While approximately 90% of U.S. school districts require health education in public schools, relatively little emphasis has been placed on examining the role that non-health teachers play in ...

Growing numbers of adolescents are marginalized by social factors beyond their control, leading to poor health outcomes for their families and future generations. Although the role of the social ...

Health Promotion International, Vol. 34, No. 5 (October 2019), pp. 981-991 (11 pages) The growing prevalence of adolescent mental disorders poses significant challenges for education and healthcare ...

The School’s Center for Adolescent Health Promotion and Disease Prevention examines their philosophical approach to a youth advisory committee (YAC) in the April 2002 issue of Health Promotion ...

The Kwara State Government has emphasised the need for a more robust adolescent and youth-friendly healthcare service delivery as a vital strategy to enhance health-seeking behaviour among adolescent ...

She has a longstanding interest in adolescent health promotion through social marketing and health communication.

Clinical Care The interdisciplinary team in Adolescent Medicine comprehensively addresses complex medical problems including eating disorders, obesity, young women's healthcare needs, and chronic ...

Study: School-Based Cardiovascular Health Promotion in Adolescents: A Cluster Randomized Clinical Trial. Image Credit: Jacob Lund / Shutterstock.com Background Adolescence is a vital phase of life ...

The U.S. adolescent birthrate is by far the highest among industrialized nations. The birthrate among girls ages 15 to 19 was 39.1 per 1,000 teens in this age group in 2009, the most recent year ...

During the Covid-19 pandemic, mental health-related visits to emergency departments rose sharply among children and adolescents. A new report published Thursday by the US Centers for Disease ...

My clinical interests include child and adolescent Health Promotion, Depression, Anxiety, Anger Management, Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, Trauma, and Sleep. I became a provider to ...