Sentences with phrase «led by adolescents»

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«We weren't surprised that better adolescent close friendships turned out to be important, but we were surprised by just how important they turned out to be into adulthood,» Rachel Narr, University of Virginia doctoral student and lead author of the study, told New York Magazine.

Legislation has weakened marriage; permitted abortion; destroyed Christian adoption agencies; fostered adolescent promiscuity by promoting contraception; and hampered the supervision of failing parents, leading to the deaths of children.

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.

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.

The practice of conversion therapy is opposed by nearly all leading health agencies including the American Academy of Child Adolescent Psychiatry, the American Academy of pediatrics, the American Association for Marriage and Family Therapy, the American College of Physicians, the World Health Organization and many others.

Examining more than 20 years of national data for U.S. adolescents, a research team led by Andrew Subica at the University of California, Riverside reports that adolescents have high prevalence of alcohol, cigarette, and marijuana use, and concerning rates of suicide - related thoughts and behaviors.

The fact that menthol cigarettes are favoured by adolescents and young smokers leads to the suspicion that their availability encourages people to smoke, and this, too, is supported by research.

A new study led by researchers at the University of Granada has analysed the link between egg intake in adolescents and the main risk factors for developing cardiovascular diseases, such as lipid profile, excess body fat, insulin resistance and high blood pressure.

Teen suicide is a growing health concern, recently moving from the third to second leading cause of death for adolescents, surpassed only by car accidents, according to the American Academy of Pediatrics.

Both 10 grams and 20 grams led to improved calcium absorption by 12 percent for female adolescents, which would build 1.8 percent more skeleton a year.

Black adolescents express depressive symptoms differently than people from other age and racial groups, requiring that clinicians take this into account when developing treatment plans, according to a new study led by a Rutgers University - Camden researcher.

A new study led by the University of Utah School of Medicine and Chung - Ang University provides evidence that several regions of the brain are hyperconnected in adolescent boys diagnosed with Internet gaming disorder (lines between colored areas, colored areas represent specific brain networks).

Lead author Anna Gassman - Pines found that when 1 percent of a state's working population lost jobs, suicide - related behaviors increased by 2 to 3 percentage points among girls and black adolescents in the following year.

A new study led by Wayne State University School of Medicine researcher Vaibhav Diwadkar, Ph.D. suggests that the brain network interactions between regions that support attention are dysfunctional in children and adolescents at genetic risk for developing schizophrenia and bipolar disorder.

The objective of the «SOSTA - net Trial,» led by Christine Freitag and coordinated by Hannah Cholemkery and in which six university hospitals in Germany participated, was to examine whether the social responsiveness of children and adolescents with ASD could be raised by means of group - based behavioural therapy.

The use of medication to treat attention deficient hyperactivity disorder is linked to significantly lower risk for substance use problems in adolescents and adults with ADHD, according to a study led by researchers at Indiana University.

Adolescents whose fathers have depressive symptoms are more likely to experience symptoms of depression themselves, finds a new study led by UCL researchers.

Recent research led by Thomas H. Inge, M.D., Ph.D., director of the Bariatric Surgery Center at Children's Hospital Colorado (Children's Colorado), examined the impact of eating behaviors on success rates related to bariatric surgery in adolescents.

«This study confirms in an animal model that high - THC cannabis use by adolescents may have long - lasting behavioral effects,» said lead author Dr. Ken Mackie, professor in the IU College of Arts and Sciences» Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences and director of the Linda and Jack Gill Center for Biomolecular Science at IU Bloomington.

Family - level preventive intervention can lead to improved behavioral health outcomes for military families affected by wartime deployment, a new study published in the January 2016 issue of the Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry (JAACAP) reports.

They're working with other U-M researchers, led by Mary Heitzeg, Ph.D., and Robert Zucker, Ph.D., to see if the growth charting method will be useful in the Adolescent Brain Cognitive Development study (ABCD for short) that will involve 10,000 teens over several years.

A research team led by Oregon Health & Science University (OHSU) and the University of California, Davis, reveals that childhood gunshot injuries, while uncommon, are more severe, require more major surgery, have greater mortality and higher per - patient costs than any other mechanism for childhood injury — particularly among adolescent males.

MAUNA KEA, Hawaii — A team led by astronomers from the Max Planck Institute for Astronomy has created the first three - dimensional map of the «adolescent» Universe, just 3 billion years after the Big Bang.

