Sentences with phrase «on youth risk»

The influence of father involvement on youth risk behaviors among adolescents: A comparison of native - born and immigrant families.

Her publications in Prevention Science include methods article such describing how to assess causal effects with latent class models (Butera et al., 2013), causal effects of parenting on youth risk behavior (Lippold et al., in press), and causal effects of interventions (Coffman et al., 2012).

The National Council of Youth Sports estimates that more than 44 million youth in the United States participate in sport, and more than half of high school students (56 %) reported on the Youth Risk Behavioral Surveillance Survey that they participated on a school or community sport team (11).

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Vaping is addictive... or not... depending on who's doing it: «Among youth» (that's anybody who would never be caught dead using the word «youth»), «there is substantial evidence that e-cigarette use increases the risk of transitioning to smoking conventional cigarettes.»

The Campaign for Tobacco - Free Kids urged the FDA on Monday to address how youths will perceive the risk of iQOS and the potential for youths to start using tobacco with it.

This year the risk of wasting a generation due to persistent youth unemployment is on the agenda.

Zooming in on the five risks presented in this year's Global Opportunity Report, 42 percent of the leaders we asked across the world singled out youth unemployment as the most pressing issue to solve.

In parallel with the formal presentations, the report has served as the backbone of Youth Opportunity Panels, working on defining their own ideas and proposals for how the risks should be addressed.

Facebook itself was accused of targeting at - risk youth in Australia based on their emotional state.

National Survey on Drug Use and Health Retirement Confidence Survey Survey of Consumer Finances Survey of Income and Program Participation Youth Risk Behavior Surveillance System

Naomi works for XLP, the Christian youth charity that helps support at - risk adolescents who are living on London's deprived estates.

Later, as I went on to be ordained and serve in pastorates, I was faithful in teaching youth and especially confirmands the risks of faith, and the possibilities of facing ridicule or wen death for their faith.

In this capacity she provides expert technical guidance on a variety of labor topics, including approaches for assisting vulnerable and at - risk youth and child and forced laborers.

She was a hairdresser who owned her own salon, called Gifted Hanz, on the South Side of Chicago, and she worked part - time as a mentor for a group called Youth Advocate Programs, which had been hired by the Chicago schools department to provide intensive mentoring services to students who had been identified as being most at risk of committing or being a victim of gun violence.

Modeled on the community - centric approach to improving youth sports safety highlighted in MomsTEAM's PBS documentary, «The Smartest Team: Making High School Football Safer», the program will award SmartTeam status to youth sports organizations which have demonstrated a commitment to minimizing the risk of physical, psychological and sexual injury to young athletes by implementing a comprehensive set of health and safety best practices, providing safety - conscious sports parents a level of assurance that they have made health and safety an important priority, not to be sacrificed at the altar of team or individual success.

«THE SMARTEST TEAM» begins where other concussion documentaries leave off, not simply identifying the risks of long - term brain injury in football but offering youth and high school programs across the country specific ways to minimize those risks, through a focus on what de Lench calls the «Six Pillars» of a comprehensive concussion risk management program:

Effect of pitch type, pitch count, and pitching mechanics on risk of elbow and shoulder pain in youth baseball pitchers.

In the fall of 2012, the N.F.L. invited me to its New York City headquarters to present a proposal to the league on ways that I thought MomsTEAM could help them preserve and strengthen the sport of youth football, in part by educating parents, and especially safety - conscious moms, about the dangers of concussions and ways in which the risk of concussion could be reduced.

It is up to parents to decide for their family whether to allow their child to start, or continue, playing football, not some present or former player, journalist or scientist who takes the position that football is either too dangerous to be played by anyone or safe enough to be played by all (October 25, 2015 update: this is exactly the position adopted by the American Academy of Pediatrics in its 2015 Policy Statement on Tackling in Youth Football in which it leaves parents - presumably in consultation with their child's pediatrician - to «decide whether the potential health risks of sustaining... injuries [in tackle football] are outweighed by the recreational benefits associated with proper tackling»); and

Based on this research, there have been growing efforts to minimize concussion risks for youth athletes.

Over the last 65 years, the AAP was clear on opposing youth tackle football, modified its opposition and then after a gap of 43 of no officially policy, completely flip - flopped its football to letting parents decide the risks.

Attendees should anticipate a full day of education provided by health care experts and youth sports safety advocates focused on the hidden risks of youth sports and what you can do to mitigate them within your sphere of influence.

While there is always more that can be done to keep our youth safe, I am confident that this agreement will help reduce the risk of concussion on the soccer field and provide the necessary tools to properly address a situation in which a head injury occurs.»

President Barack Obama, who has said he would «have to think long and hard» before letting a son play football because of the risk of head injuries, is planning a summit this month on youth sports safety and concussions.

