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Adolescent health, or youth health, is the range of approaches to preventing, detecting or treating young people's health and well-being. [1] The term adolescent and young people are often used interchangeably, as are the terms Adolescent Health [2] and Youth Health. Young people's health is often complex and requires a comprehensive ...
The purpose of Waves I and II was to examine factors associated with health behaviors among adolescents. The purpose of Wave III, which was conducted when almost all participants were aged 18 to 26, was to determine the relationship between behaviors and experiences during adolescence and behaviors during the adjustment to young adulthood.
Protective Factors and the Social Development Model. The prevention of health and behavior problems in young people requires, at its foundation, the promotion of the factors required for positive development. Research shows that five basic factors promote positive social development: opportunities for developmentally appropriate involvement, skills, recognition for effort, improvement and ...
Mental health in adolescents is a growing concern. From social media pressures to managing school assignments and social relationships, adolescence is a time of major transition.
In addition to biological factors, an adolescent's sexual socialization is highly dependent upon whether their culture takes a restrictive or permissive attitude toward teen or premarital sexual activity. In the United States specifically, adolescents are said to have "raging hormones" that drive their sexual desires.
Current Problems in Pediatric and Adolescent Health Care is a monthly peer-reviewed medical review journal covering pediatric and adolescent medicine. It was established in 1970 as Current Problems in Pediatrics , obtaining its current name in 2001.
The journal is abstracted and indexed by the Science Citation Index Expanded, Scopus, MEDLINE, EMBASE, and PsycINFO.According to the Journal Citation Reports, the journal has a 2019 impact factor of 3.9, ranking it 9th out of 128 journals in the category "Pediatrics", [1] and 30th out of 193 journals in the category of "Public, Environmental and Occupational Health" (Sciences edition).
Any Texas or Texas A&M player has heard the lore of the rivalry between the two schools, a grudge match that dates to 1894. Third-ranked Texas (10-1, 6-1) and No. 20 Texas A&M (8-3, 5-2) meet ...