Sentences with phrase «among high school youth»

Past - month e-cigarette use predicted future conventional cigarette use across 3 longitudinal waves among high school youth.

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In celebration of the release my new book due out March 29, «The Definitive Guide To Youth Athletic - Strength, Conditioning and Performance» I wanted to cover Female ACL inury prevention strategies, which has it's own chapter of the book called «Six Strategies For Preventing ACL Injuries Among High School Aged Female Athletes».

There is a general lack of first aid, injury recognition and management knowledge among high school and youth coaches, with some youth sports programs lacking even a basic emergency medical plan.

Among the acts allegedly committed by these youth coaches were filming high school girls as they showered, and sexually molesting young swimmers.

while far from conclusive, has raised alarm bells among some in the youth sports community and prompted at least one leading concussion expert, Dr. Robert Cantu, MomsTeam's concussion expert emeritus, to recently recommend that kids not play such sports until middle or high school, at least under current rules.

New research confirms what doctors working with young athletes already suspected: the number of anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) tears among youths, particularly high school students, has risen during the past 20 years.

The headmistress was speaking at the Accra Girls SHS 29th Speech and Prize - giving Day, at the school's premises in Accra on the theme: «Promoting High Academic Standards and Entrepreneurship Among the Youth.»

E-cigarette use among U.S. high school students more than doubled from 4.7 percent in 2011 to 10 percent in 2012, according to recent data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's National Youth Tobacco Survey.

In 1992, among the high - scoring high school seniors (those with test scores in the top tenth of the class), black and Hispanic youth were three times as likely to be from families with incomes less than $ 20,000 than white and other non-Hispanic youth (12)(see figure, below).

Texting while driving among high school students: Analysis of 2011 data from the National Youth Risk Behavior Surveillance System (YRBSS).

Kentucky also brings up the rear among youth in grades 9 - 12 who use tobacco; according to 2011 CDC data, about 24 - percent of high school students smoke cigarettes.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention conducts the survey on a nationally representative sample of high schoolers every two years to monitor six types of health - risk behaviors that contribute to the leading causes of death, disability and social problems among U.S. youths.

The study of nearly 40,000 youth around the country also found that e-cigarette use among middle and high school students doubled between 2011 and 2012, from 3.1 percent to 6.5 percent.

There is a sense among those who pay attention to youth and high school athletics that more and more young athletes today are focusing on excelling at a single sport instead of playing a variety.

To determine the prevalence of texting while driving among youths, Bailin and her colleagues analyzed data from the 2011 Youth Risk Behavior Survey of 7,833 high school students who were old enough to get a driver's license in their state.

In a project known as the Study of Mathematically Precocious Youth, Vanderbilt psychologists David Lubinski, Camilla Benbow, and their colleagues found that, even among a sample of intellectually gifted people, a higher level of cognitive ability in childhood forecasted great accomplishment later in life, both in school and beyond.

In this study, I find that winning a lottery for admission to the school of choice greatly reduces criminal activity, and that the greatest reduction occurs among youth at the highest risk for committing crimes.

Her first book, Balancing Acts: Youth Culture in the Global City, analyzes youth culture among children of immigrants attending low - performing high schools in New York City and LoYouth Culture in the Global City, analyzes youth culture among children of immigrants attending low - performing high schools in New York City and Loyouth culture among children of immigrants attending low - performing high schools in New York City and London.

In his study, Dr. Deming highlights the fact that «winning a lottery for admission to the school of choice greatly reduces criminal activity, and that the greatest reduction occurs among youth at the highest risk for committing crimes.»

Through extensive study in the areas of next generation learning, social and emotional learning, wellness, urban planning, Hip - Hop culture, Chicago history, the opportunity gaps that exist among marginalized students, economic mobility, arts education, and the at - risk communities on Chicago's South Side, Art in Motion has a solid research foundation upon which to build an innovative middle and high school that has the potential to change the narrative for many Southside youth.

