Sentences with phrase «reported housing insecurity»

Six months after their child's diagnosis, 20 percent of families reported food insecurity, 17 percent reported energy insecurity, and 8 percent reported housing insecurity.

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«A series of acts of hacking could potentially be a contempt, if it can be shown that the hacking has interfered with the work of the House by creating a climate of insecurity for one or more MPs,» the committee's report found.

«What it says is that even at a well - resourced, large referral center, about a third of families are reporting food, housing or energy insecurity six months into treatment,» says lead author Kira Bona, MD, MPH, a pediatric oncologist at Dana - Farber / Boston Children's.

The report also reiterates that poverty engenders numerous related disadvantages, including growing up in single - parent homes, being exposed to toxins that lead to health issues, food insecurity, and unstable housing and parental employment, to name a few.

This policy statement builds on previous policies related to child health equity, 26 housing insecurity, 27 and early childhood adversity.3 The accompanying technical report from the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP), «Mediators and Adverse Effects of Child Poverty in the United States,» 28 supports this statement by describing current knowledge on childhood poverty and the mechanisms by which poverty influences the health and well - being of children.