Sentences with phrase «health of adolescent girls»

«This is a preliminary study, but it shows that the HEART intervention can make a difference in the sexual health of adolescent girls,» Widman says.

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A study published in the November 2004 issue of the Journal of Adolescent Health looked at the relationship between family eating patterns and disordered eating among both girls and boys.

This programme initiated by the Ghana Health Service will be run in phases with the first phase targeting about 360,000 in - school adolescent girls and close to 600,000 out of schoolgirls in four regions.

Launching the initiative at the Sunyani Jubilee Park today, the First Lady noted that «Anaemia is a serious public health problem that affects women, adolescent girls and children and current data indicates that over four in ten women have Anaemia in Ghana and about half of all adolescent girls and pregnant women in Ghana are also Anaemic.»

An increased commitment to the rights and voices of women and adolescent girls within national family planning and reproductive health programs.

«Boys and girls in countries rich and poor enter teens with damaging gender stereotypes firmly set: Researchers say 15 - country investigation shows adolescent interventions should begin with preteens to avoid health risks of «gender straitjackets» that include abuse and suicide.»

Currently, it is recommended that teenagers perform a minimum of 60 minutes of daily exercise to prevent future disease, however according to the Health Survey for England less than 30 % of adolescent boys and 20 % of adolescent girls achieve this amount.

Wong and her co-authors analyzed data collected via interviews and questionnaires from 6,504 adolescents (52 % girls, 48 % boys) participating in the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent Health.

The research relied on publicly available data collected from 3,870 girls, ages 13 to 17, from the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent to Adult Health.

A recent study in The Journal of Adolescent Health found a surprisingly common reason: developing breasts, and girls» attitudes about them.

It is difficult to determine exactly what proportion of those losses are due to maternal malnutrition, but recent research indicates that 60 percent of deaths of children under age 5 are associated with malnutrition — and children's malnutrition is strongly correlated with mothers» poor nutritional status.17 Problems related to anemia, for example, including cognitive impairment in children and low productivity in adults, cost US$ 5 billion a year in South Asia alone.18 Illness associated with nutrient deficiencies have significantly reduced the productivity of women in less developed countries.19 A recent report from Asia shows that malnutrition reduces human productivity by 10 percent to 15 percent and gross domestic product by 5 percent to 10 percent.20 By improving the nutrition of adolescent girls and women, nations can reduce health care costs, increase intellectual capacity, and improve adult productivity.21

From legislative frameworks to classroom practices, gender - sensitive curricula, sexual and reproductive health information, education and services, and data collection, the new Joint Programme will provide a coordinated and collaborative response to the persistent gender gap in education — with a specific focus on adolescent girls and young women between the ages of 10 and 24.

14, are developing Girls Thinking Global, a network connecting organizations around the world that focus on the education, health, life - skills training, and civic engagement of adolescent gGirls Thinking Global, a network connecting organizations around the world that focus on the education, health, life - skills training, and civic engagement of adolescent girlsgirls.

Our guest today is Lynne Griffin, author of the family - focused novels Girl Sent Away, Sea Escape, and Life Without Summer, as well as the nonfiction parenting guides Let's Talk About It: Adolescent Mental Health and Negotiation Generation — Take Back Your Parental Authority Without Punishment.

The rates and patterns of eating problems in this sample confirm that eating problems pose a serious health problem for adolescent girls, many of whom are still growing.

For example, Klein and Wilson found in a national (United States) sample of adolescent boys and girls that the majority (70.9 %) report at least 1 of 8 potential health risks, but most (63 %) had not spoken to their doctor about any of these [2].

The primary studies conducted under the aegis of the Adolescent Study Program include the Cross-Sectional Adolescent Girls» Study, the Early Adolescence Study, the Late Adolescence Study, the Mother — Daughter Interactions Study, the Bone Density Study, and the Girls» Health and Development Project.

A review of twenty studies on the adult lives of antisocial adolescent girls found higher mortality rates, a variety of psychiatric problems, dysfunctional and violent relationships, poor educational achievement, and less stable work histories than among non-delinquent girls.23 Chronic problem behavior during childhood has been linked with alcohol and drug abuse in adulthood, as well as with other mental health problems and disorders, such as emotional disturbance and depression.24 David Hawkins, Richard Catalano, and Janet Miller have shown a similar link between conduct disorder among girls and adult substance abuse.25 Terrie Moffitt and several colleagues found that girls diagnosed with conduct disorder were more likely as adults to suffer from a wide variety of problems than girls without such a diagnosis.26 Among the problems were poorer physical health and more symptoms of mental illness, reliance on social assistance, and victimization by, as well as violence toward, partners.

