Article history: Received 1 April 2016 Received in revised form 25 July 2016 Accepted 25 July 2016 Available online 01 August 2016 This study tests the hypotheses that school bonding mediates the relationship between adolescents' racial background and key risk behaviors (substance use, failing grades, and fighting). Data sources include an epidemiological survey administered at 50 urban schools...

BACKGROUND Limited access to weight management care can have a negative impact on the health and well-being of obese children and youth. Our objectives were to describe the characteristics of clients referred to a pediatric weight management centre and explore potential differences according to proximity. METHODS All demographic and anthropometric data were abstracted from standardized, one-p...

BACKGROUND Arm injuries in throwing athletes continue to increase. Injuries may be due to multiple variables, including inefficient body movement patterns, especially in young baseball throwers. It is unclear whether these patterns can be efficiently altered in this population. PURPOSE/HYPOTHESIS To investigate the effect of a novel 21-day throwing program on body movement patterns in youth b...

DIGGING DEEPER: AN EXAMINATION OF THE FUNDAMENTAL ORIGINS OF HIVRELATED STIGMA AMONGST ZULU YOUTH My thesis is a qualitative analysis of the origins of HIV-related stigma amongst the Zulu youth population in Durban, South Africa. Using data collected through interviews and focus groups with Durban youth and health educators, I challenge Erving Goffman’s microsociological work on stigma, proposi...

Leaders from the Canadian Society for Exercise Physiology convened representatives of national organizations, content experts, methodologists, stakeholders, and end-users who followed rigorous and transparent guideline development procedures to create the Canadian 24-Hour Movement Guidelines for Children and Youth: An Integration of Physical Activity, Sedentary Behaviour, and Sleep. These novel...

Sexual assault and harassment (SAH) has become an increasing global concern that disproportionately impacts gender sexual minority youth, yet research is scarce outside Western nations. In addition, are closely related experiences in both academic inquiries on victimization public discussion the #Metoo movement. Drawing from a large Chinese college student sample (N = 50,818), we investigated p...

On January 28, 2011, Egypt’s President, Hosni Mubarak, took the drastic and unprecedented step of shutting off the Internet for five days across an entire nation. His reason for doing so was simple: to halt the flow of communication and coordinated assembly taking place over social media platforms, like Facebook and Twitter. That Mubarak took this desperate step — which cost Egypt an estimated ...

Understanding disabled youth activism is key for improving young people’s participation in politics and social change. Young people require opportunities to situate historical biographical experiences within broader socio-economic contexts. This will lead a politicised consciousness surrounding disability, emancipation justice. article presents empirical data from the first study on contemporar...

AMA França C, Santos F, Caldeira R, et al. Strength and conditioning programs in youth athletes: a systematic review. Human Movement. 2023. doi:10.5114/hm.2023.127970. APA França, C., Santos, F., Caldeira, R., Marques, A., Ihle, & Lopes, H. (2023). https://doi.org/10.5114/hm.2023.127970 Chicago Cíntia, Francisco Romua ldo Adilson Andreas Helder Élvio Rúbio Gouveia. "Strength review". Harvard H....

With planetary health gaining traction as a global movement and problem-solving approach, this trans-disciplinary field is well-placed to provide an exciting dynamic platform promote engagement with young people. Previous studies have shown that although there great energy passion from youth, the community struggles in sustaining people’s motivations today’s crowded physical online environments...