Sentences with phrase «multiple social risk factors»

Academic growth curve trajectories from 1st grade to 12th grade: Effects of multiple social risk factors and preschool child factors

Multiple social risk factors have a cumulative effect on parent - reported child health status across physical and socioemotional domains, demonstrating a very strong risk gradient effect.

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Typical risk exposure is measured by multiple physical (e.g., substandard housing) and social (e.g., family turmoil) factors.

Recent publications from the ACE Study have shown a strong, graded relationship between the number of adverse childhood experiences, multiple risk factors for leading causes of death in the United States, 23 and priority health and social problems such as smoking, 24 sexually transmitted diseases, 25 unintended pregnancies, 26 male involvement in teen pregnancy, 27 and alcohol problems.28

Important, too, is the recognition that violence exposure is associated with multiple risk factors across the social ecology.

Several of the most commonly identified risk factors in previous research were identified in this study, including being male, membership in a single - parent or stepfamily, 5 high levels of parent - reported childhood activity, 23,24 maternal mental health problems, 25 and a history of teenage parenthood.26 What is relatively novel about this report is the consideration of the joint effects of psychosocial risk factors, while controlling for multiple indicators of social class and the assessment of both accidents and illnesses in a large community sample followed prospectively since pregnancy.

Children in foster care, as a result of exposure to risk factors such as poverty, maltreatment, and the foster care experience, face multiple threats to their healthy development, including poor physical health, attachment disorders, compromised brain functioning, inadequate social skills, and mental health difficulties.

Comprehensive theoretical models of adolescent problem behavior propose risk and promotive factors at multiple levels of the social environment, including the family, peer, school, and neighborhood contexts.1 — 3 In addition, growing attention is focused on promoting positive youth development, encouraging health - promoting behavior, and investing in resources for youth.4 — 7 Thus, a holistic and comprehensive approach to optimizing adolescent development requires an understanding of factors related to both reducing problem behavior and increasing positive, competent youth behavior.

Although social factors have been shown to be predictive in other populations and are increasingly being recognised as key determinants of smoking and targets for intervention, 26 the low socioeconomic status, multiple demographic risk factors, and high population smoking rates, may render these factors particularly salient among Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander women.

The LST program is guided by a comprehensive theoretical framework that addresses multiple risk and protective factors, provides developmentally appropriate information relevant to the target age group and the important life transitions they face, includes comprehensive personal and social skills training to build resilience and help students navigate developmental tasks, and uses interactive teaching methods (e.g., facilitated discussion, structured small group activities, role - playing scenarios) to stimulate participation and promote the acquisition of skills.

Childhood physical activity is associated with multiple health benefits, including the promotion of a healthy weight, bone health, social development, cognitive function and self - esteem [1], as well as lower risk of developing future obesity, diabetes and cardiovascular disease risk factors [2, 3].

[jounal] Stickle, T. P. / 2009 / Callous - unemotional traits and social information processing: Multiple risk - factor models for understanding aggressive behavior in antisocial youth / Law and Human Behavior 33 (6): 515 ~ 529