Sentences with phrase «other adolescents for»

The current study sample included 1,160 Black, 1,015 Hispanic and 863 White / other adolescents for a total of 3,038 adolescents.

Not exact matches

But there are not enough socially uneasy adolescents or cut - off adults to account for the wild popularity of Internetting on Usenet, IRC, MUDs and other variants.

Congress identified the following purposes: the promotion of «self - discipline and other prudent approaches to the problem of adolescent premarital sexual relations,» the promotion of adoption as an alternative for adolescent parents, the development of new approaches to the delivery of care to pregnant teenage girls, and the support of research and demonstration projects «concerning the societal causes and consequences of adolescent premarital sexual relations, contraceptive use, pregnancy, and child rearing.»

In these and other ways, Alateen groups do for the adolescent what AA does for the alcoholic and Al - Anon does for the spouse.

«The amount of caffeine and other additives in many of these energy drinks is way in excess of what is healthy for children and adolescents.

we all have different perspectives an yes admitedly some are more eloquent than others, some sound adolescent, but if comin on here an moanin vents there frustrations for something that means alot to them you should welcome it, it lessens the chance of them doing something stupid in real life.

She is also the Director of the UCLA PEERS Clinic, which is an outpatient hospital - based clinic providing parent - assisted social skills training for adolescents and young adults with Autism Spectrum Disorders and other social impairments.

Early adversity, Yeager explains, can make children and adolescents more likely to blame themselves for setbacks, more likely to attribute other people's actions to hostility or bias, and more likely to believe that good things, when they do come, will soon be taken away.

On the other hand, we all appreciate someone who can listen to us, respect us as individuals and give us a hug when things aren't going well, so the core concepts underlying AP are still quite relevant for parenting adolescents.

Helping adolescent males to delay fatherhood may also be important from a child health perspective: research that controlled for maternal age and other key factors found teenage fatherhood associated with an increased risk of adverse pregnancy outcomes, including preterm birth, low birth weight and neonatal death (Chen et al, 2007).

Adolescents who skip breakfast are at high risk for having an inadequate intake of dietary fiber, as are other age groups; so make sure your child does not skip this important meal.

For full disclosure, my AP husband has now over the years read many, many books about the development of children, particularly the adolescent years, including Reviving Ophelia, Teenage Guys, and many others.

We feel that it is important for public health workers, teachers and others concerned for the emotional and physical health of children and youth to support the adoption of alternative methods for the achievement of self - control and responsible behavior in children and adolescents.»

To find this and other Advice for Patients articles, go to the Advice for Patients link on the Archives of Pediatrics & Adolescent Medicine Web site at http://www.archpediatrics.com.

Finally, if your adolescent is exhibiting severe behaviors that might harm themselves or others, think about seeking professional help, including a school for troubled teenagers.

Children's and adolescents» reasons for socially excluding others.

Each year, more than 173,000 children and adolescents are treated in emergency rooms for concussions and other traumatic brain injuries.

The efficacy of these treatments for other anxiety disorders in children and adolescents has been supported by multiple randomized controlled trials (e.g., Walkup et al., 2008).

Beth Anderson, executive director of the Pediatric / Adolescent Gastroesophageal Reflux Association, a national support group for parents, advises you to use your common sense; If you suspect GERD, chart your baby's crying in duration and intensity, as well as any other symptoms that cause you concern, and share this information with the doctor.

Punitive segregation for adolescents is being eliminated and the maximum amount of time for other inmates is being reduced to 30 days from 90 days.

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.

A tax on sugar - sweetened beverages such as sodas, energy drinks, sweet teas, and sports drinks would reduce obesity in adolescents more than other policies, such as exercise or an advertising ban, and would also generate significant revenue for additional obesity prevention activities, say researchers writing in the American Journal of Preventive Medicine.

Studying adolescents in Southern California, researchers found that the association between sleep and alcohol / marijuana use was consistent even after controlling for other known risk factors, such as depression.

The Warwick research is the first to test the prospective association between adolescent cannabis use and hypomania in early adulthood, whilst controlling for important other factors that might explain this connection (e.g psychotic symptoms).

And there is other evidence for a vitamin D link: Last November, Cornell University researchers published a study in Archives of Pediatrics & Adolescent Medicine showing that children in rainy (and therefore more overcast) counties of Oregon, Washington and California were two times more likely to be diagnosed with autism than their counterparts in drier parts of the state.

Adolescents are significantly affected by HIV and other STIs, yet many lack access to sexual health education that could minimize their risks, said the researchers, who note that videogames offer an accessible, portable tool for promoting health and reducing risky behavior among teenagers, particularly minority youth who are disproportionately impacted.

