• The Youth Risk Behavior Surveillance System (YRBSS) is a set of surveys that track behaviors that can lead to poor health in students grades 9 through 12. (cdc.gov)
  • From the second database, HealthVerity, 439,439 youth diagnosed with COVID-19 during March 1, 2020, to June 28, 2021, were compared with age- and sex-matched youth without COVID-19. (medscape.com)
  • Even more convincing is research conducted by experts at Aarhus University and the University of Southern Denmark ( https://www.telegraph.co.uk/football/2020/05/11/la-liga-study-shows-risk-players-spreading-coronavirus-football/ ). (change.org)
  • NEW YORK, 15 April 2020 - Millions of children are at increased risk of harm as their lives move increasingly online during lockdown in the COVID-19 pandemic, UNICEF and partners said today. (unicef.org)
  • From September to December 2020, adults younger than 65 living with children ages 12-18 showed increased risk of SARS-CoV-2 infection (adjusted HR 1.22, 95% CI 1.20-1.24) and COVID-19 hospitalization (adjusted HR 1.26, 95% CI 1.12-1.40), with slightly smaller risks associated with children ages 0-11, reported Ben Goldacre, MBBS, of the University of Oxford, and colleagues. (medpagetoday.com)
  • FAIRFIELD, Conn. (Feb. 12, 2020)- Wars and conflicts are intensifying and becoming increasingly dangerous for children, according to a new report released by Save the Children. (savethechildren.org)
  • This disturbing trend is one of the findings in 'Stop the War on Children 2020: Gender Matters,' the organization's third annual report on the number of children in conflict across the globe. (savethechildren.org)
  • Priority health-risk behaviors, which contribute to the leading causes of mortality and morbidity among youth and adults, often are established during youth, extend into adulthood, are interrelated, and are preventable. (cdc.gov)
  • The findings, which are supported by independent studies in adults, "underscore the importance of COVID-19 prevention among all age groups, including vaccination for all eligible children and adolescents, and chronic disease prevention and treatment," Barrett and colleagues say. (medscape.com)
  • September 22, 2011 - Young adolescents with attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) are at increased risk for unintentional injury, but this risk can be mitigated by treating ADHD symptoms, new research suggests. (medscape.com)
  • When the researchers added the adolescents' baseline susceptibility status to the model, it became the strongest predictor of experimentation, causing a 2.6-fold increase in risk, and all other influences accept age and living with a smoker were no longer statistically significant. (scienceblog.com)
  • For adolescents and children, they argued, the trials had poor predictive power because of their small size. (wnd.com)
  • Most importantly, the clinical trials did not address long-term effects that, if serious, would be borne by children/adolescents for potentially decades. (wnd.com)
  • The results can mean that a decreased concentration of air pollution - first and foremost, traffic-related air pollution - may reduce psychiatric disorders in children and adolescents," lead study author Anna Oudin, a public health researcher at Umeå University in Sweden, said in a statement. (livescience.com)
  • Although adverse drug events are a leading cause of injuries and death among both children and adolescents in the U.S., information on how younger populations use the prescription medications that potentially could lead to these adverse events is lacking. (sciencedaily.com)
  • To fill this gap, the researchers retrospectively analyzed medication use patterns of more than 23,000 children and adolescents living in the U.S. based on data collected as part of the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey from 2003 to 2014. (sciencedaily.com)
  • Included in the study was a nationally representative sample of children and adolescents ages 0 to 19 who responded or whose parents responded to a questionnaire on prescription medications. (sciencedaily.com)
  • Analysis also showed that medication use increased with age, from 14 percent in children younger than 5 years to 22 percent in adolescents 13 to 19 years. (sciencedaily.com)
  • Although there are health benefits associated with these medications, the patterns with which adolescents are using them are worrisome because suicide is a leading cause of death in older children and adolescents and there is some evidence that the combined use of these drugs may increase the onset and severity of suicidal thoughts and behavior," Qato said. (sciencedaily.com)
  • Previous Mayo Clinic research found about 7.5 percent of children and adolescents are diagnosed with ADHD by age 19. (ksl.com)
  • The study involved 5,381 adolescents who have been participating in longitudinal research from birth as part of the University of Bristol's Children of the 90s cohort study. (sciencedaily.com)
  • Adolescents with eating disorders showed higher levels of autistic traits by age seven, suggesting that the autistic traits predated the disordered eating (as eating disorders are very rare at age seven), and therefore might pose a risk factor for eating disorders. (sciencedaily.com)
  • Our results underscore the importance of a multidisciplinary approach to the assessment and treatment of children and adolescents with ASD that addresses behavioral, psychological and psychiatric, adaptive, sleep and medical functioning in order to decrease behavioral crises and the utilization of inpatient psychiatric services," Righi and co-authors wrote in the study published in Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders . (brown.edu)
  • The triangles show the relative importance of different risk factors for youth violence. (who.int)
  • Not all risk factors are found in all social and cultural contexts. (who.int)
  • For more than two decades, RAND research has examined issues affecting vulnerable children and youth, including the child-, family-, and community-level factors that place then at risk and how various programs from the prenatal period through adolescence can counteract these disadvantages and improve their well-being. (rand.org)
  • Future studies need to focus on understanding and targeting risk factors for susceptibility to prevent experimentation and habitual smoking, the authors note. (scienceblog.com)
  • We're also still learning about the risk factors that contribute to sleep-disordered breathing in children, as well as the health consequences for kids who suffer from it. (psychologytoday.com)
  • A new study examines both the prevalence of sleep disordered breathing in children, and the particular risk factors they face. (psychologytoday.com)
  • The study also examined risk factors that might contribute to the sleep disorder , including tonsil size, jaw position, and facial proportions. (psychologytoday.com)
  • I've written hundreds of peer-reviewed medical studies, and I can think of no journal editor who would accept the claim that 335 deaths resulted from a virus without data to indicate if the virus was incidental or causal, and without an analysis of relevant risk factors such as obesity," Makary wrote. (wnd.com)
  • Infertility, maternal metabolic and inflammatory variables, and offspring epigenetic alterations are prenatal risk factors. (news-medical.net)
  • With the goal of prevention, a new study of children and teens with autism spectrum disorders found five risk factors that are significantly associated with an increased likelihood of seeking inpatient psychiatric care. (brown.edu)
