• Priority health-risk behaviors (i.e., interrelated and preventable behaviors that contribute to the leading causes of morbidity and mortality among youths and adults) often are established during childhood and adolescence and extend into adulthood. (cdc.gov)
  • Because adolescence represents a life stage of increasing psychosocial independence, but one of limited legal and social rights (for those who have not reached the legal age of adulthood where they reside), adolescent health exists at the intersection of many forces often outside of the control of individual young people. (wikipedia.org)
  • Adolescence is a period of rapid change in physical, psychological, emotional, and cognitive development, during which adolescents become more interested in sexual behaviors. (jmir.org)
  • For other uses, see Adolescence (disambiguation) , Adolescent (disambiguation) , Teen (disambiguation) , and Teenager (disambiguation) . (wikipedia.org)
  • In this study, the Bully-Sexual Violence Pathway theory was tested across early to late adolescence. (cdc.gov)
  • Introduction to Problems in Adolescents For most children, adolescence is a period of good physical health. (msdmanuals.com)
  • In mid adolescence, the weight of making decisions about a future career gets increasingly heavy, and most adolescents do not have a clearly defined goal, although they gradually realize their areas of interest and talent. (msdmanuals.com)
  • Unhealthy sexual behavior among adolescents , especially unmarried adolescents , is increasing. (bvsalud.org)
  • Adoption of unhealthy behaviors are evident particularly during life stages involving transition such as the commencement of university where physical inactivity, sedentary activity and poor dietary habits prevail. (wikipedia.org)
  • More than one-half of teenage girls and nearly one-third of teenage boys use unhealthy weight control behaviors such as skipping meals, fasting, smoking cigarettes, vomiting , and taking laxatives. (medicinenet.com)
  • Abstract level of reports of the sensitive behavior is less biased. (cdc.gov)
  • Seventy-one 9th grade adolescents (52% female) participated in an experimental 'chat room' paradigm involving 'e-confederates' who endorsed sexual risk behaviors. (ed.gov)
  • Beginning sexual activity at an early age increases the risk of multiple partners, unwanted pregnancy, and sexually transmitted infections. (yale.edu)
  • Adopting pornographic sexuality exposes adolescents to specific health risks (HIV, unwanted pregnancy, etc.) [1]. (scirp.org)
  • Unsafe sex can increase the risk of sexual transmitted disease, unwanted pregnancy, and suicide in adolescents. (thejhpb.com)
  • A performance-based measure of peer influence susceptibility was examined as a moderator of the longitudinal association between peer norms and trajectories of adolescents' number of sexual intercourse partners. (ed.gov)
  • Susceptibility was examined as a moderator of the longitudinal association between perceptions of popular peers' number of sexual intercourse partners and trajectories of adolescents' own numbers of partners. (ed.gov)
  • High perceptions of the number of popular peers' sexual intercourse partners combined with high peer influence susceptibility predicted steeper longitudinal trajectories of adolescents' number of partners. (ed.gov)
  • Results: Growth trajectories are linear for sexual behavior but not for exposure to sexual media content. (annenbergpublicpolicycenter.org)
  • Developmental trajectories of sex-related online behaviors were estimated by using latent growth curve modeling. (culturereframed.org)
  • Measuring adolescent sexual behaviors and related health outcomes. (cdc.gov)
  • Self-perception outcomes at wave 4 and parental strategies predicting online behaviors were investigated by adding regression paths to growth models. (culturereframed.org)
  • within-day and recent behavior factors were the strongest influences on both outcomes. (nih.gov)
  • Many young people engage in sexual risk behaviors that can result in unintended health outcomes. (medicinenet.com)
  • Co-Occurrence of Psychopathology Problems in Adolescents with Prenatal Drug Exposure: Childhood Antecedents and Emerging Adulthood Outcomes. (utah.edu)
  • confounding factors (particularly peer norms) and sexual behaviour outcomes. (bvsalud.org)
  • Given that evidence-based interventions result in lower rates of sexual recidivism ( 4-7 ), many states require AISB to receive psychological treatment for their illegal sexual behavior ( 7 ). (frontiersin.org)
  • These results suggest that rural teenage schoolgirls' sexual behavior is highly responsive to even small interventions that make the risks of HIV and pregnancy salient. (unesco.org)
