Sentences with phrase «number of children affected»

For a recent compilation of data through 1998 on the number of children affected by divorce each year in the United States, see Patrick F. Fagan, The Annual Report on Family Trends, 2011: The Behaviors of the American Family in the Five Major Institutions of Society, Marriage and Religion Research Institute, 2011, at http://downloads.frc.org/EF/EF11B31.pdf April 28, 2011).

[15] National data collection on divorce generally and related sub-issues, such as the number of children affected by it, remains weak.

Many of those who develop attachment issues are never diagnosed or treated, so the actual number of children affected is unknown.

Each State answered questions about the number of children affected; the types of placements that are most commonly impacted; how long home studies take; why, and how frequently, are potential placements denied following home studies; and how home study denials can be reviewed or appealed.

This study is one of few to include the much broader number of children affected by gunshot injuries and served by 911 emergency services, both in - hospital and out - of - of hospital measures of injury severity, and children with gunshot injuries treated outside major trauma centers.

The discovery will allow a precise genetic diagnosis for a greater number of children affected by this condition, and help inform better clinical management.

Although Erie County health officials do not have a precise number of children affected, Erie County Executive Mark Poloncarz proposed $ 3.75 million over five years for lead prevention, a portion of which will address the lack of case management for these children diagnosed with levels of 5 to 9 micrograms.

Over 17 million American children suffer from a psychiatric disorder — more than the number of children affected by leukemia, diabetes and AIDS combined.

As number of children affected by Super Typhoon Haiyan rises to 4 million, UNICEF steps up emergency response 10 November 2013

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The research showed that increasing numbers of «turns» in back - and - forth conversations were critical to language development in children, even affecting brain physiology.

The parents, the children, and the consorts do not in any circumstances lose this right, though the amount of their share may be affected by the number of heirs.

The number of people below the poverty line, measured in terms of minimum necessary nutritional standards, is said to be going down and yet malnutrition as well as severe physical debilities and destitution are on the increase, especially these affecting women and children, the simple physical capacity of the youngest generation to withstand the strains of living becoming ever more unstable and fragile.»

This is the most important factor to consider which is affected by your lifestyle or your number of children.

An alarming number of 6.6 million children in the United States alone are affected by child abuse every year according to Childhelp.

Being socially rejected can affect your child in a number of ways including negatively impacting self - esteem.

These are a number of developmental disabilities that can affect your child's social skills, communication skills, and behavior.

Respiratory and gastrointestinal tract infections are the leading cause of morbidity in children.1, 2 Prospective cohort studies in industrialized countries revealed a prevalence of 3.4 % to 32.1 % for respiratory tract infectious diseases and 1.2 % to 26.3 % for gastrointestinal infectious diseases in infancy.3, — , 8 The risks of these infectious diseases are affected by several factors including birth weight, gestational age, socioeconomic status, ethnicity, number of siblings, day care attendance, and parental smoking.3, 5,6,8, — , 20

Bullying can affect your child in a number of ways and regaining self - confidence is a process that may require outside intervention.

Recently, not having enough diapers has been shown to be the number one indicator of maternal depression, and adversely affects a mother's feeling of self - worth, as well as the mother - child bond.

Breast milk contains a variety of nutrients and compounds that can't be replicated by formula, and these unique properties provide both mother and child with a number of benefits that can affect your child throughout their entire life.

In any abusive head trauma case, the duration and force of the shaking, the number of episodes, and whether impact is involved all affect the severity of the child's injuries.

They show that 63,000 families have had their benefits capped to date, and the people most likely to be affected remain those with a large number of children and those with high housing costs.

NOW, the largest organization of feminist grassroots activists in the United States, was founded in 1966 and has hundreds of chapters in all 50 states and Washington, D.C. NOW - NY and NOW - NYC, the New York City chapter, have advocated on a number of issues affecting girls and women, including sexual assault, sexual harassment, domestic violence and child marriage — issues it has worked on with Cuomo and other elected officials.

