National Awareness Campaigns for Kids in April
Following is a rundown of some important children’s health observances that take place this month, along with links to related data from kidsdata.org:
National Autism Awareness Month
- 8% of public school students enrolled in special education in California are diagnosed with autism.
- The number of special education students that were diagnosed with autism in California more than tripled from 2001 to 2009.
See our foundation’s May 2008 issue brief on autism diagnoses for more on this topic.
- According to data from the 2006-’08 California Healthy Kids Survey, more than 40% of 7th grade girls in California said they have ridden in a car driven by someone who had been drinking
- In this same survey, 29% of 11th-grade California boys, and 27% of 11th-grade girls, said they drink alcohol either “enough to feel it a lot” or “until I get really drunk.”
See all measures of alcohol, tobacco, and other drug use on kidsdata.org.
National Child Abuse Prevention Month/Month of the Young Child
- Substantiated cases of child abuse in California declined from 1998 to 2008.
- Neglect is the most common type of child abuse, representing nearly 50% of substantiated cases of child abuse in California.
See all child abuse data on kidsdata.org.
National Minority Health Awareness Month
Health-related data on kidsdata.org are available for a number of racial/ethnic groups in California, including:
- African American
- Asian/Asian American
- Filipino
- Latino/Hispanic
- Native American/American Indian
- Pacific Islander
Tags: Health Observances
Posted by Andy Krackov
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