OBJECTIVES To determine whether there was an independent effect of breastfeeding on child and adolescent mental health. STUDY DESIGN The Western Australian Pregnancy Cohort (Raine) Study recruited 2900 pregnant women and followed the live births for 14 years. Mental health status was assessed by the Child Behaviour Checklist (CBCL) at 2, 6, 8, 10, and 14 years. Maternal pregnancy, postnatal, ...

OBJECTIVES To provide health care professionals in Canada with the basic knowledge and tools to provide nutrition guidance to women through their lifecycle. OUTCOMES Optimal nutrition through the female lifecycle was evaluated, with specific focus on adolescence, pre-conception, pregnancy, postpartum, menopause, and beyond. The guideline begins with an overview of guidance for all women, foll...

The adolescent period is associated with changes in eating and activity behaviors in girls. Less reliance on parental provision and choice of food, coupled with a decrease in participation in physical activity and sport, can create an energy imbalance, predisposing to weight gain. Physiological alterations to body composition, reduction in insulin sensitivity, and psychological adjustments may ...

Prenatal cocaine exposure has been linked to neurocognitive and developmental outcomes throughout childhood. The cardiovascular toxicity of cocaine is also markedly increased in pregnancy, but it is unknown whether this toxicity affects anthropometric growth and the development of cardiometabolic disease risk factors in the offspring across the lifespan. During the early 1990s, the Miami Prenat...

Schizophrenia is an aetiologically heterogeneous syndrome that usually becomes overtly manifest in adolescence and early adulthood, but in many cases subtle impairments in neurointegrative function are present from birth; hence it is considered to be a disorder with a neurodevelopmental component. The strongest risk factor that has been identified is familial risk with genetic loading. Other ri...

BACKGROUND Adolescence is the most important and sensitive period of one's life [1] . According to the World Health Organization (WHO) Expert Committee, adolescence is defined as the period between 10 and 19 years, the second decade of life. OBJECTIVE To determine the effectiveness of an educational intervention program on knowledge of reproductive health among adolescent girls. SETTINGS AN...

INTRODUCTION This paper reports on the prevalence, factors and patterns of cigarette smoking among rural California American Indian (AI) adults. METHODS Thirteen Indian health clinic registries formed the random household survey sampling frame (N = 457). Measures included socio-demographics, age at smoking initiation, intention to quit, smoking usage, smoking during pregnancy, health effects ...

Anemia in pregnant women can increase the risk of maternal and infant mortality. Pregnant really need tablets to blood (iron) avoid anemia. Prevention anemia pregnancy starts from adolescence when it is declared by consuming iron folic acid supplements. People who have potential experience are women. Educational activities for prevention were held on Sunday, July 17, 2022 at RT Kembangan Regenc...

the present study was conducted to evaluate the effect of  training on personality formation and mental development of childhood and adolescence. it is important to understand how children develop physically, socially, emotionally and intellectually to know that all areas of development are equally as important as each other, and that all impact on one another. biological and cognitive changes ...

deafness is a heterogeneous condition with far-reaching effects on social, emotional, and cognitive development. many regard themselves as members of a cultural minority who use sign language. they should not continue to be neglected in research on depression. the purpose of this article is to investigate depression among the deaf people based on researches results. we identified relevant studi...