  • Neurobiological studies indicated that active, early and effective identification and treatment interventions on early stressful adolescent experiences were very important for the prevention and treatment of adolescent dissociative disorder (ADD) 16 . (nature.com)
  • Supportive Effective Interventions for Adolescent Sex Offenders and Children With Sexual Behavior Problems. (ojp.gov)
  • A systematic review of randomised control trials of sexual health interventions delivered by mobile technologies. (thejhpb.com)
  • The objectives of this systematic review are to provide a summary of the key evidence, along with practice and implementation recommendations, on effective or promising HTC interventions for improving uptake of HIV treatment, care and other services in adolescents. (bvsalud.org)
  • age 14-17 years at enrollment) were recruited from primary care clinics for a longitudinal cohort study of sexually transmitted infections and sexual behavior. (nih.gov)
  • A large longitudinal study confirmed that adolescent-onset marijuana users showed the largest full-scale IQ drop between childhood and adulthood. (southbostononline.com)
  • To compare adolescents' reports of sexual and contraceptive behaviors between the National Survey of Family Growth (NSFG) and the Youth Risk Behavior Survey (YRBS). (guttmacher.org)
  • Principle outcome measures included self report of ever having sexual intercourse, age of sexual debut, reasons for not having intercourse, ever causing or having a pregnancy, ever having a sexually transmitted disease (STD), contraceptive use and reasons for their nonuse, history of sexual abuse, and sexual orientation. (johnshopkins.edu)
  • Results: No differences were evident between adolescents with and without chronic conditions in the proportion ever having intercourse, age of sexual debut, pregnancy involvement, patterns of contraceptive use, or sexual orientation. (johnshopkins.edu)
  • Self-report is, therefore, an integral compo- is that it does not require true values or gold standards nent in estimating the prevalence of contraceptive use, to produce estimates of false negative and false positive the number of sexual partners, or cohabitation histo- rates. (cdc.gov)
  • Thus, sexual of contraception in these settings is largely habits, contraceptive use and sexually trans- unknown. (who.int)
  • For this population-based study, we used recent data from the Global School-based Student Health Survey conducted in 69 LMICs from 2003 to 2017 to assess the recent prevalence of sexual behaviors by using complex analysis and a random effects meta-analyses method. (jmir.org)
  • Using the chi-square trend test, we also assessed the trends in the prevalence of sexual behaviors in 17 countries that had conducted ≥1 round of surveys from 2003 to 2017. (jmir.org)
  • Participants reported their perceptions of popular peers' number of sexual intercourse partners at baseline and self-reported their number of sexual intercourse partners at baseline and 6, 12, and 18 months later. (ed.gov)
  • Conclusions: Adolescents with chronic conditions are at least as sexually involved as their peers, and significantly more likely to have been sexually abused. (johnshopkins.edu)
  • However, because of societal stigma or potential rejection,these adolescents may face various challenges during their adolescent years and are at greater risk for substance abuse, depression , suicide, and sexually transmitted diseases (STDs) than their peers who are heterosexual. (medscape.com)
  • Results from a SADD Teens Today study indicate that adolescents who engage in early sexual behavior experience higher levels of stress and depression than do their non-sexually active peers. (acacamps.org)
  • The adolescent also has a preoccupation with physical appearance and attractiveness and a heightened sensitivity to differences from peers. (msdmanuals.com)
  • Adolescents adjudicated for illegal sexual behavior (AISB) are subjected to the same Sex Offender Registration and Notification Act (SORNA) policies as adults with sexual offense histories despite current research documenting their relatively low likelihood of recidivism. (frontiersin.org)
  • However, the law treats juveniles who engage in illegal sexual behavior as adults who have sexually offended-meaning that juveniles (like adults) are subject to sex offense registry and notification laws that can impact the rest of their lives. (frontiersin.org)
  • Adolescents are often subjected to the same Sex Offender Registration Notification Act (SORNA) requirements as adults, which includes placing AISB on public sex offense registries and enforcing community notification and residency restriction policies. (frontiersin.org)
  • The techniques that work to promote healthy behavior in adults may not be the same as those that work best for adolescents. (yale.edu)
