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Schools play a vital role in the lives of adolescents. How can schools contribute to improving the health of adolescents in rural areas? 

Researchers have been able to link an association between early childhood acts of animal cruelty to later acts of human violence.  Please provide at least 4 examples from the literature and expand on /explain the links between committing acts of animal cruelty to human violence (domestic and mass acts of violence). 

Why is epidemiologic information important to know when developing a pediatric practice?

Having four or more adverse childhood experiences is associated with more than double the risk of ischemic heart disease, the number one killer in the United States of America, two-and-a-half times the risk of stroke, triple the risk of chronic lung disease (Harris). In fact, having four or more ACEs is associated with significantly increased risks for at least five out of the 10 leading causes of death in the U.S. (Wise). Please explain how adverse experiences cause these disparate health effects? 

From the Invisible Scars Series Many of the hardships experienced by children on Native American reservations today are the result of trauma that goes back generations. On Montana’s Native American Reservations, Native youth suicide deaths occur at ________the rate of the rest of the state. Nationwide, Native American children are two to three times more likely than non-Hispanic white children to have experienced multiple ACEs, or adverse childhood experiences.

Which adolescent population is most likely to indulge in tobacco, alcohol, and other drugs?

18. A patient is complaining of elbow pain. Which manifestations would be consistent with epicondylitis?

14. Complications of acute otitis media include:

7. Bone matrix hydroxyapatite crystals are composed of calcium and:

8. Which of the following is the differences between cartilage and bone?