�㽶��Ƶ News - adolescent health

$1.3 million to understand and alleviate impacts of the pandemic on children, youth, and families

webfull — Fri, 10 Dec 2021 18:28:50 +0000

Seven CIHR funded projects at McGill and the Research Institute of the �㽶��Ƶ Health Centre to investigate impacts of vaccine hesitancy, health-care shortages, work-life imbalance for children, youth, and families in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Published: 10 December 2021

Breastfed babies are less likely to develop eczema as teenagers, study shows.

webfull — Mon, 13 Nov 2017 16:25:14 +0000

A new study, which is published today in the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) Pediatrics, and was led by researchers from King’s College London, Harvard University, University of Bristol and �㽶��Ƶ, examined more than 13,000 Belarussian teenagers enrolled in the PROmotion of Breastfeeding Intervention Trial (PROBIT) and found a 54% reduction in cases of eczema amongst teenagers whose mothers had received support to breastfeed exclusively.

Published: 13 November 2017

MUHC study calls for action to help adolescents with diabetes transition to adult care

webfull — Thu, 17 Aug 2017 14:38:46 +0000

Adolescence can be a turbulent period of life, with struggles to establish autonomy, identity issues and risk-taking behaviours. For young adults with a chronic illness such as type 1 diabetes, this transition phase also brings about other challenges as they assume an increased responsibility for their overall health. A new study from the Research Institute of the �㽶��Ƶ Health Centre (RI-MUHC) sheds light on gaps in transition care practice in Quebec, pointing out a lack of standardized policies across pediatric diabetes centres.

Published: 17 August 2017

Socioeconomic differences in adolescent health widen

webfull — Wed, 04 Feb 2015 18:18:16 +0000

Health inequalities in young people have grown alongside socioeconomic disparities between the rich and poor.

Published: 4 February 2015

HPV vaccine: teen sexual behaviour not affected

webfull — Mon, 08 Dec 2014 16:47:53 +0000

Sexual behaviour of teenage girls does not appear to have been affected by routine human papilloma virus (HPV) vaccination, according to a large study published in CMAJ (Canadian Medical Association Journal).

Published: 8 December 2014