Rates of self-harm could be rising more quickly in children and adolescents from ethnic minority groups than in those from white groups, according to a study led by University of Manchester researchers.
Sep 21, 2021
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As tensions continue to run high in the Middle East, a new study from the Brown School at Washington University in St. Louis finds that adolescents from the conflict-affected region who are residing in the United States have ...
Aug 30, 2021
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With evidence estimating that nearly one-fourth of the world's women and girls face challenges related to menstrual management—including stigma, privacy, and access to affordable materials—a commentary in JAMA Health ...
Aug 25, 2021
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Pediatricians, mental health clinicians, epidemiologists, infectious disease and vaccine experts from the Murdoch Children's Research Institute (MCRI) have noted that 12-15 year olds should be included in the COVID-19 vaccine ...
Aug 24, 2021
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The advent of the COVID-19 pandemic, which began in earnest in the United States in early 2020, affected different demographic groups in different ways. According to a new study, among adolescents ages 10 to 14 in the United ...
Aug 24, 2021
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Adolescent girls in sub-Saharan Africa are vulnerable to early unintended pregnancy, HIV, child marriage, sexual violence, female genital mutilation, and related mortality and disabilities. This is particularly the case for ...
Aug 23, 2021
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New research from King's College London has explored whether different types of trauma confer the same risk of future mental illness, in the first study of its kind.
Aug 20, 2021
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The findings, published in The Lancet Child & Adolescent Health, highlight the short- and long-term health challenges of unaccompanied minors (UAMs—those aged under 18 who are traveling without a parent or legal guardian), ...
Aug 20, 2021
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Routine adolescent preventive visits provide important opportunities for promoting sexual and reproductive health and for preventing unintended pregnancy and sexually transmitted infections.
Jul 20, 2021
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The Delta variant has taken hold in NSW and Victoria, which are both in lockdown, and now in South Australia too, which will enter a lockdown tonight.
Jul 20, 2021
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