Menarche is the first period of menstruation in woman reproduction cycles. Several epidemiology study revealed the earlier onset of age of menarche. Better nutritional status, e.g. overweight-obese, is considered as one factor contributes to this condition. We want toknow the association between overweight-obese girls and age of menarche. A cross sectional study was performed in SDN 1 Kleco Sur...

Gender segregation in employment may be explained by women's reluctance to choose technical occupations. However, the foundations for career choices are laid much earlier. Educational experts claim that female students are doing better in math and science and are more likely to choose these subjects if they are in single-sex classes. One possible explanation is that coeducational settings reinf...

Baseline assessments of 4 to 8-year-old children, 26 girls and 101 boys, referred to outpatient treatment for disruptive behaviors, were examined, focusing on possible differences between the functioning of boys and girls and their families. Child variables included diagnostic information, measures of disruptive behaviors, social competence, and independent observations of child behaviors. A va...

BACKGROUND The Department of Health launched a national human papillomavirus immunisation programme for girls aged 12-13 years in September 2008. AIM To assess the feasibility and acceptability of implementing a school-based programme. METHOD HPV vaccination was offered over one academic year by two PCTs in 36 schools to 12-13-year-old girls, using different implementation plans. RESULTS ...

BACKGROUND Many adolescents are not sufficiently active and girls are less active than boys. Physical activity interventions delivered during curriculum time have reported weak effects. More sustained changes in physical activity may be obtained by facilitating participation in enjoyable activities. Dance is the favourite activity of UK girls but there is a shortage of dance provision. Dance se...

Caries ferr is  an epidemiologic index for prevalence of dental caries in a society and it means that persons who do not have any dental caries,in other words,that equal to DMF=0.to determine the prevalence of caries ferr in 12 year-old student in Guidance school in sirjan city,this study was carried out with the method of WHO index in 1996.on the bases of a pilot study the of sample size was d...

the prevalence of underweight is significant as up to 18 % school-aged children suffer from insufficient body weight, and this problem especially relevant for adolescent girls. Determining relationship between physical fitness level activity important characterizing health status school children. aim study was carry out a comparative analysis indicators in 12-13-year-old girls with different we...

BACKGROUND The purpose of this study was to examine the association between weight status and exposure to bullying among 11-, 13- and 15-year-old Danish school children. Furthermore, the purpose was to investigate the potentially mediating effect of body image. METHODS Data from the Danish contribution to the international cross-sectional research project Health Behaviour in School-aged Child...

In 2012, human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccination was introduced free of charge in the Swedish national school-based vaccination programme for 10-12-year-old girls, and as catch-up vaccination for young women. In Sweden, there is an ongoing discussion about including boys in the national vaccination programme. Few studies are undertaken about adolescents' knowledge, beliefs and HPV vaccination st...