Youth Today
All posts tagged "Health and Mental Health"
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160NewsGeorgia won’t say who’s now serving on its maternal mortality committee after dismissing all members last year
The committee reviews maternal deaths and makes recommendations to improve care for pregnant women.
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231Guest Opinion EssayParents can soon use QR codes to reveal heavy metal content in baby food
How many products exceed FDA recommendations? There's no safe level of heavy metal ingestion.
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254► ReportsFragile beginnings: Children face unique vulnerabilities to environmental hazards at every stage of life
This brief discusses the unique vulnerabilities of children to environmental hazards.
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434News‘Bereavement Deserts’: Amid a rise in parental deaths, grief in children is often overlooked
‘My son needed something I couldn’t give.’ Surviving parents seek grief support for kids.
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362NewsEducation groups push back against feared cuts to school-based Medicaid
For decades Medicaid has paid for services in schools for low-income students.
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366NewsSome incarcerated youths will get health care after release under new law
The goal is to help prevent them from developing a health crisis or reoffending.
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443NewsHow Medicaid helps mothers, caregivers and children
Medicaid covers nearly half of all births and health of all children in America.
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732NewsTop scholar says evidence for special education inclusion is ‘fundamentally flawed’
Research doesn't support academic advantages of placing children with disabilities in general education classrooms.
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651Guest Opinion EssayTeen girls are facing an increased risk of suicide − and stress related to sexual identity might be contributing to it
LGBQ teen girls reported much higher rates of thinking about, planning and attempting suicide.
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582NewsThe Department of Education told employees to end support for transgender students
This ends programs, contracts and policies failing "to affirm the reality of biological sex.”
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499NewsSevere irritability in children and teens: A new understanding
Kids with disruptive mood dysregulation disorder have explosive outbursts well past toddler age. Why?
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388► ReportsCollege student access to sexual and reproductive health care
A federal report discusses the access college students have to sexual/reproductive healthcare on campus.
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2.0KNewsQ&A: Black kids overdiagnosed with ‘Oppositional Defiant Disorder’
The ‘bad kid’ diagnosis ‘greases the school-to-prison pipeline.’ This doctor offers anti-racist solutions.
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649NewsTeens on social media: Red, blue and purple states are all passing laws to restrict and protect adolescents
It remains to be seen if, and how, the federal government will weigh in.
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782Guest Opinion EssayParents have way more influence than they realize in shaping their children’s success
Parents with academically unmotivated and disengaged kids are often at their wits’ end.
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476NewsParents of premature babies struggle to get help their children are entitled to
Few families with premature babies receive the early intervention services they are eligible for.
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1.9KNewsTrump’s ‘pause’ on federal funds: It has not been rescinded. Are early learning & nutrition programs in danger?
Programs serving women and children would be hit particularly hard by a funding pause.
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722News‘Kept in limbo:’ As uncertainty over Trump plans looms, migrant children struggle to find legal aid
Children migrating alone rarely have access to help for navigating the immigration system.
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746Guest Opinion EssayA 25-year study reveals how empathy is passed from parents to teens to their future children
Adolescents who show empathy toward their friends are more likely to become supportive parents.
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706NewsIntergenerational care benefits children and seniors. Why is it still so rare?
Intergenerational care has cognitive and physical health benefits for both children and seniors.