The Smartest Team begins where other concussion documentaries leave off, not simply identifying the risks of long - term brain injury in football but offering youth and high school programs across the country specific ways to minimize those risks, through a focus on what de Lench calls the «Six PillarsTM» of a comprehensive concussion risk management program:

BY PAUL SCHINDLER A January 28 panel on LGBT youth homelessness highlighted familiar concerns about the right model for delivering services to that population, but also focused on the dramatic link between poverty in a youth's family of origin and their risk for homelessness and on the urgency of better addressing the needs of youth -LSB-...]

Gov. Andrew Cuomo, seen in Manhattan last Tuesday, announced on Monday funding for programs that would divert at - risk youth from gang life.

The funding for programs that would divert at - risk youth from gang life is in addition to $ 16 million that had previously been announced for anti-gang efforts on Long Island as part of the 2018 - 19 state budget.

Buhari in an interaction with the Nigerian community in Abidjan, Cote d'Ivoire on Tuesday, the president said his administration will make the country conducive to discourage the youth from risking their lives.

This was the first year that CCE Erie, based in East Aurora, was chosen to receive funding and utilized the grant to provide hands - on experiences for seven at risk youth.

The proposed $ 250 million ice center, on the other hand, would not compete with local merchants, and would offer a hockey program for at - risk youth, hire local workers and provide 50,000 square - feet of space for community groups, Diaz said.

Information to be posted on the blog would include data concerning: inflation, the cost of living, employment and unemployment, heath issues, education, youth at risk data, crime, agriculture, religious affiliations, grant writing, and many more.

Oneida County Executive Anthony J. Picente, Jr., today announced that Oneida County has created the YouthVision program — a combination of several youth - focused programs in partnership with outstanding community agencies to bring an added focus on helping at - risk youth and young adults overcome barriers to... Read more

The funding will also support YouthBuild, which trains at - risk youth in the construction industry with a focus on education, occupational skills, and leadership development.

AND NYU MCSILVER INSTITUTE CONVENE COMMUNITY FORUM ON LATINA AND BLACK MALE YOUTH SUICIDE Suicide epidemic is pervasive in New York City and risk factors differ.

The program will focus on youth in the city between the ages of 14 - 24 who are at risk for involvement with violence.

ALBANY, NY (05/04/2012)(readMedia)-- Leaders of the New York State Public Employees Federation (PEF) will speak at public hearings on a new juvenile justice initiative being billed as «reform,» but which, in reality, will put youths and the community at risk.

After a stint in the Marines, Radford, 45, became an activist and organizer on a number of fronts, including president of the student government at Erie Community College, a trainer with the Martin Luther King Institute for Nonviolence, and head of a youth detention center for at - risk kids and a homeless shelter for young women.

Oneida County Executive Anthony J. Picente, Jr., today announced that Oneida County has created the YouthVision program — a combination of several youth - focused programs in partnership with outstanding community agencies to bring an added focus on helping at - risk youth and young adults overcome barriers to their success.

«Rather than educating youth about the dangers of opioids, focusing on getting hardened drug dealers poisoning our children off the streets, and offering addicts effective treatment, we will instead signal to users that addiction is a manageable condition and you can partake in illegal opioid use nearly risk - free.»

We have recently developed strategies for identifying youths at risk, for helping to prevent them from descending into a destructive fantasy world and for reacting expediently in the event of an imminent or actual shooting [see box on page 57].

«Enacting well - crafted age restriction laws to maximize compliance through enforcement of penalties on the state level and moving towards a national ban with similar accompanying strong enforcement as proposed by many national and international health organizations are essential to reduce skin cancer risk in the vulnerable youth population,» she adds.

«As well, knowledge on the correlates of bullying perpetration will help teachers, parents and social - service providers identify the risk factors that increase the likelihood that youths may bully others.

He continues to write scientific review papers on language, cognition, and evolution, and, according to his blog, works with at - risk youth.

The «National Autism Indicators Report: Transition into Young Adulthood» is a comprehensive report that presents new findings about a wide range of experiences and outcomes of youth on the autism spectrum between high school and their early 20s, including new safety and risk indicators for young adults with autism.

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.

Over the past year, I have blended my passion for teaching, science and humanitarian efforts to give back to those in need, focusing on at - risk youth.

«We have to continue to focus on the fact that youth are still developing and therefore they are a vulnerable population; they are prone to experimenting and engaging in risk taking behaviors,» Dube said.

It's the first Surgeon General report on e-cigarettes» risks for youth.

A pediatricians group is taking on youth - boxing injuries, but trainers and boxing supporters say the benefits young people derive from the sport far outweigh the risks.