Sentences with phrase «among adolescent children»

Familial drinking history as a predictor of alcohol and drug consumption among adolescent children

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Intake of added sugars did not vary by family income among children / adolescents.

The interview format used by the Oliner team had over 450 items and consisted of six main parts: a) characteristics of the family household in which respondents lived in their early years, including relationships among family members; b) parental education, occupation, politics, and religiosity, as well as parental values, attitudes, and disciplinary approaches; c) respondent's childhood and adolescent years - education, religiosity, and friendship patterns, as well as self - described personality characteristics; d) the five - year period just prior to the war — marital status, occupation, work colleagues, politics, religiosity, sense of community, and psychological closeness to various groups of people; if married, similar questions were asked about the spouse; e) the immediate prewar and war years, including employment, attitudes toward Nazis, whether Jews lived in the neighborhood, and awareness of Nazi intentions toward Jews; all were asked to describe their wartime lives and activities, whom they helped, and organizations they belonged to; f) the years after the war, including the present — relations with children and personal and community — helping activities in the last year; this section included forty - two personality items comprising four psychological scales.

Based on research findings, mental health professionals have also reached a consensus that the quality of relationships among significant adults in a child's or adolescent's life is associated with adjustment.

In response to «Trends in Caffeine Intake Among US Children and Adolescents,» a study published today by The American Academy of Pediatrics, American Beverage Association consultant Dr. Richard Adamson, former director of the Division of Cancer Etiology and scientific director, National Cancer Institute, issued the following statement:

Given that global incidence rates of overweight and obesity are on the rise, particularly among children and adolescents, it is imperative that current public health strategies include education about beverage intake.

Among fathers of young adolescents, negative work - to - family spillover has been found to predict (low) paternal knowledge of their children's daily activities — indirectly, via father - child acceptance and fathers» involvement in joint activities with them (Bumpus et al, 2006).

Responding to an increase in academic and emotional problems among kids in the United States, experts in child and adolescent well - being convened at Stanford University in July 2007 to envision a coordinated approach to helping schools and families develop alternative success models to align with research on healthy child development.

* U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, National Institute on Drug Abuse — Preventing Drug Use among Children and Adolescents — A Research Based Guide for Parents, Educators and Community Leaders, Second Edition

Such approaches have yielded some success among young children, but a meta - analysis showed null effects for adolescents (3).

Breakfast consumption and adiposity among children and adolescents: an updated review of the literature.

According to the American Academy of Pediatrics, suicide is the 3rd leading cause of death among children and adolescents, just behind accidents and violence.

In recent decades, obesity has tripled in children and quadrupled among adolescents in the U.S..

A recently published study by researchers in the Center for Injury Research and Policy at Nationwide Children's Hospital is the first to compare and describe the occurrence and distribution patterns of basketball - related injuries treated in emergency departments and the high school athletic training setting among adolescents and teens.

Conclusions and Implications for Public Health Practice: Although the annual rate is declining, unintentional injury remains the leading cause of death among children and adolescents in the United States, led by motor vehicle traffic — related deaths.

The strongest effects were observed among adolescents, meaning that the obesity - reducing benefits of breastfeeding extend many years into a child's life.

• Conduct problems among children and adolescents are associated with high psychological and financial costs and with poor prognosis if left untreated

Boys whose fathers engaged in physical play but without excessive direction were rated as more popular by their teachers.48 Effects of fathers may vary across children's ages, with fathers of adolescent sons frequently playing important roles in those son's transitions, as seen among Arnhem land Australian aborigines.49 Among the Aka hunter - gatherers of Central African Republic, males of varying ages report that they predominantly learned subsistence and social behavioural norms from their fatheamong Arnhem land Australian aborigines.49 Among the Aka hunter - gatherers of Central African Republic, males of varying ages report that they predominantly learned subsistence and social behavioural norms from their fatheAmong the Aka hunter - gatherers of Central African Republic, males of varying ages report that they predominantly learned subsistence and social behavioural norms from their fathers.50

Importance Childhood cancer is a leading cause of mortality among children and adolescents in the developed world and the incidence increases by 0.9 % each year.

Approximately 175000 cancer cases are diagnosed annually in children younger than age 15 years worldwide, 1 with an annual increase of around 0.9 % in incidence rate in the developed world, only partly explained by improved diagnosis and reporting.1, 2 Childhood cancer is rare and its survival rate has increased significantly over the years owing to advancement in treatment technologies; however, it is still a leading cause of death among children and adolescents in developed countries, ranking second among children aged 1 to 14 years in the United States, surpassed only by accidents.1, 3 Childhood cancer is also emerging as a major cause of death in the last few years in Asia, Central and South America, Northwest Africa, and the Middle East, where death rates from preventable communicable diseases are declining.2

Childhood cancer is a leading cause of mortality among children and adolescents in the developed world and the incidence increases by 0.9 % each year.

Childhood cancer is a leading cause of mortality among children and adolescents in the developed world and the incidence rate increases each year.

