Recent studies have shown that adolescents have initiated their sex lives earlier and earlier, without, however, receiving consistent sex education. The objectives of this study were to analyze the sexual behavior of adolescent high school students and identify the habits of sexual health in sexually active adolescent high school students. An exploratory study was conducted with 680 adolescents...

Health insurance coverage plays a key role in meeting adolescents’ needs by increasing their access to health care, yet adolescents are more likely to lack coverage than younger children.1 One in seven adolescents ages 10 to 18 has no form of public or private insurance.2 Even higher rates of uninsurance are found among lowincome, black, and Hispanic adolescents. For lowincome adolescents, insu...

OBJECTIVES This study examines whether there is a difference between urban versus suburban and rural adolescents in their use of health services following two types of self-harm distinguished as self-harm with or without suicide intent. SETTING A nationwide cross-sectional school survey of 11 406 Norwegian adolescents aged 13-19 years in 73 Norwegian junior and senior high schools. PARTICIP...

PROBLEM Gang violence affects many adolescents in the United States, and there has been an increase in violent crimes against adolescents in recent years. METHOD A literature review examined studies related to gang violence. FINDINGS Little research has focused on adolescents' exposure to gang violence and its effects on adolescents' mental health. Adolescents develop internalizing symptoms...

OBJECTIVE We examined the relation of adolescent goals to psychological well-being and diabetes health. METHOD We used personal project analysis to elicit the goals that adolescents with (n = 110) and without type 1 diabetes (n = 117) have. Adolescents evaluated several project dimensions (progress, stress, typicality, happiness, extent desired by others). Psychological well-being and diabete...

Adolescents are in the stage of frequent mental health problems, it is great practical significance to pay attention teenagers. Affective differentiation refers people's perception subdivided emotions, which believed be closely related health. However, little known about relationship between adolescents' factors and emotional differentiation. In this regard, paper aims clarify adolescents diffe...

BACKGROUND This study aimed at examining the relationship between parental subjective health status and adolescents' health-related quality of life (HRQoL) as well as the role of gender, socioeconomic status, presence of chronic health care needs and social support on the above interaction. METHODS Questionnaires were administered to a Greek nation-wide random sample of adolescents (N = 1,194...

OBJECTIVES The purpose of this study was to examine agreement between adolescents and their parents about whether or not the adolescent had a special health care need, using the Children with Special Health Care Needs (CSHCN) Screener. METHODS Telephone surveys that included the CSHCN Screener were conducted with 522 adolescents and their parents who were new enrollees in Florida's State Chil...