This study examined the intersecting impact of structural inequalities and transactional sex on in-school adolescent girls’ risk pregnancy poor educational outcomes in rural northern KwaZulu-Natal. In this article, we understand as providing a basis for relationships between girls older men. Participatory visual research methods were employed with 18- 19-year-old boys to examine multiple system...

This is a report of a survey on the use of emergency contraception among teenagers in Finland. The school health promotion study provided data on adolescent health behaviors. Each of the 52,700 respondents from comprehensive schools and upper secondary schools answered a structured questionnaire. Findings showed that adolescent girls were widely aware of emergency contraception. Only a smal...

Interpersonal violence is a prevalent public health issue. Cyberbullying and intimate partner violence (IPV) are two types of interpersonal violence that have major health consequences. This study examines the relationship between adolescent girls’ involvement in cyber-IPV and two types of self-efficacy: general self-efficacy and coping self-efficacy. Secondarily, this study explores the associ...

OBJECTIVE Many Iranian adolescent girls are Fe-deficient, but it is unclear whether Fe deficiency is associated with other nutritional risk indicators. The present study aimed to investigate the association between Fe deficiency and weight status (measured as BMI) among a representative sample of adolescent girls. DESIGN A cross-sectional study. Fe-deficient high-school girls (with or without...

Anaemia due to iron deficiency is still a widespread problem. Among adolescent girls, it will bring negative consequences on growth, school performance, morbidity and reproductive performance. This cross sectional study aimed to identify the different nutritional and iron status characteristics of young adolescent girls 10-12 years old with iron deficiency anaemia and anaemia without iron defic...

OBJECTIVES The object of this study was to determine the relationship between body mass index (BMI) and early menarche in adolescent girls in Seoul. METHODS A retrospective study was conducted with 144 middle school students in Seoul who provided informed consent. We measured their body composition, and used the questionnaire survey method for data collection from November to December 2008. P...

OBJECTIVE To determine the characteristics of female US high school students reporting anabolic steroid use. DESIGN Cross-sectional assessment using the 2003 Centers for Disease Control and Prevention national school-based Youth Risk Behavior Survey database. SETTING Nationally representative sample of US high schools. PARTICIPANTS Female students in grades 9 through 12 (n = 7544). MAIN...