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What's more, there was a contagion effect — not only did those divulging find themselves leaving discussions worse off, but their partners were also adversely effected,» says Quartz of studies focused on adolescent girls (though apparently the same thing has been observed in other contexts, too).

A recent example is the Girl Scouts Survey, a nationwide sampling of the moral and spiritual perspectives of some 5,000 children and adolescents in grades 4 - 12.

In The Burning Girl's spare, muscular prose, Messud outlines what it is to be an adolescent girl, a territory of shifting allegiances and nascent identGirl's spare, muscular prose, Messud outlines what it is to be an adolescent girl, a territory of shifting allegiances and nascent identgirl, a territory of shifting allegiances and nascent identity.

The author is a clinical psychologist who specializes in the issues of women and adolescent girls.

If you're the parent of a teen, you've probably already seen that adolescent friendships can shift and change dramatically in seemingly short periods of time: that girl your daughter used to hang out with all the time might start hanging out with another girl.

Here, to illustrate the connection between fatherhood and child well - being, I compare adolescent boys and girls who fall into one of four categories: those living in an intact, married family with a high - quality relationship with their father (top third), or an average - quality relationship with their father (middle third), or a low - quality relationship with him (bottom third), or living in a single - mother family.

This condition typically arises during the growth spurts in the adolescent years; between the ages of 8 and 13 for girls, and 10 and 15 for boys.

In a widely quoted study by a British hospital, researchers provided an extra glass of cow's milk to adolescent girls» diets, comparing their growth to those who drank an average of just over one half cup per day.

The recommendations in the box on page 5 are suggested to improve the nutrition of adolescent girls and women of reproductive age.

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.

Studies to date have examined familial clustering of risk behaviors linked with accelerated weight gain in children, psychosocial consequences of obesity in children, parenting strategies that promote active lifestyles in children, and developmental and contextual factors that explain declines in adolescent girls» physical activity.

A variety of studies suggest that fathers» engagement positively impacts their children's social competence, 27 children's later IQ28 and other learning outcomes.29 The effects of fathers on children can include later - life educational, social and family outcomes.1, 2,26 Children may develop working models of appropriate paternal behaviour based on early childhood cues such as father presence, 30,31 in turn shaping their own later partnering and parenting dynamics, such as more risky adolescent sexual behaviour32 and earlier marriage.33 Paternal engagement decreases boys» negative social behaviour (e.g., delinquency) and girls» psychological problems in early adulthood.34 Fathers» financial support, apart from engagement, can also influence children's cognitive development.35

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.

She noted that in adolescents, Anaemia limits development, learning ability, reduces concentration in daily tasks, increases vulnerability to dropping out of school and reduces physical fitness and work productivity generally depriving adolescent girls of the ability to attain their fullest potential.

In the light of these risk factors, the First Lady said that the problem of Anaemia in adolescent girls should be treated with urgency and the required investment in their nutrition madIn the light of these risk factors, the First Lady said that the problem of Anaemia in adolescent girls should be treated with urgency and the required investment in their nutrition madin adolescent girls should be treated with urgency and the required investment in their nutrition madin their nutrition made.

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.»

She also promised she will work in support of the regional minister and other traditional authorities in the region to ensure issues affecting women such as adolescent girl marriages are dealt with therefore they should «be patience and have confidence in the government.»

The report said that in the 2016 UN Political Declaration on Ending AIDS, countries committed to reducing the number of new HIV infections among adolescent girls and young women from 390 000 in 2015 to below 100 000 in 2020.

At 11 a.m., First Lady Michelle Obama and actress and advocate Charlize Theron participate in a «global conversation» on the power of educating adolescent girls, hosted by Glamour magazine, Apollo Theater, Manhattan.

Mrs Obama highlighted the power of investment in adolescent girls, as well as the transformative impact that adolescent girls» education had on girls, their families and their countries.

