Sentences with phrase «adolescent girls and women»

I have a heart for adolescent girls and women who struggle with self image and / or have experienced trauma.

Since 1985, The Renfrew Centers have been providing clinical excellence within a nurturing environment - empowering adolescent girls and women to change their lives.

The program has encompassed a series of investigations examining the physical, psychological, and social development of adolescent girls and women.

Total Fiber AI Summary, Pregnancy AI for Pregnant Women 14â $ «18 years 28 g / d of Total Fiber 19â $ «30 years 28 g / d of Total Fiber 31â $ «50 years 28 g / d of Total Fiber Lactation Method Used to Set the AI There is no evidence to suggest the beneficial effects of fiber in reduc - ing the risk of CHD for lactating adolescent girls and women are different from nonpregnant adolescent girls and women.

389 D IETARY, FUNCTIONAL, AND TOTAL FIBER Total Fiber AI Summary, Ages 19 Years and Older AI for Men 19â $ «30 years 38 g / d of Total Fiber 31â $ «50 years 38 g / d of Total Fiber 51â $ «70 years 30 g / d of Total Fiber > 70 years 30 g / d of Total Fiber AI for Women 19â $ «30 years 25 g / d of Total Fiber 31â $ «50 years 25 g / d of Total Fiber 51â $ «70 years 21 g / d of Total Fiber > 70 years 21 g / d of Total Fiber Pregnancy Method Used to Set the AI There is no evidence to suggest the beneficial effects of fiber in reduc - ing the risk of CHD for pregnant adolescent girls and women is different from nonpregnant adolescent girls and women.

Education offered by The Integrative Women's Health Institute focuses on functional nutrition, health coaching skills development, and lifestyle medicine strategies for adolescent girls and women who struggle with chronic health challenges.

It is difficult to determine exactly what proportion of those losses are due to maternal malnutrition, but recent research indicates that 60 percent of deaths of children under age 5 are associated with malnutrition — and children's malnutrition is strongly correlated with mothers» poor nutritional status.17 Problems related to anemia, for example, including cognitive impairment in children and low productivity in adults, cost US$ 5 billion a year in South Asia alone.18 Illness associated with nutrient deficiencies have significantly reduced the productivity of women in less developed countries.19 A recent report from Asia shows that malnutrition reduces human productivity by 10 percent to 15 percent and gross domestic product by 5 percent to 10 percent.20 By improving the nutrition of adolescent girls and women, nations can reduce health care costs, increase intellectual capacity, and improve adult productivity.21

The recommendations in the box on page 5 are suggested to improve the nutrition of adolescent girls and women of reproductive age.

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Novelist Mary Gordon, a perceptive interpreter of Catholic women's experience, affirms that Mary's submissive obedience has become «a stick to beat smart girls» («Coming to Terms with Mary,» Commonweal, January 15, 1982) Warner painfully recalls her own adolescent realization that the symbol of Mary as a model of chastity actually denigrates women and humanity, an understanding that transformed her perception of the church.

The author is a clinical psychologist who specializes in the issues of women and adolescent girls.

Gender inequality inhibits women and girls from effectively understanding, accessing and utilizing reproductive, maternal, neonatal, child and adolescent health (RMNCAH) services.

Launching the initiative at the Sunyani Jubilee Park today, the First Lady noted that «Anaemia is a serious public health problem that affects women, adolescent girls and children and current data indicates that over four in ten women have Anaemia in Ghana and about half of all adolescent girls and pregnant women in Ghana are also Anaemic.»

She also promised she will work in support of the regional minister and other traditional authorities in the region to ensure issues affecting women such as adolescent girl marriages are dealt with therefore they should «be patience and have confidence in the government.»

The report said that in the 2016 UN Political Declaration on Ending AIDS, countries committed to reducing the number of new HIV infections among adolescent girls and young women from 390 000 in 2015 to below 100 000 in 2020.

An increased commitment to the rights and voices of women and adolescent girls within national family planning and reproductive health programs.

Despite progress to date, LARCs remain out of reach for many women and adolescent girls — especially the poorest and most marginalized.

Expanded access to various types of healthcare providers in the public and private sectors who have acquired the skills needed to deliver effective contraceptive options to women and adolescent girls.

In recognition of the theme of the 2013 International Conference on Family Planning, Full Access, Full Choice, the Bellagio Group reaffirms its commitment to expanding access to highly effective, long - acting, reversible contraception for women and adolescent girls within the full range of contraceptive choice.

Of the 1,518 participants (753 girls [average age, 11.4 years]; 451 boys [average age, 11.5 years]; and 314 adolescent girls and young women [average age, 21 years]-RRB-, 1,474 completed the study and data from 1,377 were analyzed.

For this study, conducted at 52 ambulatory care sites in 15 countries, five groups were enrolled: (1) girls ages 9 to 14 years to receive 2 doses 6 months apart (n = 301); (2) boys ages 9 to 14 years to receive 2 doses 6 months apart (n = 301); (3) girls and boys ages 9 to 14 years to receive 2 doses 12 months apart (n = 301); (4) girls ages 9 to 14 years to receive 3 doses over 6 months (n = 301); and (5) a control group of adolescent girls and young women ages 16 to 26 years to receive 3 doses over 6 months (n = 314).

At 4 weeks after the last dose, the researchers found that HPV antibody responses in girls and boys given 2 doses were noninferior to HPV antibody responses in adolescent girls and young women given 3 doses.

