scholarly journals Treatments for child and adolescent victims of sexual violence: are they effective?

2019 ◽  
Vol 27 (1) ◽  
pp. 47-49
Author(s):  
Margit Averdijk
Keyword(s):  
Sexual Violence ◽  
Children And Adolescents ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Child And Adolescent ◽  
Treatment Programs ◽  
Effectiveness Research ◽  
Beneficial Effects ◽  
Receive Treatment ◽  
International Knowledge ◽  
Adolescent Victims

Abstract Sexual violence among children and adolescents can have detrimental consequences. This article presents a brief overview of the current international knowledge base on the effectiveness of treatment programs for child and adolescent victims of sexual violence. Overall, treatment programs show moderate to large beneficial effects on victims’ well-being. Treatments that have a longer duration and shorter sessions are more effective than other treatments. Some of the challenges include that few victims receive treatment and that a considerable number of prior studies does not meet the standards for thorough effectiveness research.

scholarly journals SCIENTIFIC BASES OF HYGIENE AND HEALTH OF CHILDREN AND ADOLESCENTS (TO THE 60TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE INSTITUTE OF HYGIENE AND CHILD AND ADOLESCENT HEALTH)

2019 ◽  
Vol 22 (2) ◽  
pp. 116-121
Author(s):  
Vladislav R Kuchma
Keyword(s):  
Children And Adolescents ◽  
Development Strategy ◽  
Adolescent Health ◽  
Applied Research ◽  
Technological Development ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Child And Adolescent ◽  
Educational Institutions ◽  
Child And Adolescent Health ◽  
Basic And Applied Research

60 years of the work of the Scientific and Research Institute of Hygiene and Health Protection of Children and Adolescents of the National Medical Research Center of Children’s Health, 2, bld. 1, Lomonosov avenue, Moscow, 119991, Russian Federation of the Ministry of Health of Russia provide an analysis of research directions, their achievements and use in health care and education. A series of discoveries, basic and applied research in the field of hygiene of children and adolescents, ensuring the sanitary and epidemiological well-being of the children’s population allowed to substantiate the modern system of hygiene and child and adolescent health, prevention of the most common diseases, school-related diseases and conditions, including population and personalized levels, and effective technologies to ensure them. Effective models of medical care for students in educational institutions, the activities of schools promoting health have been developed. Fundamental guidelines have been prepared for physicians on the hygiene of children and adolescents, school medicine, and medical support for students in educational institutions. Primary in the development and improvement of the hygiene of children and adolescents are the following: modernization, re-equipment of material and technical base for research; attracting young, talented and dedicated researchers; ensuring safe life and adaptation of children and adolescents in the context of global digitalization, including safe goods and services for children and adolescents, as part of the new scientific and technological development strategy of the country; constant monitoring of the development of hygienic science and correction of plans for basic and applied research in the field of hygiene and child and adolescent health.

scholarly journals Use of the Nominal Group Technique and the Delphi Method to draw up evaluation indicators for strategies to deal with violence against children and adolescents in Brazil

2010 ◽  
Vol 10 (suppl 1) ◽  
pp. s29-s37 ◽  
Author(s):  
Suely Ferreira Deslandes ◽  
Corina Helena Figueira Mendes ◽  
Thiago de Oliveira Pires ◽  
Daniel de Souza Campos
Keyword(s):  
Children And Adolescents ◽  
Delphi Method ◽  
Nominal Group Technique ◽  
Child And Adolescent ◽  
Community Relations ◽  
Nominal Group ◽  
Violence Against Children ◽  
Adolescent Victims ◽  
Selection Of ◽  
Group Technique

OBJECTIVES: the aim of this study is to present a method for the production and selection of indicators to evaluate and/or monitor strategies to: a) prevent violence and promote protective family and community relations; b) provide care for victims of such violence and their family members; c) upgrade the recording and reporting of such violence; d) guarantee the rights of child and adolescent victims; and e) ensure due prosecution of perpetrators. METHODS: consensus-generating participatory methodologies were used (Delphi Method and Nominal Group Technique). RESULTS: 113 indicators were produced, with 27 and 91 indicators selected in scenarios with different scores. CONCLUSIONS: the consensus methodologies were adequate for the selection and validation of evaluation indicators, but criteria need to be established for selection among the indicators adopted.

scholarly journals Sexual Violence against Children and Adolescents Taking Place in Schools: An Integrative Review