Among the 415,000 youth in the foster care system nationwide, only 46 % will earn a high school diploma or GED, and less than 3 % will obtain a bachelor's degree.

Minnesota Alliance With Youth: GradMinnesota The high school graduation rate in Minnesota improved last year to 81 percent, with steady gains in struggling metropolitan districts and significant improvement among students of color.

Following the increased occurrence of bullying in schools among Canadian youths aged 11 to 16, and high - profile suicides of young persons due to bullying, several jurisdictions in Canada are in the process of enacting anti-bullying laws.

She is a board member for a transitional home for men trying to reintegrate into society after incarceration, and a member of the Toronto District School Board black student achievement advisory committee where she drafts policies to reduce drop - out rates among black high school students, as well as coaches soccer at the Burlington youth soccerSchool Board black student achievement advisory committee where she drafts policies to reduce drop - out rates among black high school students, as well as coaches soccer at the Burlington youth soccerschool students, as well as coaches soccer at the Burlington youth soccer club.

Current e-cigarette use among high school students increased from 1.5 % in 2011 to 16 % in 2015, surpassing use of regular cigarettes, according to the government's National Youth Tobacco Survey.

Supporting the transition to adulthood among high school dropouts: An impact study of the National Guard Youth Challenge Program.

According to the U.S. Department of Education, approximately 28 % of middle and high school students reported being bullied in 2010 - 2011, suggesting that it is a fairly common problem among youth.

The school originally chose to redesign itself into an SF institution because, besides having many special programs to help high - risk youth, it was still experiencing extremely high drop - out rates, low rates of college enrollment among its graduates, and poor academic performance of its students.

It is difficult to compare our findings with studies of general population youth because rates vary widely, depending on the sample, the method, the source of data (participant or collaterals), and whether functional impairment was required for diagnosis.50 Despite these differences, our overall rates are substantially higher than the median rate reported in a major review article (15 %) 50 and other more recent investigations: the Great Smoky Mountains Study (20.3 %), 56 the Virginia Twin Study of Adolescent Behavioral Development (142 cases per 1000 persons), 57 the Methods for the Epidemiology of Child and Adolescent Mental Disorders (6.1 %), 32 and the Miami — Dade County Public School Study (38 %).58 We are especially concerned about the high rates of depression and dysthymia among detained youth (17.2 % of males, 26.3 % of females), which are also higher than general population rates.51,56 - 61 Depressive disorders are difficult to detect (and treat) in the chaos of the corrections milieu.

Regional and tribal variations in rates of suicide and suicide attempts among American Indian and Alaska Native adolescents have been found.2, 18 Since the sample was school - based, some of the most high - risk youth, those who are frequently absent or who have dropped out of school, may have been excluded.

Utilization of Youth Reproductive Health Services and Associated Factors among High School Students in Bahir Dar, Amhara Regional State, Ethiopia

The study aims to determine whether receiving the Second Step intervention in middle school reduces youth aggression, sexual violence, and substance use, and teen dating violence when in high school; to evaluate Second Step program effects on trajectories of bullying, victimization, homophobic teasing, sexual harassment, and teen dating violence in high school, and to examine the relations among growth in aggression and substance use.

The goal of the intervention is to improve high school graduation rates among participating youths by improving their academic achievement, social — emotional skills, school attachment, and relationships with other students across grades.

This project proposes to increase high school graduation rates and college applications among Latino and African American youth who are at - risk for not completing high school.

The lack of a relationship between being bullied and poorer friendship - making among high school females could indicate that by this age, females are more apt to find a peer group in which they «fit,» even though the peer group may consist of youth of similar social status.38

We have high rates of school dropout, teen pregnancy, and violence among youth — and equally alarming low levels of preparedness for the workplace among young adults.

While smoking was positively associated with bullying and coincident bullying / being bullied among all groups, the magnitude of the relationship was greater for middle school youth than high school youth.

Consistent with previous studies, 1,7,8,11,12 bullying was reported as more prevalent among males than females and occurred with greater frequency among middle school — aged youth than high school — aged youth.