  • Young people have specific health problems and developmental needs that differ from those of children or adults: The causes of ill-health in adolescents are mostly psychosocial rather than biological. (wikipedia.org)
  • At the same time, adolescents as an age group do not have the same economic power as adults, and may be unable to pay for or transport themselves to medical screening or treatment, whether for physical or behavioral health issues. (wikipedia.org)
  • Without hitting the panic button, adolescents and adults should look carefully at medical studies, and consider whether social conventions, or peer pressure should outweigh science. (southbostononline.com)
  • Teens weigh all kinds of factors when making choices about personal behavior, including expectations communicated by the caring adults in their lives. (acacamps.org)
  • There is enormous variability in the sexual repertoires of U.S. adults, with more than 40 combinations of sexual activity described at adults' most recent sexual event. (livescience.com)
  • Many older adults continue to have active pleasurable sex lives, reporting a range of different behaviors and partner types. (livescience.com)
  • Adults using a condom for intercourse were just as likely to rate the sexual extent positively in terms of arousal, pleasure and orgasm than when having intercourse without one. (livescience.com)
  • The National Academies report, Sexually Transmitted Infections: Adopting a Sexual Health Paradigm , calls for a greater focus on parents in national efforts to promote sexual health in the United States-particularly given that adolescents and young adults acquire roughly half of all new STIs. (nyu.edu)
  • Adolescents do not simply become steadily more and more like adults with time. (msdmanuals.com)
  • Rather, adolescents alternate between acting like adults and acting like children. (msdmanuals.com)
  • As adolescents develop, they gradually spend more time behaving as adults and less time behaving as children. (msdmanuals.com)
  • Around 2500 of these new cases were in adolescents and young adults aged 15-24. (bvsalud.org)
  • For the purposes of the systematic review, we excluded studies that included both adolescents and adults, unless the data were stratified by age and could be disaggregated. (bvsalud.org)
  • Latent Classes of Individual Assets and Substance Use in At-Risk Adolescents and Adaptive Functioning in Emerging Adulthood. (utah.edu)
  • ASMM who had ever been kicked out of their house or run away, those who were out to their mother, and those who were out to their father, were more likely to engage in sexual risk behaviors. (northwestern.edu)
  • ASMM who were currently living with parents or guardians and those who received a positive reaction to their outness by their mother were less likely to engage in sexual risk behaviors. (northwestern.edu)
  • Sometimes you can feel pressured to engage in sexual behavior you may not want. (acacamps.org)
  • Indonesian adolescents are currently experiencing increased vulnerability to various health risk threats, especially those related to sexual and reproductive health , including increased threats from HIV / AIDS . (bvsalud.org)
  • this survey measured consumer skills (e.g., reading food and drug labels), alcohol and other drug use, injury prevention, nutrition, knowledge and attitudes about sexually transmitted diseases (STDs) and acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS), attempted suicide, and violence-related behaviors ( 2 ). (cdc.gov)
  • EMR are transmitted via sexual relations, confidential meetings held at the building of and that 2% of that figure is due to MSM the HIV/AIDS control programme hotline. (who.int)
  • Such a group is considered to · MSM behaviour (age at first sexual be one of the high-risk groups for HIV/ experience, type of sexual practices, AIDS transmission in the community [ 4 ]. (who.int)
  • 2016). Comparison of Sexual Knowledge, Attitude, and Behavior between Female Chinese College Students from Urban Areas and Rural Areas: A Hidden Challenge for HIV/ AIDS Control in China. (thejhpb.com)
  • Strengthening the adolescent component of HIV/AIDS and reproductive health programmes: a training course for public health managers. (who.int)
  • Young people often engage in health risk behaviours that reflect the processes of adolescent development: experimentation and exploration, including using drugs and alcohol, sexual behaviour, and other risk taking that affect their physical and mental health. (wikipedia.org)
  • Poutiainen H, Levälahti E, Hakulinen-Viitanen T, Laatikainen T. Family characteristics and health behaviour as antecedents of school nurses' concerns about adolescents' health and development: A path model approach. (stikep-ppnijabar.ac.id)
