The survey was conducted in a phased manner in the six states, between January 2006 and April 2008. A total of 50,848 married and unmarried young men and women were interviewed in the survey. These included 8,052 married young men, 11,522 unmarried young men, 13,912 married young women and 17,362 unmarried young women. This brief is based on data obtained from 14,281 young men and 31,274 young ...

Blood hypercoagulability or thrombogenicity can be one of the main causes of the cardiovascular diseases in young population without traditional pathologic risk factors such as diabetes mellitus, hypertension or hyperlipidemia. The effect of aerobic exercise on coagulation and fibrinolysis has been studied extensively Regarding to the effectivness of resistance exercises to increase functional...

Teenage pregnancy prevention programmes targeted at young women have received considerable attention from researchers and programme developers. However, to date, relatively limited information is available on preventing teenage fatherhood or improving outcomes for young fathers. A notable gap is concerned with understanding the forms of sexual health programmes that are most effective from the ...

Four studies analyzed how sexual orientation (heterosexual vs. gay) and age categories (young elderly) referring to men are cognitively combined. In Study 1, young gay were judged as more prototypical of than adult or elderly men, while young, adult, heterosexual perceived equally men. 2, stereotyped by rather stereotypical traits, not in terms age. 3, gay-stereotypical orientation. 4, be elder...