«Many young people who are at risk for hepatitis C may acquire the infection and then not know it, and then through drug injection practices may transmit it to others,» said Brandon Marshall, associate professor of epidemiology in the Brown University School of Public Health and corresponding author of the new study in the Journal of Adolescent Health.

Cajochen and others have also shown that these effects are especially pronounced in teens and adolescents, for reasons that remain unclear.

«Job loss was not simply a proxy for other aspects of the state's economic climate, but instead represented a meaningful economic shock, which led to changes in girls» and black adolescents» suicide - related behaviors,» Gassman - Pines writes.

The researchers, under the direction of Justin Rhodes of Beckman's NeuroTech Group and professor of psychology at Illinois, studied two groups of mice for two - and - a-half months: one group was fed a diet in which 18 percent of the calories came from fructose, mimicking the intake of adolescents in the United States, and the other was fed 18 percent from glucose.

For example, some parents used psychological control by saying, «If you really cared for me, you wouldn't do things to worry me,» while others acted less friendly toward their teens when the adolescents didn't see things in the same way the parents dFor example, some parents used psychological control by saying, «If you really cared for me, you wouldn't do things to worry me,» while others acted less friendly toward their teens when the adolescents didn't see things in the same way the parents dfor me, you wouldn't do things to worry me,» while others acted less friendly toward their teens when the adolescents didn't see things in the same way the parents did.

The rate of vaccination for HPV is lower than for other vaccines recommended for adolescents, including tetanus, diphtheria, pertussis and meningococcal disease.

The effect of parental smoking and dependence persisted after controlling for factors such as adolescent use of alcohol and other drugs.

To update its 2004 recommendation on screening for syphilis infection in nonpregnant adults, the USPSTF reviewed the evidence on screening for syphilis infection in asymptomatic, nonpregnant adults and adolescents, including patients coinfected with other sexually transmitted infections (such as HIV).

«On the immediate horizon is a look at the effects of some things that become more common during adolescent years as kids hit a high - risk time for substance and alcohol abuse and other problems that often co-exist with clinical depression.

The wish to be the other gender, known as gender variance, was assessed with the Child Behavior Checklist, one of the most commonly used behavioral report inventories for children and adolescents.

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.

Other research has shown that long - term use of cannabis increases adolescent drug users» risk for certain psychiatric and neurological disorders, such as schizophrenia.

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.

McLean offers an expanded array of specialized academic and clinical programs for children and adolescents, as well as dedicated services for older adults with Alzheimer's disease and other dementias.

A phase I study of dasatinib in children and adolescents with chronic myeloid leukemia (CML) and other malignancies determined dosing for further studies and suggested the drug is well tolerated and effective in these patients.

In a new policy statement published today in the journal Pediatrics, the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP), along with the Canadian Paediatric Society (CPS), is recommending that doctors «vigorously oppose boxing for any child or adolescent» under the age of 19 because of the risk of concussions and other injuries, and instead steer kids toward non-collision sports.

«While more research is needed, accumulating evidence exists to suggest that energy drink consumption is linked to adverse cardiovascular events, sleep disturbances, and other substance use among adolescents,» says Amelia Arria, director of the University of Maryland School of Public Health's Center for Young Adult Health and Development and co-author of the recent energy drink and alcohol study.

According to Advocates for Youth: «A major study showed that adolescents who reported feeling connected to parents and their family were more likely than other teens to delay initiating sexual intercourse.

A 2008 study that followed a group of adolescent women with ADHD for five years found that the participants who had been treated with stimulants were nearly 75 % less likely to develop a substance - use disorder than those who were not, while other research has shown that the use of ADHD medication in young men reduces the risk of later substance - use disorders by 85 %.

The individual approach for children and adolescents at higher risk for CVD and with a high concentration of LDL includes recommended changes in diet with nutritional counseling and other lifestyle interventions such as increased physical activity.

Obese adolescents, who could have increased risk for heart disease, diabetes, and other chronic diseases linked to inflammation, also showed some pretty DRAMATIC results.

They concluded «It is time to revise our calcium recommendations for young people and change our assumptions about the role of calcium, milk, and other dairy products in the bone health of children and adolescents.

WHO SHOULD ATTEND This intensive is designed for adults who work with pre-adolescent and adolescent youth including: • Physical Education and Health Education Teachers • Yoga Instructors or Children's Yoga Instructors wishing to offer a yoga program for tweens and teens • School or Family Counselors • Social Workers • Occupational Therapists • Physical Therapists • Pediatricians • Parents • Child Psychologists • Camp Counselors • Recreation Directors • And any others who regularly work with tweens and teens

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