In the absence of effective sex education in the United States, the media have arguably become the leading sex educator for children and teenagers. Considerable research now exists that attests to the ability of the media to influence adolescents' attitudes and beliefs about sex and sexuality. In addition, new research has found a significant link between exposure to sexual content in the media...

PURPOSE Radiographs is an integral part of patient management in dentistry, despite their detrimental effects. As the literature pertaining to radiation protection among Indian dental practitioners is sparse, exploring such protection is needed. MATERIALS AND METHODS All private dental practitioners in Mangalore, India were included in the study. A structured, pre-tested, self-administered qu...

Despite the importance of attitude in predicting an individual’s behavior, research on IT adoption has discounted the role of attitude in explaining technology acceptance behavior. Additionally, the attitude construct has often been omitted in research on IT acceptance. In this study, we call attention to the role of attitude in explaining technology acceptance behavior. In developing our resea...

Sex is a physiological phenomenon as much as hunger and sleep. The pattern of sleep and manner of eating is a learnt behaviour and so is the process of sexual satisfaction. Our society has taught to repress this instinct and medical institutions have been shy to teach this subject. The latter is reflected in the dilcma of a general physician when faced with a cause of potency disorder. The repr...

this survery investigated the secondary school students attitude regarding parent- adolescent inter-relationships. the study covered 19 town districts in tehran.   following a multi-stage process 150 girls and boys attending secondary school with an age range of 13-15 years were selected randomly.   a two parts questionnaire was developed. the first part covered information on personal and soci...

OBJECTIVE This study sought to assess the attitude of Healthcare Providers towards providing contraceptives for unmarried adolescents in four Local Government Areas in Ibadan, Nigeria. MATERIALS AND METHODS A cross-sectional descriptive study was conducted among 490 Healthcare Providers in 24 randomly selected healthcare facilities using self-administered, pre-tested questionnaires. RESULTS...