All posts tagged "Health and Mental Health"

Estimated Proportion of Adult Health Problems Attributable to Adverse Childhood Experiences & Implications for Prevention

The CDC quantifies the effects that adverse childhood experiences have on one's health and socioeconomic outcomes through to adulthood. The report makes...

Prescription Opioid Use and Misuse Among Youth in U.S. report; bottle of pills being spilled over map of U.S.

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Prescription Opioid Use and Misuse Among Adolescents and Young Adults in the U.S.

Researchers quantify the prevalence of opioid use and misuse among adolescents and young adults across the country, showing still troubling high rates...

Current Landscape of School District and Charter Policies that Support Healthy Schools Report; happy students running in gym class

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The Current Landscape of School District and Charter Policies that Support Healthy Schools

Child Trends discusses how school district and charter policies affect the health of student populations around the country and how these policies...

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The Number of Uninsured Children is on the Rise

Georgetown University's Health Policy Institute releases a new state-by-state report showing significant increases in the number of children without health insurance over...

death rates due to suicide, homicide among youth aged 10-24 report; young depressed male looking sad on urban steps

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Death Rates Due to Suicide and Homicide Among Persons Aged 10–24: United States, 2000–2017

The CDC's National Center for Health Statistics releases the latest figures on suicide and homicide death rates among U.S. youth; highlighting the...

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State of Childhood Obesity: Helping All Children Grow Up Healthy

The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation reports findings from the most recent data on childhood obesity rates across the country. The report ranks...

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After-school Healthy Snack Standards Fall Short Without Training, Study Says

Adopting standards for healthy snacks may not be enough to enough to improve snack quality in after-school programs, according to a study...

economic analysis of childhood exposure to crime/violence report; sad child on floor with black background looking down

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The Tragedy of Wasted Funds and Broken Dreams: An Economic Analysis of Childhood Exposure to Crime and Violence

This new report from the University of Pennsylvania is the first of its kind to estimate the economic costs of childhood crime...

youth homelessness: lonely person with hoodie and backpack staying on bench in city park with snow

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Federal Government Must Address Youth Homelessness As Public Health Problem: Chapin Hall

To end youth homelessness, the federal government must go beyond a crisis response to the problem and take a comprehensive approach that...

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Life-saving Advice for Suicide Prevention From Public Health Experts

When a person commits suicide, family members are often left wondering how they could have saved their loved one’s life.

Leaving No One Behind: All Children Immunized and Healthy report cover; health worker immunizing child in front of rubble

Leaving No One Behind: All Children Immunized and Healthy

UNICEF recently released this report highlighting the tremendous progress of worldwide vaccination coverage efforts over the past three decades. However, now this...

LGBTQ mental health survey; word cloud of different sexual identity terms on orange background

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National Survey on LGBTQ Youth Mental Health 2019

The Trevor Project recently released results from the largest-ever survey of LGBTQ youth across the country. The report shows that nearly 40%...

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Kids Count Data: Overall Child Well-Being Improves, but Big Racial Disparities Continue

The number of children in the United States increased by more than 9 million in 30 years, with most of that increase...

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Trends in Suicide Among Youth Aged 10 to 19 Years in the U.S., 1975-2016

This new report published in the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) summarizes and discusses the startling recent uptick in youth...

ACEs: Stressed focused african american woman concentrating doing difficult online computer work, frustrated black female student looking at laptop feeling headache tired of study learning overwork

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Opinion

ACEs Research Could Improve College Completion Rates for Foster Care Youth

For the past 13 years I have had the privilege of working with hundreds of students who enroll at our university. It...

toxic stress and children's outcomes report; troubled african american girl sad on couch

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Toxic Stress and Children’s Outcomes

The Economic Policy Institute shows how toxic stress in a child's life, which is disproportionately experienced by African American children, can disrupt...

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From the Bureaus

Advocates Hope NY Court Ruling on Warrants for Foster Youth Leads to Reform

Christina Young remembers the day the cops came for her at school. She was fifteen years old — a sophomore at Murry...

racial disparities in maternal and infant health report; Shanika Reaux holds her baby

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