  • A growing community: The Rhode Island Consortium for Autism Research and Treatment was a major source of data for a new study that identified risk factors for psychiatric hospitalization among children and teens with autism spectrum disorders. (brown.edu)
  • With that reality in mind, Righi led a new study to identify which factors put young people with autism at especially high risk of seeking inpatient psychiatric care. (brown.edu)
  • Notably, only two of the risk factors identified in the study of patients with an autism spectrum disorder (ASD) - their severity of autism symptoms and the degree of their "adaptive" daily life functioning - were specific consequences of the disorder. (brown.edu)
  • The strongest risk factors - disrupted sleep, having a mood disorder and living in a home with a single caregiver - are not necessarily associated with ASD. (brown.edu)
  • By employing statistical analysis techniques, the researchers were able to isolate risk factors that were independently and significantly associated with the risk of hospitalization. (brown.edu)
  • The goals of this study were to describe mental health problems presented by children from 4 to 11 years old attended in a clinic-school, and to identify risk factors present in their life histories. (bvsalud.org)
  • Multiple risk factors were associated, mostly psychological and social factors, have suffered violence, environmental problems and life stressing events. (bvsalud.org)
  • Objective: identify factors and predictors of caries risk studied in Brazil in a review of the literature. (bvsalud.org)
  • A total of 14 articles, longitudinal and transversal, were included in this review and the risk factors and predictors investigated, either in deciduous either in permanent dentition, were divided into biological, behavioral and socioeconomic factors. (bvsalud.org)
  • Results: It was observed that the decay is associated with different risk factors and predictors and the most consolidated are: past experience of caries, enamel defects, dental biofilm, diet, mother's education and income. (bvsalud.org)
  • Final considerations: The factors and predictors of caries risk studied were diverses, and the identification of these factors in risk groups is of fundamental importance for the development of targeted strategies in order to reduce the incidence and prevalence of caries. (bvsalud.org)
  • This survey is one piece of a larger system of research, the Youth Risk Surveillance System, that was developed to monitor the major risk behaviors of American youth. (cdc.gov)
  • SARS-CoV-2 infection was associated with an increased risk for diabetes among youth, whereas other acute respiratory infections were not, new data from the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) indicate. (medscape.com)
  • The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention considers it the most preventable environmental disease among young children. (dallasnews.com)
  • A new research by the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) showed that children who contracted COVID-19 and recovered are at significantly increased risk of developing diabetes than children who did not contract COVID-19. (israelnationalnews.com)
  • In 2019 she was honoured with Australian of the Year, Western Australian Local Hero Award for her work with Aboriginal and vulnerable children. (edu.au)
  • This report presents prevalence estimates for condom and contraceptive use among sexually active U.S. high school students from the 2019 Youth Risk Behavior Survey. (cdc.gov)
  • 2019). This increased risk is due to poor societal treatment, such as victimization and discrimination (Meyers, 2003), which may be associated with trauma. (thetrevorproject.org)
  • Alternatively, pandemic-associated weight gain might have also contributed to risks for both severe COVID-19 and type 2 diabetes. (medscape.com)
  • Although this study can provide information on the risk for diabetes following SARS-CoV-2 infection, additional data are needed to understand underlying pathogenic mechanisms, either those caused by SARS-CoV-2 infection itself or resulting from treatments, and whether a COVID-19-associated diabetes diagnosis is transient or leads to a chronic condition," Barrett and colleagues conclude. (medscape.com)
  • The location of the sport and the level of contact as inputs to the risk of COVID-19 transmission must be included as criteria to determine the risk level. (change.org)
  • The bulk of the official COVID-19-attributed deaths per capita occur in the elderly with high comorbidities, and the COVID-19 attributed deaths per capita are negligible in children," they write in the journal Toxicology Reports . (wnd.com)
  • The risk of death from COVID-19 decreases drastically as age decreases, and the longer-term effects of the inoculations on lower age groups will increase their risk-benefit ratio, perhaps substantially," they said. (wnd.com)
  • Per capita COVID-19 deaths are negligible in children. (wnd.com)
  • On Monday, three days after a U.S. Food and Drug Administration advisory panel voted against Pfizer's application for a COVID-19 booster shot for people over 16, the drug giant announced clinical trials show its vaccine is safe and effective for children aged 5 to 11 . (wnd.com)
  • As WND reported Friday, with the Biden administration set to roll out its COVID-19 vaccination booster plan this week, the FDA panel concluded that, among many concerns, there is insufficient data to judge the Pfizer vaccine's risks to younger groups. (wnd.com)
  • Makary, a professor at Johns Hopkins University, noted that at the time, the CDC had counted 335 children under 18 who had died with a COVID-19 diagnosis code in their record. (wnd.com)
  • Perhaps the only corner of comfort to be found so far in the covid-19 crisis is that children appear to be less vulnerable to serious complications from the virus. (channel4.com)
  • The threat of covid-19 right now might be lower than flu for children precisely because we've taken more robust steps to control it. (channel4.com)
  • Spending more time on virtual platforms can leave children vulnerable to online sexual exploitation and grooming, as predators look to exploit the COVID-19 pandemic. (unicef.org)
  • Under the shadow of COVID-19, the lives of millions of children have temporarily shrunk to just their homes and their screens. (unicef.org)
  • During the second wave of COVID-19 infections in England last year, households with children had higher risk of infection and hospitalization, but not death, versus households without children, a large population-based study found. (medpagetoday.com)
  • For adults younger than 65, living with children ages 0-11 was tied to a reduced risk of COVID-19 death during both waves, but during wave 2, the authors found "no increase in risk of death for those living with older children. (medpagetoday.com)
  • The research, published Friday, also showed that children who recovered from COVID-19 were at significantly increased risk of diabetes even when compared to children who had recovered from another respiratory virus. (israelnationalnews.com)
  • SARS-CoV-2 infection is associated with worsening of diabetes symptoms, and persons with diabetes are at increased risk for severe COVID-19. (israelnationalnews.com)
  • The research clearly shows that children who did not have diabetes before contracting COVID-19 went on to develop it more than 30 days after contracting coronavirus. (israelnationalnews.com)
