OBJECTIVES To evaluate the effectiveness of inviting teenagers to general practice consultations to discuss health behaviour concerns and appropriate follow up care. DESIGN Randomised controlled trial, with participants randomised to a consultation (intervention) or usual care (control). Questionnaires completed at baseline, 3 months, and 12 months. SETTING Eight general practices in Hertfo...

BACKGROUND AND STUDY HYPOTHESIS Are dyslexic children and teenagers more creative than non-dyslexic children and teenagers? Whether creativity is higher in dyslexia, and whether this could be related to neurological development specific to the dyslexic disorder, or to compensatory strategies acquired later in life, remains unclear. Here, we suggest an additional role of differential educational...

CONTEXT Fostering conventional goals is a key component of pregnancy prevention interventions for teenagers. However, research has not shown whether having goals independently influences sexual behavior, or whether the perception that pregnancy represents an impediment to achieving goals mediates any association. METHODS In 1999-2001, a racially mixed group of 351 sexually experienced female ...

OBJECTIVES This report presents national birth rates for teenagers for 1991-98 and the percent change, 1991-98. State-specific teenage birth rates by age, race, and Hispanic origin for 1991 and 1998 and the percent change, 1991 to 1998, are also presented. METHODS Tabular and graphical descriptions of the trends in teenage birth rates for the Nation and each State, by age group, race, and His...

This article examines trends in teen sexual behavior. Data were derived from 5 principal sources, which include: 1) the National Survey of Family Growth; 2) National Survey of Adolescent Males; 3) National Survey of Young Men; 4) Youth Risk Behavior Survey; and 5) National Survey for Men. There really was a sexual revolution, as the foregoing data indicate. An increase in sexual activity was...

BACKGROUND The objective of the study was to estimate the prevalence of HIV among teenagers in Zambia and determine whether age, sex, setting, educational level, marital and socioeconomic status were associated with being HIV positive. METHODS A cross sectional population based survey of the prevalence of HIV among teenagers aged 15-18 years old who were also participants in a national Tuberc...

background. teenagers, a huge age group in developing countries, face a period with many physical, mental and social problems. appropriate health education concerning their periodic development is of importance in community health services. the present study performed a comparative assessment of subjects’ knowledge, attitude and practice, concerning puberty health programs. method. in an interv...

almost 7,500 young people (between the ages of JO and 20) were admitted to mental illness hospitals 'n 1966?the last year for which figures are available. On the face of it the figure may not seem very large when compared with the total population of this age group (6,976,400) but it is a disturbing lumber simply because there are nothing like enough suitable facilities available for the treatm...

M ost of us have experienced that excruciating silence that often descends at the end of a scintillating seminar or even a symposium talk. We have invited a leading world expert to deliver a feisty lecture on the state-of-the-art and the ferment of ideas unleashed by their own findings. They have fulfilled the brief admirably, sticking zealously to the appointed 45-min time-slot, leaving ample ...