• Methods: Using data from the National Health Interview Survey, the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey, the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth, and the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent Health, we have used analytic approaches ranging from descriptive statistics to advanced modeling techniques, including Structural Equation Modeling (www.umiamiorg.com). (nlsinfo.org)
  • Those who have experienced childhood violence are more likely to engage in risk behaviors as adolescents and adults, and may be more likely to become perpetrators themselves. (gov.kh)
  • Addictive behaviors are a continuous burden to public health, affecting millions of individuals globally. (jmir.org)
  • The Association Between Early in Marriage Fertility Pressure from in-laws' and Family Planning Behaviors, Among Married Adolescent Girls in Bihar and Uttar Pradesh, India. (researchsquare.com)
  • Sexual violence (SV) is a critical public health problem that is associated with numerous negative health consequences, including immediate- and long-term physical and mental health conditions and health-risk behaviors. (cdc.gov)
  • Some of these health-risk behaviors (e.g., substance use, unsafe driving practices, poor mental health, lower impulse control, and abnormal brain circuitry) might increase the risk for sustaining a traumatic brain injury (TBI). (cdc.gov)
  • Healthcare professionals can support patients who experience SV by providing resources to help reduce associated physical and mental health conditions and health-risk behaviors. (cdc.gov)
  • Although it is common for adolescents and young adults to try psychoactive substances, it is important that this experimentation not be condoned, facilitated, or trivialized by adults," notes the introduction to an updated screening protocol by the American Academy of Pediatrics. (wgbh.org)
  • This study aims to: (1) provide timely information on the mental health impacts of the emerging COVID-19 crisis in a close to representative sample of Australian parents and children (0-18 years), (2) identify adults and families most at risk of poor mental health outcomes, and (3) identify factors to target through clinical and public health intervention to reduce risk. (frontiersin.org)
  • The study aims to recruit a close to representative sample of at least 2,000 adults aged 18 years and over living in Australia who are parents of a child 0-4 years (early childhood, N = 400), 5-12 years (primary school N = 800), and 13-18 years (secondary school, N = 800). (frontiersin.org)
  • Change in the relationship between drinking alcohol and risk of violence among adolescents and young adults: A nationally representative longitudinal study. (onlinenursingwriters.com)
  • risk in relation to active cigarette smoking and young adults in Ukraine: a cross-sectional household exposure to secondhand cigarette study. (who.int)
  • This study examined the prevalence and characteristics of five forms of childhood violence victimization and their association with revictimization and negative health conditions among adults. (cdc.gov)
  • Because acute medical complications of obesity are less common in children and adolescents than in adults, and because longitudinal data on the relation between childhood weight and adult morbidity and mortality are more difficult to interpret, no single definition of obesity in childhood and adolescence has gained universal approval. (medscape.com)
  • Nevertheless, children and adolescents defined as overweight or obese according to published criteria are highly likely to maintain this ponderal status as adults. (medscape.com)
  • The metabolic syndrome classification is of interest in epidemiologic studies because of its ability to predict the development of cardiovascular disease (CVD) and type 2 diabetes in adults ( 2 ). (cdc.gov)
  • Summary reports from NISVS present data on the national prevalence of intimate partner violence (IPV), sexual violence (SV), and stalking among women and men in the United States. (cdc.gov)
  • The VACS systematically measures the prevalence of physical, emotional, and sexual violence against children in addition to identifying risk and protective factors and health consequences of violence. (gov.kh)
  • The prevalence of self-harm, defined broadly regardless of motivation and intention to die, has increased among Norwegian adolescents from 4.1 to 16.2% between 2002 and 2018 [ 10 ]. (biomedcentral.com)
  • The prevalence of infant, childhood and adolescent obesity is rising around the world. (who.int)
  • Determining if those who have experienced SV are at increased risk of sustaining a TBI in their lifetime is critical given the high prevalence and health impacts of SV, the potential vulnerability to TBI after SV, and the known detrimental effects of TBI. (cdc.gov)
  • Its prevalence has increased so significantly in recent years that many consider it a major health concern of the developed world. (medscape.com)
  • The National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES) indicates that the prevalence of obesity is increasing in all pediatric age groups, in both sexes, and in various ethnic and racial groups. (medscape.com)
  • Although the prevalence among adolescents is increasing, it is still low and routine laboratory screening is not needed. (cdc.gov)
  • 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)
  • Obesity is the most prevalent nutritional disorder among children and adolescents in the United States. (medscape.com)
  • Projections done in the beginning of the last decade by the World Health Organization (WHO) identified obesity as a major issue for public health and, since then, it has gradually captured the attention of specialists worried by its growing incidence¹. (bvsalud.org)
  • Several studies around the world concerning obesity address adolescents because of biopsychosocial changes occurring at this life stage, as well as the proximity to biological maturation, which allows for opportunities to prevent health problems in adult age. (bvsalud.org)
