During the past decade, increasing attention has been paid to the primary care level of service for children and adolescents with mental health problems. In particular, a number of national reports have advised service commissioners and providers to increase the amount of specialist child and adolescent mental health services (CAMHS) support to primary care colleagues (Department of Health/Depa...

A rights-based approach in HIV service delivery for adults is increasingly taking root in sub-Saharan Africa in the context of greater availability of antiretroviral therapy. Yet there has been comparatively little progress in strengthening a rights-based approach to adolescent HIV services, which we learned during a qualitative study in 2010 among 111 adolescents living with HIV, 21 parents an...

1 National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, Jerusalem, Israel 2 Health Services, Division for Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities, Ministry of Social Affairs and Social Services, Jerusalem, Israel 3 Division of Pediatrics, Hadassah Hebrew University Medical Center, Jerusalem, Israel 4 Division of Adolescent Medicine, Kentucky Children’s Hospital, University of Kentucky, ...

1 National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, Jerusalem, Israel 2 Health Services, Division for Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities, Ministry of Social Affairs and Social Services, Jerusalem, Israel 3 Division of Pediatrics, Hadassah Hebrew University Medical Center, Jerusalem, Israel 4 Division of Adolescent Medicine, Kentucky Children’s Hospital, University of Kentucky, ...

s d Mental health is essential for normal adolescent develpment. When adolescents’ mental health is compromised, dolescents, their families, their communities, and society ll bear a heavy burden. Mental health services are essential or adolescents having problems in this area. However, roblems related to financing continue to limit many adoescents’ access to mental health services in the United...

healthy lifestyle habits during adolescence can prevent many of the diseases and disabilities in adulthood and later. the aim of the study was to examine the role of education in improving lifestyles among iranian adolescents.this group randomized controlled trial was conducted during october 2010 until january 2011 in tehran. participants for this study were selected through a random sampling ...

adolescence is a transitional stage of physical and psychological human development that generally occurs during the period from puberty to legal adulthood. there are approximately 1.2 billion adolescents (10-19 years) globally, roughly 90% of whom live in low and middle-income countries. most are healthy, but there is still significant death, illness and diseases among adolescents. illnesses c...

Vaccines currently recommended for adolescents by the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices have the potential to improve the health of youth by preventing conditions such as: tetanus, pertussis, meningococcal disease, influenza, and genital warts, as well as later adult outcomes such as cervical and other human papillomavirus-related cancers. Adolescent vaccine coverage lags behind that...