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We Need To Inspire More Young People To Pursue …

(7 days ago) WEBIn honor of National Public Health Week, I connected with Pearlman over email to talk about the need to recruit more young people into the healthcare field and why that effort promises to become a

https://www.forbes.com/sites/markcperna/2023/04/04/we-need-to-inspire-more-young-people-to-pursue-careers-in-public-healthcare/

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Changing The Face Of Health Care Delivery: The - Health Affairs

(Just Now) WEBThere is also a growing literature highlighting the benefits of youth engagement in public and community health, demonstrating that young people are keenly aware of health inequities but are

https://www.healthaffairs.org/doi/10.1377/hlthaff.2020.00728

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INVESTING IN THE HEALTH AND WELL-BEING OF YOUNG …

(6 days ago) WEBYoung Adults and Public Health Young adulthood—spanning approximately ages 18 to 26—is a critical period of development, with long-lasting implications for a person’s economic security, health, and well-being. Young adults are key contributors to the nation’s workforce and military services. And many are parents who will play an

https://nap.nationalacademies.org/resource/18869/YAs_Public_Health_Brief.pdf

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Involving young people in health promotion, research and policy …

(6 days ago) WEBIn addressing health concerns for young people through the adoption of regional strategies like that of the WHO European region, which explicitly seeks to ‘make children’s lives visible’ , and the use of adolescent-specific research like the Health Behaviour in School-Children (HBSC) Study , policy-makers, advocates and researchers …

https://academic.oup.com/intqhc/article/31/2/147/4999232

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Adolescent and young adult health - World Health Organization …

(7 days ago) WEBKey facts. Over 1.5 million adolescents and young adults aged 10–24 years died in 2021, about 4500 every day. Young adolescents aged 10–14 years have the lowest risk of death among all age groups. Injuries (including road traffic injuries and drowning), interpersonal violence, self-harm and maternal conditions are the leading causes of

https://www.who.int/news-room/fact-sheets/detail/adolescents-health-risks-and-solutions

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Rebuilding to shape a better future: the role of young …

(4 days ago) WEBThe COVID-19 pandemic has made clear the extreme needs of the public health workforce. As societies discuss how to build up the capacity and infrastructure of their systems, it is crucial that young professionals are involved. Previous attempts to incorporate young professionals into the public health workforce have wrestled with …

https://human-resources-health.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12960-021-00627-7

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We Need To Inspire More Young People To Pursue Careers In …

(3 days ago) WEBMark C. Perna Forbes April 4, 2023 As we continue our recovery from the Covid-19 Pandemic, we need to grow our nation’s public health workforce to help build a more resilient future. We also need a diverse workforce of public health professionals who reflect the communities in which they serve. Public Health AmeriCorps, a new partnership …

https://americorps.gov/newsroom/news/we-need-inspire-more-young-people-pursue-careers-public-healthcare

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How do we best engage young people in decision-making about …

(3 days ago) WEBHealth care providers (n = 42) including paediatric endocrinologists and certified diabetes educators at 5 paediatric health care sites. Young people with Type one Diabetes, and their parents (n = 36). Young people were selected with diverse perspectives of insulin pumps or continuous glucose monitoring, and based in health …

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9876416/

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Guiding, sustaining and growing the public involvement of young …

(3 days ago) WEB1. INTRODUCTION. The principle of youth participation is well established and enshrined in international policy, including the World Health Organization Global Standards for Quality Healthcare Service for Adolescents, 1 and the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child. 2 Multistakeholder partnerships between organizations and young …

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9700156/

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Expanding our youth engagement—join us! - The Lancet

(3 days ago) WEBIn the past few decades, the growing demand for patient and public involvement in health research has meant that research about young people has increasingly shifted towards greater involvement of children and adolescents as co-creators of knowledge. On Feb 10, the Wellcome Trust published a report on the role, benefits, and potential of young …

https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lanchi/article/PIIS2352-4642(21)00062-6/fulltext

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A rapid evidence review of young people’s involvement in …

(8 days ago) WEB2.2. Strengths and weaknesses of the evidence based on the framework on young people’s involvement in health research 3. Benefits of involving young people in health research 3.1. Benefits to the research project 3.2. Benefits to the young researcher 3.3. Benefits to the wider community 4. Challenges in involving young people in health

https://cms.wellcome.org/sites/default/files/2021-02/a-rapid-evidence-review-of-young-peoples-involvement-in-health-research.pdf

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Involving young people in health promotion, research and policy …

(1 days ago) WEBThe aim of this paper is to describe youth involvement as a health promotion strategy and to compile practical recommendations for health promoters, researchers and policy-makers interested in successful involvement of young people in health-related programmes. These suggestions aim to encourage a positive working synergy between …

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/29788085/

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“It’s about how you take in things with your brain” - young …

(7 days ago) WEBIntroduction Poor mental health in young people has become a growing problem globally over the past decades. However, young people have also been shown to underutilize available healthcare resources. The World Health Organisation (WHO) has formulated guidelines for youth-friendly health services (YFHSs) to increase youth …

https://bmcpublichealth.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12889-024-18617-4