  • data to study the association between cardiovascular fitness and other health conditions and risk factors, such as obesity, cardiovascular disease, diabetes, hypertension, and activity and dietary patterns. (cdc.gov)
  • The design will be a longitudinal cohort study using an online recruitment methodology. (frontiersin.org)
  • Arch Environ Health, Massachusetts youth cohort. (who.int)
  • The Current Population Survey (CPS) is a monthly survey of households conducted by the Bureau of Census for the Bureau of Labor Statistics. (fairmontstate.edu)
  • The other study reports on the potential of a home-based program that educates parents and children about alcohol prevention. (wgbh.org)
  • About 1 in 6 teens drank alcohol before turning 13, and about the same proportion of high school kids has binged on alcohol, according to the latest biannual Youth Risk Behavior Survey by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. (wgbh.org)
  • The group encourages doctors to ask adolescents about drug and alcohol use during routine visits. (wgbh.org)
  • When adolescents drink, they tend to do so excessively, making the most of their limited access to alcohol. (wgbh.org)
  • While the survey didn't ask about the amount of alcohol consumed, the research supports the idea that parents' drinking behavior can send a powerful message to kids in terms of what is acceptable. (wgbh.org)
  • These include injury, sexual and reproductive health problems, unintended pregnancy, increased risk of HIV, mental health issues, alcohol and drug abuse, social ostracism, and increased incidence of chronic disease in adulthood. (gov.kh)
  • A TBI causes neurological or neuropsychological changes and may also lead to various symptoms that affect a person's cognition, mobility, behavior, and mental health. (cdc.gov)
  • Data from the nationally representative 2015 Youth Risk Behavior Survey (n = 15,624) were used to examine the association between media use and violence victimization and suicide risk. (cdc.gov)
  • I use panel data from the National Longitudinal Study of Youth-1997 (NLSY97) to evaluate the accuracy of responses to retrospective questions about first stable employment from three surveys that interview respondent retrospectively about their first substantial employment. (nlsinfo.org)
  • 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)
  • The CIS report questions the accuracy of the 2000 Census data used in two studies which dispel the myth of immigrant criminality-one from the Immigration Policy Center (IPC) and another from the Public Policy Institute of California (PPIC). (immigrationimpact.com)
  • However, CIS ignores not only the many other sources of data in these two studies, but also the myriad studies from other researchers which have reached the same conclusion. (immigrationimpact.com)
  • In other words, numerous researchers drawing upon numerous sources of data have reached the same conclusion that the U.S. Commission on Immigration Reform reached in its 1984 report-which also happens to be the conclusion reached by the Industrial Commission of 1901, the Dillingham Immigration Commission of 1911, and the Wickersham National Commission on Law Observance and Enforcement of 1931: that immigration is not associated with higher crime. (immigrationimpact.com)
  • Utilizing existing nationally-representative data, we examined multiple aspects of young worker health and future impacts of youth employment. (nlsinfo.org)
  • In particular, most data sources are based on general purpose surveys that lack detailed information on work environment and occupation-specific exposures. (nlsinfo.org)
  • This page includes a robust list of surveys that collect sexual orientation and gender identity data as well as information about the measures used by those surveys. (nih.gov)
  • They are presented here as a curated and robust review of major surveys and data collections that have used these sexual orientation and gender identity question with success. (nih.gov)
  • The researchers looked at data from the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent to Adult Health ( Add Health ), which has interviewed a nationally representative group four times, beginning in the 1994-1995 school year, when the participants were in seventh through 12th grades. (wgbh.org)
  • In later surveys, the Add Health project collected data on teen and young adult binge drinking and incarceration rates. (wgbh.org)
  • NISVS is an ongoing, population-based survey that collects the most current and comprehensive national- and state-level data on intimate partner violence, sexual violence and stalking victimization in the United States. (cdc.gov)
  • 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)
  • This interactive site makes available state and country-wide health data so that researchers, students, policymakers, grant writers, etc. can fully explore the key issues and concerns of health. (fairmontstate.edu)
  • WONDER online databases utilize a rich ad-hoc query system for the analysis of public health data. (fairmontstate.edu)
  • The National Environmental Public Health Tracking Network (Tracking Network) is a system of integrated health, exposure, and hazard information and data from a variety of national, state, and city sources. (fairmontstate.edu)
  • The data in American FactFinder come from several censuses and surveys. (fairmontstate.edu)
  • The project uses Medicare data to provide information and analysis about national, regional, and local markets, as well as hospitals and their affiliated physicians. (fairmontstate.edu)
  • The CDC Division for Heart Disease and Stroke Prevention's Data Trends & Maps online tool allows you to search for and view health indicators related to Heart Disease and Stroke Prevention. (fairmontstate.edu)
