Debates over sex education may put teen health at risk

1996 ◽  
Author(s):  
Bridget Murray
Keyword(s):  
At Risk ◽  
Sex Education

Assessment of a medical student led sex education curriculum for at risk US 9th graders aged 14–15 years

Sex Education ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 20 (1) ◽  
pp. 110-117
Author(s):  
Sophia Yang ◽  
Miriam Mcquade ◽  
Marissa Lovio ◽  
Marie-Claire Leaf ◽  
Kathryn Barron ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
At Risk ◽  
Medical Student ◽  
Sex Education ◽  
Education Curriculum ◽  
Sex Education Curriculum

scholarly journals Higher circulating α-carotene was associated with better cognitive function: an evaluation among the MIND trial participants

2021 ◽  
Vol 10 ◽  
Author(s):  
Xiaoran Liu ◽  
Klodian Dhana ◽  
Jeremy D. Furtado ◽  
Puja Agarwal ◽  
Neelum T. Aggarwal ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
At Risk ◽  
Cognitive Function ◽  
Cognitive Decline ◽  
Semantic Memory ◽  
Sex Education ◽  
Dietary Intervention ◽  
Vegetable Consumption ◽  
Population At Risk ◽  
Global Cognition ◽  
The Mind

Abstract There is emerging evidence linking fruit and vegetable consumption and cognitive function. However, studies focusing on the nutrients underlying this relationship are lacking. We aim to examine the association between plasma nutrients and cognition in a population at risk for cognitive decline with a suboptimal diet. The Mediterranean-DASH Intervention for Neurodegenerative Delay (MIND) trial is a randomized controlled intervention that examines the effects of the MIND diet to prevent cognitive decline. The primary outcome is global cognition. A multivariate linear model was used to investigate the association between blood nutrients and global and/or domain-specific cognition. The model was adjusted for age, sex, education, study site, smoking status, cognitive activities and physical activities. High plasma α-carotene was associated with better global cognition. Participants in the highest tertile of plasma α-carotene had a higher global cognition z score of 0⋅17 when compared with individuals in the lowest tertile (P 0⋅002). Circulating α-carotene levels were also associated with higher semantic memory scores (P for trend 0⋅007). Lutein and zeaxanthin (combined) was positively associated with higher semantic memory scores (P for trend 0⋅009). Our study demonstrated that higher α-carotene levels in blood were associated with higher global cognition scores in a US population at risk for cognitive decline. The higher α-carotene levels in blood reflected greater intakes of fruits, other types of vegetables and lesser intakes of butter and margarine and meat. The higher circulating levels of lutein plus zeaxanthin reflected a dietary pattern with high intakes of fruits, green leafy, other vegetables and cheese, and low consumption of fried foods. Objective nutrient markers in the blood can better characterize dietary intake, which may facilitate the implementation of a tailored dietary intervention for the prevention of cognitive decline.

scholarly journals Hubungan karakteristik dengan kejadian depresi pada lansia

2019 ◽  
Vol 7 (2) ◽  
pp. 183
Author(s):  
Novi Herawati ◽  
Deharnita Deharnita
Keyword(s):  
At Risk ◽  
Length Of Stay ◽  
Sex Education ◽  
Sampling Technique ◽  
The Elderly ◽  
Education Level ◽  
Bivariate Analysis ◽  
Chi Square ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Loved One

Depresi merupakan gangguan psikiatrik yang sangat sering terjadi pada lanjut usia. Faktor penyebab depresi lansia antara lain ditinggal oleh semua anak, tidak lagi bekerja, tidak mempunyai kegiatan, kematian orang yang dicintai. Tujuan penelitian untuk mengetahui hubungan karakteristik dengan tingkat depresi pada lansia di panti sosial tresna werdha Sicincin tahun 2018. Penelitian ini merupakan studi analisis dengan pendekatan cross sectional. Variabel penelitian yaitu umur, jenis kelamin, pendidikan dan lama tinggal, serta tingkat depresi. Populasinya seluruh lansia di PSTW, jumlah 110 orang. Teknik sampling secara total sampling. Analisa bivariat dengan uji chi square. Hasil penelitian didapatkan bahwa sebagian besar lansia mengalami depresi, berusia beresiko yaitu > 65 tahun, mayoritas lansia berjenis kelamin laki-laki, tingkat pendidikan lansia mayoritas rendah,  lama tinggal lansia di panti sebagian besar beresiko ≥ 4 tahun. Uji bivariatnya tidak ada hubungan umur, jenis kelamin dan lama tinggal dengan depresi serta ada hubungan tingkat pendidikan dengan depresi. Kata kunci: depresi, karakteristik lansia RELATIONSHIP CHARACTERISTICS WITH INCIDENCE OF DEPRESSION IN THE ELDERLY ABSTRACTDepression is a psychiatric disorder that is very common in the elderly. Factors causing depression in the elderly include being abandoned by all children, no longer working, no activity, death of a loved one. The purpose of this study was to determine the relationship of characteristics with the level of depression in the elderly in the social home of Vesna Sicincin in 2018. This study was an analytical study with a cross sectional approach. The research variables are age, sex, education and length of stay, and the level of depression. The population is all elderly in PSTW, the number of 110 people. Sampling technique in total sampling. Bivariate analysis with chi square test. The results showed that most of the elderly are depressed, aged at risk that is> 65 years, the majority of the elderly are male, the majority of the elderly's education level is low, the length of stay of the elderly at home is mostly at risk ≥ 4 years. The bivariate test had no relationship with age, sex and length of stay with depression and there was a relationship between education level and depression. Keywords: depression, characteristics of the elderly

