Sentences with phrase «use younger populations»

Most of the studies use younger populations, (often including college students).

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The poll of 1,833 adults age 18 - 30 was conducted using a sample drawn from the probability - based GenForward panel, which is designed to be representative of the U.S. young adult population.

With the use of the 1995 and 2011 — 2012 data sets, the ABS reported that adult consumers (≥ 19 y of age) of SSBs on the day of the survey decreased from 35 % of the population in 1995 to 30.6 % in 2011 — 2012 (− 13 %) with the steepest decline in younger adults aged 19 — 30 y (Figure 4).

The second infection that's also been on the rise is Syphilis, particularly amongst populations that are at higher risk to contract Human Immunodeficiency Virus or HIV, such as young men who have sex with men or injection drug using adolescence.

In this study, the frequency of fan use was similar in young and less educated women as in other women; thus, fan use can be easily adopted by these populations.

«The Snack and Play ® Travel Tray by Star Kids ® Products brings to the table an innovative product that can be very beneficial for young children and driving safety as well as for any age in a population using wheelchairs.

The thing to note here is that, the population that frequently uses social media is heavily skewed towards younger, more liberal generation.

Using observations by the Hubble Space Telescope, the research team has for the first time found young populations of stars within globular clusters that have apparently developed courtesy of star - forming gas flowing in from outside of the clusters themselves.

It went down for young people late in the 1990s and then went back up a little bit as a general population figure; so that you have a tremendously important contrast between steady rates of illegal drug use as measured by drug overdose death rates, as measured by urines of arrested people, emergency room mentions, all kinds of things.

Several studies found that the pain - free nasal spray, which was used in about one - third of young children in the U.S., offered no protection to that especially vulnerable population.

More than 28 million people use tanning beds each year, and the population most at risk from developing skin cancer as a result are users younger than 35.

«This younger population should be targeted for the use of the quadrivalent influenza vaccines.»

In the first national study of a large, diverse population, researchers at the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania and colleagues, found that 1.2 percent of the study population engaged with devices, and that most of the individuals who started using an activity tracker were younger and had higher - incomes than people who opted not to use the devices.

The estimated 21 percent of American adults who use Twitter tend to be younger and more technologically literate than the general population, Thorstad concedes.

One policy that may reduce alcohol - use behaviors and impaired driving among young people at a population level is graduated driver licensing (GDL), which increases the driving privileges of young novice drivers as they age and gain more driving experience.

Using population estimates and calculations about lead uptake into the blood, the team estimates that in 2010 almost 800,000 children younger than four were exposed to lead at 200 hazardous sites.

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.

«Results from our observational study in young adults with normal kidney function may not translate into a clinically meaningful difference and may be insufficient to inform decision - making concerning marijuana use; however, it is possible that the association between marijuana use and kidney function could be different in other populations such as older adults or patients with kidney disease, so additional research is needed,» said Dr. Ishida.

«Our study results highlight that in a young athletic population, allografts (tissue harvested from a donor) fail more frequently than using autografts (tissue harvested from the patient),» said Craig R. Bottoni, MD, lead author from Tripler Army Medical Center in Honolulu, Hawaii.

On the basis of the current studies as well as previous reports on the use of intradermal immunization against influenza, hepatitis B, rabies, and other infectious diseases, 2,3,8 it is becoming clear that use of the intradermal route may at least partially overcome the relatively poor influenza - specific immune responses seen in certain at - risk populations, particularly the elderly, in whom the immune response in general is known to diminish with age.9 Moreover, in times of shortage, the dose - sparing intradermal approach might be particularly well suited to the young, healthy persons included in the CDC's high - priority group for vaccination, such as health care workers, as well as to younger, otherwise healthy populations in general.

This year «s Young Scientist Award at SETAC Europe has been awarded to Charles Hazlerigg from Syngenta for his platform presentation: «The importance of density dependence and intra-specific interactions in population models for use in risk assessment ``.

«My hope is that after we demonstrate drug safety for the teen population, we can use these medications for a younger population,» Cohn said.

Using forged identification to present herself as a nurse to guards at the entrance to the enclave where the Jewish population has been sequestered, Irena tries to convince the parents of young children to allow her to smuggle them out to safety.

Young working population and teens prefer using on - line services to find their match.

It simplicity and free use has made it highly popular among younger populations, whether you're just looking for a casual hook - up or a romantic relationship.