  • The data used in this report comes from the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent Health, a 1994-1995 survey of nationally representative teens in the United States. (onlinenursingwriters.com)
  • Statistics on sociological, demographic, and criminological data from the US Census Bureau (1990) at the census block group level (containing of 452 housing units or 1100 persons on average) were linked to study participants and used as covariates in the analyses (Jones et al. (onlinenursingwriters.com)
  • 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)
  • Data are from the 2010-2012 National Intimate Partner and Sexual Violence Survey. (cdc.gov)
  • More recent data noted that overweight has doubled in North-American adolescents in the last two decades 3,4 . (bvsalud.org)
  • We replicate and reexamine Saperstein and Penner's prominent 2010 study which asks whether incarceration changes the probability that an individual will be seen as black or white (regardless of the individual's phenotype). (nlsinfo.org)
  • Participants will be invited to complete an online baseline self-report survey (20 min) followed by a series of shorter online surveys (10 min) scheduled every 2 weeks for the duration of the COVID-19 pandemic (i.e., estimated to be 14 surveys over 6 months). (frontiersin.org)
  • Findings from a cross-sectional study of 2,077 participants recruited in 22 countries in late March and early April 2020 indicated that adult mental health symptoms at that time were elevated compared to historical norms, with participants' concern about the COVID-19 pandemic and loss of employment associated with higher levels of mental health problems ( 4 ). (frontiersin.org)
  • Survey participants aged 12-49 years old are eligible for the CV fitness component. (cdc.gov)
  • 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)
  • [ 2 ] Consensus committees have recommended that children and adolescents be considered overweight or obese if the BMI exceeds the 85th or 95th percentiles, on curves generated from the 1963-1965 and 1966-1970 NHANES, or exceeds 30 kg/m 2 at any age. (medscape.com)
  • Detailed descriptions of the protocol are provided in the NHANES Cardiovascular Fitness Procedure Manual (National Center for Health Statistics, 2004). (cdc.gov)
  • Health technicians are regularly monitored by NHANES supervisory staff and expert consultants from the Cooper Institute using a structured performance evaluation and an annual recertification process. (cdc.gov)
  • 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)
  • In paragraph 2, discuss the findings and the relevance/importance of the study to nursing practice (ie. (onlinenursingwriters.com)
  • With the increasing popularity of mobile Internet devices, the exposure of adolescents to media has significantly increased. (cdc.gov)
  • Adolescents with the lowest school achievement were more than twice at risk of dying compared to those with better school performance. (biomedcentral.com)
  • One finds that parents who set limits in a warm and supportive environment reduced the risk that their adolescent children would binge drink. (wgbh.org)
  • and identify potential factors to address in clinical and public health interventions to reduce risk. (frontiersin.org)
  • Teenage mothers and their babies continue to be at greater risk of adverse health consequences compared with older mothers, including higher rates of preterm birth and low birthweight. (cdc.gov)
  • The Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS) is the world's largest, ongoing telephone health survey system. (fairmontstate.edu)
  • A prospective study of smoking and risk of (2007). (who.int)
  • The current study sought to examine the association of bullying and teen dating violence (TDV) victimization, suicide risk with different types of media use (i.e., television and computer/video game use), and number of total media use hours per school day. (cdc.gov)
  • Comprehensive, cross-cutting efforts to prevent different forms of victimization should take into account media use and its potential association with adolescent victimization and suicide risk. (cdc.gov)
  • The current study results suggest limiting adolescent media use, as part of comprehensive prevention programming, might relate to reductions in risk for victimization and suicide. (cdc.gov)
  • Katzmarzyk et al previously published sex-, age-, and race/ethnicity-specific body mass index (BMI) and waist circumference cutpoints to identify adolescents at risk for CVD risk factor clustering ( 8 ). (cdc.gov)
  • This thesis is a compilation of three papers that study how various factors influence educational outcomes. (nlsinfo.org)
  • Evidence suggests that endogenous factors such as health, which influence both development and outcomes, can not explain the varying relationship between age at menarche and education across race. (nlsinfo.org)
  • Young workers were examined by age, occupational and industry sector groupings and a range of health and psychosocial outcomes. (nlsinfo.org)
  • Married adolescent girls are vulnerable to risky sexual and reproductive health outcomes. (researchsquare.com)
  • 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)
  • Some investigators have used the terms overweight, obese, and morbidly obese to refer to children and adolescents whose weights exceed those expected for heights by 20%, 50%, and 80-100%, respectively. (medscape.com)
  • In 2002, the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) showed that one quar-ter of children and adolescents in Latin American countries such as Chile, Peru and Mexico were overweight 2 . (bvsalud.org)
  • Effect of smoking regulations in local restaurants environment: a pilot study: evaluating the Al-Delaimy WK (2002). (who.int)
  • (http://no-smoke.org/pdf/ the California Tobacco Survey, 1990-2005. (who.int)
  • Employment and economic uncertainty, chronic stress, anxiety, and social isolation are likely to have negative impacts on parent mental health, couple and family relationships, as well as child health and development. (frontiersin.org)
