Sentences with phrase «populations of adolescents»

The incomplete, scattered skeletons made it hard for him to establish the gender of the victims, but surviving teeth hinted at a population of adolescents and young adults.

Linford's presentation focused on the development of a novel tool to assess perception of diagnosis in a population of adolescents with disorders of sex development and their parents.

The population of adolescent ELLs is diverse, and their educational needs are affected by differences in immigration status, quality of educational background, native language, cultural distance from U.S. culture, future plans, and economic status.

Researcher Carol Gordon noted that for this population of adolescents, student attitude is another factor.

Gender differences in mental health symptoms have been traditionally reported in the general population of adolescents, with the prevalence of internalizing symptoms (i.e., depression, anxiety) greater in adolescent girls (Birmaher et al., 1996) and the prevalence of externalizing symptoms (i.e., aggression, conduct problems) greater in boys (Dekovic, Buist, & Reitz, 2004; Leadbeater, Kuperminc, Blatt, & Hertzog, 1999).

The study findings are in support of the hypothesis that loneliness and psychological distress may pose as parallel mediating mechanisms that indirectly link exposure to interpersonal violence to recurrent headache in a general population of adolescents.

We did not include substance use because it was extremely infrequent in this population of adolescents.

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More than half of the study population exceeded the WHO's cut - off for FS, especially children and adolescents.

We know the soul - destroying impact of bullying and we know that suicide is the second leading cause of death in adolescent populations.

Mrs Bawumia bemoaned what she termed the high rate of teenage pregnancy and emphasized the need to prioritize the health of adolescents, who constitute 29.3 per cent of the country's population.

«Of all racial groups, American Indian adolescents had the highest rates for using many substances of abuse, and for depression, suicidal thoughts, and attempted suicide,» said Subica, an assistant professor of social medicine, population, and public health in the School of MedicinOf all racial groups, American Indian adolescents had the highest rates for using many substances of abuse, and for depression, suicidal thoughts, and attempted suicide,» said Subica, an assistant professor of social medicine, population, and public health in the School of Medicinof abuse, and for depression, suicidal thoughts, and attempted suicide,» said Subica, an assistant professor of social medicine, population, and public health in the School of Medicinof social medicine, population, and public health in the School of Medicinof Medicine.

For their analyses, the researchers used combined data from the 1991 - 2015 waves of the federal «Youth Risk Behavior Surveys,» a school - based cross-sectional survey designed to capture the prevalence of health - risk behaviors for the leading causes of adolescent morbidity and mortality across time and racial / ethnic populations.

Subica and his colleague, Li - Tzy Wu, a professor at Duke University Medical Center, took on the project in part because national estimates of Pacific Islander, American Indian, and multiracial adolescent substance use and suicidality are scarce, presumably due to their small population sizes.

Worldwide trends in body - mass index, underweight, overweight, and obesity from 1975 to 2016: a pooled analysis of 2416 population - based measurement studies in 128,9 million children, adolescents, and adults.

As a research partner of an $ 11.7 million Autism Center of Excellence (ACE) grant from the National Institutes of Health to the George Washington University Autism and Neurodevelopment Disorders Institute, the Center for Autism Spectrum Disorders at Children's National will continue investigations into sex differences, and aims to develop self - reporting measures for adolescents and adults that better capture additional populations — including females and non-cisgender males.

«Death by suicide is one of the most common causes of death in the adolescent population, and it is potentially preventable,» said Dr. Amit.

Lead author Anna Gassman - Pines found that when 1 percent of a state's working population lost jobs, suicide - related behaviors increased by 2 to 3 percentage points among girls and black adolescents in the following year.

Her research utilizes feminist methodologies to understand the sexual health of adolescent and young adult populations in the United States and globally.

Survivors of adolescent and young adult cancer often have stronger social networks than their non-cancer peers, according to St. Jude Children's Research Hospital researchers, who hope to translate that support into better lives for the nation's growing population of cancer survivors.

Dr. Ilie said the study provides the first population - based evidence demonstrating the extent of the association between TBI and poor mental health outcomes among adolescents.

Across 10 different areas of life, adolescents with cerebral palsy only ranked their quality of friend and peer relationships as on average lower than adolescents in the general population, challenging the widespread perception that adolescents with disabilities have unhappy, unfulfilled lives», says lead author Allan Colver, Professor of Community Child Health at Newcastle University in the UK.

«Our results show that, at a population level, prescriptions of stimulants and antidepressant medications for children and adolescents do not appear to be prescribed at rates higher than the known rates for psychiatric conditions they are designed to treat,» said Dr. Sultan.

Moreover, they reported better QoL in five areas of life than adolescents in the general population — moods and emotions, self - perception, autonomy, relationships with parents, and school life.

A previous paper by Dr. Stockwell and colleagues looked at the impact of text messaging reminders for first dose influenza vaccination rates in pediatric and adolescent populations.