  • Are women still judged by their sexual behaviour? (poltekkes-mataram.ac.id)
  • Parental influence was measured by examining both parental behaviour (smoking status) and attitudes (perceived "tender loving care" (TLC) by adolescents). (bmj.com)
  • The findings suggest that gender interacts significantly with peer norms to predict sexual behaviour. (bvsalud.org)
  • No specific biological or psychosocial factors have been identified that determine why some individuals develop sexual attraction toward members of the same sex. (medscape.com)
  • Is maternal negative affectivity related to psychosocial behavior of preterm and term-born toddlers through mother-child interaction? (uu.nl)
  • Unlike previous generations, adolescents these days have prohibitions and constraints when it comes to sexuality. (scirp.org)
  • Modern research on this topic reinforces the idea that sexuality is a dynamic construct that should be understood as a combination of sexual attractions, sexual behaviors, and sexual identity. (medscape.com)
  • Biological theories regarding GLB sexuality attempt to link sexual orientation with DNA markers on the X chromosome or to demonstrate that in utero maternal hormones have an effect on sexual orientation. (medscape.com)
  • Adolescents' perspective regarding adolescent pregnancy, sexuality and contraception. (thejhpb.com)
  • Analyses identified four themes in sexuality communication that address: why adolescents talk to extended family about sex and relationships, family engagement in these conversations, consistency of family messages, and family communication about adolescents. (mdpi.com)
  • Four million people live in the Arctic ( 1 ), yet little is known about sexual health and sexually transmitted infections (STIs) in the circumpolar North. (cdc.gov)
  • Older adolescents were more likely to be sexually active while urban residents, and those who perceived their caregivers as able to provide for their basic needs, were less likely to have ever engaged in sex. (popcouncil.org)
  • Programs to Reduce Teen Pregnancy , Sexually Transmitted Infections , and Associated Sexual Risk Behaviors : A Systematic Review. (stikep-ppnijabar.ac.id)
  • The goal and purpose of this project is for Crown Counseling to provide further services to youth who sexually offend, children with problematic sexual behaviors (PSB), and their nonoffending family members. (ojp.gov)
  • Separate log-linked Poisson regression models were used to estimate associations between family factors and sexual risk behaviors. (northwestern.edu)
  • This study aims to determine various factors that influence adolescent sexual behavior and the need for services, in order to provide policy direction for improving adolescent sexual and reproductive health services. (bvsalud.org)
  • Social, cultural and environmental factors are all important areas of focus in adolescent health. (wikipedia.org)
  • A household survey of male and female adolescents was conducted to establish whether orphanhood or other factors contribute to risky sexual behavior. (popcouncil.org)
  • For decades, researchers have asked the question of whether biological or social factors play the greater role in development of sexual attraction, without reaching a consensus. (medscape.com)
  • The purpose of this study was to explore the differences between the prevalence and impact factors of adolescent dissociative symptoms (ADSs) by using sex-stratification during the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic. (nature.com)
  • The level and risk factors of sexual behavior in Purwokerto are not comprehensively known. (stikep-ppnijabar.ac.id)
  • The purpose of this study was to determine the level and risk factors of sexual behavior. (stikep-ppnijabar.ac.id)
  • All risk factors significantly affect adolescent sexual behavior. (stikep-ppnijabar.ac.id)
  • Triyanto E, Prabandari YS, Yuniarti KW, Werdati S. Identification factors affecting adolescent's reproductive health behavior: a qualitative study. (stikep-ppnijabar.ac.id)
  • Pilgrim NA, Ph D, Blum RW, Ph D. Protective and Risk Factors Associated with Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health in the English-speaking Caribbean : A Literature Review. (stikep-ppnijabar.ac.id)
  • Risk and Protective Factors for Physical and Sexual Abuse of Children and Adolescents in Africa : A Review and Implications for Practice. (stikep-ppnijabar.ac.id)
  • Adolescents' reproductive health knowledge, choices and factors affecting reproductive health choices: a qualitative study in the West Gonja District in Northern region, Ghana. (poltekkes-mataram.ac.id)
  • Exploring the factors impacting on access and acceptance of sexual and reproductive health services provided by adolescent-friendly health services in Nepal. (poltekkes-mataram.ac.id)
