Hall conducted a study in 2008 with 617 adolescents to find a correlation between their substance abuse and parenting style. The adolescents were questioned about alcohol‚ marijuana‚ crack/cocaine‚ and heroin. Surveys were utilized for this study. The neglectful parenting style‚ which researchers defined as showing the least amount of affection and effort spent disciplining your child‚ was found to lead to the highest rates of alcohol and substance abuse in these adolescents. This study also surveyed
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A SITUTATIONER OF STREET CHILDREN IN THE PHILIPPINES (Presented at the Civil Society Forum on Promoting and Protecting the Rights of Street Children in Southeast Asia) Bangkok‚ Thailand March 12 - 14‚ 2003 1. Background A. Brief Overview of the Philippines The Philippines is an archipelago with a population of 76‚498‚735‚ and a population density of 255 per sq. km‚ as of the year 2000. Fifty-eight percent (58%) of this population is urbanized (1999)[1]‚ with an average annual urban
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What plans should the hospital board make for next year and the next five years? After reviewing the balance sheets for the Patton Fuller Community Hospital for the next fiscal year‚ it shows that the hospital will break even. For the year the hospital is making enough money that will cover all of their debts. The hospital will not make any profits. To avoid debts of the hospital from increasing‚ the hospital will need to increase their revenues. Healthcare organizations need to realize hospital
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SUBSTANCE ABUSE Substance abuse otherwise known to many as drug abuse is the recurrent us of a substance referred to as a drug whereby the user consumes the substance in quantities or methods neither approved nor advised by the required professionals i.e doctors and this definition also applies when certain activities are performed using the substances contrary to the policies and rules that govern their (drugs) originally intended use. In addition to there being many drugs already on the global
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Street Children: A Journey into Paradise OUTLINE TOPIC: Street Children TITLE Street Children: A Journey into Paradise I. The Course of Lost Childhood A. Factors of Street Children Existence B. Life of Street Children C. Street Children Phenomenon II. Dealing with Street Children A. The Lost Childhood B. Health Conditions C. Coping Strategies D. Probable Solutions III. Outcome of the Study A. Adoption in the Philippines B. ?
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when they were adolescents. Children coming from homes where members of their family smoke tend to follow suit. The kids do this because children like to imitate their parents and older siblings and they think it is acceptable behavior. “Children from families where smoking is prevalent tend to develop the habit and are less likely to quit later in life.” (Dr. Susan Jewell‚ live strong‚ 2014) Another factor that plays a huge role in influencing children to smoke is peer pressure. Peer
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What Can Influence APA Substance Abuse • Stress from home life • Psychological stress from being an APA • Pressure from parents to do well in school - increase in abuse of prescription drugs like adderall. - Adderall is the prescribed drug for people with ADHD. http://www.8asians.com/2010/09/12/are-more-asians-abusing-adderall/ Substance Abuse While Asian Americans overall had the lowest rate of drug use among all groups‚ the illicit drug use rate for Pacific Islanders‚ in contrast‚ is 9.1 percent
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Substance Abuse in the African American Community Stating the Problem The contemporary problem that I would like to address is Substance abuse in African Americans community. Most Africain American uses Substance abuse as a stress reliever . They use religion by going to church to get strength asking for forgiviness. Adolescent are the one’s who are at risk the most . In the Hampton Roads you will see a lot of homeless people substance abuse users. Interview from a experience individual
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C is a 16-year-old female who is referred to treatment by social services due to a prevalence of physical‚ mental‚ emotional‚ and sexual abuse occurring in her home. The client is living with her mother. C is pregnant with her second child and became pregnant after being raped by her father. The client’s first child‚ who has Down syndrome‚ is living with C’s grandmother‚ according to C; however‚ C reports that social services believes the child lives with her and her mother. The client has been recently
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Teen substance abuse continues to be a significant problem in US. While they may find new substances to abuse for time to time‚ teens are still using drugs and alcohol as an escape from the typical issues plaguing America’s youth. Perhaps by taking an honest look at the numbers‚ we can all get some insight as to the depth of the problems and how we can best address them. By the Numbers There is no shortage of statistical data related to teen substance abuse. What seems to be most relevant is looking
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