BACKGROUND Adolescence in females signifies the transition from girlhood to womanhood and is marked with the onset of menarche. Indian society is interwoven into a set of traditions, myths and misconceptions, especially regarding menstruation and related issues. The present study was conducted to assess knowledge and psycho-social behavior related to menstruation among adolescent girls in urban...

BACKGROUND The Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices has recommended routine childhood hepatitis A vaccination in states and communities where the incidence of disease exceeds the national average, but most adolescents are currently unprotected from infection. OBJECTIVE To estimate clinical and economic consequences of vaccinating adolescents against hepatitis A in the 10 states with t...

social anxiety disorder is a common anxiety disorders in childhood and adolescence. adolescence is a period during which the individual believes will lead to different outcomes. the aim of this study was to compare early maladaptive schemas in two groups of adolescents with social anxiety disorder and normal adolescents. the present study was causal-comparative. population was consisted of all ...

International Family Planning Perspectives With the widespread acceptance of family planning, nearly every Asian country has experienced a drop in birthrates. However, national populations are expected to grow well into the next century because of population momentum— a consequence of the increasing numbers of adolescents* and young people in the region. The generation entering the adolescent y...

INTRODUCTION Evaluating interventions for reducing unintended adolescent pregnancy is necessary to ensure quality and efficacy. The purpose of this study was to examine core case management practices and processes for engaging high-risk girls in Prime Time, an intensive multi-component intervention from the perspectives of intervention program staff. METHOD Structured individual interviews we...

Adolescents participating in weight loss programs experience difficulty adhering to behavior change recommendations. Communications technology provides a low cost means to increase the frequency of contact with adolescents which can improve their engagement and also lead to behavior change. Within a larger project on the development of tailored text messages for adolescents enrolled in an exist...

Although interethnic friendships are among the best indicators of social adaptation to a new cultural context, adolescent immigrants form friendships predominantly within their own ethnic community, a phenomenon called friendship homophily. In this article, I focus on the acculturation of immigrant adolescents and on the factors that lead them to form friendships within their group, including a...

BACKGROUND: Early marriage is subject to the loss of crucial moments in adolescence. Therefore, current research focuses on how adolescents consider early marriage. AIM: This study aimed explore adolescents’ perspectives small islands regarding METHOD: In this case, perspective eight as an actor and non-actor influence society their was revealed using a phenomenological design. Domain analysis ...

This study integrates an intersectional framework with data on 15,000 U.S. ninth graders from the High School Longitudinal Study of 2009 to investigate differences in ninth-grade math course placement at intersection adolescents’ learning disability status, race, and socioeconomic status (SES). Descriptive results support increased liability perspective, negative relationship between a larger f...

objective: this survey aimed at studying the effects of socioeconomic and family factors in adolescents’ tendency towards smoking, alcohol consumption, and drug abuse. methods: using multistage sampling, 3530 high school students were selected in tehran, iran. they completed the iranian adolescents risk behavior scale questionnaire (iars) and demographic questionnaire with the main focus on the...