  • 18 years with a health care encounter possibly related to COVID-19 in the non-COVID-19 HealthVerity group could account for the lower magnitude of increased diabetes risk in this group compared with risk in the IQVIA group. (israelnationalnews.com)
  • The observed association between diabetes and COVID-19 might be attributed to the effects of SARS-CoV-2 infection on organ systems involved in diabetes risk,' CDC explained. (israelnationalnews.com)
  • Alternatively, COVID-19 might have indirectly increased diabetes risk through pandemic-associated increases in body mass index, a risk factor for both serious COVID-19 illness and diabetes. (israelnationalnews.com)
  • Regardless, the researchers called on pediatricians to watch for signs of diabetes among children who contract COVID-19, with CDC emphasizing, 'Health care providers should screen for diabetes symptoms in persons aged less than 18 years with a history of SARS-CoV-2 infection. (israelnationalnews.com)
  • Professor Sir David Spiegelhalter at the University of Cambridge estimates that the risk to children of catching and then dying from coronavirus is one in 5.3 million. (channel4.com)
  • Founded in the year of 1989 in Houston, Texas and with an office opened in North Texas in 2011, the organization focuses on the well-being of children and educates legislators on the importance of solving children's issues while at the same time focusing on a variety of issues, and the primary issues are human trafficking, food insecurity, education, and parenting. (wikipedia.org)
  • The organization strives to make children's needs a priority and to ensure ample resources are available for children and their families to thrive. (wikipedia.org)
  • Using the tools of advocacy, Children At Risk works on a broad range of children's issues, including child welfare, education, child trafficking, juvenile justice, mental and physical health, and parenting. (wikipedia.org)
  • Through its Public Policy & Law Center-established in 2006 as the only center of its kind in Texas-speaks out and drives change for Texas's children and has become the premier resource on children's issues among major media outlets, public officials, and the non-profit sector. (wikipedia.org)
  • Palm Beach County's Youth Services Department created the Enhanced Mentoring Engagement program - known as "Level Up" - with United Way of Palm Beach County's Mentor Center and the county's Children's Services Council after the county recognized there was a gap in mentoring programs for the youth they felt could benefit from them the most, said Tammy Fields, Youth Services director. (naco.org)
  • She is a social scientist, community development practitioner, children's fiction author and youth basketball coach. (edu.au)
  • She is a specialist paediatric consultant at Perth Children's Hospital, an adjunct Clinical Associate Professor at Curtin, Clinical Associate Professor at The University of Western Australia and an associate researcher at Telethon Kids Institute. (edu.au)
  • Specifically, researchers found that amateur and youth soccer players are within 1.5 meters of another player for a total of only 60 seconds per hour of soccer played. (change.org)
  • Researchers found that, in areas with higher levels of pollution, there were more medications dispensed for psychiatric conditions in children and teens, compared with areas with lower levels of pollution . (livescience.com)
  • The researchers found that the higher the levels of air pollution, the higher the rate of medications dispensed for psychiatric conditions in children and teens. (livescience.com)
  • The researchers found at-risk children who ate a lot of foods rich in omega-3 were less likely to develop islet autoimmunity - antibodies against the cells in the pancreas that precede full-blown diabetes. (nbcnews.com)
  • The researchers found that nearly 20 percent of children had used at least one prescription medication. (sciencedaily.com)
  • Without such information, the CDC Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices decided in May that the benefits of two-dose vaccination outweigh the risks for children 12 to 15. (wnd.com)
  • Mass polio vaccination campaigns are being launched in four countries of the region today Amman/ Cairo, 2 March 2014- Children in Egypt, Iraq, Jordan and Syria will be the first of nearly 10 million children across the Middle East to receive a dose of polio vaccine this month. (who.int)
  • The Basic Training for Adults Working in Youth Programs must be completed by all adults working in an LSU program. (lsu.edu)
  • The training must be completed before adults starts working in the youth program. (lsu.edu)
  • The Program Administrator must ensure that a sex offender registry check is conducted every three years (3) for all adults working in a youth program. (lsu.edu)
  • Adults not working in youth but volunteering on a short notice or ad hoc basis must complete the criminal history voluntary disclosure form if there is not enough time to do a sex offender check. (lsu.edu)
  • All adults working in an LSU supervised youth program or a non-LSU youth program are designated as Mandated Reporters, per Louisiana State law. (lsu.edu)
  • Increasingly, it appears that both the risks and the health effects of sleep-disordered breathing are different in children than they are in adults. (psychologytoday.com)
  • The most significant risk factor of sleep-disordered breathing in adults is excess body weight. (psychologytoday.com)
  • The health problems for children who develop sleep-disordered breathing also appear to be different than those for adults. (psychologytoday.com)
  • Previous research has found that autism and eating disorders can occur together, as 20-30% of adults with eating disorders have autism, and 3-10% of children and young people with eating disorders. (sciencedaily.com)
  • In a national survey completed in August by the UMass Lowell Center for Public Opinion, 53 percent of adults said they believe playing football is not safe for children before they reach high school. (bostonglobe.com)
  • Among adults older than 65, there were 97% who did not live with children. (medpagetoday.com)
  • Interestingly, for adults older than 65 living with children, there was an increased risk of infection tied to living with children, and an increased risk of ICU admission and death for those living with children ages 0-11 and 12-18. (medpagetoday.com)
  • Limitations to the data, the researchers said, included lack of generalizability to the overall British population (or others elsewhere), and that the study could not examine the direct association between children and adults within a household testing positive for the virus, "as a substantial proportion of infections in this age group will be asymptomatic or undiagnosed. (medpagetoday.com)
  • Reading Rockets is a national public media literacy initiative offering information and resources on how young kids learn to read, why so many struggle, and how caring adults can help. (readingrockets.org)
  • In collaboration with the Los Angeles Unified School District and the University of California Los Angeles, RAND researchers also developed a nationally known cognitive-behavioral intervention to mitigate the effects of trauma on children-the Cognitive-Behavioral Intervention for Trauma in Schools (CBITS). (rand.org)
  • Effective outreach that resonates with rural youth can help in efforts to mitigate this. (who.int)
  • BOSTON - Sledding can be a fun winter activity for kids, but the pastime is not without its dangers, pediatricians say. (livescience.com)