MAUNA KEA, Hawaii — A team led by astronomers from the Max Planck Institute for Astronomy has created the first three - dimensional map of the «adolescent» Universe, just 3 billion years... Read more»

Leber Hereditary Optic Neuropathy (LHON) is a rare maternally inherited mitochondrial genetic disease, characterized by the degeneration of retinal ganglion cells that results in brutal and irreversible vision loss that can lead to legal blindness, and mainly affects adolescents and young adults.

Even with the rise of use of protein supplements by those under 18, protein supplements seem to be still a product of caution as they may or may not lead to health risks in growing adolescents.

Mozart (Tom Hulce) is an adolescent boor touched by the hand of God; Emperor Joseph's (Jeffrey Jones) court composer Salieri (F. Murray Abraham) becomes obsessed and desperately jealous of Mozart's gift, leading him to the madhouse and confessions of murder.

Divergent by Hope Madden High school sucks, but like all harrowing experiences and universal truths, it can lead to valid and valued artistic expression — nearly all modern adolescent literature,... read more →

Rendering characters they developed in tandem with their Spanish writer - director, these non-professional but astoundingly gifted performers convey so much of what matters in so many working - class black lives: the solidarity but also the standoff between parent and child; the series of low - ceiling jobs; the alienation from what few social services still exist; the yearning but also the wariness awakened by new romantic prospects; and the suddenness with which poor choices, ambient prejudice, or adolescent disaffection lead to intractable enmeshments in the penal apparatus.

There will also be a major thematic review of children and adolescent mental health services across the country, led by the Care Quality Commission.

Led by Academic Dean Robert Schwartz and Ferguson, the Pathways to Prosperity project launched in late 2008 to explore promising solutions to these immense challenges, including developing a range of «multiple pathways» to help more adolescents successfully complete the journey to entering the adult workforce.

The project will lead the first long - term, cross-cultural study of immigrant adolescent adaptation by tracking the school and family experiences of 400 first - generation immigrants between the ages of ten and fourteen, for a period of five years.

The identification of specific stressors, especially non-hostile stressors, labeled Type 2 by the researchers, will lead to better interventions and support of adolescents growing up in the digital world.

Another project led by Umaña - Taylor is a longitudinal study of adolescents in two different high schools in two distinct geographic areas — Michigan and Arizona — which poses the question:

Health is impacted negatively by not getting enough exercise, leading to increasing rates of obesity in children and adolescents.

This three - day intensive training led by two consultants will prepare attendees to present the CORE Adolescent Solutions course to district teachers.

Led by Gov. Wise since 2005, the Alliance has become a respected advocate for the Common Core State Standards, deeper learning, digital learning, adolescent literacy, and other key education policy issues.

These authors are from every region of the country — MA, TX, IN, GA, NY, CO, etc. — and have been published by important professional presses such as Teachers College Press, Harvard Education Press, Routledge, Rowan and Littlefield, Heinemann, and the University of Chicago Press as well as leading journals such as Ed Leadership, Learning Forward, National Association of Elementary School Principals, Journal of School Leadership, the Journal of Adult & Adolescent Literacy, and many more.

Furthermore, the office continued its traditional civil rights work by, for example, conducting a multi-year investigation into the treatment of adolescent males at Rikers Island and filing Americans with Disabilities Act cases against leading New York City institutions like Avery Fisher Hall in Lincoln Center, while simultaneously bringing new and innovative cases under the Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act.

• Successfully led Phi Mu UGA Miracle Team 2009 that benefited Children's Miracle Network to raise more than $ 25K and creator of Phi Mu Feast that benefited the Miracle Network by raising an additional $ 1,5 K. • Provide mentorship to 11 year - old adolescent whose father is currently incarcerated, meeting 2 to 3 times weekly and providing tutoring in Literature, History, Science, and Math studies.

The adolescents received the curriculum in small groups of six to eight students led by either an African - American adult facilitator (mean age 40) or two peer African - American co-facilitators (mean age 16).

