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Adolescent and young adult health - World Health Organization …

(7 days ago) Many unintentional injuries such as road traffic and drowning are the leading cause of death and disability among adolescents. 1. Road traffic accidents In 2019, 115 000 adolescents (10–19 years) died as a result of road traffic accidents. Many of those who died were vulnerable road users, including pedestrians, cyclists or … See more

https://www.who.int/news-room/fact-sheets/detail/adolescents-health-risks-and-solutions

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Adolescents health risks and solutions - Africa Health …

(1 days ago) WEBFact sheet. An estimated 1.3 million adolescents died in 2015, mostly from preventable or treatable causes. Road traffic injuries were the leading …

https://www.aho.org/fact-sheets/adolescents-health-risks-and-solutions/

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Identifying health needs for adolescents in Africa

(9 days ago) WEBA new series of papers from Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health and the Africa Research Implementation Science and …

https://www.hsph.harvard.edu/news/features/adolescents-africa-health/

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Adolescent Health WHO Regional Office for Africa

(6 days ago) WEBGlobally, there are 44 births per 1000 to girls aged 15 to 19 per year. Half of all mental health disorders in adulthood start by age 14, but most cases are undetected and …

https://www.afro.who.int/health-topics/adolescent-health

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Country fact sheets on adolescent health WHO

(5 days ago) WEBThe World Health Organization (WHO) is building a better future for people everywhere. Health lays the foundation for vibrant and productive …

https://www.afro.who.int/publications/country-fact-sheets-adolescent-health

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Mental Health Burden among Black Adolescents: The Need for …

(3 days ago) WEBIntroduction. National surveys and large-scale studies of adolescent mental health have found that about 49.5% of adolescents in the United States are living with a mental …

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8262091/

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Co-occurrence of and factors associated with health risk behaviors

(3 days ago) WEBThe significant clustering patterns of HRBs among adolescents in sub-Saharan Africa, China, and India highlights the urgent need for convergent approaches …

https://www.thelancet.com/journals/eclinm/article/PIIS2589-5370(24)00104-4/fulltext

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High mental health burden for Africa’s youth - Nature

(Just Now) WEBResearch has shown a high incidence of mental disorders and mental health symptoms among adolescents in 16 sub-Saharan African countries, with a greater …

https://www.nature.com/articles/d44148-021-00097-y

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Overview (Adolescent health) WHO Regional Office for Africa

(4 days ago) WEBAdolescent Health is part of the Child and Adolescent Health Programme. Adolescents are prone to early unwanted pregnancies, septic abortions, sexual abuse, HIV, alcohol …

https://www.afro.who.int/node/5523

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Adolescent mental health in South Africa: what do the numbers say?

(1 days ago) WEBAn article by South Africa’s Independent Online claims that one in five youth aged nine to 17 has a diagnosable mental health disorder, and only a third of those get …

https://africacheck.org/fact-checks/reports/adolescent-mental-health-south-africa-what-do-numbers-say

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Teenage pregnancy and its predictors in Africa: A systematic …

(3 days ago) WEBTeenage pregnancy is a major health issue in Africa. Even though teenage pregnancy has declined in the past few decades, it remains a health concern and priority for many …

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9682880/

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Achieving universal health coverage for adolescents in South …

(1 days ago) WEBSouth African public health sector. It goes on to summarise the health risks faced by adolescents, and to review policies and initiatives to deliver adolescent-responsive, …

https://www.hst.org.za/publications/South%20African%20Health%20Reviews/14%20SAHR_2019_Achieving%20universal%20health%20coverage%20for%20adolescents.pdf

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The Effects of Pregnancy: A Systematic Review of Adolescent …

(3 days ago) WEB3.5. Psychological Effects. The mental health and psychological effects related impact of adolescent pregnancy findings reported by the studies are sadness …

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9819978/

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Adolescent pregnancy - World Health Organization (WHO)

(9 days ago) WEBAdolescent pregnancy is a global phenomenon with clearly known causes and serious health, social and economic consequences to individuals, families and …

https://www.who.int/news-room/fact-sheets/detail/adolescent-pregnancy

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Teenage pregnancy rates and associations with other health risk

(8 days ago) WEBTeenage pregnancy still remains high in low and middle-income countries (LMIC), as well as in high-income countries (HIC). It is a major contributor to maternal …

https://reproductive-health-journal.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12978-016-0170-8

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The Black Youth Mental Health Epidemic: A Crisis in Its Own Right

(2 days ago) WEBHalfpoint/AdobeStock. COMMENTARY. The recently released Youth Risk Behavior Survey report shows us that markers of poor mental health, ranging from …

https://www.psychiatrictimes.com/view/the-black-youth-mental-health-epidemic-a-crisis-in-its-own-right

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Study finds spike in suicide rates for Black adolescents, young …

(2 days ago) WEBThe center is being created with a $10 million grant from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services through the Substance Abuse Mental Health Services …

https://publications.aap.org/aapnews/news/23541/Study-finds-spike-in-suicide-rates-for-Black

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African Americans/Blacks Health Disparities CDC