Professor Abdool Karim is a member of the UNAIDS Scientific Expert Panel and Scientific Advisor to the Executive Director of UNAIDS, Scientific Advisory Board member of the US President's Emergency Pan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR), Chair of the PEPFAR Adolescent Girls and Young Women Expert Working Group, a member of the HIV Centre Strategic Advisory Committee and the NIH OAR Microbicides Planning Group.

Prior to that, she was the Director of Co-Investments at the Nike Foundation's Girl Effect, where she led a $ 210 million partnership between the President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR) and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation to reduce new HIV infections in adolescent girls and young women.

Widespread access to current HIV prevention technologies is limited among groups most vulnerable to HIV infection such as women and adolescent girls.

There was a significant link between amount of alcohol consumption and further increased risk of getting benign breast disease as young women in adolescent girls having a family history of breast cancer.

National survey data indicate that dietary magnesium intake is inadequate in the US general population, particularly among adolescent girls, women, and the elderly (2, 3).

As it happens, both young men and women experience a growth spurt in adolescence that is second only to the rapid growth that occurs in the first year of life.2 With the onset of puberty come increases in height, weight and bone mass; cognitive changes; and reproductive maturation.3 Adolescent boys gain more in bone size and mass than adolescent girls.3 To support this intensive and multifaceted period of growth, the total nutrient needs of adolescents are higher than at any other lAdolescent boys gain more in bone size and mass than adolescent girls.3 To support this intensive and multifaceted period of growth, the total nutrient needs of adolescents are higher than at any other ladolescent girls.3 To support this intensive and multifaceted period of growth, the total nutrient needs of adolescents are higher than at any other life stage.

Someone with early stages of iron deficiency may have no symptoms, so it is important for at - risk groups (such as adolescent girls, pregnant women, and young children) to be screened.

A saree looks perfect on an adolescent girl or for that matter a middle - aged woman who wish to look gorgeous and beautiful, and we at «Kalki» have perfectly understood the fashion taste of Indian woman and brought for you a classic collection of bridal sarees, printed sarees in silk, embroidered sarees and much more.

His breakthrough year was 2001, however, with standout turns in a pair of indie films: a haunted adolescent in the cult classic Donnie Darko and a gawky teen in love with an older woman in Lovely & Amazing, a performance he more or less repeated the next year opposite Jennifer Aniston in The Good Girl.

2.2 by 2030 end all forms of malnutrition, including achieving by 2025 the internationally agreed targets on stunting and wasting in children under five years of age, and address the nutritional needs of adolescent girls, pregnant and lactating women, and older persons

After West Point, Phaovisaid went back to the village to teach basketball — one of her passions — to adolescent girls, and self - defense to low - income women who had moved to Bangkok, often alone, for work.

«With this partnership, we are putting the right conditions in place to realize progress across the 2030 Agenda, to harness ICTs for quality learning, and to empower adolescent girls and young women with the confidence and skills they need to lead productive lives and shape a better future for themselves, their communities and nations.»

From legislative frameworks to classroom practices, gender - sensitive curricula, sexual and reproductive health information, education and services, and data collection, the new Joint Programme will provide a coordinated and collaborative response to the persistent gender gap in education — with a specific focus on adolescent girls and young women between the ages of 10 and 24.

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«We know increasing the education of adolescent girls and young women carries impact across generations,» said Irina Bokova during the launch event.

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I consider how girls and women navigate between their roles as students, workers, wives, and mothers, and ask what it means for adolescents and the project of education when reproduction is taken to signal schooling's failed promise.

There is a sense of lifetimes in his paintings that continue from childhood to old age, for he makes sure the viewer knows that the girl is adolescent and that the woman holding flowers is elderly, yet we can't help but wonder who the «The Chaperone» is.

Whether it is in the potency of teenage girls captured by Dutch artist Rineke Dijkstra, the female body as a site for ideology pictured by Iranian artist Shirin Neshat, or Dutch artist Hellen van Meene «s depiction of a bubble gum - blowing adolescent recalling the paintings of Vermeer, these complex and aesthetically compelling works tell a vital story of women, subjectivity and art.

«I realized, then, that only someone like Mike Kelley can explore an adolescent, 13 - year - old girl's bedroom filled with rainbows and stuffed animals and make that profound; if a woman did it, no one would have given it the time of day.

I wonder how contemporary discursive figurations of the girl, how we talk about adolescent young women, continue to affect the agencies of variously situated adolescent young women in their experiences with criminal and quasi-criminal legality.

The participants had volunteered for the «Women's Health Project» designed to reduce the chances that African American and Latino adolescent girls would develop devastating health problems, including cardiovascular diseases, cancer, and AIDS.

I also recieved a Master's Certificate in Women's Studies and completed research on the development of adolescent girls.

It has generally been accepted, however, that as many as 20 % of adolescent girls and young women experience serious eating problems that do not meet all diagnostic criteria.

CWW provides services that focus on the distinctive needs of women and adolescent girls.

We also provide DBT skills groups for adolescent girls, adult women, and adults in recovery and Daring Way ™ & Rising Strong ™ Groups in our Rogers location.

Validation is one of the many skills we teach in our DBT (Dialectical Behavioral Therapy) Skills Groups for Adolescent Girls, Boys and Adult Women.

NoVo Foundation supports initiatives that focus on ending violence against girls and women and promoting gender equity worldwide, empowering adolescent girls in the developing world, and advancing social and emotional learning in the U.S. Established in 2006, NoVo Foundation is led by Jennifer and Peter Buffett.

Depression and Behavioral Problems Among Adolescent Girls and Young Women Employees of the Textile Industry in India.