healthy lifestyle habits during adolescence can prevent many of the diseases and disabilities in adulthood and later. the aim of the study was to examine the role of education in improving lifestyles among iranian adolescents.this group randomized controlled trial was conducted during october 2010 until january 2011 in tehran. participants for this study were selected through a random sampling ...

Adolescence is the transition period from childhood to adulthood. Since Bangladesh is such a conservative society, reproductive health education for adolescents has not been widely introduced. Very small adolescent health components are included in the secondary and higher secondary school curricula. The BRAC Mentoring Program provides mentorship training to secondary school pupils to develop t...

BACKGROUND Peer-led sex education is widely believed to be an effective approach to reducing unsafe sex among young people, but reliable evidence from long-term studies is lacking. To assess the effectiveness of one form of school-based peer-led sex education in reducing unintended teenage pregnancy, we did a cluster (school) randomised trial with 7 y of follow-up. METHODS AND FINDINGS Twenty...

This paper studies the role of social-emotional or psychological capital in determining education and employment aspirations of adolescent girls and young women in India. We find that girls’ self-efficacy and mental health are important determinants of their educational and employment aspirations, suggesting that these hidden forms of human capital may serve as critical targets for intervention...

In this article we compare cooperation among Colombian and Swedish children aged 9-12. We illustrate the dynamics of the prisoner's dilemma in a new task that is easily understood by children and performed during a physical education class. We find no robust evidence of a difference in cooperation between Colombia and Sweden overall. However, Colombian girls cooperate less than Swedish girls. W...

BACKGROUND This study aimed to describe the influence of socio-economic status (SES) on the prevalence sedentary behaviours among Spanish adolescents. METHODS Cross-sectional data from Spanish adolescents from the Alimentación y Valoración del Estado Nutricional de los Adolescentes (AVENA) Study (2002). A national representative sample of 1776 adolescents aged 13-18.5 years provided informati...

Gender equality in education has held a prominent position in global policy making over the last decade through international frameworks and declarations such as the Dakar Framework of Action on Education for All and the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs). This paper draws on interviews conducted with participants who hold a gender brief in international organisations, active in the global Edu...

In a sample of 99 sexually abused adolescent girls in the foster care system (64% in congregate living situations and 36% in family/foster care homes), nearly half were psychologically functioning well despite having experienced moderate-to-severe emotional, physical, and sexual abuse. It was hypothesized that these girls with resilient trajectories would differ from the currently symptomatic g...

This study aimed to analyse the relationships between the satisfaction of basic psychological needs, motivation and satisfaction in physical education classes, as well as to examine these relationships by gender. Eight hundred and fifty-four secondary school students (405 boys and 453 girls, aged 15 to 21 years) participated in this study by responding to questionnaires designed to measure the ...

BACKGROUND A gender-based disparity in physical activity (PA) among youth, whereby girls are less active than boys is a persistent finding in the literature. A greater understanding of the mechanisms underlying this difference has potential to guide PA intervention strategies. METHODS Data were collected at age 8 and 12 years (276 boys, 279 girls) from 29 schools as part of the LOOK study. Mu...