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Identifying patterns of weight-related health behaviors among US adolescents, and associated risk of obesity [PDF]

open access: yes, 2019
Little is known about the current complex pattern of weight-related health behaviors among adolescents in the US. The goal of this report was to develop and examine a comprehensive latent class analysis (LCA) model examining the prevalence of combined ...
Zhu, Jieyi
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The age-specific burden and household and school-based predictors of child and adolescent tuberculosis infection in rural Uganda. [PDF]

open access: yes, 2020
BackgroundThe age-specific epidemiology of child and adolescent tuberculosis (TB) is poorly understood, especially in rural areas of East Africa. We sought to characterize the age-specific prevalence and predictors of TB infection among children and ...
Atukunda, Mucunguzi   +14 more
core   +2 more sources

Effectiveness of Native STAND: A Five-Year Study of a Culturally Relevant Sexual Health Intervention

open access: yesAdolescents, 2021
Culturally relevant interventions have the potential to improve adolescent health and protective factors associated with sexual risk taking. We evaluated the impact of the Native STAND curriculum with American Indian and Alaska Native (AI/AN or Native ...
Megan Skye   +9 more
doaj   +1 more source

Social Determinants of Narcotics Use Susceptibility among School-Attending Adolescents in Bissau, Guinea-Bissau: A Cross-Sectional Analysis

open access: yesAdolescents, 2021
Balanced medical and criminal justice approaches addressing determinants of alcohol and other drugs (AOD) use are central to achieving the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals 3 and 16.
Jon Edmund Bollom   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Antiretroviral Therapy outcomes among adolescents and youth in rural Zimbabwe [PDF]

open access: yes, 2012
Around 2 million adolescents and 3 million youth are estimated to be living with HIV worldwide. Antiretroviral outcomes for this group appear to be worse compared to adults. We report antiretroviral therapy outcomes from a rural setting in Zimbabwe among
C Bakanda   +22 more
core   +3 more sources

“Diabetes Makes You Feel Lonely When You’re the Only One”: A Qualitative Study of Identity Development among Young People Living at a Residential Care Facility for People with Diabetes

open access: yesAdolescents, 2021
Young people with poorly regulated diabetes often experience recurrent hospitalization, behavioral problems, higher incidence of psychiatric disorders, as well as family dysfunction.
Dan Grabowski   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Perceived Family Life Quality in Junior Secondary School Students in Hong Kong [PDF]

open access: yes, 2013
The file attached to this record is the author's final peer reviewed version. The Publisher's final version can be found by following the DOI link.The present longitudinal study examined perceived family functioning and related socio-demographic ...
Leung, Hildie   +2 more
core   +1 more source

Reported Perpetration of Intimate Partner Violence among Adolescent Girls: Motivations and IPV Victimization

open access: yesAdolescents, 2022
Background: Studies on intimate partner violence (IPV) perpetration by girls and women have found self-defense is a common motivation. Current items—namely the abbreviated items from the Conflicts Tactics Scale (CTS)—used to measure IPV perpetration may ...
Emily R. Kahn   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source

Food insecurity and linear growth of adolescents in Jimma Zone, Southwest Ethiopia [PDF]

open access: yes, 2013
Background: Although many studies showed that adolescent food insecurity is a pervasive phenomenon in Southwest Ethiopia, its effect on the linear growth of adolescents has not been documented so far.
Gebremariam, Abebe   +5 more
core   +2 more sources

Children’s and Adolescents’ Pet Attachment, Empathy, and Compassionate Responding to Self and Others

open access: yesAdolescents, 2022
The research shows that children’s and adolescents’ attachments with pets play an important role in their social and emotional lives. However, little research exists on how children and adolescents show compassion toward themselves and others and how ...
Sandra Bosacki   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

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