Among children, both acute lymphocytic leukemia (ALL) and acute myeloid leukemia (AML) are usually diagnosed in their acute form.4 From 1975 to 2011, the incidence rate of leukemia increased in the United States by an annual average of 0.7 % for children and adolescents aged 0 to 19 years, 5 while in the European Union, the yearly increase in leukemia incidence between 1978 and 1997 averaged 0.6 %.6

Individual - and School - Level Factors Related to School - Based Salad Bar Use Among Children and Adolescents.

In children and adolescents with cerebral palsy, physical activity predicted happiness level, and among drug abusers, the number of weekly exercise sessions, regardless of intensity, was slightly associated with happiness.

These results suggest that the stigma of mental health issues may have relaxed among today's parents, in favor of using a broad array of resources to help children and adolescents with these critical areas.»

In a sensitive and deeply reported cover story that begins on page 26, journalist Francine Russo examines the latest research and an ongoing debate among clinicians about how best to help children and adolescents with gender dysphoria — what experts describe as the «insistent, consistent and persistent» sense that one's sex is not what was written on the birth certificate.

«Our findings clearly support the contention that child or adolescent maltreatment specifically is an important risk factor for maladaptive functioning in young adulthood among women with childhood ADHD, particularly with respect to depression, anxiety, and suicidal behavior,» Guendelman said.

«Homicide is a leading cause of death in U.S. adolescents and young adults, especially among African Americans, but the factors influencing violence are complex,» said corresponding author Alison J. Culyba, M.D., M.P.H., an adolescent medicine specialist and epidemiologist at The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP).

With the existing evidence, we now have the opportunity to end preventable deaths among all women, children, and adolescents, to vastly improve their health, and to bring about the transformative changes needed to fully realise their human rights and build resilient and prosperous societies.»

His writing about neuroscience and children's mental health has appeared in The New York Times, Psychology Today, and The Journal of the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry, among others.

Researchers conducted a unique linkage of more than 52,000 electronic health records (EHR) of children born from 1987 to 1995 and New Jersey driver licensing data to determine current rates and patterns of licensure among adolescents and young adults with ASD (without intellectual disability) and those without ASD.

«For example, hip - hop came out among the top in activity level for both children and adolescents while flamenco was the least active for both groups,» said Cain.

But while young athletes are susceptible to the ankle sprains, wrist fractures and other acute injuries that are common among competitors of all ages, numerous studies indicate that approximately half of the sports - related injuries among children and adolescents in this country are caused by overuse.

They present finding from a POSNA survey of opioid prescribing by pediatric orthopaedic surgeons, along with recommended strategies to reduce opioid prescribing and potential misuse among children and adolescents.

So says John Strang of the Children's National Medical Center in Washington, DC, USA, leader of the first study to compare the occurrence of such gender identity issues among children and adolescents with and without specific neurodevelopmental diChildren's National Medical Center in Washington, DC, USA, leader of the first study to compare the occurrence of such gender identity issues among children and adolescents with and without specific neurodevelopmental dichildren and adolescents with and without specific neurodevelopmental disorders.

Genetic susceptibility to bipolar disorder can increase the risk for suicide attempt, but only among those who also have experienced traumatic stress, reports a study published in the December 2017 issue of the Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry (JAACAP).

Kessler Foundation Study Aims to Improve Learning among Children and Adolescents with Brain Injury

Statistics on Childhood Cancer from NCI — «Cancer Incidence and Survival among Children and Adolescents: United States SEER Program 1975 - 1995».

«These studies definitely suggest that among the kids using stimulants, an appreciable portion may have ADHD,» says Stephen Faraone, PhD, director of child and adolescent psychiatry research at SUNY Upstate Medical University, in Syracuse.

This compared to only two cases of stimulant use, or 0.4 %, among healthy children who had died in motor vehicle accidents — a group used to represent a general population of healthy children and adolescents.

The increase has been especially dramatic among children, adolescents, and older people.

Studies have suggested that active video games are particularly helpful when working towards health and fitness goals, especially among children, adolescents and young adults.

Krolner R, Rasmussen M, Brug J, Klepp K - I, Wind M, Due P. Determinants of fruit and vegetable consumption among children and adolescents: a review of the literature.

Lande MB, Kaczorowski JM, Auinger P, Schwartz GJ, Weitzman M. Elevated blood pressure and decreased cognitive function among school - age children and adolescents in the United States.

Among these professions was none other than Dr. Anuja Dokras, President of the Androgen Excess and PCOS Society (AEPCOS), Dr. Richard Legro, former President of AEPCOS, Dr. Katherine Sherif of Thomas Jefferson University, and Dr. Rachana Shaw of Adolescent PCOS Clinic at Children's Hospital of Philadelphia.

Among children ages 2 to 19 years, the prevalence of obesity is 17 percent and affects about 12.7 million children and adolescents.

The prevalence of obesity among children and adolescents was higher among Hispanics (22.4 percent) and non-Hispanic blacks (20.2 percent) than among non-Hispanic whites (14.1 percent).

Association between psychiatric disorders and iron deficiency anemia among children and adolescents: a nationwide population - based study.

«Good relationships among and between the people that influence the quality of child life, largely home and school, make good child and adolescent rearing and development possible.