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Civic Engagement to Empower Young People to Impact Health …

(7 days ago) WEBCivic engagement is positively associated with important health and developmental benefits for participating adolescents and young adults. As illustrated by youth political participation, social activism, and rallies for racial justice during the COVID-19 pandemic, youth civic engagement is often inspired by and responsive to problems that …

https://publications.aap.org/pediatrics/article/151/Supplement%201/e2022057267H/191007/Civic-Engagement-to-Empower-Young-People-to-Impact

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Navigating Healthcare as a Young Person Youth Engaged 4 Change

(7 days ago) WEBYouth Engaged 4 Change Radio · Navigating Healthcare as a Young Person - Episode 1. Amber: Welcome to Youth Engaged 4 Change Radio, where we seek to empower and inform young listeners like you. I'm your host, Amber, and I'm a member of the YE4C Editorial Board. I use she and they pronouns, and I'm 22 years old from a rural mountain …

https://engage.youth.gov/inspiring-stories/navigating-healthcare-young-person

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Factors affecting access to healthcare for young people in the …

(4 days ago) WEBAccess to healthcare has a profound effect on every aspect of an individual’s health, yet many young informal workers find it challenging to gain access, putting them at risk of poor health outcomes. Young people’s health challenges have demanded increasing attention on the global stage, as reflected in the Sustainable Development …

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10327819/

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Young Health Care Workers See More Discrimination in the …

(7 days ago) WEBA recent survey of 3,000 health care workers revealed that younger clinicians ages 18–29 — nurses, doctors, dentists, medical assistants, and others — were significantly more likely than older clinicians to report witnessing racial discrimination against patients.The survey reported on health care workers’ observations of …

https://www.commonwealthfund.org/blog/2024/young-health-care-workers-see-more-discrimination-workplace-leading-added-stress-and

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The Youth Patient and Public Involvement Café—A youth‐led …

(8 days ago) WEBThe young people come from Children and Young People's Services and Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services (CAMHS), local schools, colleges, and charities working with young people. Since our launch in May 2020, we have recruited over 100 young people within the Sussex area to the network, 20–30 of whom regularly …

https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/hex.13597

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Addressing the Youth Mental Health Crisis: The Urgent Need for …

(4 days ago) WEBIndicators of youth mental health and well-being indicate a growing public health crisis that has only been worsened by COVID-19. Yet, public policy has been slow to respond at the state and national levels. According to Mental Health America’s 2020 Young People’s Mental Health Report, when surveyed on the top three things that young

https://www.mhanational.org/addressing-youth-mental-health-crisis-urgent-need-more-education-services-and-supports

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Tobacco use in young people: being emic to end the epidemic

(3 days ago) WEBIn their Article in The Lancet Public Health, Marissa Reitsma and colleagues1 report their comprehensive analysis of smoking tobacco use in young people from more than 3000 tobacco surveys from 204 countries and territories around the world. The result is an invaluable overview of an epidemic that causes millions of deaths every …

https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lanpub/article/PIIS2468-2667(21)00114-6/fulltext

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Youth Participation in Health YouthPower

(1 days ago) WEBYouth Participation in Health. Involving young people in all aspects of youth programming and research can be viewed as an end in itself or as a means to an end. Some organizations emphasize youth participation as a basic right: if a program is designed to benefit young people, they should have input and involvement into how the program is

https://www.youthpower.org/youthpower-issues/topics/youth-participation

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Reimagining youth engagement in public health in Africa

(6 days ago) WEBThe 2022 Africa New Public Health Order laid out a roadmap for improving health outcomes and health security of countries on the continent, urging African governments to strengthen health systems. Young people can play an important role in achieving these objectives as active partners and change agents.

https://www.internationalhealthpolicies.org/blogs/reimagining-youth-engagement-in-public-health-in-africa/

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WHO report reveals major health disparities between European …

(4 days ago) WEB23 May 2024 Health. A report published on Thursday from the World Health Organization’s (WHO) European region has revealed alarming health disparities in young people, especially those from less affluent families, representing a “vicious cycle of disadvantage”. Based on information from 44 countries that engaged in the Health Behaviour in

https://news.un.org/en/story/2024/05/1150166

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WHO calls for bold, decisive legislative action to protect young …

(9 days ago) WEBJakarta, 31 May 2024 – On World No Tobacco Day 2024, the World Health Organization (WHO) is urgently calling on legislators and policy makers in Indonesia to protect young people from tobacco industry interference amid a series of key legislative developments that have the potential to safeguard the health not just of the current …

https://www.who.int/indonesia/news/detail/30-05-2024-who-calls-for-bold--decisive-legislative-action-to-protect-young-people-from-tobacco-industry-interference

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Governor Hochul Meets With Advocates to Highlight Mental …

