Facts on Healthy Relationships

* HEALTHY WHYTHEYARE PREVINet AND SO SO0000 IMPORTANT HEALTHY RELATIONSHIPS ARE IMPERATIVE TO HEALTHY DEVELOPMENT. THEY HELP YOUTH FEEL VALUED, SUPPORTED, AND PROTECTED FROM STRESSORS THEY INEVITABLY ENCOUNTER. THE NUMBER OF KIDS WITH HIGH-QUALITY RELATIONSHIPS IS DECLINING SO? WHAT'S THE BIG DEAL? ACTUALLY, ITS A HUGE DEAL. HEALTHY RELATIONSHIPS AFFECT BOTH THE MENTAL AND PHYSICAL WELL BEING OF OUR YOUTH. LET'S TAKEA LOOK. 8 DOMAINS AFFECTED BY RELATIONSHIP QUALITY BASED ON THE 2014 TRENDS REPORT by Drs. Wendy Craig & Debra Pepler* NUMBER1 MENTAL HEALTH HIGH LOW 38% MORE YOUTH IN HIGH-QUALITY RELATIONSHIPS WITH THEIR PARENTS REPORT GOOD MENTAL HEALTH THAN THOSE WITH LOW-QUALITY. QVERALL STATISTICALLY, KIDS WHO TEALTH HAVE HIGHER QUALITY RELATIONSHIPS WITH THEIR PEERS HAVE BETTER OVERALL HEALTH. INTERESTING FACT: MILK HEALTHY HEALTHY EATING INCREASES AS THE QUALITY OF YOUTH EATING RELATIONSHIPS WITH THEIR NEIGHBOURHOODS INCREASE. AS RELATIONSHIP QUALITY WITH PARENTS AND SCHOOLS 4 IGHTING 5 QUALITY * *LIFE 25% MORE YOUTH REPORT A HIGH-QUALITY OF LIFE IF THEY HAVE A POSITIVE RELATIONSHIP WITH THEIR PARENTS KIDS WITH HIGH-QUALITY ARE ALMOST 20% LESS LIKELY TO SUFFER PARENT RELATIONSHIPS THAN THOSE WITH LOW QUALITY RELATIONSHIPS THEY ALSO HAVE... NEARLY AC20%' REDUCTION IN CANNABIS USE A MORE THAN 15% REDUCTION IN ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION AND OVER A 10% REDUCTION IN SMOKING & HARD DRUG USE AND LAST BUT NOT LEAST KIDS WITH HEALTHY RELATIONSHIPS WITH PEERS & PARENTS SEE A 20% AND 15% DECREASE in 8 VICTIMIZATION RESPECTIVELY BUT LET'S NOT FORGET... THESE TYPES OF RELATIÓNSHIPS ARE DECLINING. DECLINE so, fewer youth are experiencing the benefits of healthy relationships. WE NEED TO focus on improving the quality of all important relationships and the practices of all adults involved in the lives of children. * all stats retrieved from the Trends Andlysis of Canadian Data from the Health Behoviour in School-Aged Children (HBSC) survey from 2002, 2006, and 2010 (2014) by Drs. Wendy Craig & Debra Pepler visit PREVINet .ca for more info OH, AND ALSO SHARE THIS GRAPHIC f 8+ t ELATIONSHIPS INCREASES DECREASES