use data files for elementary units (persons, events, or health facilities, and services) in a manner that will not in any way compromise the confidentiality guaranteed the respondents who supplied the original data. (cdc.gov)
  • Guidelines on use The National Center for Health Statistics requests that recipients of data files cooperate in certain actions related to their use. (cdc.gov)
  • Our study adds to the literature identifying that in-laws' pressure on fertility is common, affects couple communication about family size, and may be more likely for those yet to have a child, but may have little effect impeding contraceptive use in a context where such use is not normative. (researchsquare.com)
  • Adolescent cigarette smoking: health-related behavior or normative transgression? (colorado.edu)
  • This experience led to collaborations and opportunities through my leadership within the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases' Teen Longitudinal Assessment of Bariatric Surgery (Teen-LABS) multisite consortium, and my associated R01 studies. (cincinnatichildrens.org)
  • American Journal of Epidemiology. (uw.edu)
  • Thompson L, Sarovic D, Wilson P, Sämfjord A, Gillberg C (2022) A PRISMA systematic review of adolescent gender dysphoria literature: 1) Epidemiology. (plos.org)
  • Australian Journal of Psychology. (uw.edu)
  • European Journal of Developmental Psychology, 9(5), 520-538. (scielo.br)
  • Journal of health psychology , 18 (12), 1582-1587. (nyu.edu)
  • Send correspondence to: José P. Espada Department of Health Psychology. (adicciones.es)
  • Health Psychology 1990;9(6):653-75. (cdc.gov)
  • Conversely, studies show that indicators of poor school environment are strongly linked to poor test scores, low graduation rates, low attendance rates, and student disengagement. (ed.gov)
  • conversely, an increase in school commitment was associated with an increase in anxiety and stress for male adolescents. (frontiersin.org)