Background Sexual and gender based violence (SGBV) is a global health and human rights problem which is of particular concern in sub-Saharan Africa because of the compounding effects of high HIV prevalence. In Swaziland a small, land-locked country of just over one million people women and girls face the disproportionate burden of both SGBV and HIV: Nearly half (48%) of those aged 13-24 years r...

Childhood obesity and related health consequences continue to be major clinical and public health issues in the United States. Schools provide an opportunity to implement obesity prevention strategies to large and diverse pediatric audiences. Healthier Options for Public Schoolchildren was a quasiexperimental elementary school-based obesity prevention intervention targeting ethnically diverse 6...

AIM The aim of this observational study was to investigate the intake of dietary fibre and its sources among Polish adolescents according to prevalence of overweight after adjustment for age and gender. METHODS The study sample consisted of 1,565 students, including 48% boys and 52% girls aged 13-18 with normal weight, overweight and obesity. Dietary information was reported using the Block S...

introduction: renal length as measured on sonography is fundamental in diagnosis & follow up of renal diseases, and there’s increasing use of this kind of examination nowadays. some radiologists believe in the effect of position on renal measurements. regarding the above mentioned facts and in order to compare effect of patient position on sonographic measurement of renal length, this study was...

BACKGROUND Adolescent idiopathic scoliosis (AIS) is associated with low bone mineral density (BMD). The underlying etiology and how it may relate to the development of osteopenia remains unknown. Leptin has been postulated as one of the etiologic factors of AIS because of its profound effects on bone metabolism and pubertal growth. Its modulator, soluble leptin receptor (sOB-R), may affect lept...

BACKGROUND In line with WHO guidelines, the UK government currently recommends that school-aged children participate in at least 60 minutes, and up to several hours, of at least moderate physical activity on a daily basis. A recent health survey indicates that the amount of reported physical activity varies by age, gender and socioeconomic status. The objective of this study is to identify what...

Background: Infertility is one of the major problems in life which affects about 20% of couples in developed countries and a large population in the developing countries including Iran. Since not much has been discussed, published or talked about in the literature and infertilityconferences in Iran, we have decided to conduct a review of literature and provide a summary of what is known in the ...

Background and Objectives: Divorce is a stressful life event both for parents and children. Nowadays, an increase in the divorce rate is one of the major problems and concerns in many countries of the world, especially in Iran. Divorce can be a deterrent factor in the personal growth and development of the children from broken families. This study aimed to develop a group-counseling model based...

ABSTRACT As firms lower innovative investment in response to FASB Interpretation Number 48 (FIN 48), they choose between reallocating those funds noninnovative investment, not changing or lowering investment. Using a difference-in-differences research design, I provide evidence of the latter outcome. also show that results persist each year following FIN 48, are consistent across both types and...