  • Suicide prevention efforts should seek to identify and address the risk and protective factors that are most relevant to each targeted group (e.g., adolescent Latinas). (sprc.org)
  • In addition, the report calls for a more holistic approach that promotes sexual health as an integral component of overall health and wellbeing and focuses on the social and structural determinants of sexual health - rather than focusing exclusively on individual behaviors or STIs risk factors. (nyu.edu)
  • Given the current literature documenting the collateral consequences of SORNA on AISB and their families and the lack of efficacy in reducing recidivism, we argue SORNA should not be applied to children and adolescents. (frontiersin.org)
  • Hence, DSs is an early sign before the onset of ADD in children and adolescents. (nature.com)
  • The following observations were made: 315 adolescent students aged 12 to 19 responded with informed consent to our questionnaire, of which 73 reported having had their first sexual intercourse. (scirp.org)
  • They answered the Brazilian Youth Questionnaire in which topics referring to sexual behaviors were analyzed. (bvsalud.org)
  • Lastly, a one-time, one-hour self-administered questionnaire on HIV and sexual behavior has an equally large impact on teen pregnancy. (unesco.org)
  • Evaluating a short-form Five Facet Mindfulness Questionnaire in adolescents: Evidence for a four-factor structure and invariance by time, age, and gender. (stikep-ppnijabar.ac.id)
  • RÉSUMÉ Nous avons évalué les connaissances et les pratiques en matière de contraception des étudiants libanais dans le cadre d'une étude transversale comparative réalisée auprès d'étudiants d'universités publiques et privées sur la base d'un questionnaire en langue arabe à remplir soi-même. (who.int)
  • The sexual behavior of the individual reflects the values and norms acquired in his social environment and is situated in a given context. (scirp.org)
  • are nowadays focusing on the sexual and Lebanon is a developing country with reproductive health needs of adolescents, conservative norms, particularly for girls, particularly in the developing world [ 1 ]. (who.int)
  • Nevertheless, there are actual making sexual choices: being deeply in- changes in social, cultural and moral norms, volved in their own bodily perceptions, with large discrepancies between religions. (who.int)
  • It has long been recognised that adolescents do not try cigarettes in a vacuum, 1 and "significant others", such as friends, classmates, siblings or parents, are the most consistent predictors of adolescent smoking. (bmj.com)
  • Condom use at last sex was associated with older age and having talked with parents/caregivers about sexual risks. (popcouncil.org)
  • Many people believe that teens can avoid the physical consequences of sex if they take certain precautions, including 1) limiting their number of sexual partners, 2) knowing their potential partner's sexual history and avoiding having sex with someone who has had many partners, and 3) using a condom. (focusonthefamily.com)
  • Our findings suggest the importance of providers' screening adolescent women patients during office visits about anal sex and about condom use during anal sex, as well as asking questions about the context of these behaviors to appropriately tailor risk reduction counseling. (nih.gov)
  • Predicting condom use in adolescents: a test of three sociocognitive models using a structural equation modeling app-roach. (thejhpb.com)
  • Between the earliest and latest surveys, the overall prevalence of ever had sexual intercourse (3.1% decrease) and condom use (2.0% decrease) showed downward trends. (jmir.org)
  • FTT Clinic is designed to build partnerships between parents, adolescents, and health care providers for sexual health promotion and is effective for delaying sexual debut and increasing condom use. (nyu.edu)
  • Adolescent males ages 13-18 who identified as gay or bisexual, or who reported attraction to or sex with males were interviewed in 2015 in Chicago, New York City, and Philadelphia. (northwestern.edu)
  • Freud's theory attributes homosexual development in males to a family unit in which the adolescent has a strong relationship with his mother and a conflicted hostile relationship with a domineering father. (medscape.com)
  • Tourangeau paper will demonstrate such an analysis and discuss the and Smith (1996) found, for instance, that unmar- "surprising" finding of high false positive and false nega- ried males tend to exaggerate their sexual activity tives rates in ACASI compared to CAPI. (cdc.gov)
  • Complications in adolescent pregnancy: systematic review of the literature. (thejhpb.com)
  • Our findings provide important formative data for public health and medical providers who are trying to effectively communicate health risks to adolescents. (yale.edu)