  • Children At Risk is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization that drives changes for children through research, education, and influencing public policy. (wikipedia.org)
  • The mission is to improve the quality of life for children through strategic research, public policy analysis, education, collaboration, and advocacy. (wikipedia.org)
  • This research was funded by a grant from the National Cancer Institute, the Duncan Family Institute for Cancer Prevention and Risk Assessment at M. D. Anderson and by the Caroline W. Law Fund for Cancer Prevention. (scienceblog.com)
  • One of the key messages from this research for healthcare personnel is that interventions to treat undernutrition in very young children "must emphasize improvements in linear growth rather than gaining weight alone," she stressed. (medscape.com)
  • Their study, which was part of a larger research project on child health, analyzed the prevalence of sleep-disordered breathing among the children. (psychologytoday.com)
  • Her book Our Greatest Challenge, Aboriginal Children and Human Rights received the Stanner award for Aboriginal research excellence. (edu.au)
  • He is currently an investigator in a $1.5m research project that aims to develop evidence-based early intervention strategies and pathways to build resilience and prevent at-risk youth from being enmeshed with the criminal justice system. (edu.au)
  • Tom Quinn, eating disorder charity Beat's director of external affairs, commented: "We welcome this important research identifying the greater risk of eating disorders among those with autism. (sciencedaily.com)
  • Early intervention is so important in treating eating disorders and we hope this research will help parents and clinicians spot early signs of an eating disorder more rapidly and ensure those at risk of developing an eating disorder get the help they need. (sciencedaily.com)
  • Previous studies reported a link between mothers and infants who are Rh-incompatible and a higher rate of schizophrenia in the children later in life," said Dr. Christina Palmer, a research scientist at the UCLA Neuropsychiatric Institute. (scienceblog.com)
  • Our research is the first to take a genetic approach to examining this increased risk. (scienceblog.com)
  • This study adds to growing research suggesting that incurring repeated head impacts through tackle football before the age of 12 can lead to a greater risk for short- and long-term neurological consequences," said Michael Alosco, the study's lead author, a postdoctoral fellow at Boston University School of Medicine. (bostonglobe.com)
  • The study stopped short of recommending policy or rule changes for youth football, stating that additional research is necessary. (bostonglobe.com)
  • But Robert Stern, a BU professor who is one of the study's senior authors, said, "I'm at a point where I feel comfortable saying that, based on logic and common sense and the growing totality of the research, I don't think kids should be playing tackle football. (bostonglobe.com)
  • The research revealed that some 415 million children worldwide were living in conflict-affected areas in 2018, a slight decrease from the year before. (savethechildren.org)
  • Research shows that excellent instruction, couples with ongoing monitoring and assessment of progress, can prevent reading problems in many children. (readingrockets.org)
  • 2014). Research has consistently found that LGBTQ youth report increased experiences of trauma-related events compared to their straight, cisgender youth, often because they experience discrimination and victimization based on their sexual orientation and/or gender identity that their peers do not(Almeida et al. (thetrevorproject.org)
  • In addition to treatment of ADHD, "if clinicians have time and resources to focus especially on injury prevention in children with ADHD, considering ways to help children recognize potentially dangerous situations, perhaps through cognitive techniques, might be helpful to reduce injury risk. (medscape.com)
  • Here on this campus, [we have] violence intervention, prevention our transitional teen services our alumni services, and then also, our therapeutic youth home, where we house up to 70 young people," said Robinson. (abc15.com)
  • Our results suggest that prevention efforts tailored to an adolescent's susceptibility status may be more effective among Mexican-American youth," said senior author Anna Wilkinson, Ph.D., assistant professor in M. D. Anderson's Department of Epidemiology. (scienceblog.com)
  • National Lead Poisoning Prevention Week, which starts Sunday, aims to raise awareness about lead poisoning and the risks. (dallasnews.com)
  • In the article, entitled " Developing Smokeless Tobacco Prevention Messaging for At-Risk Youth: Early Lessons from "The Real Cost" Smokeless Campaign," the researchers suggest that the findings could be leveraged in the development of other educational materials and messages to address SLT use among rural at-risk youth. (who.int)
  • This study examined the Child Trauma Response Team and its efforts to reduce PTSD symptoms among children exposed to domestic violence. (rand.org)
  • It is pertinent to mention here that nicotine pouches were banned in Russia due to serious health repercussion especially among children and youth, he said. (com.pk)
  • Scientists are still working to get a sense of how prevalent the disorder is among children. (psychologytoday.com)
  • A recent large-scale study in the United States examined the prevalence for sleep disordered breathing among children. (psychologytoday.com)
  • Of those who died in the flu season of 2017-18, there were 16 "influenza-related deaths" among children aged under 18, according to government data for England. (channel4.com)
  • Data from population-based studies show that the reopening of schools was temporally associated with progressively increasing prevalence of SARS-CoV-2 among children of all ages," the researchers wrote, adding that there is a possibility that "widespread school attendance may have led to increased risks in households. (medpagetoday.com)
  • According to the UN Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO), the World Food Programme and UNICEF, a 15.5 per cent increase in severe malnutrition among children has left at least 98,000 of them at "high risk of dying" unless they receive urgent treatment. (asianews.it)
  • The data we are releasing today confirms that acute malnutrition among children is hitting the highest levels we have seen since the war started," said Lise Grande, the UN's humanitarian coordinator for Yemen. (asianews.it)
  • This statistic depicts the percentage of female youth in the United States that had engaged in select sexual risk behaviors from 2015-2017, by sexual identity. (statista.com)
  • Hannah was admitted to the Supreme Court in 1996 and her career has focused on justice for Aboriginal people, race discrimination law and practice, Aboriginal women and children, family violence and sexual assault. (edu.au)
  • Report Child Sexual Exploitation Online through Cybertip in the U.S. Find your local country hotline at inhope.org . (trendmicro.com)
  • Weighted prevalence estimates were calculated, and bivariate differences in prevalence were examined by demographic characteristics (sex, race/ethnicity, and grade) and other sexual risk behaviors (age of sexual initiation, previous 3-month and lifetime number of sex partners, and substance use before last sexual intercourse). (cdc.gov)
  • Prevalence of condom use was consistently lower among students with other sexual risk behaviors. (cdc.gov)
