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"After the training, I started to use open-ended questions....I also try to be more empathetic, to show that I understand what they are going through, to affirm their strengths and provide encouragement, even in [vaccine] refusers - something that I hadnt been doing before." - physician The Vaccine-preventable Diseases and Immunization Programme (

MyJournals.org - Science - IJERPH, Vol. 20, Pages 5826: Professionals’ Perspectives on the Effects of the COVID-19 Pandemic among Child and Adolescent Victims of Domestic Violence Living in the Portuguese Residential Foster Care System (International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health)

"Law enforcement agencies are often faced with many challenges to balance the right to freedom of expression with the imperative to maintain public order." This toolkit is intended as a resource for law enforcement agencies (LEAs) and police training academies across the world to improve officers understanding of issues related to freedom of expre

"The MSGs have employed many successful community-level methods in overcoming the COVID-19 pandemic in Sri Lanka." Well-implemented community engagement strategies can support health systems in overcoming pandemics.

"It has helped me solve problems because when we work together in the Everyday Heroes WhatsApp group, the challenges that children face can be solved and we can find solutions towards ending violence pupils face at school." - teacher Violence against children (VAC) is a global epidemic rooted in gender norms.

"Using evidence, models and methods from behavioural and cultural sciences allows [you] to tailor health-related services, policies and communication, thereby improving their outcomes."

US adolescents made fewer weekly emergency department visits for mental health conditions in Fall 2022 compared to a year earlier, researchers at the CDC reported on Thursday.

Introduction: Self-harm and suicide are leading causes of morbidity and death for young people, worldwide. Previous research has identified self-harm is a risk factor for vehicle crashes, however, there is a lack of long-term crash data post licensing that investigates this relationship. We aimed to determine whether adolescent self-harm persists as crash risk factor in adulthood. Methods: We followed 20 806 newly licensed adolescent and young adult drivers in the DRIVE prospective cohort for 13...

Introduction: This study investigated the differential trajectories and relevant determinants of depressive symptoms in adolescents by following cohorts that included junior, senior, and vocational high school adolescents, over a 3-year period in Taiwan. Methods: Longitudinal data were obtained from 575 adolescents who participated in the Taiwan Adolescent to Adult Longitudinal Study. Data analysis included latent class growth with time-varying covariate, univariate, and multivariate analysis. R...

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