«Right now around the world, 62 million girls are not in school, and about half of these are adolescents.

Agencies receiving Operation Primetime funding in 2014 include: Access of WNY; Be-A-Friend Program (Big Brothers Big Sisters); Blossom Garden Friends School; Boys & Girls Clubs of Buffalo, Holland, East Aurora, Eden, Orchard Park, and the Northtowns; Buffalo Urban League; Canisius College; Child & Adolescent Treatment Services; Child & Adolescent Treatment Services (Detention); City of Lackawanna; Community Action Organization; Cradle Beach Camp; Elim Community Corp.; Erie Regional Housing Dev.

... We know the impact that this can have on adolescents, boys and girls, and we have the chance to say that we will seize the moment in policy terms to do something about it... We can end, once and for all, the hypocrisy of tabloids moaning about paedophiles on one page and then saying «hello Gemma, 16 today, first pictures of Gemma aged 16».

Agencies receiving Operation Primetime funding in 2012 include: Access of WNY, African American Cultural Center, Back to Basics, Be A Friend, Bob Lanier Center, Boys & Girls Club of East Aurora, Boys & Girls Club of Eden, Boys & Girls Club of Holland, Boys & Girls Club of the Northtowns, Buffalo Museum of Science, Buffalo Prep, Buffalo Urban League, Butler Mitchell Association, Child & Adolescent Treatment Services, Community Action Organization, Computers for Children, Concerned Ecumenical Ministries, Cradle Beach Camp, Elim Community Corporation, Erie Regional Housing Development Corp. — Belle Center, Firsthand Learning, FLARE, Girls Sports Foundation, Greater Niagara Frontier Council — Boy Scouts, Jericho Road Ministries, Justice Lifeline, King Urban Life Center, Lackawanna Sports & Education, Making Fishers of Men & Women, National Inner City Youth Opportunities, North Buffalo CDC, Northwest Buffalo Community Center, Old First Ward Community Association, PBBC Matt Urban Center, Peace of the City, Police Athletic League, Schiller Park Community Center, Seneca Babcock Community Association, Seneca Street Community Development, Town of Tonawanda Recreation Department, UB Liberty Partnership, University District CDC, Urban Christian Ministries, Valley Community Association, Westminster Community Charter School, Westside Community Center, Willie Hutch Jones Sports & Education, WNY United Against Drug & Alcohol Abuse, Young Audiences, Community Action Organization (Detention), Firsthand Learning (Detention), Willie Hutch Jones Sports & Education (Detention).

Agencies receiving Year - Round funding in 2014 include: Access of WNY, Inc. ($ 10,000), African Cultural Center of Buffalo, Inc. ($ 8,500), Be-A-Friend Program, Inc. (Big Brothers Big Sisters)($ 7,500), Blossom Garden Friends School ($ 3,000), Boys & Girls Club of Buffalo, Inc. ($ 7,500), Boys & Girls Club of Eden, Inc. ($ 5,000), Boys & Girls Club of Northtowns of WNY, Inc. ($ 12,500), Boys & Girls Club of Orchard Park, Inc. ($ 5,000), Boys and Girls Club East Aurora, Inc. ($ 15,000), Buffalo Urban League, Inc. ($ 12,500), Canisius College ($ 5,000), Child & Adolescent Treatment Services, Inc. ($ 5,500), Child and Family Services of Erie County (Haven House)($ 10,000), Compeer West, Inc. ($ 10,000), Computers for Children, Inc. ($ 7,500), Cradle Beach Camp, Inc. ($ 12,500), Daemen College ($ 10,000), Elim Community Corporation ($ 5,000), Erie Regional Housing Dev.

In 2015, among U.S. adolescents ages 13 to 17, six out of 10 girls and five out of 10 boys had gotten at least one shot in a three - shot serieIn 2015, among U.S. adolescents ages 13 to 17, six out of 10 girls and five out of 10 boys had gotten at least one shot in a three - shot seriein a three - shot series.