«According to the existing information, adolescents are the most susceptible and misinformed group of customers; thus this population is the target market for dietary supplements,» said lead author Katja Zdešar Kotnik, BSc, member of the Biotechnical Faculty at the University of Ljubljana, Ljubljana, Slovenia.

Based on available evidence, Dartmouth researchers quantified the balance of health benefits and harms associated with e-cigarette use at the population level and found that e-cigarettes could substantially increase the number of adolescents and young adults who eventually become cigarette smokers.

Palm alerted Swedish health authorities, and subsequent population - wide studies in Sweden, Finland, Ireland and the United Kingdom suggested that vaccination for H1N1 — but only with the Pandemrix vaccine — had increased the risk of developing narcolepsy between four - and 13-fold in children and adolescents, and between two - and four-fold in adults.

The paper's authors reviewed the results of 42 population studies of infants, children and adolescents aged 0 to 18 years which included a total of 75,499 participants.

Adopting one of these approaches to pubertal assessment when studying adolescents will likely contribute to clarity and interpretability of neuroimaging findings in this population.

«However, given the prevalence of depression, anxiety, and suicidal ideation / suicide in the general population, and especially the adolescent population who may be candidates for isotretinoin therapy,» state AAD guidelines for the use of the acne medication, «the prescribing physician should continue to monitor for these symptoms and make therapeutic decisions within the context of each individual patient.»

The study populations may also explain in part why weight gain appears to be less common in studies than in the real world, says Stephen Grcevich, MD, a child and adolescent psychiatrist in Chagrin Falls, Ohio, and a professor of psychiatry at Case Western University.

This compared to only two cases of stimulant use, or 0.4 %, among healthy children who had died in motor vehicle accidents — a group used to represent a general population of healthy children and adolescents.

It does make sense, considering that in westernized societies like the United States, the UK and Australia, acne afflicts between 79 % and 95 % of the adolescent population.

High intensity interval training (HIIT) has been studied extensively and shows compelling fat - loss, fitness and health benefits for people ranging from adolescents, athletes, weekend warriors, and those with health challenges.1, 2 A review of the literature shows us that: In healthy populations and athletes HIIT results in similar, and perhaps greater improvements in... Continue reading «How HIIT training can help you to lose fat and improve your health and fitness in (almost) no time at all!»

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I am proud to be affiliated with organizations that offer continuing education workshops and trainings that are rooted in the latest neurobiological research and how yoga and mindfulness practices that support stress management and wellbeing can be integrated into work with vulnerable populations that include children, adolescents and adults, survivors or domestic violence, and people of color.

Two - thirds of the U.S. adult population is either overweight or obese while a growing number of adolescents are climbing into the danger range, many developing type 2 diabetes at younger and younger ages.

If you are dedicated to and excited about working with today's diverse adolescent population; committed to pursuing equity and excellence in urban classrooms; and deeply curious about curriculum, teaching, and learning, then we hope you will join us as you prepare to enter one of today's most critically important professions.

If we look at the overall adolescent population, only about 1 in 5 meet current physical activity guidelines and if we look at senior school students specifically only around six per cent of those meet current physical activity recommendations.

Her research interests include school counseling, child / adolescent mental heath / continuity of care, and improving educational outcomes of at - risk populations.

Newts, which are also opportunistic hunters, are adolescents that were infected by the global epidemic which wiped out most of the earth's population two years ago.

News reports indicate that the combined population of adult and adolescent crocodiles is ten times that number.

Provided assessment of physical, mental, pain and psychosocial health status of the infant, child, adolescent, adult and geriatric patient populations.

Pharmacy services provided encompass all patient populations of the hospital (i.e. newborns, pediatrics, adolescents, adults, geriatrics, etc.).

Twin pairs (N = 1350), aged 8 to 16 years, in the general population - based Virginia Twin Study of Adolescent Behavioral Development were assessed using the Child and Adolescent Psychiatric Assessment interview administered separately to both twins and both parents.

The study — Health and wellbeing of Indigenous adolescents in Australia: a systematic synthesis of population data — points to a «huge opportunity», not only to improve individual and community wellbeing but to help address health inequities.

The office serves as the focal point to advise the Secretary and the Assistant Secretary for Health on a wide range of reproductive health topics, including adolescent pregnancy, family planning, and sterilization, as well as other population issues.

I have experience working with a diverse population of children (2 +) and adolescents with a variety of complex emotional and behavioral considerations in both inpatient and outpatient settings.»

In this population - based study, we used data from the youth@hordaland-survey of adolescents conducted in 2012 in the county of Hordaland in Western Norway (n = 9154).

These include studies: in a range of settings (e.g., schools, universities, Lifeline, NHS Choices online); across the mental health care spectrum (from prevention to treatment); with different age groups (adults, adolescents); with a range of population groups (e.g. students, primary care patients, community users); in different countries; and with and without guidance.