Children, Teenagers, and Health

Health promotion and children and teenagers.

The Health of the Nation contains several targets directly affecting the health of present children and teenagers and future adults.' These include reducing smoking in 1 1-15 year olds by one third, reducing the proportion of energy derived from fats to 35%, reducing deaths from accidents by one third in under 15 year olds and by one quarter in those aged 15 to 24, reducing suicides by 15%, and...

Evaluation of oral health and malocclusion among blind children and teenagers in Mazandaran in 2019

Background and Aims: Information collection about the malocclusion and oral health in blind children is essential to plan for their education in schools. Therefore, this study aimed to evaluate the status of malocclusion and oral health among blind children and teenagers in Mazandaran, Iran. Materials and Methods: The population of this included 150 blind children and teenagers aged from 10 to...

[ATVs represent a significant health risk to children and teenagers].

Teenagers and their health.

Six hundred and forty three children aged 14 to 16, attending three upper schools in Oxfordshire, filled in a health questionnaire. Although over 90% rated their health as fair or good, three quarters had taken medicine in the previous four weeks, three quarters had complained of headaches, and three quarters had had dental fillings. In addition, a third drank alcohol at least once a week, a th...

Futures of Iranian Children and Teenagers Engagement in Cyberspace

This study seeks to identify and describe believable and probable scenarios about the future engagement of children in cyberspace from the perspective of futures studies. Children's and adolescents’ access to the Internet and network-based technologies is becoming increasingly prevalent. So explaining the key factors and uncertainties affecting this phenomenon requires a comprehensive insight i...