  • Girls were far more likely to be raped, to be forced into child marriage, or to fall victim to other forms of sexual abuse than boys-87 percent of all verified cases of sexual violence involved girls, while 1.5 percent were boys. (savethechildren.org)
  • Between 2005 and the end of 2018, there were almost 20,000 verified cases of sexual violence against children. (savethechildren.org)
  • This brief uses data from The Trevor Project's 2022 National Survey on LGBTQ Youth Mental Health to examine disparities in trauma symptoms intersectionally by race/ethnicity, age, gender identity, and sexual orientation among LGBTQ youth. (thetrevorproject.org)
  • Compared to youth who were gay (29%), youth who identified as lesbian (38%), bisexual (33%), queer (42%), pansexual (43%), asexual (38%), and who were unsure about their sexual orientation (38%) all reported significantly higher rates of having high levels of trauma symptoms. (thetrevorproject.org)
  • Sexual dating violence and injury among high-risk youth✩ Personal Author(s) : Reidy, Dennis E.;Early, Megan S.;Holland, Kristin M. (cdc.gov)
  • The hospitalization risk associated with mood and sleep disorders, meanwhile, points to the need to engage in a broad based and careful psychiatric evaluation of autism patients. (brown.edu)
  • Through studies on families as well as community resilience, we have conducted studies and proposed solutions to public policy challenges to help make communities safer and more secure, healthier and more prosperous, so that children and youth in those communities can thrive. (rand.org)
  • Learn more about why some kids struggle, what effective interventions look like, how to create inclusive classrooms so every child can thrive, and much more. (readingrockets.org)
  • Using the same methods as Professor Spiegelhalter, we might therefore estimate that the fatality risk children faced from the 2017-18 flu outbreak was around one in 742,000. (channel4.com)
  • On this basis, we tentatively estimate the mortality risk to children from the 2017-18 flu outbreak was around seven times greater than the risk they currently face from coronavirus. (channel4.com)
  • The term is most often used to describe kids who have emotional problems that interfere with school performance, come from dysfunctional home environments, have had some problem with the law, and/or have been frequent behavioral challenges in school. (edutopia.org)
  • This large-scale study of more than 11,000 children found that kids with sleep-disordered breathing were significantly more likely to exhibit behavioral and emotional problems, including hyperactivity, anxiety , depression , social issues with peers, and conduct problems including aggressiveness . (psychologytoday.com)
  • Playing tackle football under the age of 12 exposes children to repetitive head impacts that may double their risk of developing behavioral problems and triple their chances of suffering depression later in life, according to a study published Tuesday in Nature magazine's journal, Translational Psychiatry. (bostonglobe.com)
  • PROVIDENCE, R.I. [Brown University] - Children or teens with autism spectrum disorders often come to hospitals when behavioral episodes overwhelm the support that caregivers can provide at home - but resources at hospitals are sometimes limited, too, says clinical psychologist and researcher Giulia Righi. (brown.edu)
  • NYC) Youth Risk Behavior Survey (YRBS) have not undergone cognitive testing. (cdc.gov)
  • All YRBS sample youth were contacted in person and responded for themselves. (cdc.gov)
  • Within each family, one child who was attending school and up to two children not in school or whose in-school status was unknown were selected for the YRBS sample. (cdc.gov)
  • Of the 13,789 sample youth identified in this manner, YRBS interviews were completed for 10,645 of them, for a final response rate of 77.2 percent. (cdc.gov)
  • A YRBS record exists for every sample youth who completed the YRBS interview. (cdc.gov)
  • Consequently, the age of some sample youth who were 12 to 21 years old at the time of the original NHIS interview changed for the YRBS. (cdc.gov)
  • In fact, the YRBS includes 232 youth 22 years of age. (cdc.gov)
  • older' youth were part of the original YRBS sample frame, their records were retained on the YRBS data file. (cdc.gov)
  • The YRBS questionnaire focused on selected types of health behaviors among youth that could lead to a greater risk for disease and accidents. (cdc.gov)
  • Not ascertained' codes (code 8) have been assigned to those YRBS file locations where information is either missing or responses given to related questions were inconsistent: i.e., the sample youth left an answer category blank or the sample youth gave answers to two or more questions which contradicted one another. (cdc.gov)
  • The Final Annual Basic Weight (location 207-212), calculated for each interviewed YRBS sample youth, is the weight that will be used in most analyses of the Youth Risk Behavior Survey data. (cdc.gov)
  • To test whether omega-3 fatty acids offer a potential protective effect, Jill Norris and colleagues at the University of Colorado at Denver studied 1,770 children between 1994 and 2006 who were deemed at high risk for diabetes because of genetic tests or because they had a sibling or parent with type 1 diabetes. (nbcnews.com)
  • The Bill, which was to be debated by the House of Commons last Friday but later withdrawn, was calling for effective, automatic screening on the NHS for all high-risk families. (getsurrey.co.uk)
  • Despite the widely noted increase in crystal methamphetamine (CM) use, there are few studies on circumstances of first CM use or correlates of use among high-risk populations (e.g. street-involved youth). (nih.gov)
  • In a study published Sept. 16 in the journal JAMA Network Open, Ghani and colleagues at the University of Chicago and CDPH report that their machine learning model is about twice as accurate in identifying children at high risk than previous, simpler models, and equitably identifies children regardless of their race or ethnicity. (cmu.edu)
  • The study also showed that the machine learning model identified these high-risk children equitably. (cmu.edu)
  • In a study published in the September/October issue of Academic Pediatrics , investigators found a significant association between ADHD symptoms and an increased risk for injury. (medscape.com)
  • When I visited Eagle Rock School in Colorado, an excellent school that targets at-risk kids from all over the country, I found many students who fit this description, many who were extremely gifted in writing, visual arts, or music, but had been a problem in their schools because they were so bored. (edutopia.org)
  • Lead author Dr Francesca Solmi (UCL Psychiatry) said: "We have found that young children with autistic traits at age seven are more likely than their peers to end up developing eating disorder symptoms in adolescence. (sciencedaily.com)
  • We found evidence that the Rh-positive children of Rh-negative mothers possess more than double the risk for developing schizophrenia later in life," Palmer said. (scienceblog.com)
  • They also found that the younger the players were when they began playing tackle football, the greater risk they faced of developing problems later in life. (bostonglobe.com)
  • Children who recovered from coronavirus found to be at significantly increased risk of developing Type 1, Type 2, diabetes, CDC finds. (israelnationalnews.com)
