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Anthropometry of height, weight, arm, wrist, abdominal circumference and body mass index, for Bolivian adolescents 12 to 18 years: Bolivian adolescent percentile values from the MESA study [PDF]

open access: yes, 2009
Anthropometry is important as clinical tool for individual follow-up as well as for planning and health policy-making at population level. Recent references of Bolivian Adolescents are not available.
Baya Botti, Ana Maria   +3 more
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Promoting radical healing to facilitate community capacity building among formerly incarcerated Black and Latino men with substance use disorders

open access: yesAmerican Journal of Community Psychology, EarlyView.
Abstract This study reports on a qualitative thematic analysis of secondary data from group session recordings collected as part of the Community Wise Optimization Trial. Community Wise is a multilevel behavioral intervention designed to increase critical consciousness and reduce substance use among formerly incarcerated men living in predominantly ...
Richmond E. Hayes   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Family Functionality and Dating Violence Among High School Students in Southern Peru

open access: yesAdolescents
Adolescence is a crucial transition stage for young people. While many physical, psychological, and social developmental changes are taking place, this may also be the time of a teenager’s first love relationship.
Silvia Quispe-Prieto   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Engaging and strengthening youth through international community‐based research: Implementation and evaluation of an International Youth Advisory Board

open access: yesAmerican Journal of Community Psychology, EarlyView.
Abstract Youth advisory boards are ubiquitous in community‐based research, yet there is limited description of their development or direct benefits to participants within international research contexts. This convergent mixed‐method study describes and evaluates the design and implementation of a bilingual International Youth Advisory Board (IYAB) of ...
Shelley L. Craig   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

Self-Efficacy in Life Skills and Psychological Correlates in Sicilian Adolescents: A Brief Report

open access: yesAdolescents
The aim of this paper is to discuss the findings derived from the associations between self-efficacy in life skills and its major psychological correlates (psychological well-being, resilience, and coping strategies) in various convenience samples of ...
Maria Luisa Indiana, Elisabetta Sagone
doaj   +1 more source

“I never realized how hard recovery is.” A quasi‐experimental evaluation of a youth participatory action research project for opioid prevention

open access: yesAmerican Journal of Community Psychology, EarlyView.
Abstract Youth participatory action research (YPAR) has been effectively used for substance use prevention. Yet, YPAR has not been evaluated for opioids, which negatively impact individuals and communities across the United States. The current study evaluated an opioid‐focused YPAR project.
Elizabeth H. Weybright   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

Adolescent Development in Unprecedented Times: A Comparative Study of Theory of Mind Before and After COVID-19

open access: yesAdolescents
The coronavirus disease of 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic represented a significant global event that disrupted the typical social lives of adolescents. Studies show that the pandemic negatively impacted adolescent well-being.
Meghan L. Maynard   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Using community‐based participatory research to contextualize Latino exposure to community violence: A mixed qualitative and spatial analysis approach

open access: yesAmerican Journal of Community Psychology, EarlyView.
Abstract While the relationship between community violence exposure and maladaptive outcomes has been established, the dynamic between violence exposure and resilience factors in youth is not well understood. The current study utilizes a community‐based participatory research (CBPR) framework and employs a novel mixed‐methods approach integrating ...
Kyle C. Deane   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Predictive Markers and Self-Perceived Health in Adolescents: An Exploration Through a School-Based Public Health Survey

open access: yesAdolescents
Adolescence is a critical developmental stage marked by significant physical, emotional, and social changes that profoundly influence health behaviors.
José Antonio Zafra-Agea   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

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