Children ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 7 (12) ◽  
pp. 258
Author(s):  
Charlene de Oliveira Pereira ◽  
Renata Macedo Martins Pimentel ◽  
Francisco Naildo Cardoso Leitão ◽  
Sandra Dircinha Texeira de Araújo Moraes ◽  
Paula Christianne Gomes Gouveia Souto Maia ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Sexual Violence ◽  
Children And Adolescents ◽  
School Environment ◽  
Public Health Problem ◽  
Publication Date ◽  
Children And Adolescent ◽  
Violence Against Children ◽  
Final Sample ◽  
The Family ◽  
Adolescent Victims

Sexual violence against children and adolescents is considered a public health problem of worldwide scope. The objective is to analyze the findings in the literature that address the phenomenon of sexual violence against children and adolescents in the school environment; is an integrative literature review that has as its element-problem of interest children and adolescent victims of sexual violence in schools. The research filters used were: the availability of the text (free full text) and publication date (in the last five years); Initially, 1199 studies were identified, then, after application of filters and the removal of duplicated studies, a total of 175 studies was reached. Subsequently, the selection of articles occurred with the sieve of the titles, resulting in 20 studies. From these, 13 proceeded to the eligibility stage, with three being excluded after a full reading. Therefore, nine studies composed the final sample. One of the factors related to the occurrence of sexual violence against children and adolescents in schools is the absence of educational spaces on the subject, being the main parameter for approaching the outline of identification and prevention strategies, with the insertion of sexual education on the school routine, with the participation of the family.

Supporting Parents of Children with Serious Mental Health Problems

2017 ◽  
pp. 135-144
Author(s):  
Kylie Burke
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Mental Illness ◽  
Children And Adolescents ◽  
Serious Mental Illness ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Adolescent Mental Health ◽  
Child And Adolescent ◽  
Parenting Interventions ◽  
Treatment Services ◽  
Treatment Gains

Serious mental illness affects between 10% and 20% of children and adolescents, significantly representing the world’s children and adolescents. Parents are a critical protective factor in their child’s treatment and recovery from serious mental illness. They support the child during treatment, manage symptom reduction, maintain treatment gains, and promote their child’s development and well-being. Parenting a child or adolescent with serious mental illness places significant strain and burden on them. This chapter discusses evidence-based parenting interventions (e.g., the Triple P—Positive Parenting Program) within the child and adolescent mental health context and their potential to be flexibly and sustainably incorporated into existing usual treatment services. The need is highlighted for researchers, policy-makers, and service providers to focus on developing child- and family-focused mental health policy and better processes for conducting high-quality research that examines specific and combined contributions of parenting interventions within child and adolescent mental health services.

scholarly journals Suicidal Risk and Adverse Social Outcomes in Adulthood Associated with Child and Adolescent Mental Disorders

2021 ◽  
pp. 070674372110554
Author(s):  
Mariette J. Chartier ◽  
James M. Bolton ◽  
Okechukwu Ekuma ◽  
Natalie Mota ◽  
Jennifer M. Hensel ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Mental Disorders ◽  
Children And Adolescents ◽  
Suicide Attempts ◽  
Early Adulthood ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Child And Adolescent ◽  
Social Outcomes ◽  
Childhood And Adolescence ◽  
Increased Risk

Objective: The life course of children and adolescents with mental disorders is an important area of investigation, yet it remains understudied. This study provides a first-ever comprehensive examination of the relationship between child and adolescent mental disorders and subsequent suicidal and adverse social outcomes in early adulthood using population-based data. Methods: De-identified administrative databases were used to create a birth cohort of 60,838 residents of Manitoba born between April 1980 to March 1985 who were followed until March 2015. Unadjusted and adjusted hazard ratios (aHRs) and odds ratios (aORs) were calculated to determine associations between physician-diagnosed mental disorders in childhood or adolescence and a range of adverse early adulthood (ages 18 to 35) outcomes. Results: Diagnoses of mood/anxiety disorders, attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder, substance use disorder, conduct disorder, psychotic disorder, personality disorders in childhood or adolescence were associated with having the same diagnoses in adulthood. These mental disorder diagnoses in childhood/adolescence were strongly associated with an increased risk of suicidal behaviors and adverse adult social outcomes in adulthood. Similarly, suicide attempts in adolescence conferred an increased risk in adulthood of suicide death (aHR: 3.6; 95% confidence interval [CI]: 1.9-6.9), suicide attempts (aHR: 6.2; CI: 5.0–7.6), social housing use (aHR: 1.7; CI 1.4–2.1), income assistance (aHR: 1.8; CI 1.6–2.1), criminal accusation (aHR: 2.2; CI 2.0–2.5), criminal victimization (aHR:2.5; CI 2.2–2.7), and not completing high school (aOR: 3.1; CI: 2.5–3.9). Conclusion: Mental disorders diagnosed in childhood and adolescence are important risk factors not only for mental disorders in adulthood but also for a range of early adult adversity. These findings provide an evidence-based prognosis of children's long-term well-being and a rationale for ensuring timely access to mental health services. Better population-level mental health promotion and early intervention for children and adolescents with mental disorders are promising for improving future adult outcomes.