(3 days ago) WEBOffice of Mental Health Commissioner Dr. Ann Sullivan said, “New York State is again leading the way by educating youth to the harmful impact of social media and by holding these companies accountable for their actions.Likewise, we are ensuring our state has robust mental health services and supports our young people can access when …

https://www.governor.ny.gov/news/governor-hochul-meets-advocates-highlight-mental-health-resources-young-people-and-efforts

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World No Tobacco Day 2024: we need young people to create a …

(6 days ago) WEBThis year’s World No Tobacco Day focuses on youth, with a campaign that will provide a platform for young people across the world to urge governments to stop predatory tobacco marketing tactics. The industry has long targeted youth, hoping to create a new wave of addiction and never-ending profits. Evidence shows that tobacco …

https://fctc.who.int/newsroom/news/item/31-05-2024-world-no-tobacco-day-2024-we-need-young-people-to-create-a-strong-generation-of-tobacco-control-advocates

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Queensland chief health officer declares 'public health alert' over

(5 days ago) WEBJohn Gerrard has declared a "public health alert" over the rise in mental health issues among the state's young people, coinciding with the emergence of smart phones and social media.

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-05-21/social-media-harms-young-people-mental-health-queensland/103872476

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How teens view social media’s impact on their mental health

(9 days ago) WEBAd Feedback. “Most conversations and headlines surrounding social media and youth mental (health) focus solely on the harms, portraying young people as passive consumers. This research shows

https://www.cnn.com/2024/05/21/health/teen-social-media-mental-health-wellness/index.html

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Battling Loneliness: The New Public Health Crisis - Forbes

(6 days ago) WEBFor one, socially isolated people are at a 25% increased risk of cancer-related mortality and a 32% increased risk of strokes. Risk of heart disease also goes up by a staggering 29%. Risk of heart

https://www.forbes.com/sites/williamhaseltine/2024/05/29/battling-loneliness-the-new-public-health-crisis/

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Figures at a glance UNHCR US

(2 days ago) WEBHow many refugees are there around the world? At least 108.4 million people around the world have been forced to flee their homes. Among them are nearly 35.3 million refugees, around 41 per cent of whom are under the age of 18.. There are also millions of stateless people, who have been denied a nationality and lack access to basic rights such as …

https://www.unhcr.org/us/about-unhcr/who-we-are/figures-glance

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8 Autism Myths and Misconceptions - Cleveland Clinic Health …

(6 days ago) WEBMyth #1: Autism is a disease. Let’s start with the most basic misconception, that ASD is a disease. “Autism isn’t an illness at all,” Dr. Cuffman clarifies. “It's just the way your brain

https://health.clevelandclinic.org/autism-myths-and-misconceptions

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Use of Wegovy, other weight-loss drugs soars among kids AP News

(3 days ago) WEBUse of Wegovy and other weight-loss drugs soars among kids and young adults. New research shows the number of 12- to 25-year-olds who used diabetes and obesity drugs such as Wegovy and Ozempic climbed from about 8,700 a month in 2020 to 60,000 a month in 2023. Overall, in 2023, nearly 31,000 children aged 12 to 17 and …

https://apnews.com/article/wegovy-ozempic-teens-young-adults-24047516e0c3b4f678c3e91f4ed6face

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Social Media Role and Its Impact on Public Health: A Narrative …

(3 days ago) WEBDuring our research, we discovered that social media's impact on public health concerns is both positive and negative, and we attempted to explain how social networks are assisting people in achieving health, which is still a source of much debate. Keywords: hipaa violation, web 2.0, social media platforms, public health, social media …

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9925030/

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One in 5 adults in Canada without access to primary care

(2 days ago) WEBMen, people younger than 65 years, and those with poor health were less likely to have a primary care clinician. People with primary care clinicians also reported challenges in accessing care, as most practices did not offer appointments outside of usual weekday 9–5 hours, and more than half of respondents said they could not get an urgent

https://hospitalnews.com/one-in-5-adults-in-canada-without-access-to-primary-care/

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Biden-Harris Administration Launches Nationwide Heat and …

(8 days ago) WEBAs all seasons, especially summer, continue to get hotter due to the climate crisis, stronger public health protections are needed. Heat is already the deadliest weather-related hazard – CDC estimates that at least 1,220 people in the U.S. are killed by heat events each year.

https://www.hhs.gov/about/news/2024/05/31/biden-harris-administration-launches-nationwide-heat-health-tool-protect-communities-most-impacted-extreme-heat.html

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Guiding, sustaining and growing the public involvement of young …

(3 days ago) WEBThe process of expanding the public involvement of young people in an adolescent health research community of practice is the focus of this paper. To communicate a particularly complex, multiyear process, we document this study across three phases, with a concluding analysis that highlights how these phases interrelate …

https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/hex.13616

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The Ozempic-like obesity drugs create a dilemma when people …

(9 days ago) WEBPublic Health; Twitter; Shots - Health News. “So there are going to be scenarios, especially in young people, [where] we will have to come off the medicine, whether they like it or not

https://www.npr.org/2024/05/27/nx-s1-4930028/ozempic-wegovy-zepbound-mounjaro-glp1-obesity-weight-loss-regain

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