  • Furthermore, Dr. Schwebel suggested, it might be worthwhile to screen those children who experience injury, or frequent/repeated injuries, for ADHD and conduct disorder (CD) symptoms, so that they can be referred for treatment as needed. (medscape.com)
  • Therefore, health care professionals, including psychiatrists, may not be aware of the suicidal risks associated with the concurrent use of prescriptions in the treatment of depressive symptoms in younger patients," the researchers write. (sciencedaily.com)
  • Most other studies looked at snapshots in time, rather than tracking people over multiple years, so it wasn't clear whether autism increases the risk of eating disorders, or if symptoms of eating disorder could sometimes resemble autistic traits. (sciencedaily.com)
  • LGBTQ youth who reported high levels of trauma symptoms had more than three times greater odds of attempting suicide in the past year compared to those with no trauma symptoms and low or moderate trauma symptoms. (thetrevorproject.org)
  • More than one in three (37%) LGBTQ youth ages 13-24 reported high levels of trauma symptoms. (thetrevorproject.org)
  • The average level of trauma symptoms reported by LGBTQ youth was 11.72 (SD = 3.31) out of a possible range of 4 to 16. (thetrevorproject.org)
  • Overall, only 4% of LGBTQ youth reported never experiencing any symptoms of trauma. (thetrevorproject.org)
  • Another 60% of LGBTQ youth reported low to moderate levels of trauma symptoms. (thetrevorproject.org)
  • Symptoms of trauma were higher among LGBTQ youth of color, multisexual youth, and transgender and nonbinary youth. (thetrevorproject.org)
  • The rate of suicide attempts increased among youth reporting higher levels of trauma symptoms. (thetrevorproject.org)
  • That's a problem with the current system, where Black and Hispanic children are less likely to be tested for blood lead levels than are white children, Ghani said. (cmu.edu)
  • Children who are African American, Hispanic, Native American/Alaska Native, Asian American, or Pacific Islander also have a higher risk. (medlineplus.gov)
  • If the war doesn't end now, we are nearing an irreversible situation and risk losing an entire generation of Yemen's young children," explained Lise Grande. (asianews.it)
  • Elevated blood lead levels can cause irreversible neurological damage in children, including developmental delays and irritability. (cmu.edu)
  • Play exposes participants to the risk of severe physical injury. (bmj.com)
  • Schools now require comprehensive risk assessments for seemingly innocuous activities, yet every Saturday teams of children square up against each other in contests that may result in severe injuries to some. (bmj.com)
  • Some may have lifelong functional consequences, making certain occupations impossible and predisposing children to degenerative problems later in life. (bmj.com)
  • For the UN, the conflict has caused the " worst humanitarian crisis in the world " and the novel coronavirus outbreak has had " devastating " effects, with millions of people close to hunger, children suffering the consequences that will last at least for the next 20 years. (asianews.it)
  • The youth were receptive to messaging that conveyed authenticity and contained straightforward facts about the health consequences of SLT use. (who.int)
  • Messages which portrayed the progression from familiar short-term health effects to more serious long-term consequences of SLT use, also resonated with the youth. (who.int)
  • This was a cross-sectional study of children aged 2 to 4.9 years, repeated in waves (1993, 1997, 2000, and 2007) and based on the Indonesian Family Life Survey, a nationally representative sampling of households there involving questionnaires and anthropometric measurements. (medscape.com)
  • employ built-in protection measures while innovating as appropriate, and provide internet connectivity to improve access for disadvantaged children in low-income households. (unicef.org)
  • Finally, children and teens in households with married caregivers had only 0.4 times the odds of needing hospital care compared with comparable patients living with only one adult caregiver. (brown.edu)
  • Kids that come to the hospital after sledding accidents commonly have head injuries , and some are permanently disabled, a new study suggests. (livescience.com)
  • 100 cases out of 12.7 million children in the UK suggests the chance of a child developing the inflammatory syndrome is, on average, around one in 127,000. (channel4.com)
  • Reported in the December issue of the peer-reviewed American Journal of Human Genetics, the study suggests that the gene that codes for Rh factor is to blame for the higher risk. (scienceblog.com)
  • This suggests that the RHD gene is a risk factor for this mental disorder. (scienceblog.com)
  • If a child's history suggests increased risk for reading difficulties, it is critical that he or she receive high-quality reading instruction, early intervention, parent support and special education, if needed. (readingrockets.org)
  • AMMAN, Jordan (June 12, 2015) - On the occasion of the World Day Against Child Labor on June 12, the humanitarian agency CARE is highlighting concerns that Syrian refugee children, with few options and little choice, are being forced to enter the labor market, losing educational opportunities and facing increased protection risks. (care.org)
  • Having witnessed a need for policy changes in the area of human trafficking, Children At Risk has worked with public officials at the state capitol to strengthen the anti-trafficking laws in Texas since 2007. (wikipedia.org)
  • They said the findings could help physicians and school officials better identify children who might be at risk of having ADHD and provide them with help at an earlier age. (ksl.com)
  • Jordanian officials say the number of child laborers could be as high as 60,000. (care.org)
  • Machine learning can help public health officials identify children most at risk of lead poisoning, enabling them to concentrate their limited resources on preventing poisonings rather than remediating homes only after a child suffers elevated blood lead levels, a new study shows. (cmu.edu)
  • Response rates to traditional surveys among youth, in particular young males, are some of the lowest among all age groups in the country. (sas.com)
  • It's always a risk," said youth development counselor Isaiah Brooks, whose job is to engage with young people on the streets. (abc15.com)
  • What these countries do have is a rapidly developing commercial market for complementary foods and inappropriate foods for babies and young children. (medscape.com)
  • With two young children and a third on the way, they recognized the need for safety while remodeling the 1964 home Eric Rudeseal grew up in. (dallasnews.com)
  • Young children who drink bathwater or put their wet hands or toys in their mouths during bath time are at greatest risk. (dallasnews.com)
  • Bradley Farrow, 17, who suffers from Brugada Syndrome, which causes his heart to race and move into cardiac arrest, had attended Westminster last week to promote Dari Taylor's Private Members Bill on Cardiac Risk in the Young (CRY). (getsurrey.co.uk)
  • This bill gave us an opportunity of raising awareness for Cardiac Risk in the Young. (getsurrey.co.uk)
  • More than 1.5 billion children and young people have been affected by school closures worldwide. (unicef.org)
  • We call on governments and industry to join forces to keep children and young people safe online through enhanced safety features and new tools to help parents and educators teach their children how to use the internet safely. (unicef.org)