  • Childhood violence victimization is a serious adverse childhood experience with lasting health impacts. (cdc.gov)
  • National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent to Adult Health (Add Health). (kidsdata.org)
  • The study also found that how often parents drank was predictive of teen and young adult binge drinking. (wgbh.org)
  • The aim of this study was to assess and compare the periodontal status of adult Sudanese habitual miswak and toothbrush users. (who.int)
  • 1956). The anatomical approach to the study breast cancer in young adult women. (who.int)
  • Most victimization was associated with revictimization and negative health, controlling for adult victimization. (cdc.gov)
  • Low levels of cardiorespiratory fitness have also been associated with elevated depressive symptoms in obese adolescents. (medscape.com)
  • 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)
  • Married adolescent girls in India live in a gender inequitable context facing fertility pressures from their in-laws and extended family rooted in social norms. (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)
  • We also study how reserve capacity (perceived health, health-promoting behaviour and social support) and school achievement modify this relationship and reduce the negative effects of low SES. (biomedcentral.com)
  • Research has extensively demonstrated the relationship between health and socioeconomic status (SES), often measured through income, education or occupation. (biomedcentral.com)
  • 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)
  • At the present time, different criteria for nutritional classification of adolescents are based on BMI values according to age and sex, and not with SMS, although it better reflecte the stage of development within this population. (bvsalud.org)
  • However, our analysis suggests that the most crucial research needs of the coming decades can be captured in seven crosscutting research themes, whether one is interested in sea level rise, agriculture, human health, national security, or other topics of concern. (nationalacademies.org)
  • Possible designs for a targeted nationally-representative study of young workers are proposed. (nlsinfo.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)
  • In the first study visit (T 1 ), 717 (43.5% of eligible) participated, aged 13-18 years (2009-2011), and 3 years later (T 2 ), 570 answered a questionnaire (school functioning and negative life events), and 549 completed Kiddie SADS as telephone interview assessing DSM-IV diagnoses, psychosocial functioning and suicidality. (biomedcentral.com)
  • Gingival bleeding and dental calculus were highly prevalent in the study population. (who.int)
  • Parenting style, drinking frequency, and expectations influence whether adolescents will binge drink, according to results of a study published in the July issue of Prevention Science . (wgbh.org)
  • In the same issue, another study finds that a home-based prevention program given by parents to their elementary school-aged children made the kids less inclined to drink four years after the start of the program. (wgbh.org)
  • Opportunities for linkages with the National Death Index and O*Net to create enriched datasets to look at mortality and occupational exposures are explored. (nlsinfo.org)
  • This exacerbates health inequities and contributes to the high premature mortality from NCDs in the Region. (who.int)
  • Strengthening capacity for management of severe NCDs at this level of health service delivery is important for reducing premature mortality from NCDs. (who.int)
  • The regional framework for integrating essential NCD services in primary health care7 which was adopted in 2017, provides additional guidance to Member States on decentralized care for NCDs and this framework complements the WHO PEN. (who.int)
  • The study will employ post stratification weights to address differences between the final sample and the national population in geographic communities across Australia. (frontiersin.org)
  • It's important to note that existing surveys may add SOGI measures on an ongoing basis and there will be continued ongoing research to help improve measures, response rates, and improve understanding for these demographic questions due to the fluidity and evolving nature of sexual and gender minority terminology. (nih.gov)
  • Generally, child abuse is divided into three major categories: physical, emotional, and sexual, all of which can have significant short- and long-term health consequences for children. (gov.kh)
  • The COVID-19 pandemic presents significant risks to the mental health and wellbeing of Australian families. (frontiersin.org)
  • These measures may present significant risks to the population, over and above the health threat associated with COVID-19 ( 2 , 3 ). (frontiersin.org)
  • This study is part of the Health Survey in Department of Children and Youth, St. Olavs hospital, Norway. (biomedcentral.com)
  • National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. (kidsdata.org)
  • However, comprehensive surveys of nonfalciparum malaria in sub-Saharan Africa have been infrequent because detection of those species remains challenging ( 11 , 17 ). (cdc.gov)
  • Furthermore, changes occurring during puber-ty cause anthropometric trans-formations and changes in adolescents' body composition and have a high impact on nutritional stage 8 . (bvsalud.org)
  • The most recent survey occurred in 2008, when the respondents had reached ages ranging from 24 to 32. (wgbh.org)
  • With this change, loneliness is becoming an unprecedented societal issue, making youth more susceptible to various physical and mental health problems. (jmir.org)
  • Employing the cognitive discrepancy loneliness model, this study aimed to provide a social psychological perspective on youth addictions. (jmir.org)