Background: Adolescence is a critical stage of growth and development. That is associated with changes in body shape and appearance. Issues such as irregular menstrual periods, amenorrhea, and menstrual cycle are major issues in women's health. The purpose of this study was to examine the determinants of physical puberty health based on the Health Belief Model (HBM) among female adolescents. Me...

Basic knowledge of human reproduction can help youth prepare for puberty and make later classes focused on advanced reproductive health topics manageable. With the intention of potentially informing the creation of learning materials, we conducted a needs assessment among children ages 7 to 12 in our suburban Chicago community to ascertain their current understanding of, and beliefs and misconc...

a Dimagi, Inc., 585 Massachusetts Ave, Suite 3, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA Correspondence to Vikram Kumar (email: [email protected]) Ruby, a 16-year-old girl who has recently entered puberty, sits next to an Accredited Social Health Activist (ASHA), named Sangeeta, who lives in Ruby’s village Kalua in Bihar and provides basic health services and education as a volunteer for India’s National ...

Societal transformations in South Africa and elsewhere have contributed to lengthening the period between puberty and marriage, particularly for girls, and have led to greater opportunities for youth to extend their education and skills development. But they have also increased adolescents’ exposure to sexual activity, with its attendant health and social consequences, including unwanted pregna...

While school-based sex education is one of the key program and policy solutions to improve adolescent sexual health outcomes, new efforts are needed to strengthen its overall impact. The cognitive, hormonal, emotional, and physical changes that accompany the onset of puberty and occur throughout the teenage years play a significant role in aspects of adolescent sexual risk taking. Thus, one app...

When they reach puberty, adolescents need to learn about reproductive health. Giving health education prevent issues with their is one method boost awareness of The purpose this study determine how has affected students' knowledge 24 persons were gathered using the convenience sample method. Pre-experimental design one-group pretest-post-test technique employed. A questionnaire was employed as ...