Introduction to Low Income Youth

However, low-income youth often face inequities in access to nature.

Residents in marginalized communities are also impacted by the digital divide (Nielson, 2006) and low-income youth face civic opportunity gaps (Conner & Slattery, 2014).

These findings underscore the importance of providing structured, well supervised after-school activities for low-income youth in high-risk neighborhoods.

Methods: A population-based, community sample of 128 predominantly low-income youth (mean age =15.

A growing body of literature supports the use of mindfulness-based practices to increase resilience and reduce emotional and behavioral problems of low-income youth of color who are exposed to chronic trauma.

In the process of organizing to build power through mobilizing young people against displacement from school pushouts, we observed ways in which low-income youth of color have internalized negative ideas about themselves and their communities and how they collectively challenge those ideas.

This initiative includes a training, given by volunteers from the insurance company that aims to educate low-income youth in money management and increase their perception of the gains to personal life come from conscious financial decisions.

Methods A systematic umbrella review was conducted on literature examining determinants of dietary intake and food environments in low-income youths and adults in high/upper-middle income countries.

Objectives Low-income youth are at greater risk for persistent exposure to environmental stressors and they face a number of barriers to accessing mental health treatment.

METHODS Participants were 101 low-income youth aged 9-12 (52.

Extracurricular involvement in the school-age years has widespread potential benefits for children's subsequent socioemotional development, especially for low-income youth.

” On the second day of a city-wide early work program for low-income youth in one of America’s largest municipalities, a teen experiencing yet another remote learning set-up took to YouTube to share a “glitch” that offered a shortcut to meeting mandated use requirements of a program-wide learning app.

Low-income youth are less likely to have access to financial project management skills including financial opportunities, which is a contributing factor in growing income and asset inequality (Frumkin, 2002).

The nationwide program aims to serve primarily low-income youth, but has been reported to experience major fadeout in the early years of elementary school.

This qualitative study describes how Medicaid policies create challenges for the delivery and receipt of mental health treatment for low-income youth in Georgia.

To examine stakeholder perspectives regarding (1) whether mobile health (mHealth) tools can improve the mental health (MH) treatment process for low-income youth with ADHD in safety net settings and (2) what functions would be helpful to improve the treatment process.

Background Many low-income youth are burdened by food insecurity, unhealthy dietary patterns, and obesity.

These findings have implications for bullying and sexual risk prevention and intervention of low-income youths.

Program Description The aim of our SNAP-Ed funded NEP is to improve the health of low-income youth through school-based programming that focuses on healthy food choices and physical activity behaviors.

SummaryRacial/ethnic minority and low-income youth on the autism spectrum were more likely to be disconnected from educational, occupational, and social activities upon entering adulthood.

Limited access to and the affordability of fresh produce, particularly among low-income youth, are barriers to adequate intake.

(Lee &Kramer, 2013; Schwab, 2018), negatively impact youth of color and low-income youth as they become subject to the push for college attendance.

CONCLUSION Implications of these results, particularly the need for increased access to afterschool music programs for low-income youth, are discussed.

Despite the well-known benefits of AT, there are environmental and social variables that converge on the AT experiences of low-income youth and youth of color (YOC) that have yet to be fully uncovered.

We report on a nationwide field experiment with a commercial bank in Colombia in which low-income youth (12 years old on average) who open new accounts are randomly assigned immediately after opening the account to control or to receive one of three twelve-month text-messaging campaigns: i) monthly savings reminders, ii) semimonthly reminders, iii) monthly action-oriented financial education messages.

Target Audience Low-income youth (ages 5-18) in Los Angeles County.

, federal and state student aid programs) should be targeted at low-income youth.

Policies and programs to promote and support access to sexual health services and effective contraception with specific attention to supporting the needs of younger teens, Aboriginal youth, newcomers, low-income youth, and youth who are not in school are needed.