The Determinants of Health: Neighborhood Characteristics, Obesity and the Mental Health of African - American Adolescent Girls

She is currently funded by the National Institute of Mental Health to develop an intervention to reduce dating violence and sexual risk behaviors among adolescent girls with prior dating violence exposure.

Sexual and reproductive health needs of adolescent girls from conservative and low - income families in Erzurum, Turkey

Dr. Blum's previous experience includes: Supervising Psychologist at the Institute for Girls» Development in Pasadena; Supervising Psychologist for Children's Hospital - Los Angeles; Staff Researcher at the UCLA Center for Adolescent Health Promotion; and Director of Education for the HiTOPS Teen Health Center in Princeton, NJ, where she designed educational programs for teens, parents, and teachers on healthy adolescent deAdolescent Health Promotion; and Director of Education for the HiTOPS Teen Health Center in Princeton, NJ, where she designed educational programs for teens, parents, and teachers on healthy adolescent deadolescent development.

Adult physical health out comes of adolescent girls with conduct disorder, depression, and anxiety.

It is also essential for improving maternal and newborn health: Around the world, complications from pregnancy and childbirth the leading killer of adolescent girls (ages 15 - 19).

How adolescent girls differ from one another in dispositional coping tendencies and shift specific coping strategies in response to varying stressors have been theorized as important predictors of their adaptation, health, and well - being during this dynamic period of development.

The Parental Bonds of Adolescent Girls and Next - Generation Maternal - Infant Bonding: Findings from the Victorian Intergenerational Health Cohort Study

Dr. Elders» work in endocrinology is what first piqued her interest in adolescent sexual health — some of her young patients, such as young girls with diabetes, would face serious health risks if they were to become pregnant.

Across the country, the use of LARCs among adolescent girls has been increasing even as teenage pregnancy rates have been falling, according to Heather Boonstra, director of public policy at the Guttmacher Institute, a nonprofit advocacy organization for sexual and reproductive health issues.

Gender differences in mental health symptoms have been traditionally reported in the general population of adolescents, with the prevalence of internalizing symptoms (i.e., depression, anxiety) greater in adolescent girls (Birmaher et al., 1996) and the prevalence of externalizing symptoms (i.e., aggression, conduct problems) greater in boys (Dekovic, Buist, & Reitz, 2004; Leadbeater, Kuperminc, Blatt, & Hertzog, 1999).

[jounal] McCarty, C. A. / 2008 / Adolescent School Failure Predicts Later Depression Among Girls / Journal of Adolescent Health 43: 180 ~ 187

The lack of data on the health of indigenous women and adolescent girls is masking huge disparities between populations, preventing effective action to address it.

[jounal] Brown, K. M. / 1998 / Changes in self - esteem inblack and white girls between the ages of 9 and 14 years / Journal of Adolescent Health 23 (1): 7 ~ 19

Although the results of this study clearly demonstrate a link between health risk behavior and the experience of dating violence among adolescent girls, further research is necessary to identify mechanisms by which violence from dating partners may relate to other health risk behaviors and determine the chronology of these factors.

The current study aims to explain these dynamic processes among a sample of 1156 American adolescents in grades 9 — 11 (48.6 % girls, 23.4 % European American, 25.2 % African American) from the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent Health.

We assessed the continuity of adolescent disorder by following girls in a complete birth cohort who at age 15 were depressed (n = 27), conduct disordered (n = 37), or without a mental health disorder (n = 341) into young adulthood (age 21) to identify their outcomes in three domains: mental health and illegal behavior, human capital, and relationship and family formation.

Structural equation modeling was used to examine the effects of cultural factors (ethnic identity, perceived discrimination), family relations, and child problem type on mental health service utilization in a community sample of 1,480 adolescent girls (860 African American, 620 European American) between ages 15 and 17 years enrolled in the Pittsburgh Girls Sgirls (860 African American, 620 European American) between ages 15 and 17 years enrolled in the Pittsburgh Girls SGirls Study.