Every year, some 3.9 million girls aged 15 to 19 years undergo unsafe abortions (1). Approximately 16 million girls aged 15 to 19 years and 2.5 million girls under 16 years give birth each year in developing regions (2, 3). Complications during pregnancy and childbirth are the leading cause of death for 15 to 19 year-old girls globally (4). Adolescent mothers (ages 10 to 19 years) face higher r...

background & aim: qualitative perspectives on reproductive health (rh) facilities, adolescent friendly health services (afhs) still remain unexplored among indian adolescents. the aim of our study was to explore the perceptions and awareness about reproductive health and its facilities among adolescents in two districts in india. methods: a qualitative study design using fgd was adopted. strati...

background : since risk factors of hypertension are formed during adolescent period and regarding that attitudes change occurs more easily in these ages, the present paper aimed to evaluate the impact of education based on the theory of planned behavior in hypertension prevention behaviors in female adolescent students. methods : in this quasi-experimental study, 160 girls of 12-16 yr old (80 i...

OBJECTIVE Alcohol expectancies are developed, in part, through exposure to health messages, the understanding of which may be influenced by health literacy. This study explores the relationships among health literacy, alcohol expectancies, and alcohol use behaviors in teens. METHODS We studied alcohol use behaviors in the past six months in youths aged 14-19 recruited from two adolescent medi...

objective: this study aimed to determine the relations between cognitive variables (self efficacy, locus of control, and dysfunctional attitudes) and psychological morbidities with using doping agents in adolescent athletes. methods: we conducted a case-control study in kermanshah among adolescent athletes using 50 athletic drug users with reported use as a case group and 50 athletic nonusers a...

BACKGROUND There is an emerging focus on adolescent health within the global health community as we come to recognize that the adolescent years are formative in determining health and health-related behaviours across the life-course. Such attention is not only relevant on the global scale but is imperative in Canada as well. MAIN BODY This commentary provides a brief review of recent investme...

Background: During the growth process, young adults are often exposed to and involved in a number of risky behaviors which can have permanent social and health-related consequences. Moreover in clinical practice with adolescents, they frequently miss to comply with a therapeutic program. In this regard, designing proper interventions for adolescent behaviors is necessary. Psychodrama is a kind ...

PURPOSE The aim of this study was to examine the association of negative life events and parent-adolescent attachment relationship quality with mental health problems and to explore an interaction between the parent-adolescent attachment relationship and one or multiple negative life events on the mental health of adolescents. METHODS A two-year longitudinal study was conducted among first-ye...