As a school it is required that we should «develop a joint understanding of the outcomes that their local population of children and young people with SEN and disabilities aspires to, and use it to produce a joint plan, which they then deliver jointly, and review jointly.»

«To do this successfully, we are reaching out to younger student populations far more than we used to,» says Sasha Barab, professor of learning sciences, IST, and cognitive science at Indiana University.

Further research is needed to advance our understanding of sitting meditation and its use as an effective treatment modality among younger populations.

The following data shows that typical pirate age is 18 - 29, these are the young tech savvy population who use free tools, hacks available online to share and pirate content.

The report cited that e-readers are tended to be used by older readers, while the younger population purchases tablets.

This means that the share of the younger Swedish population that owns a tablet is roughly the same as the share of students in our neighbouring country, Finland, who use tablets for e-book reading.

However, Wolf cited a much smaller estimate of land birds than that used in the scientific article and failed to note that the breeding population is vastly augmented by the annual hatch of young birds, so his «astonishing» revelation is off target.

The researchers can use the image to monitor the growth of the young whales, and some of the photos suggest that some of the female whales are pregnant, more good news for this small population.

Its population is young and Internet use is growing.

Wortley, a criminologist and expert in police racial profiling in police investigations, used census data to compare the representation of young black males in contact card data, and compared it with representation in the population.

For younger members of the town's population who are already used to online banking, a shift to a digital currency is eagerly anticipated.

The population is aging, and older people typically use more prescription medicines than younger people.

This is due to an increase in the number of consumers who use prescriptions drugs, including an increasing in the population of the elderly, who often rely on prescription drugs more than younger persons.

In both the total population and among those without experience in forced repatriation work, being a police officer, male gender and younger age were significant predictors of SC use in the univariate model.

This study demonstrated the high levels of psychological distress in young drug - using populations, highlighting that co-morbidity is common in the treatment population, and underlining the need for further workforce development to identify better and manage mental health needs in young drug users.

Indeed, a longitudinal Swedish study reports that «high achievers» used television as a complement to school learning, whereas «low achievers» used television as a substitute for it.16 Similarly, a study of 326 young children found that parental education is negatively related to hours watched overall.13 Other studies have found effect modification of the effects of television viewing on educational outcomes by the SES of the parents.14, 21 As a result, television viewing in a general population may serve to exacerbate disparities in cognitive outcomes between high - SES and low - SES households.

Cannabis use can be a significant contributor to poor mental health, particularly when it begins at a young age.4, 5 The adverse mental health effects of cannabis use in the general population are increasingly recognised, including anxiety, depression, 6 — 8 psychotic disorders, 4, 9 — 12 dependence6, 7, 13 withdrawal14, 15 and cognitive impairment.16, 17 Starting to use cannabis before age 15 is associated with an increased likelihood of developing later psychotic disorders, increased risk of dependence, other drug use, and poor educational and psychosocial outcomes.5

To engage with such populations, it is critical that researchers work closely with the relevant community - based services being used by these young people to develop strategies that can improve their capacity to identify, refer and treat cannabis and related mental health issues.

Although this segment of the population has proven to be extremely difficult to engage for health promotion, prevention, service provision and research, 18 — 21 recent surveys demonstrate that the prevalence of cannabis use in the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Australian population in remote and very remote regions of northern Australia is very high in young people.

In Australia, little is known about the links between cannabis use and poor mental health in the young Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Australian population.

We used data from the HUNT study, a Norwegian population study from Nord - Trøndelag County (http://www.ntnu.no/hunt/english), 17 where 8950 school - attending adolescents (90 % of those invited) completed a questionnaire between 1995 and 1997 (the Young - HUNT Study).

The disproportionate distribution of extreme levels of stress in disadvantaged communities has been cited as a contributor to the persistence of poor health outcomes for low - income populations.84 — 87 We used focus groups with young adults who grew up in economically distressed urban communities to capture these stressful experiences.

This study was the first to use a rigorous scientific methodology with such a young population; most teen dating violence projects look at older students.

is ideal for use in health care systems, community colleges and other organizations that wish to offer in - depth parenting education to the universal population of parents of young children.

Given the variability that exists within the linguistically diverse population, there are multiple strategies for approaching the measurement of language skills among young DLLs, whether one is using direct child assessments or parent reports.