Adolescence is an important period of risk for substance use initiation and use-related adverse outcomes. To examine youth trends patterns, CDC analyzed data from the 2009-2019 Youth Risk Behavior Survey. This report presents estimated prevalence current (i.e., previous 30-days) marijuana use, prescription opioid misuse, alcohol binge drinking lifetime marijuana, synthetic cocaine, methamphetamine, heroin, injection drug misuse among U.S. high school students. Logistic regression Joinpoint...

The risk for firearm violence among high-risk youth after treatment an assault is unknown.

In 2017, drug overdoses caused 70,237 deaths in the United States, a 9.6% rate increase from 2016 (1). Monitoring nonfatal treated emergency departments (EDs) is also important to inform community prevention and response activities. Analysis of discharge data provides insights into prevalence trends overdoses, highlighting opportunities for public health action prevent overdoses. Using Healthcare Cost Utilization Project's (HCUP) Nationwide Emergency Department Sample (NEDS), CDC identified...

As medical cannabis availability increases, up-to-date trends in licensure can inform clinical policy and care. To describe current the United States. Ecological study with repeated measures. Publicly available state registry data from 2020 to 2022. People licenses clinicians authorizing Total patient volume prevalence per 10 000 persons total population, symptoms or conditions qualifying patients for (that is, patient-reported conditions), number of clinicians. In 2022, 39 jurisdictions...

Parents have an important role in the promotion of healthy adolescent behaviors that can influence positive developmental trajectories and health outcomes. Parental monitoring is a central component parent-child relationship with potential to reduce risk behaviors. Data from CDC's 2021 nationally representative Youth Risk Behavior Survey were used describe prevalence parental reported by U.S. high school students examine associations between experiences. Behaviors experiences included sexual...

To understand trends in U.S. cannabis-involved emergency department (ED) visits (i.e., those for which cannabis use was documented the chief complaint or a discharge diagnosis) among young persons aged <25 years during COVID-19 pandemic, CDC used National Syndromic Surveillance Program data to examine changes ED 2019-2022. Mean weekly all were higher pandemic 2020, 2021, and 2022, compared with corresponding periods 2019. Large increases throughout prepandemic surveillance 2019 identified...

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During the current drug overdose crisis, United States is experiencing a significant number of deaths, hospitalizations, and emergency department visits. Given vulnerability young persons to substance use, it important assess how this crisis affects nation's youth. In study, we investigate trends in suspected nonfatal drug-related overdoses (all-drugs, opioids, heroin, stimulants) among youth using syndromic surveillance data from 2016 2019.A retrospective analysis were used detect quarterly...

Abstract Background Sudden unexpected infant death (SUID) accounts for ~ 3400 deaths per year in the USA, and minimal progress has been made reducing SUID over past two decades. is sudden of an that occurred as a result accidental suffocation sleeping environment, SIDS (sudden syndrome), or from unknown cause death. Nationally, non-Hispanic Black (NHB) infants have twice risk compared to White (NHW) infants. In Chicago, this disparity greatly magnified. To explore whether similarly seen...

Motorcycle fatalities are increasing at an alarming rate in many South-East Asian countries, including Cambodia. Through brief face-to-face roadside interviews Phnom Penh and four other Cambodian provinces, this article assesses motorcyclists' attitudes, behaviours beliefs related to motorcycle helmets. Out of 1016 motorcyclists interviewed, 50% were drivers, 40% older passengers 10% child passengers. More drivers (50%) reported consistently wearing helmets, compared with (14%). Saving their...

Motorcycles are an important form of transportation in Uganda, and involved more road traffic injuries than any other vehicle. The majority motorcycles Uganda used as motorcycle taxis, better known locally boda bodas. Research shows that a helmet is effective at reducing rider’s risk death head injury. As part the Helmet Vaccine Initiative (UHVI), researchers collected baseline formative evaluation data on operators’ attitudes, beliefs, behaviors to inform UHVI activities. Researchers...

Objective This paper analyses helmet use before and after implementing Helmets for Kids, a school-based distribution road safety programme in Cambodia. Methods Nine intervention schools (with total of 6721 students) four control 3031 were selected using purposive sampling to target where students at high risk traffic injury. Eligible included those least 50% commute school on bicycles or motorcycles, located national (high density), had few no street signs nearby, an area with history crash...

This study examines the risk characteristics of fatal motorcycle crashes in Cambodia over a 5-year period (2007-2011). Secondary data analyses were conducted using Road Crash and Victim Information System, only comprehensive integrated road crash surveillance system country. Researchers from Centers for Disease Control Prevention Handicap International found that (1) males are dying roughly seven times more frequently than females; (2) motorcyclist fatalities increased by about 30% 2007 to...

Delta-8 tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) is a psychoactive cannabinoid from the cannabis plant that can be synthetically converted cannabidiol (CBD). Most states permit full or restricted sale of hemp and hemp-derived CBD products, therefore, delta-8 THC products are on rise. consumption cause intoxication. Products often sold in edible form occasionally packaging appears similar to candy. Clinical presentations for ingestions understudied may differ those described delta-9 ingestions.This case...

Childhood poverty is known to be associated with poor health. For youth living in extreme poverty, community-based programs focused on development are one strategy improve health and well-being outcomes. However, very few evaluations of the long-term effectiveness have been conducted. The aim this study was assess a positive program (PYD), serving segregated housing project history community violence, health, education, financial its alumni.

Worldwide, 1.24 million deaths and 20-50 road crash injuries occur annually, with a disproportionate burden on low- middle-income countries. Facing continued growth in motorized vehicles, Cambodia has begun to address safety, including the creation of nationwide surveillance system, Road Crash Victim Information System (RCVIS). This study evaluates RCVIS understand whether are being monitored efficiently effectively identify areas for improvement.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) works closely with states local jurisdictions that are leveraging data from syndromic surveillance systems to identify meaningful changes in overdose trends. CDC developed a suspected nonfatal heroin syndrome definition use emergency department (ED) help monitor trends at the national, state, levels.This study assesses percentage of true-positive unintentional undetermined intent heroin-involved (UUHOD) captured by this definition.CDC...

This study investigated whether being exposed to violence early in life is a risk factor for substance use later life. Tenets of the stress-coping model and self-medication hypothesis guided analyses. Participants included 850 individuals from an economically challenged, urban community Flint, MI (83% Black/African American; 50% male). Exposure was measured 4 times sequential years during emerging adulthood (ages 20–23) 29–32). Multilevel growth models relationship between exposure rates...