Sentences with phrase «age youth populations»

What I have observed of Mark over the last ten years is an increasing commitment to formal innovation in one hand with work in his studio, and then Art + Practice which is his foundation in Los Angeles that that serves transitional age youth populations through art, job training, and job preparedness.

which is his foundation in Los Angeles that that serves transitional age youth populations through art, job training, and job preparedness.

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Gender, age, economic background, race and many other demographics vary widely in the homeless and runaway youth population, and vary by program and location.

Beginning in the fall of 2012, the Virginia Tech and Wake Forest researchers began collecting more data on impacts among the youth football population by putting hit sensors in the helmets of over 300 youth football players from ages 6 to 18 in a program they are dubbing KIDS (Kinematics of Impact Data Set).

Last but not least, socio - economic challenges are increasingly evident, with unprecedented rates of youth unemployment, an ageing population and the European welfare systems increasingly under pressure.

All of the above applies to the SGP Youths as well, but for the Youths I would expect the relatively high number of members to be even more pronounced as young adults raised in a religious family and community where > 20 % of the population vote for the SGP tend to have pretty clear views on their political and religious affiliation at a relatively young age, whereas other people tend to choose their political affiliations at a later age (if they ever choose one).

While Cuomo's executive order doesn't necessarily raise the age of criminal responsibility, it does remove youths from the general population over the span of several months.

Youth unemployment is a serious problem on the African continent, where the share of the population of young people between the ages of 15 - 24 is rapidly growing, but not in tandem with the job market.

Center for Diseases Control and Prevention (CDC) estimates that youth ages 15 - 24 make up just over one quarter of the sexually active population, but account for half of the 20 million new sexually transmitted infections that occur in the United States each year.

The overall prevalence of type 2 diabetes for youth ages 10 to 19 years increased by an estimated 30.5 percent between 2001 and 2009 (among a population of 1.7 million and 1.8 million youth, respectively).

«Enacting well - crafted age restriction laws to maximize compliance through enforcement of penalties on the state level and moving towards a national ban with similar accompanying strong enforcement as proposed by many national and international health organizations are essential to reduce skin cancer risk in the vulnerable youth population,» she adds.

- Negative economic growth and rising unemployment lead to significantly increased likelihood of younger men, aged 25 - 44, committing suicide, with a one per cent increase in unemployment leading to a 3.5 per cent rise in suicides among this age group, though migration and receiving money from family members who had migrated is found to reduce suicides among both the youth and female population.

The population is aging, but they are striving to hold on to their youth as long as they can.

An aging population, continuous youth outmigration, and acute stress on local and natural resources reinforce economic struggles and diminish hope for future prosperity.

UNITE - LA employs staff to specifically support strategies aimed at changing outcomes for this high need population that includes Foster Youth, Transition - Age Youth, Probation Youth and Formerly Incarcerated yYouth, Transition - Age Youth, Probation Youth and Formerly Incarcerated yYouth, Probation Youth and Formerly Incarcerated yYouth and Formerly Incarcerated youthyouth.

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One great thing in Pakistan currently is that we have a majority youth population with 62 % people under the age of 25.

Kaduna, Nigeria About Blog The Islamic movement in Nigeria has strong representations under the able leadership of some of its most dedicated and educated members in various towns and cities consisting mainly of the youth and middle aged of the population.

The unemployment rate for Indigenous people over the age of 30 is higher than the unemployment rate for the total youth population.

I have worked with many populations: Severe and Persistent Mentally Ill, Homeless, At Risk Youth, Adolescents, Foster Care Families, Abused Children, School Age Children, Fatherhood, Parenting, Marriages in trouble, Divorce, Couples, The Elderly and Caregivers as well as Substance Addicted Adults and Youth Seeking Recovery.»

When looking at violence against children and youth reported to police in 1999, children and youth under the age of 18 years made up 23 % of the Canadian population and were the victims in 24 % of assaults reported to a sample of police departments.