  • In addition to intervention on young people's knowledge around the risks of health-related behaviors, it is crucial to acknowledge that adolescents under the legal age of majority are often occupying an idiosyncratic legal, economic, and social state, where their rights to access confidential medical services, or to consent to preventative medical care is highly dependent on the laws and practices of where they reside. (wikipedia.org)
  • Questions for Kevin Heslin, Health Statistician and Lead Author of "Sexual Orientation Differences in Access to Care and Health Status, Behaviors, and Beliefs: Findings from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey, National Survey of Family Growth, and National Health Interview Survey. (cdc.gov)
  • Findings identify variation in how family members interact with adolescents and one another regarding talk about sex and relationships. (mdpi.com)
  • Our findings reinforce the need for DCS that actively reaches out to all adolescents at the greatest risk for HIV infection, irrespective of their socioeconomic status. (springer.com)
  • Any opinions, findings, and conclu- ports of socially undesirable behavior (Turner et al. (cdc.gov)
  • Maternal Childhood Trauma and Offspring's Developmental Course of Aggressive Behavior from Ages 4 to 12 in an at-Risk Urban Sample. (utah.edu)
  • Maternal drinking during pregnancy is associated with the substance use and related problems of adolescent offspring. (utah.edu)
  • In this exploratory pilot study, researchers examined the impact of different types of HIV prevention messages on adolescents aged 10 to 14. (yale.edu)
  • The study found that a majority of adolescents preferred a roughly equal combination of gain- and loss-framed images and messages, adding to previously published literature that suggested gain-framed content might be more influential in prevention efforts. (yale.edu)
  • This comparative study carried out in 35 European countries and by the WHO on the sexual tendencies of pupils of 15 years old reveals that 26% of these young people had already had sexual relations. (scirp.org)
  • the purpose of the study to determine the effect of counseling parents use social media to teenage sexual behavior.Research is using design quasy experiment with the design of a one-group pre - post testdesign.We got 3 6 teen respondents.the sample selected by the method of purposive sampling. (atlantis-press.com)
  • In 1990, Ramafedi et al conducted the Demography of Sexual Orientation in Adolescents study. (medscape.com)
  • This study aims to determine the role of reproductive health knowledge with early adolescent sexual behavior in Patian Village. (poltekkes-mataram.ac.id)
  • This study looked at 33 middle school youth (aged 11-14) who were also participating in a 9-week sexual health curriculum. (wcwonline.org)
  • This study explored the relationship between the involvement of biological fathers and the sexual risk behaviors and dating violence/victimization and/or perpetration of adolescent girls. (fatherhood.gov)
  • 1This study is based upon work supported by the National Sci- overreporting of socially desirable behavior (Tourangeau ence Foundation under Grant No.0550002. (cdc.gov)
  • Data showed that 44.7% of the adolescents had already had their first sexual intercourse at the average age of 14.25 (SD=1.40), with partners on average 2.51 (SD=3.01) years older and who were mostly boyfriends (girlfriends), friends or neighbors. (bvsalud.org)
  • Heterosexual anal intercourse is a small but nonrandom event-level component in adolescent women's sexual behavior. (nih.gov)
  • Participants showed slight behavior changes-intercourse delayed a few months and a bit greater likelihood of using birth control. (psychologytoday.com)
  • The goal was to determine which was better at persuading them to delay the initiation of sexual activity. (yale.edu)
  • The consequences of engaging in illegal sexual behavior as a juvenile can be lifelong. (frontiersin.org)
  • The one thing that should be remembered is that adolescent brains (particularly male adolescent brains) are not fully formed and the consequences of smoking pot at this stage in life are different from adult use in many ways. (southbostononline.com)
  • There is a lot at stake-a decision about sexual behavior can have lasting physical, social, and emotional consequences. (acacamps.org)
  • Some behaviors threaten current health, while other behaviors may have long-term health consequences. (medicinenet.com)
  • Prevention efforts should focus on parents' role in reducing risky sex-related online behaviors. (culturereframed.org)
  • The main goal of these services will be to provide psychoeducation to help promote prevention or reduction of offending or problematic behaviors to impact public safety. (ojp.gov)