Pan(dem)ic! At the Disco: Sex (and) Education in COVID-19-Era Television

2020 ◽  
Vol 74 (1) ◽  
pp. 30-39
Author(s):  
So Mayer
Keyword(s):  
At Risk ◽  
Sex Education ◽  
Community Building ◽  
Mixed Race ◽  
Film Festivals ◽  
Marginalized Communities ◽  
Face To Face ◽  
Narrative Forms ◽  
Physical Spaces ◽  
Sex Positive

In the era of social distancing, when significant face-to-face and physical spaces—from film festivals to shelters—are not accessible, alternative viewing can act as community building for marginalized communities. Sex Education (Laurie Nunn, 2019–) and Trigonometry (Duncan Macmillan and Effie Woods, 2020–), both primarily queer positive and sex positive and featuring fully realized black, Asian, and mixed-race characters, indicate a new way of telling intimate stories in British television. Suggesting that these shows offer an exuberant poetics of sexual frankness that is as verbal and affective as it is visual and spectacular, So Mayer delineates their conscious invocation of queer and feminist cultural histories. And, at a time of heightened awareness about touch putting people at risk that could not have been a consideration at the time the shows were produced, Sex Education and Trigonometry use an educationally expansive narrative of sexualities in which an aesthetics of tactility is underpinned by new narrative forms shaped by consent and respect, to encourage viewers to welcome an equally expansive commonality.

Phonological Awareness Screening to Identify At-Risk Readers

1998 ◽  
Vol 29 (2) ◽  
pp. 109-116 ◽  
Author(s):  
Margie Gilbertson ◽  
Ronald K. Bramlett
Keyword(s):  
At Risk ◽  
Phonological Awareness ◽  
Reading Ability ◽  
At Risk Students ◽  
First Grade ◽  
Receptive Vocabulary ◽  
Standardized Assessments ◽  
Cutoff Score ◽  
Invented Spelling ◽  
Reading Measures

The purpose of this study was to investigate informal phonological awareness measures as predictors of first-grade broad reading ability. Subjects were 91 former Head Start students who were administered standardized assessments of cognitive ability and receptive vocabulary, and informal phonological awareness measures during kindergarten and early first grade. Regression analyses indicated that three phonological awareness tasks, Invented Spelling, Categorization, and Blending, were the most predictive of standardized reading measures obtained at the end of first grade. Discriminant analyses indicated that these three phonological awareness tasks correctly identified at-risk students with 92% accuracy. Clinical use of a cutoff score for these measures is suggested, along with general intervention guidelines for practicing clinicians.

Effects of a Supplemental Spanish Phonological Awareness Intervention on Latinx Preschoolers' Dual Language Emergent Literacy Skills

2020 ◽  
Vol 29 (3) ◽  
pp. 1283-1300
Author(s):  
Xigrid T. Soto ◽  
Andres Crucet-Choi ◽  
Howard Goldstein
Keyword(s):  
At Risk ◽  
Phonological Awareness ◽  
Emergent Literacy ◽  
Language Learners ◽  
Literacy Instruction ◽  
Dual Language ◽  
Literacy Skills ◽  
Dual Language Learners ◽  
Probe Design ◽  
Emergent Literacy Skills