(7 days ago) WEB11% were among African American/Black women. In 2018, in the United States, the death rate for African Americans/Blacks was higher (16.3 per 100,000) compared with any …

https://www.cdc.gov/nchhstp/healthdisparities/africanamericans.html

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Black/African American Health Office of Minority Health

(9 days ago) WEBHealth. According to Census Bureau projections, the 2021 life expectancies at birth for blacks are 70.8 years, with 74.8 years for women, and 66.7 years for men. For non …

https://minorityhealth.hhs.gov/blackafrican-american-health

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FastStats - Health of Black or African American Population

(9 days ago) WEBPercent of men age 20 and older with hypertension (measured high blood pressure and/or taking antihypertensive medication): 56.8% (2015-2018) Percent of women age 20 and …

https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/fastats/black-health.htm

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African American teens face mental health crisis but are less likely

(2 days ago) WEBPublished: July 29, 2020 8:20am EDT. Black youth are less likely to seek treatment for mental health issues than white adolescents. Getty Images / Jasmin Merdan. Black …

https://theconversation.com/african-american-teens-face-mental-health-crisis-but-are-less-likely-than-whites-to-get-treatment-140697

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Physical Fitness Linked to Better Mental Health in Young People

(1 days ago) WEBThe risk of mental health disorder was weighted against three metrics for physical fitness: cardio fitness, as measured by a student’s time in an 800-meter run; …

https://www.nytimes.com/2024/04/29/health/adolescents-exercise-mental-health.html

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Black Adolescent Suicide Rate Reveals Urgent Need to Address …

(9 days ago) WEBUse of suicide risk screening tools and interventions. Across all young people who die by suicide, research shows that only 32% had a mental health care visit …

https://www.pewtrusts.org/en/research-and-analysis/articles/2024/04/22/black-adolescent-suicide-rate-reveals-urgent-need-to-address-mental-health-care-barriers

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Black Adolescent Experiences with COVID-19 and Mental Health …

(3 days ago) WEBBackground. COVID-19 is disproportionately impacting communities of color. Black adolescents are among the most vulnerable to COVID-19, have high mental …

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8080856/

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Call for Abstracts: Conference on Adolescent Health in Sub …

(2 days ago) WEBThe Research Network for Design and Evaluation of Adolescent Health Interventions and Policies in Sub-Saharan Africa (DASH), a network of public health …

https://news.mak.ac.ug/2024/04/call-for-abstracts-conference-on-adolescent-health-in-sub-saharan-africa-cah-ssa/

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Teen alcohol and nicotine use in Europe is up, WHO urges …

(4 days ago) WEBData covering all three areas revealed that more than one in two 15-year-olds experimented with alcohol, while one in five teenagers recently used e-cigarettes, …

https://news.un.org/en/story/2024/04/1148971

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Teen vaping linked with toxic lead exposure, study finds CNN

(7 days ago) WEBThe study’s findings are based on the responses and biospecimen samples of 200 teens involved in the Population Assessment of Tobacco and Health, or PATH, …

https://www.cnn.com/2024/04/29/health/teen-vaping-toxic-lead-uranium-exposure-wellness/index.html

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What to know about Zyn, the tiny nicotine pouch that's sparked a …

(2 days ago) WEBA similar surge of online activity preceded the rise of Juul, the sleek e-cigarette widely blamed for triggering a spike in teen vaping in the years before COVID …

https://apnews.com/article/zyn-pouches-nicotine-smoking-teenagers-fda-424a020348cdc6495684272a2a671c6a

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Why Health And Safety Are Now The Top Risks For Directors And …

(2 days ago) WEBFor context, WTW’s 2024 Global Directors and Officers Survey Report identified health and safety as the top risk category as measured across more than 50 …

https://www.forbes.com/sites/johnbremen/2024/04/29/why-health-and-safety-are-now-the-top-risks-for-directors-and-officers/

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Adolescent pregnancy and associated factors in South African youth

(3 days ago) WEBIntroduction. Adolescent pregnancy, occurring in girls aged 10–19 years, remains a serious health and social problem worldwide, and has been associated with numerous risk …

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3598281/

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Are Oral Nicotine Pouches Safe? Johns Hopkins Bloomberg …

(4 days ago) WEBChild and Adolescent Health Cigarette smoking hit a historic low in 2023, with the adult smoking rate falling to 11%, according to the CDC . In response to the …

https://publichealth.jhu.edu/2024/are-oral-nicotine-pouches-safe

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Opinion Are Smartphones and Social Media Driving a Teen …

(2 days ago) WEBBut in a biannual C.D.C. survey of teenage mental health, the share of teenagers reporting that they had been persistently sad for a period of at least two …

https://www.nytimes.com/2024/05/01/opinion/smartphones-social-media-mental-health-teens.html

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Reproductive Health Update January 2024 - University of Houston

(8 days ago) WEBREPORT Effects of the 2021 6-Week Abortion Ban on 2022 Fertility Rates in Texas and Harris County 2022 Texas teen birth rate rises for the first time in 15 years Rising births …

https://www.uh.edu/class/ws/irwgs/research/reproductive-health/reproductive-health-update-january-2024/index

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