  • Lead author Dima M. Qato, assistant professor of pharmacy systems, outcomes and policy at the UIC College of Pharmacy, says the findings not only provide valuable insight on how many young people in the U.S. regularly use prescription medication, but more importantly show that polypharmacy -- the use of multiple medications simultaneously -- is also common and comes with a potential risk. (sciencedaily.com)
  • While anyone might mistake a copycat candy or chip with the real thing, young children are especially vulnerable, Ompad said, as they may be easily drawn to the brightly colored bags often decorated with familiar cartoon characters. (cnn.com)
  • While the study did not investigate the reasons behind the relationship, the researchers point out that children with autism may have difficulties with social communication and developing friendships, which could contribute to higher rates of depression and anxiety at young ages. (sciencedaily.com)
  • The broader study published Tuesday comes as parents seem increasingly concerned about whether to permit their young children to play tackle football. (bostonglobe.com)
  • Numerous Pro Football Hall of Famers, including Terry Bradshaw, Troy Aikman, and Brett Favre, also have said they would be reluctant to let their young children play tackle football if they had kids that age. (bostonglobe.com)
  • While most employed children are teenagers, reports show that some are as young as eight or nine years old. (care.org)
  • In July, Dr. Marty Makary argued in a Wall Street Journal editorial that the evidence behind the CDC's push to vaccinate children is flimsy, arguing the agency overcounts COVID hospitalizations and deaths, and won't consider whether or not one shot is sufficient for many people. (wnd.com)
  • Seven countries across the Middle East are planning to vaccinate more than 22 million children multiple times over six months - the region's largest-ever coordinated immunization plan. (who.int)
  • To vaccinate so many children in different countries is a huge undertaking," said Maria Calivis, UNICEF Regional Director for the Middle East and North Africa. (who.int)
  • A diet rich in fish and other sources of omega-3 fatty acids helped cut the risk that children with a family history of diabetes would develop the disease, U.S. researchers said on Tuesday. (nbcnews.com)
  • Children have a higher risk of type 2 diabetes if they are overweight or have obesity, have a family history of diabetes, or are not active. (medlineplus.gov)
  • Their study determined that youth and adolescent soccer is even safer than elite soccer. (change.org)
  • The children are participants in the University of Alabama at Birmingham's Healthy Passages Study, a long-term community-based study of adolescent health. (medscape.com)
  • Adolescent girls are at highest risk. (sciencedaily.com)
  • The findings from the study, which is published in the journal Pediatrics , indicate that adolescent girls are at highest risk of potential adverse events due to drug-drug interactions, or DDIs. (sciencedaily.com)
  • Among those using multiple medications, adolescent girls were at highest risk, with nearly one in five using interacting drug regimens. (sciencedaily.com)
  • We need to get two drops of polio vaccine into the mouth of every child under the age of five, regardless of their previous immunization history, every time there is a campaign," said Khouzama al-Rasheed, a medical worker at a health centre in Qudssaya, rural Damascus, Syria. (who.int)
  • Some of Children At Risk's previous primary issues were juvenile justice, mental health, and Latino children. (wikipedia.org)
  • Youth Risk Behavior Survey, 1990 USER NOTE The Format Library for the SAS Data File exists as : CC37.SAS.YRBS90.FMTLIB Volume Serial: SCIP04 Organization: PS Record Format: FS Record Length: 6144 Block Size: 6144 SURVEY Survey Coversheet This survey is about health. (cdc.gov)
  • He added the use of nicotine in any form by pregnant women and youth is dangerous because it carries health risks for the developing fetus' brain and lungs. (com.pk)
  • He said if the government keeps ignoring the widespread sales and advertisements of nicotine pouches, it may pose a greater threat to the health of general public particularly the youth. (com.pk)
  • Sleep-disordered breathing in children is disruptive to their nightly rest, which can result in other health problems. (psychologytoday.com)
  • Effective risk communication can help calm people's fears by telling them what actions are being taken to protect children and staff and to answer health questions. (cdc.gov)
  • about an event and the steps being taken to protect the health of children and staff. (cdc.gov)
  • Tell what is known and focus on the specifics of the event and the potential effect it can have on the health of children and staff. (cdc.gov)
  • In an interview with Channel 4 News last night, Dr Liz Whittaker of the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health said there is "a spectrum" of severity among patients with the inflammatory syndrome. (channel4.com)
  • Higher levels of air pollution may correspond to higher rates of mental health disorders in kids and teens, according to a new study conducted in Sweden. (livescience.com)
  • Join Curtin researchers from the areas of law, education, health and human rights in a discussion of issues across Aboriginal youth justice, health-service needs in the prison system, and the crucial need for strengthening cultural identity, wellbeing, and resilience for at-risk youth. (edu.au)
  • He is Chair of Australia's National Youth Justice Health Advisory Group and the WHO's Health in Prisons Programme Technical Expert Group. (edu.au)
  • Eating even a small fraction of that bag would "overwhelm a child," said Danielle Ompad, associate professor of epidemiology at NYU School of Global Public Health and senior author of a new study investigating copycat packaging in cannabis sales. (cnn.com)
  • It is a controlled substance because of its suspected health risks and available only by prescription. (kidshealth.org)
  • Besides the health risks, people who use steroids without a prescription are breaking the law. (kidshealth.org)
  • Bakhouch said that children also lacked adequate health care due to the impact of climate change in the regions. (arabnews.com)
  • Yet the standard public health practice has been to wait until children are identified with elevated lead levels and then fix their living conditions. (cmu.edu)
  • Of course, most health departments currently aren't identifying any of these children proactively, he added. (cmu.edu)
  • The sample of children 12 to 21 years of age was drawn from families who were interviewed for the 1992 National Health Interview Survey. (cdc.gov)
  • PRAGUE - Children who are stunted are more likely to be at risk of overweight and obesity than children of normal height, according to a new study among 2- to 5-year-olds in Indonesia, the world's fourth most populous nation. (medscape.com)
  • They set out to determine temporal trends in stunting, underweight, and overweight in the children - height, weight, and body mass index (BMI) were expressed as Z scores ( WHO Child Growth Standards 2006 ). (medscape.com)
  • A second study done in Japan ( https://www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1101/2020.02.28.20029272v2.full.pdf ) concluded the risk of transmission outdoors is 18.7 times lower than the risk of transmission indoors. (change.org)
