Sentences with phrase «particularly vulnerable group»

Adolescence is an important decade in a child's development, marking the period of transition from childhood to adulthood.7 Adolescents are a particularly vulnerable group, experiencing a third of all new HIV infections worldwide, 8 high levels of violence, lower school attendance and enrolment than primary schoolchildren, early marriage and higher levels9 of sexual abuse victimisation.10 Furthermore, adolescence is a time where the intergenerational transmission of poverty, violence victimisation and perpetration, gender inequalities and educational disadvantage manifest themselves.9

Children who come into residential care or short term foster care placements late in their teens make up a particularly vulnerable group.

In keeping with other research, 30 children in foster care, who make up around 8 % of the cohort, were found to be a particularly vulnerable group with almost half meeting criteria for high risk of emotional or behavioural problems.

Podcasters are a particularly vulnerable group for patent trolls because, with the exception of a select few, they tend to have little money and little institutional support.

I have found that young men in their early 20s who received special education but, owing to the closure of follow - up and supportive services and the constraints of the benefits system, find themselves with nothing to do, no prospects and little or no income, are a particularly vulnerable group.

But there also is the 1989 Buet ruling, where the Court approved France's move to ban doorstep selling of certain educational material to protect a particularly vulnerable group of consumers, despite the fact that the Directive at issue covered exactly this type of market practice and regardless of the circumstance that France had not had the ban authorised by the Commission pursuant to Articles 114 (4) to (10) TFEU.

Further trials are planned to document the efficacy and safety of the combination in patients infected with the other HCV genotypes and in particularly vulnerable groups, to enable a public health approach to the treatment of hepatitis C.

Statistics show this service is working well for most adults, particularly vulnerable groups, and schools appreciate the labour market intelligence / information provided to them.

However, the German Agriculture Ministry said a «health risk can not be completely ruled out for particularly vulnerable groups of consumers.»

For each issue, we outlined the positive, negative, and potentially gendered impacts of a given piece of legislation on particularly vulnerable groups.

Schulman describes innovative programs involving particularly vulnerable groups where legal advisors meet people in the community to deal with the complex web of problems they face and, in particular, to identify their legal risks and, in concert with their health professionals, to develop strategies to reduce those risks before they reach an otherwise inevitable crisis.

Not exact matches

It's a great story to read along to at any age, but I particularly loved seeing a group of friends in a vulnerable time in life (and a hyper - vulnerable station in life) come together and show each other the loyalty they couldn't get anywhere else.

Gaps certainly exist, particularly among certain vulnerable groups, but the problem is not widespread.

Relationship between diet, iron and zinc status and health outcomes, particularly in vulnerable groups such as young women, infants and toddlers.

The latter groups are particularly vulnerable because they return home with often dramatically reduced tolerance to opioids.

As cannabis legalization rapidly evolves, in both medical and recreational usage, understanding the laws» effect on young people is crucial because this group is particularly vulnerable to the adverse effects of marijuana and possesses an inherent elevated risk of developing a cannabis disorder.

For the first time in decades, reported the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), obesity rates declined among low - income preschool children, a particularly vulnerable demographic group.

Furthermore, findings were similarly protective among important groups who account for a large proportion of deaths or who are particularly vulnerable, including young adult homicide victims, those who died in intimate partner violence - related homicides, and those who died from firearms - related homicides, including murders involving guns.

Eleven states and four public health groups are challenging this approach, arguing that cap - and - trade does not address areas particularly vulnerable to mercury pollution.

The general population and vulnerable groups with particularly low health literacy will likely struggle to understand this information.»

The audacity of hope won the 2008 Democratic primary, yet we are still living in the shadow of the vicious realignment of the American electorate, provoked by the media's negative appeals to race and gender and the right - wing propaganda that bashes vulnerable groups... Real hope is grounded in a particularly messy struggle and it can be betrayed by naïve projections of a better future that ignore the necessity of doing the real work.

Communal activities build social capital, or networks, which particularly benefits vulnerable and marginalized groups.

• A growing number of schools, particularly predominantly white schools, have become hostile environments for racial and religious minorities and other vulnerable groups.

This insight is a stark reminder to us all that young people, particularly those with SEND and who are often our most vulnerable groups of pupils in school, often find themselves relegated to the sidelines and excluded from having a say in decisions that will affect them.

