Sentences with phrase «very vulnerable group»

As adults who are responsible for the protection and nurture of the young of our species, we have an obligation to ensure that this very vulnerable group of children has the needed opportunities for developmental progress.

«These are habits that are best established early in your life, but I see young people as being a very vulnerable group,» said George Washington University professor Annamaria Lusardi, who is considered one of the world's foremost experts on personal debt.

Dr Valerie Holmes, Centre for Public Health, School of Medicine, Dentistry and Biomedical Sciences, Queen's University Belfast and co-researcher, added: «This is the largest study ever to be carried out looking at music therapy's ability to help this very vulnerable group.»

«This lack of information contributed to delays, additional cost, and disruption and confusion for a very vulnerable group of service users,» the report found.

It revealed peaks in cyberbullying at age 10 - 11 and 14 - 15; different patterns of behaviour experienced by boys and girls; some very vulnerable groups of young people who need extra support.

Not exact matches

The idea of a «support group» can bring visions of chairs in a circle, and people sharing vulnerable stories awkwardly, but in reality whether «support» is in the name or not, most of these groups develop organically around the needs and interests of those who come and have a very informal feel.

However, this report shows that current immigration policies are having a damaging impact on a group of very vulnerable children,» Teather said.

(2) To surround a demonstrating group and lock it in, without any regard to who is inside the group - e.g., children - puts very vulnerable people at risk should violence break out.

A Home Office spokesman told politics.co.uk: «We want to offer greater protection to this very vulnerable and exploited group of people.

One twin would have a different viral infection and another twin would be exposed to different peer groups in school, getting to very complex interactions, leading ultimately to one twin being very vulnerable and the other twin not being vulnerable.

«We hope that the results will give rise to a new drug combination therapy and improve prospects for a very vulnerable patient group.»

A vaccine would be especially effective in people who have never been exposed to the disease before, or who lost their childhood immunity by leaving malaria - stricken areas, Lanar says, because these groups are more vulnerable to very severe forms of the illness than those who are partially immune.

«Suicide is, of course, very common in this vulnerable patient group, but a deeper analysis shows that the excess mortality is largely attributable to non-psychiatric diseases,» explains Jussi Jokinen, psychiatrist and professor at Umeå University and researcher at Karolinska Institutet's Department of Clinical Neuroscience.

«Cats are different from dogs in that they are very vulnerable to disease and have high chances of contagion when put in groups.

This vague law is not a very satisfactory basis for an agreement on rights for a relatively vulnerable group.

While we can all be thankful that the proposed cap is set at # 25,000, rather than the # 250,000 which had been mooted prior to the consultation, there remains a very real risk that vulnerable and already disadvantaged groups of people will simply not be able to access justice.

More data are needed that focus specifically on the 10 — 14 age - group; on young adolescent males» experiences and needs; and on the most marginalized or vulnerable groups of very young adolescents, including refugees and other displaced people, LGBTQ adolescents, out - of - school adolescents, adolescents exposed to transactional sex, those living with HIV and those with disabilities.

There is nothing specific to Indigenous peoples in «Weathering the Change» (WtC)-- the ACT Government Climate Change Strategy — however the ACT is very conscious of the impact that climate change will have on all vulnerable groups.

«Ireland is currently facing a very challenging situation and our children represent one of the most vulnerable groups, particularly those in disadvantaged areas.