OBJECTIVE To investigate the prevalence of adolescent idiopathic scoliosis in school children from 10 to 14 years in public schools in Goiânia, GO, Brazil. METHODS In a cross-sectional study, 476 students were randomly selected from 5 public schools, from a total of 33,343 students distributed in 162 schools. These subjects received the informed consent prior, which was returned after being s...

OBJECTIVE The current study compared the prevalence of disordered eating attitudes and behaviors among adolescent ballet dancers at national, regional, and local schools. METHOD Female ballet students (N = 239; mean age = 15.0 +/- 1.5 years) from five geographically disparate summer programs completed the Eating Dis-order Inventory (EDI) and answered questions regarding eating disorder sympto...

OBJECTIVE To determine the frequency, experiences and correlates of sexual violence among female adolescents in Riyadh city, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. METHODS A cross-sectional survey was conducted in 2 schools in Riyadh city for adolescent females starting from January 2008 for 3 months. Five classes with 25 students in each were randomly selected from intermediate and secondary grade of each...

In this study, the authors explore English as a Second Language (ESL) placement as a measure of how schools label and process immigrant students. Using propensity score matching and data from the Adolescent Health and Academic Achievement Study and the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent Health, the authors estimate the effect of ESL placement on immigrant achievement. In schools with mor...

conclusion premenstrual disorders are common in adolescent girls. preventive and treatment strategies are highly recommended. background premenstrual disorders usually refer to premenstrual syndrome (pms) and premenstrual dysphoric disorder (pmdd). this study was designed to find out the frequency of premenstrual disorders and evaluate the associated factors in a sample of iranian adolescents. ...

snoring can occur alone or it may be the presenting feature of obstructive sleep apnea and other common chronic conditions. in our study, we aimed to estimate the prevalence and correlates of snoring in adolescent students in tehran, iran. a cross-sectional study was designed and students were selected from 20 secondary and high schools, in 5 different zones in tehran in order to have a represe...

the purpose of this research was to determine the effect of volleyball skills training and problem solving on adolescent girls self-efficacy. the research method was semi-experimental and conducted in as pre-test and post-test with four experimental groups.the research statistical population consisted of all first grade students of broujen high schools in the academic year of 2009-2010(1388-89s...

BACKGROUND Adolescent students are vulnerable group for tobacco addiction. Tobacco use among school children is becoming a serious problem in developing countries. This study was carried out to estimate the prevalence of tobacco use and to determine associated factors among adolescent students of Kalaiya municipality. METHODS A cross sectional survey was carried out by self-administered quest...