Objective: Understanding the distal (≤ 6 years of age) and proximal (between 6 years of
age and early adolescence) factors in adolescent risk behavior is important for preventing …

Aims and scope The usage of mobile phones and the internet by young people has
increased rapidly in the past decade, approaching saturation by middle childhood in …

This accessible, hands-on text has now been revised and updated, with expanded coverage
of topics including how theory may emerge from exploratory data analysis. The book …

We systematically searched 9 biomedical and social science databases (1980–2012) for
primary and secondary interventions that prevented or reduced 2 or more adolescent health …

This article reports new findings on the incidence of risk and the associated experience of
harm reported by children and adolescents aged 11–16, regarding receipt of sexual …

Background Health risk behaviours often co-occur in adolescence. This may be partially
explained by a set of common risk and protective factors. The current study examines the …

Objective: The objective of this paper was to produce a global inventory of school health
services and describe characteristics such as target group, providers, staffing level, services …

Purpose To determine the effect of higher caloric intake on weight gain, length of stay (LOS),
and incidence of hypophosphatemia, hypomagnesemia, and hypokalemia in adolescents …

Background Health risk behaviours known to result in poorer outcomes in adulthood are
generally established in late childhood and adolescence. These 'risky'behaviours include …

This study examined the effects of the Positive Action (PA) programme in Chicago Public
Schools on problem behaviours among a cohort of elementary school students from grade …