«It is no secret that New York City is in the midst of a housing crisis that affects people in every neighborhood throughout the five boroughs,» the report reads, noting that 60,000 families and 25,000 children hole up in the shelter system each night, the highest numbers since the Great Depression.

About a decade ago, three different groups found that a disproportionate number of affected children, particularly with Beckwith - Wiedemann and Angelman syndromes, had been conceived through IVF.

Most of the DNA linked to autism involves copy - number variation, in which segments of DNA are repeated or deleted in the genomes of affected children.

Contrary to public perception, the number of children in immigrant families is not the primary reason more children are living in poverty, a Rutgers study has found, raising the question of whether federal policies affecting immigrants should be significantly altered.

On a larger scale, the number of men with more X sperm compared to the number of men with more Y sperm affects the sex ratio of children born each year.

The program's being school - based and run by volunteers gives it the potential of affecting a large number of children equitably without the need for substantial resources.»

By studying rare «copy number variations,» which are individual errant insertions or deletions of DNA segments (each of which occur in less than one percent of the population), researchers discovered a new cluster of genes that are affected in some autistic individuals as well as a number of mutations that were present in autistic children but not their parents.

The findings are significant, scientists say, because liver problems such as nonalcoholic fatty liver disease are surging in the U.S., affecting 10 - 35 percent of adults and an increasing number of children.

They found that 10 per cent of these children have copy number variations (CNVs) affecting genes deemed clinically relevant.

This defect affects different numbers of children in different places.

Food allergies are known to affect quite a large number of our population, with estimates that about three percent of adults and up to eight percent of our children are affected.

The number of children who have eczema has risen — one in five children are now affected by this skin condition, which is often associated with an allergy.

Autism mainly affects children and those who suffer from its symptoms have a number of mineral and nutrient deficiencies.

Here's hoping that the growing number of stories in the news about real babies and real children and real people affected by exposure, factually or potentially — like that father of a child with cancer who recently asked his California school district to ban non-immunized students — will start making those who've taken a stand against vaccines reconsider.

Yet the decision by a small number of children to opt out of neighborhood schools may adversely affect the academic and social environment in those schools, as the remaining children are likely to have less - involved families on average.

WASHINGTON — While most of the debate in Congress over President Clinton's deficit - reduction proposal focused on the plan's controversial tax increases and spending cuts, the omnibus package also contained a number of provisions affecting children, students, and schools.

A series of rapid shifts in the number of school - age children in the U.S. in the next 20 years will make planning for school staffing difficult and will «significantly affect» the future structure of educational institutions, according to a report released last week by the U.S. Census Bureau.

Each year the number of allergy sufferers increases by five per cent and half of those affected are children.

«Given that 20 % of children in the United States are growing up in immigrant homes, we now know that substantial numbers of children are being affected by the separation phenomenon.»

Early Childhood Expert Says Science Shows Impact of Early Experiences on Brain Development Journal Star, January 15, 2013 «Children are born with a certain number of brain cells, but the neural circuitry develops dramatically in the first years of life — and experiences affect how those connections are made, said [Professor] Jack Shonkoff, director of Harvard's Center on the Developing Child.»

Enforcing good habits A number of factors affect the postural health of children, including their use of classroom furniture, heavy backpacks, underlying health conditions and sitting habits at home.

Children are born with a certain number of brain cells, but the neural circuitry develops dramatically in the first years of life — and experiences affect how those connections are made, said Jack Shonkoff, director of Harvard's Center on the Developing Child.

Rayner will say that cuts to school budgets are «making school meals worse and limiting the number of children that can be fed», adding that this affects both the attainment and health of pupils.

Chronic early absence matters because it adversely affects academic successes and affects large numbers of children, especially in some communities and schools.

It's also unclear what elements make for long - lasting impacts and which affect merely the number of facts a child knows on the first day of kindergarten.

Chronic early absence affects substantial numbers of children nationwide and is even more problematic in some districts and schools.

Today, an increasing number of states support school readiness programs, recognizing that high quality early childhood education positively affects all children's success in school and the quality of their future.