BACKGROUND & OBJECTIVES Primary health care (PHC) physicians are foremost to confront childhood and adolescent obesity. Our objective was to evaluate PHC Physicians perspectives for managing overweight/obesity in children and adolescents. METHODS PHC services from eight public hospitals in Riyadh participated. A self-administered tool maintaining anonymity evaluated facilitators and barriers ...

The popularity of gaming has greatly increased, especially among children and adolescents. As such, spending too much time playing games become a serious issue may have adverse effects on the quality life This paper is aimed at identifying factors degree influence that leads to addiction its impact Thai Data were collected from 2,044 adolescents in form questionnaire five major regions Thailand...

background: the ultimate goal of diabetes control is hba 1c improvement. the purpose of this study was to assess the effect of empowerment model on hba 1c among adolescents with type 1 diabetes. methods: the present semi-experimental study was carried out on some 47 diabetic adolescents in order to investigate the effect of an educational program based on the empowerment model on hba 1c among a...

Background and Objectives: The observance of professional ethics is one of the most important expectations from health care team whose application has a tremendous effect on treatment course. The aim of this study was to investigate barriers to observance of the codes of professional ethics in clinical settings from the perspectives of nurses and midwifery in hospitals affiliated with Qom Unive...

BACKGROUND/AIMS The transition of adolescents with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) from pediatric to adult care requires a well-structured standardized protocol to ensure the delivery of optimal healthcare and decrease the risk of nonadherence, hospitalizations, and complications. The aims of this survey are to evaluate current IBD transition practices adopted by gastroenterology services acro...

OBJECTIVE Pediatric emergency department (PED) providers are strategically positioned to identify adolescents with depression. Our objectives were to describe health care providers' perspectives on adolescent depression and the role of depression screening in the PED. METHODS We conducted semistructured interviews with 41 health care providers from an urban, academic PED (including PED attend...

OBJECTIVE School-based health centers (SBHCs) have been suggested as possible patient-centered medical homes. Our objectives were to determine, in a low-income, urban population, adolescents' reasons for visiting SBHCs and the value parents place on SBHC services, and adolescents' and parents' assessment of how well SBHCs fulfill criteria for a medical home as defined by the American Academy of...

BACKGROUND Understanding the correlates of dietary intake is necessary in order to effectively promote healthy dietary behavior among children and adolescents. A literature review was conducted on the correlates of the following categories of dietary intake in children and adolescents: Fruit, Juice and Vegetable Consumption, Fat in Diet, Total Energy Intake, Sugar Snacking, Sweetened Beverage C...

Delia Latina (2016): Self-harm: Interpersonal and holistic perspectives. Örebro Studies in Psychology 35. Who are the adolescents who purposely cut or burn their wrists, arms, or some other parts of their body? The fundamental question I raise in this dissertation is whether or not the portrait of self-harming adolescents as being exposed to others’ hostility in their everyday life environments...

During the transformative period of adolescence, social influence plays a prominent role in shaping young people's emerging social identities, and can impact their propensity to engage in prosocial or risky behaviors. In this study, we examine the neural correlates of social influence from both parents and peers, two important sources of influence. Nineteen adolescents (age 16-18 years) complet...