  • A lack of face-to-face contact with friends and partners may lead to heightened risk-taking such as sending sexualized images, while increased and unstructured time online may expose children to potentially harmful and violent content as well as greater risk of cyberbullying. (unicef.org)
  • Browse our library of evidence-based teaching strategies, learn more about using classroom texts, find out what whole-child literacy instruction looks like, and dive deeper into comprehension, content area literacy, writing, and social-emotional learning. (readingrockets.org)
  • In some parts of the country, experts warn, levels of acute child malnutrition are alarming. (asianews.it)
  • According to UN data, more than half a million children under five suffer from acute malnutrition in southern Yemen. (asianews.it)
  • Lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, and questioning (LGBTQ) youth report significant disparities in suicide risk compared to their straight and cisgender peers (Johns et al. (thetrevorproject.org)
  • ROCHESTER, Minn., Sep 14, 2004 (United Press International via COMTEX) -- U.S. researchers said children born to parents who have low education levels are at an increased risk for developing attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder. (ksl.com)
  • Children with autistic traits are more likely than their peers to develop an eating disorder, according to a new study. (sciencedaily.com)
  • Co-author Dr William Mandy (UCL Psychology & Language Sciences) said: "The next step is to learn more about why those with autistic traits have a higher risk of developing an eating disorder so we can then design interventions to prevent eating disorders. (sciencedaily.com)
  • In a recent study published in JAMA Network Open , researchers determined the relationship between infertility and its treatments on autism spectrum disorder (ASD) development risk and the mediating effects of adverse pregnancy outcomes on the relationship. (news-medical.net)
  • Migraine is a common disorder in children. (medscape.com)
  • Other findings from the study showed that prescription medications associated with an increased risk of suicide are among the most commonly used, often in combination. (sciencedaily.com)
  • The researchers investigated autistic traits reported by the mother, rather than a diagnosis of autism, meaning that the study findings would involve children who do not necessarily have autism, but also would include children with autism who might not have been diagnosed. (sciencedaily.com)
  • A board-certified genetic counselor, Palmer emphasizes that the UCLA findings should not panic mothers who don't share Rh compatibility with their children. (scienceblog.com)
  • These findings connect genetic 17q21 variations that are associated with asthma risk and higher ORMDL3 expression to lower sphingolipid synthesis in humans. (jci.org)
  • Data were collected from an online survey conducted between September and December 2021 of 33,993 LGBTQ youth recruited via targeted ads on social media. (thetrevorproject.org)
  • The study was conducted in Ontario using administrative healthcare data, including individuals aged 18 to 55 with single and multiple children born at ≥24 weeks of gestation between 1 April 2006 and 31 March 2018. (news-medical.net)
  • At least 12,125 children were either killed or injured by conflict-related violence in 2018 alone, a rise of 13 percent compared with the reported total the year before, with Afghanistan being the most dangerous country for children. (savethechildren.org)
  • Materials and method: a search was made in the PUBMED using the terms "dental caries AND risk indicators AND Brazil", from witch gets studies published from 2000 to 2012. (bvsalud.org)
  • Children At Risk has proposed that the Texas Legislature require schools with student populations of 80% or more living at or below 185% of the federal poverty level to provide free school breakfast to all interested students. (wikipedia.org)
  • But many social service workers are still waiting, all the while continuing to support at-risk populations in their communities. (abc15.com)
  • Type 1 diabetes, formerly called juvenile diabetes, is the most common form of diabetes in children. (nbcnews.com)
  • Until recently, the common type of diabetes in children and teens was type 1 . (medlineplus.gov)
  • Although the researchers did not delve into why children with ADHD are at greater risk for injury, they believe it likely relates to attention problems and impulse control issues. (medscape.com)
  • Dr. Winston believes the study offers "an important message that continually needs to be reiterated to families about the increased risk of injury for children with ADHD. (medscape.com)
  • avoidance of injury requires considerable skills that not all children acquire. (bmj.com)
  • The use of helmets in skiing has been shown to reduce the risk of head injury by 45 percent, Herman said. (livescience.com)
  • And people who use steroids also appear to be at higher risk for using other drugs, such as alcohol or cocaine, often to counteract some of the negative effects of steroids. (kidshealth.org)
  • This webpage is designed to assist youth programs with minimizing the risk of harm to minors, and includes information on program registration, training, background checks, and reporting. (lsu.edu)
  • Tell parents at the time their child enters the ECE program how information will be shared, so they will know how they will be notified if an event occurs. (cdc.gov)
  • Parents should survey the snowy course for possible risks and consider equipping their kids with helmets before sledding, as recommended by the American Academy of Pediatrics, the researchers say. (livescience.com)
  • Understandably, parents are worried about the risks kids might face once they return to class. (channel4.com)
  • step up awareness raising and educational initiatives on child online safety, and make sure social service providers, schools, parents and children are aware of local reporting mechanisms and have support numbers of local helplines and hotlines. (unicef.org)
  • Mayo Clinic researchers said boys from low-education families are particularly at risk for ADHD, compared to girls and all children born to parents with high levels of education. (ksl.com)
  • Senior author Professor Glyn Lewis (UCL Psychiatry) said: "Parents and other carers of children with autism should be aware there is an increased risk of developing eating disorders. (sciencedaily.com)
  • Last year, CARE Jordan began offering support for families through a conditional cash assistance program that encourages parents to keep their children in school and out of the work force. (care.org)
  • By helping children stay in school and out of the labor market, parents can better protect their children now and for the future," Kanaan says. (care.org)
  • They left behind their parents who hoped their children could escape the escalating conflict while they stayed to try to protect their home. (savethechildren.org)
  • The data collection procedures included interviews and psychological tests with the children, and semi-structured interviews with the parents for Anamnesis rising. (bvsalud.org)
  • Regardless, these data should provide reassurance for both parents and providers with respect to the potential fracture risk associated with the use of ICSs. (medscape.com)
  • however, subfertility may be at a greater risk. (news-medical.net)
  • By providing a cash subsidy, CARE helps families offset costs, substituting it for the income otherwise earned by a child, and at much greater personal cost. (care.org)