Sentences with phrase «rate among young children»

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Soaring rates of emotional problems among our young people are disturbing enough in their own right, but they are also harbingers of even greater problems as these children grow up to be university students, workers, partners and parents themselves.

However, lessons were learned from these early programmes and in 2004, the Texas Fragile Families initiative reported an increase in child support orders / paternity establishment among its participants (with a «dose» effect — the longer the young father was involved in the programme, the more likely he was to establish paternity / pay child support); and employment rates up from 50 % at the start of the programme to almost 70 % at six months and 80 % at one year (Romo et al, 2004).

In a new study, Boston Children's Hospital found that 8.4 % of the young people presenting to the hospital's Gender Clinic had been adopted, or nearly four times the rate among the general population.

During emergency situations, disease and death rates among babies and children are higher than for any other age group; and the younger the child, the higher the risk, leaving babies under six months most vulnerable.

After the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami, formula donations sent to affected areas resulted in immediate decreased rates of breastfeeding and higher rates of diarrhoea and mortality among young children.

Approximately 175000 cancer cases are diagnosed annually in children younger than age 15 years worldwide, 1 with an annual increase of around 0.9 % in incidence rate in the developed world, only partly explained by improved diagnosis and reporting.1, 2 Childhood cancer is rare and its survival rate has increased significantly over the years owing to advancement in treatment technologies; however, it is still a leading cause of death among children and adolescents in developed countries, ranking second among children aged 1 to 14 years in the United States, surpassed only by accidents.1, 3 Childhood cancer is also emerging as a major cause of death in the last few years in Asia, Central and South America, Northwest Africa, and the Middle East, where death rates from preventable communicable diseases are declining.2

During emergency situations, disease and death rates among under - five children are higher than for any other age group; the younger the infant the higher the risk.

When it comes to graduation rates, Cash noted that starts in preschool and he wants to boost literacy among the youngest of city school children.

The study shows that falls in leukemia death rates will be greatest among children and young adults of both sexes.

Between 2009 and 2016 death rates from leukemia among children aged 0 - 14 will fall by 38 % in boys and 20 % in girls, and by 26 % and 22 % in young men and women respectively, aged between 15 - 44.

Parents» ratings of neighborhood quality were not associated with externalizing behaviors among children six - years - old and younger.

Researchers conducted a unique linkage of more than 52,000 electronic health records (EHR) of children born from 1987 to 1995 and New Jersey driver licensing data to determine current rates and patterns of licensure among adolescents and young adults with ASD (without intellectual disability) and those without ASD.

However, among younger children (ages 5 to 14) the rate of hospitalization was higher in rural areas.

Autism and related disorders — referred to as autism spectrum disorders — occurred at a rate of six in 10,000 among the children of the younger fathers and 32 in 10,000 among the children of the older fathers.

A recent study by Paul Armstrong at the Department of Health, Western Australia, and colleagues reported that the rate of febrile convulsions among young children was 3.3 per 1000 doses, 200 times that reported in a U.S. influenza vaccine safety study.

Death rates have declined among children and young adults in the poorest counties in the United States, according to the study published in Science.

The low rate of suicide among young children does not mean they are immune to experiencing profound distress or sadness.

But Carol Johnson, the primary author of the CDC report, said the higher incident rate among young black children is not readily explained.

Posters encourage regular attendance at Simon Elementary School in the District, a city that has enormous truancy rates, even among young children.

Speaking of mileage, Summit has EPA - rated fuel efficiency of 27 miles per gallon in the city and 30 on the highway, which should enhance its desirability among young marrieds with a child or two.

The 15 year - fixed rate mortgage is popular among younger homebuyers with sufficient income to meet the higher monthly payments to pay off the house before their children start college.

Canada Three injured, one seriously, in five - vehicle crash in Oshawa, Ont., Canadian Press Study finds «alarming rate» of OD deaths among young indigenous people in B.C., Canadian Press Families with children on no - fly lists take their case to Ottawa, Canadian Press

The highest hospitalization rates were among adults older than 50 and children younger than 5.

Key stakeholders noted poor parent - child communication regarding sexuality; high rates of unsafe abortion, HIV and STIs among young people; increased access to prohibited sexually explicit materials; high incidence of sexual violence; and the existence of several myths and mistaken beliefs related to sexuality.

Young, unmarried, and lacking in education, these men face a multitude of barriers to being the fathers they want to be, from poor employment prospects and high incarceration rates, to juggling multiple parenting roles among the children they live with and the ones with whom they do not.

With the dramatic rise in female labour force participation rates since the 1960s (especially among married women with young children), these policies have become increasingly important.

R.E.E.T.A.I.N (Retaining Early Educators Through Attaining Incentives Now) is a workforce retention program that seeks to reduce the turnover rates among child care providers who work with young chil...

One way to reduce the rate of child welfare services involvement among the children of youth in foster care is to help young people in foster care delay becoming parents.

Aboriginal Australians experience multiple social and health disadvantages from the prenatal period onwards.1 Infant2 and child3 mortality rates are higher among Aboriginal children, as are well - established influences on poor health, cognitive and education outcomes, 4 — 6 including premature birth and low birth weight, 7 — 9 being born to teenage mothers7 and socioeconomic disadvantage.1, 8 Addressing Aboriginal early life disadvantage is of particular importance because of the high birth rate among Aboriginal people10 and subsequent young age structure of the Aboriginal population.11 Recent population estimates suggest that children under 10 years of age account for almost a quarter of the Aboriginal population compared with only 12 % of the non-Aboriginal population of Australia.11

Domestic violence among the low income couples who would be targeted for the healthy marriage initiative is very rare.In fact, only 2 percent experience domestic violence.Critics of the healthy marriage initiative often cite statistics showing that a high percent of middle - aged welfare mothers have suffered domestic violence at some point in the past.These figures are irrelevant for two reasons.First, the healthy marriage initiative will focus on younger women around the time of a child's birth, not older mothers with a long history of welfare dependence.The domestic violence rates are very different for these two groups.Second, the fact a woman has experienced domestic violence in the past does not mean she is experiencing violence in a current relationship, or that most prior relationships have involved violence.

And the rate is even higher among younger couples with children.

In fact, a few of these studies find that same - sex parents have superior parenting skills and that their children exhibit a few outcomes superior to children raised by heterosexual parents (e.g., Brewaey et al.'s [1997] finding of higher levels of sharing in childcare and parenting skills among lesbian couples; teachers» average higher rating of children with lesbian than heterosexual mothers on affection, responsiveness, and concern for younger children in Steckel [1987]-RRB-.