The primary healthcare service provides for a population of 764 Indigenous Australians aged 10 — 24 years, which represents 28.5 % of a total of 2677 Indigenous persons in the local population.34 The community - based youth service serves a population of approximately 4338 Indigenous young people aged 10 — 24 years, which represents 30.1 % of a total of 14 391 Indigenous persons in the local population.34 The client base of both services includes a significant number of young people who move between the regional centre and the remote and very remote communities of far north Queensland.

Many youth in the juvenile justice population may develop new disorders as they age.

Overall, the youngest age group (≤ 13 years) had the lowest prevalence rates of most disorders, confirming studies57,66 - 68 of general population youth.

Addresses the approaches, methods, and strategies used to identify mental health and substance use problems of high - risk youths (persons whose ages are between birth and 22 years) in settings that serve either a broad spectrum of children and adolescents or a high - risk population.

Identifying Mental Health and Substance Use Problems of Children and Adolescents: A Guide for Child - Serving Organizations (PDF - 2,954 KB) Holt (2011) Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, Center for Mental Health Services Addresses the approaches, methods, and strategies used to identify mental health and substance use problems of high - risk youths (persons whose ages are between birth and 22 years) in settings that serve either a broad spectrum of children and adolescents or a high - risk population.

Prevalence and Timing of Diagnosable Mental Health, Alcohol, and Substance Use Problems Among Older Adolescents in the Child Welfare System Keller, Salazar, & Courtney (2010) Children and Youth Services Review, 32 (4) View Abstract Reports the prevalence of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD), major depression, alcohol abuse / dependence, and substance abuse / dependence diagnoses assessed with a structured clinical interview protocol in a population - based, multi-State, age cohort of older adolescents about to exit child welfare systems.

Participants Representative population - based sample of non-institutionalised youth aged between 0 and 17 years (n = 17 450) and examined between 2003 and 2006.

The program is provided with families of specialty populations of all ages involved with agencies that specialize in child welfare, mental health, substance abuse, developmental disabilities, juvenile justice and crossover youth.

Dr. Amy Dworsky is a Research Fellow whose research focuses on vulnerable youth populations — including youth aging out of foster care, homeless youth, and foster youth who are pregnant and / or parenting — and the systems in which those youth are involved.

Despite making up only 5 per cent of the population aged 10 to 17, more than half of the young people in jail are Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander youths.

In a population - based birth cohort, children's emotional and behavioral problems were assessed at age 3 using the Child Behavior Checklist 2 — 3 (CBCL 2 — 3), and at age 12 by parents using the CBCL 11 — 18, and the Youth Self Report (YSR) completed by the children.

Anxiety disorders are among the most common mental disorders during childhood and adolescence, with a prevalence of 3 — 5 % in school - age children (6 — 12 years) and 10 — 19 % in adolescents (13 — 18 years); 1, 2 and the prevalence of anxiety disorders in this population tends to increase over time.3 Anxiety is the most common psychological symptom reported by children and adolescents; however, presentation varies with age as younger patients often report undifferentiated anxiety symptoms, for example, muscle tension, headache, stomachache or angry outbursts.4 According to the standard diagnostic systems, there are various types of anxiety disorders, for example, generalised anxiety disorder (GAD), social phobias (SOP), social anxiety disorder (SAD), panic disorder (PD), overanxious disorder, separation anxiety, post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), obsessive - compulsive disorder (OCD).5 Anxiety disorders in children and adolescents often occur with a number of comorbidities, such as autism spectrum disorders, 6 depressive disorders, 7 conduct disorder, 8 substance abuse9 or suicide - related behaviour.10 Youths with anxiety disorders experience serious impairment in social functioning (eg, poor school achievement; relational problems with family members and peers).11, 12 Childhood and adolescent anxiety disorders can persist despite treatment, 1 and they are associated with later adult psychopathology.13, 14

In a representative population sample of 1,420 youth (ages 8 — 14 years), Shanahan et al. (2014) found that depression alone was neither predictive of nor predicted by sleep problems.

The Aboriginal Child, Youth and Family Strategy is a population based prevention and early intervention strategy for Aboriginal children aged 0 — 5 years and their families.

Both clinics served similar populations — primarily African American youth, aged 12 to 21 years.