scholarly journals SIX DECADES OF SCIENTIFIC SEARCH IN THE HYGIENE OF CHILDREN AND ADOLESCENTS

2019 ◽  
Vol 98 (5) ◽  
pp. 573-580
Author(s):  
Vladislav R. Kuchma
Keyword(s):  
Children And Adolescents ◽  
Adolescent Health ◽  
Applied Research ◽  
Technological Development ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Child And Adolescent ◽  
Educational Institutions ◽  
Child And Adolescent Health ◽  
National Medical ◽  
Basic And Applied Research

60 years of the work of the Scientific and Research Institute of Hygiene and Health Protection of Children and Adolescents of the National Medical Research Center of Children’s Health provide an analysis of research directions, their achievements and their use in health care and education. A series of discoveries, basic and applied research in the field of hygiene of children and adolescents, ensuring the sanitary and epidemiological well-being of the children’s population allowed to substantiate the modern system of hygiene and child and adolescent health, prevention of the most common diseases, school-related diseases and conditions, including population and personalized levels, and effective technologies to ensure them. Effective models of medical care for students in educational institutions, the activities of schools that promote health have been developed. Fundamental guidelines have been prepared for physicians on the hygiene of children and adolescents, school medicine, and medical support for students in educational institutions. Primary in the development and improvement of the hygiene of children and adolescents are the following: modernization, re-equipment of material and technical base for research; attracting young, talented and dedicated researchers; ensuring safe life and adaptation of children and adolescents in the context of global digitalization, including safe goods and services for children and adolescents, as part of the new strategy fir the scientific and technological development of the country; constant monitoring of the development of hygienic science and correction of plans for basic and applied research in the field of hygiene and child and adolescent health.

Strength training in children and adolescents: science, effects and recommandations

2017 ◽  
Vol 65 (3) ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Strength Training ◽  
Children And Adolescents ◽  
International Health ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Review Article ◽  
Physical Activity Guidelines ◽  
Muscle Strengthening ◽  
Strengthening Exercises ◽  
Methodological Aspects ◽  
Practical Recommendations

During the last years, muscle strengthening exercises have been included as an essential part in youth physical activity guidelines of national and international health organisations. It is well-documented that strength training is effective in improving physical fitness and promoting health and psycho-social well-being. Therefore, the purpose of this review article is to present empirical evidence on the effectiveness of strength training in children and adolescents. Additionally, and with reference to an established youth physical development model, conceptual and methodological aspects of safe and effective strength training in youth will be discussed and specific practical recommendations will be presented.

Review of Constipation Treatment Methods with Emphasis on Laxative Foods

2020 ◽  
Vol 16 (5) ◽  
pp. 675-688
Author(s):  
Shamsi Abbasalizadeh ◽  
Behzad Ebrahimi ◽  
Aslan Azizi ◽  
Rogaye Dargahi ◽  
Maryam Tayebali ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Well Being ◽  
Health Concern ◽  
Lifestyle Factor ◽  
Flax Seed ◽  
Lifestyle Modifications ◽  
Food Ingredients ◽  
Beneficial Effects ◽  
Daily Exercise

Constipation is a common public health concern experienced by all individuals during their life affecting the quality of life. In this paper, we aimed to provide an overview of the existing evidence regarding the role of food ingredients, including bran, prune, fig, kiwifruit, and flax-seed in constipation treatment. We searched Scopus, Pub Med, and Science Direct by using the keywords, “laxative foods” and “constipation”, for searching studies assessing laxative food ingredients and their beneficial effects on constipation treatment and/or control. Lifestyle modifications such as increasing dietary fiber and fluid intake and daily exercise are the proposed first line treatments for constipation. Optimizing ‘diet’ as an efficient lifestyle factor may contribute to the well-being of patients. The use of laxative food ingredients including bran, prune, fig, kiwifruit, flax-seed, probiotics, and prebiotics is a convenient alternative to cope with constipation. According to previous findings, laxative food ingredients could be considered as effective treatments for subjects suffering from constipation. Many studies have assessed the pharmacological and non-pharmacological roles of these ingredients in treating constipation, however, their importance has not been thoroughly investigated.

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