objective: this study aimed at contributing to the promotion of positive communication between parents and children in order to help the children establish individual values and make sexually healthy decisions. materials and method: ninety six out of 300 in-school adolescents previously interviewed were selected for follow-up interview with their respective parents/guardians using a simple rand...

child abuse is widely regarded as a cause of mental health problem in adult life this article examines the impact of child abuse on personality and emotional characteristics in adolescents. abused adolescents(n< 29) were compared with normal adolescents (n

Endometrial cancer is the third most common gynecologic cancer in the Korea and occurs mainly in menopausal women. Although it can develop in young premenopausal women cancer as well, an attack in the adolescent girl is very rare. A 13-year-old girl visited gynecology department with the complaint of abnormal uterine bleeding. An endometrial biopsy revealed FIGO (International Federation of Gyn...

results: the findings of this mixed methods sequential explanatory study are expected to provide unique information about the health concerns of iranian adolescents and their sources of information, which to date have received little attention. conclusions: these data will provide a rich source of information that can be used by intervention programs, health professionals and policy makers in a...

background: helicobacter pylori (h.pylori) is a common bacterial infection, with considerably high morbidity and mortality worldwide. this bacterium represents a key factor in the etiology of various chronic infections ranging from gastritis, peptic ulcer disease to gastric cancer; but the prevalence has large variations in different communities. the aim of this study was to estimate the preval...

objective: we aimed to conduct a review to investigate the prevalence of anxiety disorders among iranian children and adolescents.we systematically reviewed the literature up to june 2014. method: we searched three persian databases (magiran, iranmedex and sid) and three english databases: pubmed, scopus and psycinfo. all original studies that investigated the current prevalence of anxiety in a...

prediction of the onset of menstruation (menarche age) using height, weight and body mass index (bmi) is a major health procedure. the present study was conducted to determine the relationship between anthropometric indices and menarche age in 488 girls 11-17 years in southern iran (kish island) in 2011.data was collected using questionnaires as well as measurements of the children's height and...