  • Youth and adolescents from low- and middle-income countries (LMIC) face barriers to HIV prevention (Patton et al. (springer.com)
  • The prevention of bullying and homophobic name-calling in middle school may prevent later sexual violence perpetration. (cdc.gov)
  • subsets were defined using a specialized cohort design including adolescents with visible and nonvisible conditions plus controls. (johnshopkins.edu)
  • The results showed there was a relationship between religiosity, the role of parents , exposure to pornography with premarital sexual behavior in adolescents in East Lampung. (bvsalud.org)
  • Studies have shown that the number of adolescents who have premarital sex is increasing. (thejhpb.com)
  • Ask teenager if they have a history of emotional, physical, or sexual abuse, as well as bullying . (medicinenet.com)
  • It can be concluded that adolescents' sexual initiation generally occurs with older partners, with whom the adolescents have a prior emotional bond and this process occurs differently between genders, explaining gender stereotypes. (bvsalud.org)
  • Adolescent sexual behavior has long been linked to gender stereotypes, such as ones that suggest boys want, and should seek, all the sex they can get and that girls are simply targets of turbocharged testosterone. (acacamps.org)
  • Adolescent health, or youth health, is the range of approaches to preventing, detecting or treating young people's health and well-being. (wikipedia.org)
  • The term adolescent and young people are often used interchangeably, as are the terms Adolescent Health and Youth Health. (wikipedia.org)
  • Adolescent health also encompasses children's and young people's sexual and reproductive health (SRH). (wikipedia.org)
  • Although disproportionately affected by HIV, adolescent girls and young women, particularly those living with HIV, are often the strongest advocates and leaders in the response. (unesco.org)
  • Understanding who you're becoming as a sexual young adult is also part of teen sexual health. (medlineplus.gov)
  • Differences in Sexual Practices, Sexual Behavior and HIV Risk Profile between Adolescents and Young Persons in Rural and Urban Nigeria.Plos one, 10(7): 1-14. (thejhpb.com)
  • According to Teens Today , young people who have open dialogue with their parents are more likely to report that their parents influence their decisions about sexual activity, and parents who convey expectations about sexual behavior (more than one in three do not) are more likely to have teens who try to meet them. (acacamps.org)
  • Adolescents and young people remain extremely vulnerable to acquiring HIV infection, especially those who live in settings with a generalised HIV epidemic, or who are members of populations at high risk for HIV acquisition or transmission. (bvsalud.org)
  • Higher initial levels and/or faster increases in sex-related online behaviors generally predicted less physical self-esteem (girls' SNS use only), more body surveillance, and less satisfaction with sexual experience. (culturereframed.org)
  • From more "mild" effects, like partial cognition and memory impairment, to the extreme effects for adolescents with vulnerable genetic predisposition towards mental illnesses, the record is not very encouraging. (southbostononline.com)
  • Regular marijuana use causes a number of health problems for adolescents- perhaps the most important one being damage to cognition. (southbostononline.com)
  • The World Health Organization 'Global standards for quality health-care services for adolescents' include: Adolescents' health literacy Community support Appropriate package of services Providers' competencies Facility characteristics Equity and non-discrimination Standard Data and quality improvement Adolescents' participation Youth Health includes adolescent medicine as a speciality, along with other primary and tertiary care services. (wikipedia.org)
  • Today, most studies regarding the prevalence of homosexuality involve adult subjects (5-10%), but these figures also appear to be consistent with the available data concerning adolescents. (medscape.com)
  • Data revealed that the percentage of teenagers reporting primarily GLB attractions increased with age (6.4% when aged 18 y), and uncertainty of sexual orientation decreased with age (8.9% when aged 18 y). (medscape.com)
  • Most surveys rely on self-reports to collect data on sexual about sexual behavior1. (cdc.gov)
  • For some teens, that includes understanding gender identity, gender expression, and sexual orientation . (medlineplus.gov)
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  • Parents must be aware of the adolescent's capabilities and help the adolescent set realistic goals. (msdmanuals.com)