In contrast, serving other groups of vulnerable students as equitably as Massachusetts charter schools seem to do is not a norm; some charter schools, particularly in cities, participating in «creaming,» or selecting deliberately for higher - achieving, lower - needs students.

This makes these groups particularly vulnerable to making financial mistakes and becoming victims of financial scams and fraud.

My initial reaction, after reviewing arguments by the agency and environmental and sport - fishing groups, is that this move is far too little, considering the plight of the Atlantic bluefin, which is slow to mature and reproduce and thus particularly vulnerable.

However, many vulnerable groups, particularly in rural and urban areas in low and middle - income countries, do not have the resources to be able to migrate to avoid the impacts of floods, storms and droughts.

As they live further south than any other population of polar bears, the group is particularly vulnerable to the effects of climate change.

There can be good reasons for governments to make energy more affordable, particularly for the poorest and most vulnerable groups.

We explore the regional differences in the effects of exposure to high temperature variability — an important consequence of climate change — on a particularly vulnerable demographic group: infants.

Cyclists are among a group of road users that are particularly vulnerable to injury.

Consumer groups also claim that vulnerable consumers such as the elderly and disabled are particularly ill - served by the current law.

We identified two groups who may be particularly vulnerable to the impacts of the legislative framework surrounding home heating: low - income individuals in rural communities, and single mothers.

Examining BC's Carbon Tax Act (2008), we identified two groups who may be particularly vulnerable to the impacts of the carbon tax: low - income individuals, and people living in rural areas.

Many of those innovations have focused on one group of particularly vulnerable passengers — children.

This episode features Craig A. Foster and Joshua Hinderliter, associates in Thompson Hine's Investment Management practice group, discussing an important issue that particularly affects investment advisers who serve retail clients as America's senior population continues to increase: how to appropriately and effectively serve clients who have diminished financial capacity and may be vulnerable to financial abuse.

In its report, Cuts That Hurt, Amnesty called on the government to immediately review the impact of reforms introduced by LASPO on access to justice and the protection of human rights, particularly for vulnerable and disadvantaged groups.

Additionally, members of poor and vulnerable groups are particularly prone to legal problems, and legal problems tend to lead to problems of other types, such as health issues.

At the same time, employees, particularly those in vulnerable groups or sectors, should ensure they are aware of their rights and the mechanisms by which they can be enforced.

Who is the focus of the priority enforcement, such as vulnerable workers (i.e., migrant and immigrant), individuals of a certain race, ethnic, gender, age, disability status, and religious groups, particularly those who are Muslim or Sikh

In the United Kingdom family group conferences are mainly used in child welfare, particularly when a child is at risk of going into care, although some local areas are using the approach to prevent school exclusions, tackle anti-social behaviour, address youth offending and in planning for vulnerable adults.

Adolescents and teens are particularly vulnerable to drug abuse and it's become evident that substance abuse counseling in schools is vital to protecting and educating this age group about the dangers of drugs and alcohol, as well as providing prevention and intervention services.

Give special attention to «any worse - off regions or areas and to any specific groups or subgroups which appear to be particularly vulnerable or disadvantaged»;

It will prioritise research into: children who have experienced trauma; young people at risk of offending behaviour; carers — particularly those caring for someone with depression and anxiety; elderly Australians especially those in residential aged care; and Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, refugees and other potentially vulnerable cultural minority groups.

Details about the national ETS are still be finalised but it is likely that there will be associated national programs that address these costs, particularly the effect on vulnerable groups.

Alongside the Indigenous Peoples Networking Zone at AIDS 2014, it will aim to put Indigenous issues around HIV and AIDS higher on the international agenda, particularly to have Indigenous peoples recognised alongside other vulnerable groups as a «priority population».

continue to provide information, particularly to vulnerable groups across the community, about people's rights and responsibilities under the law

The objectives of this mental health outreach service were to provide assessment and treatment to a vulnerable group of families who could not access mental health services, 10 to liaise with appropriate agencies, and to train hostel staff.24 The evaluation of this service was faced with constraints and limitations, particularly the mobility and engagement of the population and the resulting sample size, 11 the major environmental changes in the lives of these families during their contact with the service, hence their potentially confounding effect, and the need for an eclectic mental health intervention to meet the needs of children and their parents.

High conflict divorce children in the 9 - to 12 - year - old group are particularly vulnerable to forming strong, PAS type alignments with one parent, as they try to «resolve» their earlier loyalty conflicts.