Child

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Child Adolescent Health
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Why focus on youth?

• What are the top three causes of death currently
  in the U.S.?
• Heart disease
• Stroke
• Cancer
• What do these have in common?

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Is this different for youth?

• What are the top four causes of death among youth
  in the U.S.?
• Motor vehicle accidents
• Unintentional injuries
• Homicide
• Suicide

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CDC Six classifications

• Risk behavior
• Unhealthy dietary behaviors
• Physical inactivity
• Unhealthy sexual behaviors
• Tobacco use
• Alcohol and other drug use
• Behaviors resulting in unintentional
  injury/violence

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Americas Youth
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Why focus on children adolescents?

• Unique population especially this generation.
• The first to
• Understand terrorism as a domestic issue
• Compete fully in a global economy
• Experience instantaneous communication with the
  world
• Grow up with the majority living a portion of
  childhood in a single parent household
• Live their entire lives in the shadow of AIDS
• ?????

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Youth defined according to WHO

• Children
• 0 10
• Young People
• 10 24
• Adolescence
• 10 19
• Youth
• 15 24
• Note Adolescence a period of time in the
  lifespan Adolescents the youth experiencing
  adolescence.

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National Statistics

• Americas Children Key National Indicators of
  Well-Being 2011 Report
• In 2010, 74.2 million children 0-17 y/o
• Children/adolescents equal 24 of population.

http//childstats.gov/
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Racial and Ethnic Diversity

• In 2010,
• 53.5 White, Non-Hispanic
• 23.1 Hispanic
• 14.0 African-American
• 4.3 Asian
• 5.2 Other

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Family and Social Environment

• In 2010,
• 66 of children lived with two married parents
• 23 of children lived with single mother
• 3 lived with single father
• 4 lived with neither parent

www.familydiversity.org
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Family/Social Environment continued

• Child care
• In 2010,
• 20 of children had at least one foreign-born
  parent
• In 2009,
• 21 spoke a language other than English at home

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More family/social environment

• Adolescent births
• In 2009, adolescent birth rate 20.1/1,000 (15-17
  y/o)
• The good news bad news
• Child Maltreatment
• In 2009,
• 10 / 1,000 children 0-17 y/o were maltreated
  (substantiated reports)

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Economic Circumstances

• In 2009,
• 21 of children (0-17 y/o) lived in poverty
• 72 of children had at least one parent who
  worked full time, year round
• 23 of children lived in food insecure households

www.awarenessmonths.com
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Health Care

• In 2009,
• 90 of children (0-17 y/o) had health insurance
  coverage at some time during the year
• 84 of children (5-17 y/o) visited the dentist

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Physical Environment Safety

• Outdoor air quality
• In 2009, 59 of children lived in counties with
  detectable air pollutants
• Drinking water
• About 7 of children continue to live without
  clean drinking water

• Environmental tobacco
• About 17 of children still live in homes with
  ETS.
• Housing
• Inadequate housing
• Overcrowding
• Homeless

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Behavior

• Tobacco use continues to decline but
• Alcohol use continues to decline but
• Illicit Drug use

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Behavior continued
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Education

• Reading
• Math
• In 2009,
• 90 of 18-24 y/o completed high school or GED
• 70 of those immediately enrolled in 2 or 4 year
  college

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Health

• The infant mortality rate
• Continued to decline
• In 2007 2008,
• 19 of 6-17 y/o were obese
• The bad news

• Physical limitation
• Diet quality
• Asthma
• Adolescent depression

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Special Feature Adoption
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Adoption continued
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Adoption