developmental crime prevention: legal and juridical analyses of iran and england niyoosha ghahramani afshar [1] ghodrat-allah khosroshahi [2] mohammad reza shadmanfar [3]   abstract in a crime policy based on scientific doctrines, how to deal with children and adolescents’ conflicts is different from the delinquencies committed by adults. detection of crime and deviance, and the attempts to red...

objective: the aim of the present study was to determine the prevalence of different psychiatric disorders among 12 to 17 years old adolescents in urban areas of tehran. method: in this study, 1105 adolescents (12 -17 years old) were selected from 250 clusters of the entire 22 municipality areas of tehran using a multistage sampling method. after responding to the farsi version of the strengths...

Active commuting (non-motorized transport) to school can be an important source of physical activity for children and adolescents. This research examined sociodemographic, family, and environmental characteristics associated with active commuting to or from school among 3,451 US adolescents aged 12-17 years, who responded to the 2005 California Health Interview Survey. Logistic regression resul...

BACKGROUND Population-based studies are necessary to better understand the risk factors for developing seizure disorders and the impact of these conditions on children. We undertook an assessment of the prevalence of seizure disorders in a population of children on the basis of health care utilization records. METHODS Using Manitoba's population-based prescription and health care data for 199...

background: this study was aimed to investigate the association of consuming white rice and potato, as well as the bread type with anthropometric measures and blood pressure (bp) in a national sample of iranian children and adolescents. methods: this nationwide study was conducted in 2011-2012 among 14,880 students, aged 6-18 years, selected by multistage cluster sampling from 30 provinces of i...

OBJECTIVE To determine community support and identify appropriate learning methodologies, parameters of delivery, and intervention content. DESIGN Qualitative descriptive study in which participants were interviewed in a semistructured format. Data were analyzed thematically. SETTING An urban pediatric primary care clinic from which youths and parents were recruited. PARTICIPANTS Ten yout...

background: obesity has become a serious problem for chinese han nationality. this research aimed to evaluate the prevalence of and trends in obesity among chinese korean nationality children and adolescents (1991–2010). methods: we used data from chinese national surveys on students’ constitution and health (cnssch). cnssch was utilized to monitor chinese students’ health condition and release...

OBJECTIVE To analyze the association between violent behavior in adolescents and parent-child cohabitation. METHODS A population-based cross-sectional study with multiple-stage sampling was performed in the urban area of the city of Pelotas, Southern Brazil, in 2002. A total of 960 adolescents were interviewed using a self-applied questionnaire. The dependent variables (use of weapons and inv...

background many sufferers of type i diabetes, as they are young, need support in order to be able to continue their care; therefore, to have social support could have a role in improving the metabolic control. accordingly, the present study was done in order to determine the perceived social support and its relationship to the glycosylated hemoglobin in the children and adolescents who suffer f...