«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.

A study of the relationship between binge drinking and eating problems among Russian adolescents has found that problematic eating behaviors and attitudes are commonplace, and that binge drinking is associated with more eating problems in girls than boys.

Although use of the human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine, which helps prevent against cervical and other cancers, has increased in the past 5 years, HPV vaccination remains low with only 37.6 % of adolescent girls and 13.9 % of adolescent boys receiving vaccination.

Expanded access to various types of healthcare providers in the public and private sectors who have acquired the skills needed to deliver effective contraceptive options to women and adolescent girls.

In recognition of the theme of the 2013 International Conference on Family Planning, Full Access, Full Choice, the Bellagio Group reaffirms its commitment to expanding access to highly effective, long - acting, reversible contraception for women and adolescent girls within the full range of contraceptive choice.

Of adolescents visiting the emergency department for any reason, one in five girls and one in eight boys reported dating violence in the past year.

Obese adolescent girls, Stice found, showed greater activation compared with their lean peers in regions of the brain that encode the sensory experience of eating food — the so - called gustatory cortex and the somatosensory regions, archipelagoes of neurons that reach across different structures in the brain.

«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.»

For this study, conducted at 52 ambulatory care sites in 15 countries, five groups were enrolled: (1) girls ages 9 to 14 years to receive 2 doses 6 months apart (n = 301); (2) boys ages 9 to 14 years to receive 2 doses 6 months apart (n = 301); (3) girls and boys ages 9 to 14 years to receive 2 doses 12 months apart (n = 301); (4) girls ages 9 to 14 years to receive 3 doses over 6 months (n = 301); and (5) a control group of adolescent girls and young women ages 16 to 26 years to receive 3 doses over 6 months (n = 314).

Additionally, traditional clothing could keep these girls in a more insular, protective environment than that of more assimilated adolescents.

«Job loss was not simply a proxy for other aspects of the state's economic climate, but instead represented a meaningful economic shock, which led to changes in girls» and black adolescents» suicide - related behaviors,» Gassman - Pines writes.

Lead author Anna Gassman - Pines found that when 1 percent of a state's working population lost jobs, suicide - related behaviors increased by 2 to 3 percentage points among girls and black adolescents in the following year.

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.

Among adolescent girls, infection rates fell from 11.5 percent of sexually active girls in 2006 to 5.1 percent in 2013, says the study's lead author, Lauri Markowitz of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

«We know that high rates of depression have been reported among adolescents in juvenile detention and correctional facilities (e.g., 11 % in boys and 29 % in girls),» said Dr. Rongqin Yu, lead researcher at the Forensic Psychiatry Group at the University of Oxford, United Kingdom.

Adolescents girls with sexual abuse - related posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) experienced greater benefit from prolonged exposure therapy (a type of therapy that has been shown effectiveness for adults) than from supportive counseling, according to a study appearing in the December 25 issue of JAMA.

Each month for three months afterward, the girls completed an established and well - validated 25 - question survey, the Conflict in Adolescent Dating Relationships Inventory, to assess occurrence of any sexual, physical or psychological victimization.

Prior to that, she was the Director of Co-Investments at the Nike Foundation's Girl Effect, where she led a $ 210 million partnership between the President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR) and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation to reduce new HIV infections in adolescent girls and young women.

35 to 57 percent of adolescent girls engage in crash dieting, fasting, self - induced vomiting, diet pills, or laxatives.

Data analysis of 2 long - term studies on how ADHD impacts psychiatric disorder development in adolescents confirms that ADHD on its own increases the risk of substance abuse and cigarette smoking in both girls and boys significantly.

There was a significant link between amount of alcohol consumption and further increased risk of getting benign breast disease as young women in adolescent girls having a family history of breast cancer.

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

, The effect of breakfast type and frequency of consumption on glycemic response in overweight / obese late adolescent girls, 2015

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