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Protocol for secondary data analysis of 4 UK cohorts examining youth adversity and mental health in the context of intersectionality.
BACKGROUND: Youth adversity (e.g., abuse and bullying victimisation) is robust risk factor for later mental health problems (e.g., depression and anxiety). Research shows the prevalence of youth adversity and rates of mental health problems vary by individual characteristics, identity or social groups (e.g., gender and ethnicity). However, little is known about whether the impact of youth adversity on mental health problems differ across the intersections of these characteristics (e.g., white females). This paper reports on a component of the ATTUNE research programme (work package 2) which aims to investigate the impact and mechanisms of youth adversity on depressive and anxiety symptoms in young people by intersectionality profiles. METHODS: The data are from 4 UK adolescent cohorts: HeadStart Cornwall, Oxwell, REACH, and DASH. These cohorts were assembled for adolescents living in distinct geographical locations representing coastal, suburban and urban places in the UK. Youth adversity was assessed using a series of self-report questionnaires and official records. Validated self-report instruments measured depressive and anxiety symptoms. A range of different variables were classified as possible social and cognitive mechanisms. RESULTS AND ANALYSIS: Structural equation modelling (e.g., multiple group models, latent growth models) and multilevel modelling will be used, with adaptation of methods to suit the specific available data, in accord with statistical and epidemiological conventions. DISCUSSION: The results from this research programme will broaden our understanding of the association between youth adversity and mental health, including new information about intersectionality and related mechanisms in young people in the UK. The findings will inform future research, clinical guidance, and policy to protect and promote the mental health of those most vulnerable to the negative consequences of youth adversity
Recommended adult immunization schedule, United States, 2020
In October 2019, the Advisory Committee on Immunization
Practices (ACIP) voted to approve the Recommended
Adult Immunization Schedule for Ages 19
Years or Older, United States, 2020. The 2020 adult immunization
schedule, available at www.cdc.gov/vaccines
/schedules/hcp/imz/adult.html, summarizes ACIP recommendations
in 2 tables and accompanying notes (Figure).
The full ACIP recommendations for each vaccine are available
at www.cdc.gov/vaccines/hcp/acip-recs/index.html.
The 2020 schedule has also been approved by the director
of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
(CDC) and by the American College of Physicians (www
.acponline.org), American Academy of Family Physicians
(www.aafp.org), American College of Obstetricians and
Gynecologists (www.acog.org), and American College of
Nurse-Midwives (www.midwife.org)
The Molecular Identification of Organic Compounds in the Atmosphere: State of the Art and Challenges
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