Youth decision making involvement (DMI) refers to youth engagement in decisions, including active participation and adult attempts involve youth. DMI may teach teens how make enhance self-efficacy, promote adherence be especially important for from racial/ethnic minority groups, who experience disparities interactions with health care providers quality of care. The few interventions that addres...

Research testifies that images of tobacco use in popular films are highly pervasive and typically glamorised. There are concerns that these images may promote motivations to smoke in adolescents, but little is known about how these images are interpreted by members of this age group. A qualitative study was conducted to explore how older teenagers interpret and decode smoking imagery in film. T...

OBJECTIVES To compare national fatality rates for teen drivers by vehicle type. METHODS Fatality rates were calculated for 16- to 19-year-old drivers by vehicle type using data from the Fatal Analysis Reporting System (1999-2003) and estimates of miles driven from the National Household Transportation Survey (2001). Relative fatality risks for teen drivers of sports utility vehicles (SUVs) an...

OBJECTIVE To compare academic and cognitive ability, attention, attitudes, and behavior of extremely low birth weight (ELBW) adolescents who are free of major impairments at 17 years of age with term-born control subjects. METHODS Between January 31, 1981, and February 9, 1986, 250 infants of < or =800 g were admitted for intensive care in British Columbia, 98 (39%) of whom survived to late a...

BACKGROUND Physical activity decreases from childhood through adulthood. Among youth, teenagers (teens) achieve the lowest levels of physical activity, and high school age youth are particularly at risk of inactivity. Effective methods are needed to increase youth physical activity in a way that can be maintained through adulthood. Because teens text a great deal, text messages promoting walkin...

This paper reports on the first phase of a two-part research study into the role of pleasure reading in the lives of Nova Scotia teenagers. Phase one, a quantitative survey, provides essential background context for the second phase, which uses qualitative methodology to illuminate and enrich the findings from the preliminary survey research. Résumé : Cet article présente la première phase d’un...

Dandruff is a common problem in both teens and adults. This study to evaluate the role of bacteria fungi associated with dandruff seborrheic dermatitis. Malassezia furfur (70%) was predominant isolate, followed by globosa (30%) which included mixed infection (15%) M. together adding as significant causative agents (p < 0.00001) compared healthy teens. A qualitative in-vitro susceptibility perfo...

The opportunity for online engagement increases possible exposure to potentially risky behaviors teens, which may have significant negative consequences. Effective family communication about safety can help reduce the adolescent behavior and limit consequences after it occurs. Our paper contributes a theory of factors that positively influence teen parent perception provides design implications...