Parenting by Connection Booklet Set + Bonus Material - Digital Files Listen: Five Simple Tools to Meet Your Everyday Parenting Challenges Parenting by Connection Booklet Set + Bonus Material - Physical Booklets Special Time Booklet - Digital Setting Limits Booklet Supporting Adolescents Booklet Listening Partnerships for Parents Booklet Leading a Parent Resource Group Booklet Listen: Five Simple Tools to Meet Your Everyday Parenting Challenges (E-Book) How Children's Emotions Work Booklet - Digital Reaching for Your Angry Child Booklet - Digital Parenting By Connection Booklet Setting Limits Booklet - Digital Healing Children's Fears Booklet - Digital Reaching for Your Angry Child Booklet Tantrums and Indignation Booklet - Digital Escuchando a Los Ninos: 7 folletos Crying Booklet - Digital How Children's Emotions Work Booklet Special Time Booklet 10 Copies of Listen: Five Simple Tools to Meet Your Everyday Parenting Challenges Playlistening Booklet - Digital Tantrums and Indignation Booklet Healing Children's Fears Booklet Crying Booklet Playlistening Booklby Connection Booklet Set + Bonus Material - Digital Files Listen: Five Simple Tools to Meet Your Everyday Parenting Challenges Parenting by Connection Booklet Set + Bonus Material - Physical Booklets Special Time Booklet - Digital Setting Limits Booklet Supporting Adolescents Booklet Listening Partnerships for Parents Booklet Leading a Parent Resource Group Booklet Listen: Five Simple Tools to Meet Your Everyday Parenting Challenges (E-Book) How Children's Emotions Work Booklet - Digital Reaching for Your Angry Child Booklet - Digital Parenting By Connection Booklet Setting Limits Booklet - Digital Healing Children's Fears Booklet - Digital Reaching for Your Angry Child Booklet Tantrums and Indignation Booklet - Digital Escuchando a Los Ninos: 7 folletos Crying Booklet - Digital How Children's Emotions Work Booklet Special Time Booklet 10 Copies of Listen: Five Simple Tools to Meet Your Everyday Parenting Challenges Playlistening Booklet - Digital Tantrums and Indignation Booklet Healing Children's Fears Booklet Crying Booklet Playlistening Booklby Connection Booklet Set + Bonus Material - Physical Booklets Special Time Booklet - Digital Setting Limits Booklet Supporting Adolescents Booklet Listening Partnerships for Parents Booklet Leading a Parent Resource Group Booklet Listen: Five Simple Tools to Meet Your Everyday Parenting Challenges (E-Book) How Children's Emotions Work Booklet - Digital Reaching for Your Angry Child Booklet - Digital Parenting By Connection Booklet Setting Limits Booklet - Digital Healing Children's Fears Booklet - Digital Reaching for Your Angry Child Booklet Tantrums and Indignation Booklet - Digital Escuchando a Los Ninos: 7 folletos Crying Booklet - Digital How Children's Emotions Work Booklet Special Time Booklet 10 Copies of Listen: Five Simple Tools to Meet Your Everyday Parenting Challenges Playlistening Booklet - Digital Tantrums and Indignation Booklet Healing Children's Fears Booklet Crying Booklet Playlistening BooklBy Connection Booklet Setting Limits Booklet - Digital Healing Children's Fears Booklet - Digital Reaching for Your Angry Child Booklet Tantrums and Indignation Booklet - Digital Escuchando a Los Ninos: 7 folletos Crying Booklet - Digital How Children's Emotions Work Booklet Special Time Booklet 10 Copies of Listen: Five Simple Tools to Meet Your Everyday Parenting Challenges Playlistening Booklet - Digital Tantrums and Indignation Booklet Healing Children's Fears Booklet Crying Booklet Playlistening Booklet

A review by leading child and adolescent health experts from Australia and New Zealand has revealed children raised by same - sex parents do as just well as well as other children, despite the discrimination that their families endure.

Brainstorm: The Power and Purpose of the Teenage Brain: An Inside - Out Guide to the Emerging Adolescent Mind, Ages 12 - 24 Daniel J. Siegel Written by a leading expert in brain science, this book sheds light on the often misunderstood yet critical time in children's lives when they straddle childhood and adulthood but don't fit squarely in either phase.

PPNC's state - funded Comprehensive Adolescent Pregnancy Prevention (CAPP) program is leading a community - wide response to teen pregnancy prevention, by targeting high risk areas, such as Roosevelt, Hempstead and Westbury, and providing evidence - based sex education, facilitating teens» access to reproductive health care, and promoting family communication.

Family factors, such as the degree of family harmony, whether adolescents have been abandoned by a parent (s), and whether parents engage in destructive or dangerous behaviours, can lead to economic and psychological insecurity, social withdrawal, violent impulses, and other adverse psychological problems and behaviours.

We also discuss the recent controversy about BD in children and adolescents that has led to the introduction of the diagnosis of disruptive mood dysregulation disorder (DMDD) by the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual for Mental Disorders (DSM)-5.

The BEST intervention was originally developed by Toumbourou and Bamberg as a professionally led, multifamily group education program for parents, with content focussed on Alcohol and Drug (AOD) use by adolescents.