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Association Between Sexual Assault And Sexual Minority As Risk Factors For Suicidality Among Vermont Youth, Katherine Mariani, Heidi Gortakowski, Thomas Delaney
Association Between Sexual Assault And Sexual Minority As Risk Factors For Suicidality Among Vermont Youth, Katherine Mariani, Heidi Gortakowski, Thomas Delaney
Master of Public Health Culminating Projects
Purpose: Sexual assault and sexual minority are known risk factors for suicidality in adolescents. This study identifies the association between sexual assault and sexual orientation in order to better predict and direct resources to teens at high-risk for suicide.
Methods: This is a cross-sectional study utilizing the Vermont Youth Risk Behavior Survey data from 2015. Logistic regression was used to correlate risk based on sexual assault and sexual orientation.
Results: 34.9% who were sexually assaulted attempted suicide compared to 4.0% of students who were not assaulted. 21.3% of LGB or unsure students attempted compared to 3.9% of straight youth. …
Rutland City Public School At Risk Youth Mentorship, Michael J. Marallo
Rutland City Public School At Risk Youth Mentorship, Michael J. Marallo
Family Medicine Clerkship Student Projects
This after school program’s purpose is to address the unique challenges of Rutland, VT Middle/High School students with multiple psychosocial risk factors (as determined by comparison to the ACE questionnaire) through mentorship, health and life skills education, and by guiding the development of positive coping skills. Activities will allow for self-expression outside of the classroom in a safe environment. Focus will be placed on assisting paraeducators and teachers with meeting goals that are appropriate for each individual student.
Mindfulness As An Effective Strategy For Anxiety Relief In Adolescent Patients, Desiree N. Dibella
Mindfulness As An Effective Strategy For Anxiety Relief In Adolescent Patients, Desiree N. Dibella
Family Medicine Clerkship Student Projects
Anxiety disorders affect 6.8 million adults over the age of 18 in the United States, and anxiety disorders are the most common mental health illness in children.
Risk Factors for anxiety disorders in young adults include the following: -Shyness, or behavioral inhibition, in childhood -Being of the female sex -Having few economic resources -Exposure to stressful life events in childhood -Anxiety disorders in close biological relatives -Parental history of mental disorders -Elevated afternoon cortisol levels in the saliva Teens and young adults increasingly suffer from anxiety disorders with the CDC reporting the rate of anxiety disorders among 3 to 17 …
The Facts - Your Choice: Std Risk Information For The Adolescent Patient, J C. Gwilliam
The Facts - Your Choice: Std Risk Information For The Adolescent Patient, J C. Gwilliam
Family Medicine Clerkship Student Projects
Sexual health education is one of the factors that has led to a dramatic drop in adolescent pregnancy since the 1990s. Paradoxically, though, rates of sexually transmitted-infections (STI) in the adolescent population during that period soared. The educational deficit appears to be a lack of understanding of both short- and long-term health risks that STIs pose, and conflation of contraceptive effectiveness with STI prevention. This project sought to develop an inexpensive, office-based education product that would aid practitioner-adolescent patient discussion and facilitate follow-up in the family medicine setting.