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All posts tagged "Health and Mental Health"
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3.4KNewsLas Cruces, New Mexico, Legislator Helping Fight Childhood Trauma
With some time to kill the day before the 2018 Thanksgiving break, William Soules, a math and social studies teacher at Oñate...
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3.1KNewsChange in Washington Law Helps Parents With Their Teens’ Mental Health Needs
For about three months, Karen Kelly would drive around Enumclaw, Wash., after midnight looking for her 13-year-old daughter, Hollie. She carried Hollie’s...
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1.9K► ReportsSuicidality Disparities by Sexual Identity Persist from Adolescence into Young Adulthood
The Trevor Project tracks rates of suicidality among LGB youth after turning 18, showing that the stark suicide disparity between straight and...
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4.3K► ReportsMentoring for Preventing and Reducing Substance Use and Associated Risks Among Youth
The National Mentoring Resource Center recently published this comprehensive review of the most effective mentoring practices for the prevention and reduction of...
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4.7K► NewsmakersYouth Villages Names Jessica Foster Chief Strategy Officer
Youth Villages recently named Jessica Foster as its new chief strategy officer. The appointment is a promotion from within, as Foster has...
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7.1K► ReportsRing the Alarm: The Crisis of Black Youth Suicide in America
The Congressional Black Caucus releases a troubling report quantifying and discussing the recent sharp rise in suicide rates among black youth, a...
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2.4K► ReportsTobacco Product Use and Associated Factors Among Middle and High School Students
The CDC uses the latest results from the National Youth Tobacco Survey to provide an overview of the current rates of tobacco...
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3.2KNewsLA’s BEST Sees Increase in Mental Health Issues, Responds with a Focus on Trauma
The increase of mental health problems in kids is one of the reasons LA’s Best, an after-school provider serving 25,000 children in...
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3.0K► ReportsEstimated 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...
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2.6K► ReportsPrescription 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...
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2.1K► ReportsThe 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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2.0K► ReportsThe 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...
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2.1K► ReportsDeath 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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2.0K► ReportsState 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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2.1KNewsAfter-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...
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2.8K► ReportsThe 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...
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3.9KNewsFederal 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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2.0KNewsLife-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.
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1.9K► ReportsLeaving 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...
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4.1K► ReportsNational 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%...