Purpose Preschoolers' phonological awareness (PA) and alphabet knowledge (AK) skills are two of the strongest predictors of future reading. Despite evidence that providing at-risk preschoolers with timely emergent literacy interventions can prevent academic difficulties, there is a scarcity of research focusing on Latinx preschoolers who are dual language learners. Despite evidence of benefits of providing Latinxs with Spanish emergent literacy instruction, few studies include preschoolers. This study examined the effects of a supplemental Spanish PA and AK intervention on the dual emergent literacy skills of at-risk Latinx preschoolers. Method A multiple probe design across four units of instruction evaluated the effects of a Spanish supplemental emergent literacy intervention that explicitly facilitated generalizations to English. Four Latinx preschoolers with limited emergent literacy skills in Spanish and English participated in this study. Bilingual researchers delivered scripted lessons targeting PA and AK skills in individual or small groups for 12–17 weeks. Results Children made large gains as each PA skill was introduced into intervention and generalized the PA skills they learned from Spanish to English. They also improved their English initial sound identification skills, a phonemic awareness task, when instruction was delivered in Spanish but with English words. Children made small to moderate gains in their Spanish letter naming and letter–sound correspondence skills and in generalizing this knowledge to English. Conclusion These findings provide preliminary evidence Latinx preschoolers who are dual language learners benefit from emergent literacy instruction that promotes their bilingual and biliterate development.

Reading Risk in Children With Speech Sound Disorder: Prevalence, Persistence, and Predictors

2020 ◽  
Vol 63 (11) ◽  
pp. 3714-3726
Author(s):  
Sherine R. Tambyraja ◽  
Kelly Farquharson ◽  
Laura Justice
Keyword(s):  
At Risk ◽  
Sound Production ◽  
Speech Therapy ◽  
Speech Sound ◽  
Reading Difficulties ◽  
School Age Children ◽  
Speech Sound Disorder ◽  
Word Decoding ◽  
School Year ◽  
School Based

Purpose The purpose of this study was to determine the extent to which school-age children with speech sound disorder (SSD) exhibit concomitant reading difficulties and examine the extent to which phonological processing and speech production abilities are associated with increased likelihood of reading risks. Method Data were obtained from 120 kindergarten, first-grade, and second-grade children who were in receipt of school-based speech therapy services. Children were categorized as being “at risk” for reading difficulties if standardized scores on a word decoding measure were 1 SD or more from the mean. The selected predictors of reading risk included children's rapid automatized naming ability, phonological awareness (PA), and accuracy of speech sound production. Results Descriptive results indicated that just over 25% of children receiving school-based speech therapy for an SSD exhibited concomitant deficits in word decoding and that those exhibiting risk at the beginning of the school year were likely to continue to be at risk at the end of the school year. Results from a hierarchical logistic regression suggested that, after accounting for children's age, general language abilities, and socioeconomic status, both PA and speech sound production abilities were significantly associated with the likelihood of being classified as at risk. Conclusions School-age children with SSD are at increased risk for reading difficulties that are likely to persist throughout an academic year. The severity of phonological deficits, reflected by PA and speech output, may be important indicators of subsequent reading problems.

Exploring the Validity and Operational Impact of Using Allied Health Assistants to Conduct Dysphagia Screening for Low-Risk Patients Within the Acute Hospital Setting

2020 ◽  
Vol 29 (4) ◽  
pp. 1944-1955 ◽  
Author(s):  
Maria Schwarz ◽  
Elizabeth C. Ward ◽  
Petrea Cornwell ◽  
Anne Coccetti ◽  
Pamela D'Netto ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
At Risk ◽  
Allied Health ◽  
Assessment Tool ◽  
Hospital Setting ◽  
Low Risk ◽  
False Negatives ◽  
Exact Agreement ◽  
Risk Patients ◽  
Impact Phase ◽  
Operational Impact

Purpose The purpose of this study was to examine (a) the agreement between allied health assistants (AHAs) and speech-language pathologists (SLPs) when completing dysphagia screening for low-risk referrals and at-risk patients under a delegation model and (b) the operational impact of this delegation model. Method All AHAs worked in the adult acute inpatient settings across three hospitals and completed training and competency evaluation prior to conducting independent screening. Screening (pass/fail) was based on results from pre-screening exclusionary questions in combination with a water swallow test and the Eating Assessment Tool. To examine the agreement of AHAs' decision making with SLPs, AHAs ( n = 7) and SLPs ( n = 8) conducted an independent, simultaneous dysphagia screening on 51 adult inpatients classified as low-risk/at-risk referrals. To examine operational impact, AHAs independently completed screening on 48 low-risk/at-risk patients, with subsequent clinical swallow evaluation conducted by an SLP with patients who failed screening. Results Exact agreement between AHAs and SLPs on overall pass/fail screening criteria for the first 51 patients was 100%. Exact agreement for the two tools was 100% for the Eating Assessment Tool and 96% for the water swallow test. In the operational impact phase ( n = 48), 58% of patients failed AHA screening, with only 10% false positives on subjective SLP assessment and nil identified false negatives. Conclusion AHAs demonstrated the ability to reliably conduct dysphagia screening on a cohort of low-risk patients, with a low rate of false negatives. Data support high level of agreement and positive operational impact of using trained AHAs to perform dysphagia screening in low-risk patients.

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