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 * Topic: Child Maltreatmen**t

Report shows steady decrease in child abuse and neglect tells of the steady decrease of victims to maltreatment. Studies have shown that 10.1 per 1,000 children fall victim to maltreatment. In addition, the article explains “87,612 child victims younger than one year had the highest rate of victimization at 20.6 per 1,000 children in the population of the same age.” The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ Administration for Children and Families has been configuring ways to continue to bring abuse numbers down. For example, by “gearing towards domestic violence victims and organizations, as well as grants to reduce long-term foster care and develop innovative intervention strategies to help move children into permanent homes.” Also, Obama has put in $107 million dollars to create programs to help decrease abuse numbers. It is important to continue find ways to end maltreatment today. Organizations such as the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ Administration for Children and Families are vital in order to end maltreatment.

Source Citation "REPORT SHOWS STEADY DECREASE IN CHILD ABUSE AND NEGLECT."States News Service 16 Dec. 2010. General OneFile. Web. 19 Apr. 2011.


 * Topic: Fetal Alcohol Syndrome**

The article discusses why many health professionals believe that no mom should consume alcohol when trying to conceive a child and also during pregnancy. The article explains “alcohol passes quickly from a pregnant mum to her unborn baby, were it remains in the bloodstream longer and can cause long-term damage.” Furthermore, the article stressed the importance of not only the mother not drinking when trying to conceive but also the father. “Three weeks after you conceive, your baby’s important organs are already forming. During that time, alcohol could affect your baby’s developing brain and body.” This relates a lot to our class discussion on the effects that consuming alcohol while pregnant has on the child. Our speaker focused a lot on physical problems and also secondary disabilities. Some of the secondary disabilities we discussed include behavior problems in school, involvement with drugs, “unemployment, problems parenting, homelessness, premature death” in addition to many more. Our class discussion and the article both are in agreement on the harm of drinking alcohol while pregnant has on the unborn. The article focuses more on drinking while trying to conceive while our discussion focused more on the outcome a child will experience throughout his/her life.

Source Citation "NEW DRIVE TO STOP BOOZING IN PREGNANCY; Sobering advice for new mothers and mums-to-be g mothe ce fo ew mot others rs t -." Coventry Evening Telegraph [England] 16 Apr. 2011: 18. CNSN. Web. 19 Apr. 2011.


 * Topic: Childhood obesity**

Childhood obesity has been increasing at an alarming rate. The article points out that schools could be the actual cause of why childhood obesity has soared recently. In recent years, there has been a heavy focus on academics for children at all ages, even elementary schools. In order to improve academics, schools have turned to eliminating physical activities such as recess and physical education. This article focuses on how teachers and schools can beat childhood obesity. The five strategies the articles suggest are: staying informed, design a school action plan, promote positive psychosocial development of children, promote healthy diet and nutrition teachers and schools can promote better nutrition and encourage physical activity. The article and our class discussion differ on a few topics. For example, one of our topics in our class discussion was based off the statistic that, “childhood obesity is not prevalent in preschool low income group. Just 1 in7 low income pre school kids is obese.” Yet, the article being compared here states “obesity is thought to be particularly of concern for children of minorities and those in poverty.” From other articles I have found and read it seems clearer to me that SES is a factor in young children’s obesity outcomes. Low SES families often eat less healthy food (like fast food instead of home-cooked meals) and are often less active compared to higher SES groups.

"Studies from University of Ghent Describe New Findings in Obesity." Obesity, Fitness & Wellness Week 9 Apr. 2011: 2442. General OneFile. Web. 19 Apr. 2011.


 * Topic: Teen drug abuse**

// Substance teens abuse changing // explains that teens are turning to prescription medications (Xanax, Lortab) and other painkillers rather than alcohol. The author explains how one reason kids might be turning to prescription drugs is because they are not well informed. One might be thinking that since it is a prescription drug that it is safer, but obviously that is not true. Grewe states “we’re probably doing a pretty good job of educating kids about the dangers of illegal drugs like methamphetamine and cocaine, but now we need to focus on educating them about pharmaceuticals.” The article is interesting in the fact that is focuses heavily on drug abuse in teens rather than alcohol abuse found in teenagers. One would be more likely to think a majority of kids (high school/college age group) would have more of a problem with alcohol abuse than drug abuse due to thinking alcohol would be easier to obtain than drugs. Our discussion in class showed different results. A graph presented to the class showed alcohol was used by 65.5% of seniors, marijuana 32.4%, and the rest other drugs.

Source Citation Archer, Kim. "Substance Teen Abuse Changing." //Tulsa World Oklahoma// [Tulsa] 2 Jan. 2007, Final Home ed., News sec.: 1-3. Web. 19 Apr. 2011.


 * Topic: Child hood Obesity**

There are numerous reasons of why people believe childhood obesity is soaring. //YMCA Survey Finds U.S. Parents Not Making Kids’ Health Top Priority// found that “74% of parents opt to spend family time with their kids sitting in front of the TV, 58% of children ages 5 to 10 spend less than four days a week playing outdoors.” With limited healthy food choices at most restaurants it is vital that everyone, especially kids exercise sixty minutes daily. The YMCA (young men’s Christian association) heavily focuses on youth development. The YMCA promotes healthy lifestyles for all ages, focusing on young children and trying to help them develop a healthier habits and better choices. One way that the YMCA is trying to encourage play and prove that there is always time to exercise is by creating “Healthy Kids Day” which “inspires a lifetime of love of physical activity that’s easy and accessible for today’s families.

Source Citation

"YMCA Survey Finds U.S. Parents Not Making Kids' Health Top Priority." //PRNewswire// 13 Apr. 2011. //General OneFile//. Web. 19 Apr. 2011.

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