BACKGROUND Young African American girls have a high risk of obesity. Online behavior change programs promoting healthy diet and physical activity are convenient and may be effective for reducing disparities related to obesity. This report presents the protocol guiding the design and evaluation of a culturally and developmental appropriate online obesity prevention program for young African Amer...

Background: Sexual activity begins early in Malawi and the HIV prevalence is high, particularly among young women ages 15-24. Enhancing self-efficacy, encouraging open communication and promoting goal-setting can influence young people to make positive choices that can, in turn, affect their risks for HIV. One approach for empowering young people to make healthier choices is entertainment educa...

Mainstream development actors are increasingly recognising the value of investment in girls and young women yet limited inroads have been made into achieving meaningful change, particularly in areas such as early marriage and pregnancy, maternal mortality, and gender-based violence. It is critical therefore that broader poverty reduction and development frameworks do not simply ‘add girls and s...

First, there was the book. Then there was the 1962 film followed by yet another filmic version in 1997 of Nabokov's (1958) infamous best seller Lolita. Simultaneously repulsive and fascinating mediated por­ trayals of young girls as inviting and willing participants in their own sexual exploitation have fueled many a male fantasy. Sexualized images of girls are not only found between the covers...

Data for the study were collected by 225 physicians in suburban practices who recorded the physical growth of 17,077 of their young female patients, of whom 90.4% were white and 9.6% were AfricanAmerican.[1] The authors of the study say their sample of girls was not selected randomly and therefore may not accurately represent the entire U.S. population of female children. However, they know of ...