Adolescent Health; A Must Priority

We must make rural health care a high priority.

Occupational health of Iranian farmworkers: A public health priority

Adolescent Pregnancy: A Health Challenge

Every year, some 3.9 million girls aged 15 to 19 years undergo unsafe abortions (1). Approximately 16 million girls aged 15 to 19 years and 2.5 million girls under 16 years give birth each year in developing regions (2, 3). Complications during pregnancy and childbirth are the leading cause of death for 15 to 19 year-old girls globally (4). Adolescent mothers (ages 10 to 19 years) face higher r...

Must we fear adolescent sexuality?

Editor's Note There is a general fear and anxiety surrounding adolescent sexuality. The question is why? Must we fear adolescent sexuality? This question, the title of the following article, is one that Amy Schalet, PhD, has spent the past decade investigating. It has culminated in a masterful doctoral thesis and a book to be published by the University of Chicago Press in 2006. More specifical...

Reproductive and Maternal Health in the Post-2015 Era: Cervical Cancer Must Be a Priority

1 Global Health Sciences, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, California, United States of America, 2 Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Sciences, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, California, United States of America, 3 Evidence to Policy Initiative (E2Pi), University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, California, United State...