Tag: Adolescents / Teens
24 Percent of Young Adults Hesitant to Receive COVID-19 Vaccine
Reasons for potentially rejecting vaccination include desire to wait and see if vaccine is safe, concerns over side effects
More Than One-Quarter of Eligible Teens Have Received COVID-19 Shot
Obtaining more information about teen vaccine safety and efficacy, school vaccine requirement would increase vaccination intentions
Restrictive Eating Disorders Up Among Teens During Pandemic
For first 12 months of pandemic, number of admissions at children's hospital more than double for same period in previous three years
Teen, Parent Response Explored for Cardiomyopathy Genetic Tests
Families with positive predictive test results had better functioning scores than those with negative predictive test results
Link Found for Weight-, Shape-Related Bullying, Eating Disorder Behaviors
Frequency of bullying positively linked to purging, muscularity-oriented behavior, but not dietary restriction, binge eating
Teens’ Perceived Availability of Pot, Alcohol, Vaping Devices Down During Pandemic
Findings based on survey taken before, during COVID-19 pandemic, but actual use did not decline as dramatically
Many Youth With Blood Cancers Receive Intensive End-of-Life Care
Influencing factors include hospital size, insurance type, geographic region
Pediatric Obstructive Sleep Apnea Linked to Elevated BP in Teens
Dose-response correlation seen, with about twofold increased risk of elevated BP with apnea-hypopnea index of 5 or more
Many Young Cancer Survivors Report COVID-19 Vaccine Hesitancy
37.1 percent of adolescent and young adult cancer survivors report vaccine hesitancy; higher odds of hesitancy for females
Juul to Pay $40 Million in N.C. Case Over Vaping’s Harm to Teens
The company did not admit to any liability or wrongdoing in the settlement
