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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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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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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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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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Adolescent girls’ health and well-being - UNICEF DATA

(2 days ago) WebAfrica, along select dimensions. It also examines the intergenerational effects of adolescent childbearing on the health and nutrition of children born to adolescent …

https://data.unicef.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/BROCHURE_WCAR-Web.pdf

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Adolescent girls’ health and well-being in West and …

(Just Now) WebThe health and well-being of adolescents are fundamental to a country’s social and economic progress. Home to 120 million individuals aged 10-19, West and Central Africa, along with Eastern and Southern …

https://data.unicef.org/resources/adolescent-girls-health-and-well-being-in-west-and-central-africa/

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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 health and development UNICEF South Africa

(5 days ago) WebPRETORIA, 09 October 2023 – Some 60 per cent of children and youth felt they needed mental health support over the past year, according to the latest UNICEF South Africa …

https://www.unicef.org/southafrica/topics/adolescent-health-and-development

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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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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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Adolescent pregnancy in sub-Saharan Africa – a cause for concern

(3 days ago) WebIntroduction. It is estimated that adolescent girls in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) have approximately 21 million pregnancies each year ().Adolescent …

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9755883/

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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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Closing the Mental Health Care Gap for Black Teens

(5 days ago) WebSHANOOR SEERVAI: There is a global shortage of culturally competent mental health professionals. And for one group in the U.S., the stakes are unusually …

https://www.commonwealthfund.org/publications/podcast/2022/mar/closing-mental-health-care-gap-black-teens

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The Effects of Pregnancy: A Systematic Review of Adolescent

(9 days ago) WebThere is a high incidence of adolescent pregnancy in West Africa. The objective of this study is to highlight the health impacts of adolescent pregnancy …

https://www.mdpi.com/1660-4601/20/1/605

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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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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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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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The 10 Biggest Teen Health Risks - Verywell Health

(6 days ago) WebInexperience: Teens are less able to recognize dangerous situations and have less-developed driving reflexes than more experienced drivers. Speeding: Teens …

https://www.verywellhealth.com/the-7-biggest-health-risks-teens-face-2611248

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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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Disordered eating is common in children and teens, creating …

(9 days ago) WebMore than one in five children and teens have disordered eating patterns, the first global analysis of studies on this problem, including 63,000 participants in 32 …

https://www.timeslive.co.za/news/south-africa/2023-02-24-disordered-eating-is-common-in-children-and-teens-creating-health-risks/

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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, the UN …

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

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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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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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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 weeks …

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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