Heather B. Clayton's research while affiliated with Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and other places

... In addition, population-based surveillance systems that collect data on the duration, frequency, and severity of ACEs are critical for devising effective data-driven prevention and intervention efforts as well as allocating resources to populations in greatest need, such as bereaved children and families [50]. Examples of population-based surveillance include the Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BFRSS) which has recently included bereavement items along with other ACEs in the US. ...

... We have shown that SARS-CoV-2 infection-induced seroprevalence between January and December 2020 was independently associated with low socio-economic rank. Similar findings were also observed in the United States [10,20], in Mexico [14], in a study performed in Colombia among children [21], and in a previous sero-epidemiological survey we conducted among children between January 2020 and March 2021 in Israel [22]. SARS-CoV-2 is transmitted from person to person by exposure to infected respiratory fluids. ...

... In Baltimore City, the prevalence of adolescent food insecurity is higher; nearly half of adolescents report insufficient access to food [8]. Adolescents who experience food insecurity have worse physical and mental health outcomes, including higher levels of stress, depression, anxiety and panic disorders, substance use/disorders, and worse sleep outcomes [9][10][11][12][13]. Previous studies have also shown that food insecure adolescents have a higher risk of maladaptive behaviors, such as stealing, selling drugs, or selling sex [7,14]. ...

... Having a high household income was also associated with higher seropositivity due to a higher vaccination uptake. This finding is consistent with other studies conducted in Switzerland [28] and elsewhere [29,30]. Regarding preventive behaviours, despite several personal and social preventive measures associated with a reduction in the incidence of COVID-19 [21,31], we did not find associations between adherence to preventive behaviours and seropositivity before the start of the vaccination campaign (period 1). ...

... 21 The social vulnerability index (SVI) 22 is a county-level measure of potential negative effects on communities caused by external stresses on human health that has been associated with higher SARS-CoV-2 seroprevalence. 23 In modeling, we included SVI as a continuous variable but, for demographic information (Supplementary Table S2), was divided into terciles at the 33.3rd and 66.7th percentiles and defined as low, medium, and high. ...

... The need for wider exploration of an integrated IYCF-SQ-LNS package within community health delivery platforms has been suggested (25), but, to our knowledge, few large-scale programs have attempted this, even though it might be an effective nutrition intervention in resource-poor settings. Based on comprehensive formative research (26), we conducted an integrated community-based enhanced IYCF-SQ-LNS program to evaluate the effectiveness on anemia, iron and vitamin A status, and child growth indicators in children 6-18 mo of age from 2 health zones (HZs) within Katanga Province of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). ...

... Гепатология и гастроэнтерология № 1, 2021 Введение С каждым годом растет распространенность опиоидной зависимости (ОЗ), в том числе у лиц молодого и даже подросткового возраста. Так, в 2016 г. не менее 2,1 миллиона пациентов в возрасте 12 лет и старше страдали ОЗ, и примерно 47 000 пациентов умерли от передозировки опиоидов в 2017 году в США [1,2,3]. ...

... Although many factors contribute to adolescents' mental wellbeing, dietary behavior has been gaining attention as a key factor in the prevention and management of depression (15). In addition, depressive symptoms among adolescents may also be related to factors such as substance use and behaviors that contribute to violence (eg, feeling unsafe at school, fighting, bullying, cyberbullying), although the relationships may be bidirectional (16)(17)(18)(19)(20)(21). For example, depression is associated with substance use among males during adolescence and young adulthood (21), and exposure to acute and chronic stressful events, such as bullying by peers and maltreatment, can be associated with depression among adolescents (20). ...

... Teens driving under the influence of drugs is a grave concern, as many drugs can impair an individual's ability to focus, coordinate, and react [7]. According to the recent nationally representative (U.S.) Youth Risk Behavior Surveys (YRBS), students who reported using marijuana were more likely to engage in risky driving behaviors, including failure to obey traffic laws and distracted driving [8]. ...

... Although bullying takes place among both children and adults in a variety of settings, most of the current research focuses primarily on children and youth enrolled in school. 3,4 Basile et al. 15 found that the prevalence of experiencing any type of bullying victimization was 24.8% among U.S. high school students. This prevalence varied by sex, race/ethnicity, and sexual identity; the highest was among females (30.2% vs 19.2% for males), Whites (28.8% vs 18.0% for Blacks), and LBG (lesbian, bisexual, and gay) students (39.5% vs 22.2% for heterosexual students). ...