BACKGROUND The development of HIV and STD prevention programs needs information about sexual behaviour. The aim of this study is to analyze whether there were differences in HIV/STD risk behaviours according to type of high school (public/private), gender and age in adolescents. METHODS A representative sample of 4.456 adolescents participated. To select the participants, a stratified random ...

Low-income, urban adolescents are exposed to extremely high rates of witnessing and being victimized by community violence. Such violence exposure presents serious implications for youth’s development and psychological well-being. In a sample of 223 ninth-grade Latino adolescents, we examine: (1) what types of after-school activity participation increase or reduce adolescents’ risk for violence...

An international summit focusing on the difficult challenge of providing adequate nutrition for adolescent girls and young women in low- and middle-income countries was held in Portland, Oregon in 2015. Sixty-seven delegates from 17 countries agreed on a series of recommendations that would make progress toward improving the nutritional status of girls and young women in countries where their a...

He *be effort and cost and also to evaluate each > ^ea as the children made use of it. t PreParin? the design I had to keep many 0rs in mind. For instance, the hostel accom, ated boys and girls aged from 5-16 years, some o^om were hyperactive and destructive whilst ers Were withdrawn and unsociable. Some had a very short attention span but others became obsessed with a play situation for long p...

Mental health(MH) is a state of emotional and psychological well-being in which an individual is able to use his or her cognitive and emotional capabilities, function in society, and meet the ordinary demands of everyday life. Their behaviour has impact on National Health Indicators like maternal and infant mortality.Adolescents are vulnerable to STIs, HIV/AIDS and Sexual-Abuse when there is ne...

We provide a developmental perspective on two related issues: (a) why traditional preventative school-based interventions work reasonably well for children but less so for middle adolescents and (b) why some alternative approaches to interventions show promise for middle adolescents. We propose the hypothesis that traditional interventions fail when they do not align with adolescents' enhanced ...

BACKGROUND Dysmenorrhea is the leading cause of short-term school absenteeism. It is associated with a negative impact on social, academic, and sports activities of many female adolescents. Dysmenorrhea has not previously been described among Hispanic adolescents, the fastest growing minority group in the United States. OBJECTIVE To determine the prevalence of dysmenorrhea among Hispanic fema...

1024x768 background: sedentary lifestyles, along with diets low in fruits and vegetables, complex carbohydrates and high in fat and total energy are increasing among adolescents. these unhealthy behaviors associated with obesity, type 2 diabetes, hypertension, and heart disease. healthful dietary behaviors, such as fruit and vegetable consumption among adolescents had been reported as inadequat...

Socioeconomic stress has long been found to place youth at risk, with low family income conferring disadvantages in adolescents' school achievement and success. This study investigates the role of socioeconomic stress on academic adjustment, and pinpoints family obligation as a possible buffer of negative associations. We examined direct and interactive effects at two time points in the same sa...