Sentences with phrase «poorest youth population»

As Davis found out, Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg's $ 100 million donation to the Newark school system never went toward patching holes in buildings that «need a district - estimated $ 1.3 billion in repairs,» or hiring counselors, social workers or nurses for «the fifth - poorest youth population in the country.»

It was soon clear that Zuckerberg's money wasn't going to patch holes in buildings that need a district - estimated $ 1.3 billion in repairs, or hire support staff for the fifth - poorest youth population in the country.

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The evidence is irrefutable that Nigeria's immense endowments have not benefited the vast majority of its people - more than 70 % of the population is poor; over 30 % are unemployed; more than 40 % of the youths have no jobs; 30 % of our people remain illiterate; life expectancy is just 52 years; and the country exhibits poor human development with HDI of just 0.514.

It is important that organizations focus some of their resources in developing programs that will benefit poor illiterate youth population in rural and urban slums.

Aboriginal Australians make up 3 % of the Australian population and have a life expectancy over 10 years less than that of non-Aboriginal Australians.3 The small amount of evidence available suggests that Australian Aboriginal children and adolescents experience higher levels of mental health - related harm than other young people4, 5 including suicide rates that are several times higher than that of non-Aboriginal Australian youth.4, 6 These high levels of harm are linked to greater exposure to many of the known risk factors for poor mental health and to the pervasive trauma and grief, which continues to be experienced by Aboriginal peoples due to the legacy of colonisation.7, 8 Loss of land and culture has played a major role in the high rates of premature mortality, incarceration and family separations currently experienced by Aboriginal peoples.

Reviews and meta - analyses of the prevention of substance abuse (Gottfredson & Wilson, 2003; Lochman & van den Steenhoven, 2002), violence and antisocial behavior (Fagan & Catalano, 2013; Wilson, Lipsey, & Derzon, 2003), poor mental health (Greenberg et al., 2001; Hoagwood et al., 2007), and positive youth development (Catalano, Berglund, Ryan, Lonczak, & Hawkins, 2004) have shown that both universal and targeted prevention programs can substantially reduce the rate of problem behaviors and symptoms, as well as build protective factors that reduce further risk in child and adolescent populations.

Crittenton Youth Services (CYS): Custodial Residential Level II Special Populations This program serves adolescent females who: have moderate to severe emotional and / or behavioral problems; need on - campus education; display impulsive behaviors, alcohol and / or drug abuse, aggression, moderate mental health needs and diagnosis; are chronic runaways; have difficulty maintaining self - control; display poor social skills; and have difficulty accepting adult authority.

While epidemiological data support that Latino youth are at no greater risk for substance use than the general youth population, some data indicate that they might be at greater risk for the co-morbid effects and consequences of substance use (e.g., school failure, incarceration, poor health).

Anxiety disorders are among the most common mental disorders during childhood and adolescence, with a prevalence of 3 — 5 % in school - age children (6 — 12 years) and 10 — 19 % in adolescents (13 — 18 years); 1, 2 and the prevalence of anxiety disorders in this population tends to increase over time.3 Anxiety is the most common psychological symptom reported by children and adolescents; however, presentation varies with age as younger patients often report undifferentiated anxiety symptoms, for example, muscle tension, headache, stomachache or angry outbursts.4 According to the standard diagnostic systems, there are various types of anxiety disorders, for example, generalised anxiety disorder (GAD), social phobias (SOP), social anxiety disorder (SAD), panic disorder (PD), overanxious disorder, separation anxiety, post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), obsessive - compulsive disorder (OCD).5 Anxiety disorders in children and adolescents often occur with a number of comorbidities, such as autism spectrum disorders, 6 depressive disorders, 7 conduct disorder, 8 substance abuse9 or suicide - related behaviour.10 Youths with anxiety disorders experience serious impairment in social functioning (eg, poor school achievement; relational problems with family members and peers).11, 12 Childhood and adolescent anxiety disorders can persist despite treatment, 1 and they are associated with later adult psychopathology.13, 14