BACKGROUND Rising obesity and declining physical activity levels are of great concern because of the associated health risks. Many children are left unsupervised after the school day ends, but little is known about the association between unsupervised time and physical activity levels. This paper seeks to determine whether adolescent girls who are without adult supervision after school are more...

Despite the widely reported link between early pubertal timing and internalizing symptoms among girls, less is known about the peer reputation of earlier maturing girls. The current study assesses whether early maturation is associated with perceived popularity and/or rumors, and whether these reputational factors help account for earlier maturing girls' vulnerability to emotional distress. Dra...

BACKGROUND Although rates of tobacco use and exposure to second-hand smoke (SHS) are declining in Canada, SHS exposure among non-smoking adolescents remains high. This study aimed to describe frequency, locations, and avoidance behavior related to SHS exposure among adolescent girls in British Columbia, Canada. METHODS Data were analyzed from 841 adolescent girls aged 13 to 15 years old who c...

In the 2007 and 2010 Status of Girls in Wisconsin reports, published by the Alverno College Research Center for Women and Girls, it was found that while girls aspire to go to college, there may be some threats to their ability to attain or complete those aspirations. This was true especially for those aspiring to nontraditional majors such as the sciences, engineering, or mathematics. This pape...

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...

abstract aim and background: today depression is more common disorder in all of world. depression present in all ages & all races in both men & women. studies show depression has increased prevalence in adolescent. some researchers believe mdd (that influence function) under diagnosed & treatment in adolescent. more researches are needed to understand mdd prevalence in adolescent.we studied mdd...

Adolescent motherhood can alter the future opportunities available to girls and challenges they face. This article considers how adolescents’ capabilities are influenced by pregnancy motherhood, using a mixed-methods case study of Rwanda. impacts girls’ lives across multiple including education, psychosocial well-being, voice agency, economic empowerment. Rarely were adolescent mothers in our s...

BACKGROUND Childhood overweight and obesity is a growing health challenge in Japan and might be associated with childhood poverty. We aimed to investigate the association between low economic status and body mass index (BMI) and to reveal the mediators of this association among junior high school students in Japan. METHODS Junior high school students (N = 2968) from two cities in Shizuoka, Ja...