Objective: To investigate the normal menstrual cycles and menstrualdisorders in adolescent age group. Study design: Population based survey. Setting: Study was conducted in thevarious schools of Multan city. Material and Methods: 500 school going girls. Results: The pattern of menstrualbleeding among...
Today’s world has the largest generation of adolescents in history and one that is especially vulnerable to a number of social and health risks. As is evident from the above case study, these risks, combined with women’s low social status, are associated with early marriage, pregnancy and ...
2.adolescent- being of the age 13 through 19; "teenage mothers"; "the teen years" teen,teenage,teenaged young,immature- (used of living things especially persons) in an early period of life or development or growth; "young people"
Adolescent definition: growing to manhood or womanhood; youthful. . See examples of ADOLESCENT used in a sentence.
The growing use of these technologies has raised concerns about how exposure patterns may affect children and adolescents’ wellbeing, as mental health disorders constitute one of the dominant health problems of this age group [2]. Increases in digital device usage have been hypothesized to be resp...
b, c, Naïve WT C57BL/6J mice showed age-dependent increases of sociability (b) and social novelty preference (c) in three-chamber social interactions over the developmental course (n = 10 each). Preference indices were calculated as indicated in each graph. One-way ANOVA, b, F (3, ...
of males and females reported masturbation in the past 90 days at age 14 years (42.9% of males and 36.7% of females), the percentage of males who indicated recent masturbation was higher in every subsequent age group, while recent masturbation showed little variation among age groups in ...
In 2022, the birth rate for women aged 15 to 19 years in Niger was 168 per 1,000 women of that age, the highest adolescent birth rate of any country worldwide.
For example, different physical activity recommendations are currently provided for different age groups1,27,28; therefore, understanding the changes in physical activity at different developmental stages (preprimary [aged <5 years], primary [5-12 years], and secondary [13-18 years] school children...
(STIs): population prevalence of gonorrhoea and/or chlamydia in 18–21 year-olds was 26%; mental health: severe depression in the adolescent age group was 9%, and attempted suicide-12%; violence and juvenile delinquency: carrying a weapon to school in the last 30 days-10% and almost ...