said thatin the study, which she helped lead, puberty blockers did not appear to improve the mental health of 95 children ages 8 to 16 who were followed for two years to understand their mental and physical functioning as doctors used the medications...
Eight pregnant adolescents (ages 14 to 17 years) were interviewed. Results: Eleven themes related to planning a pregnancy during adolescence emerged from the participant interviews. Themes may be divided into two broad categories: themes relating to planning the pregnancy and themes that are related...
The acquisition of these skills starts when children are infants but continues through adolescence into the mid-20s, says Dana Charles McCoy, an associate professor of human development and urban education advancement at Harvard. The preschool years – ages 3 to 5 – are a particularly impor...
For adolescent girls in LMICs, IPV is closely linked to child marriage. It is estimated that one in three girls in the world are married before the age of 18 years. Currently, nearly 70 million girls between the ages of 18 and 24 years were married before the age of 18 years, and man...
Morerecent researchusing data from a Canadian cohort study that followed children from ages 0-1 until the child reached adolescence, has corroborated this theory. What Are ACEs? According to theCenters for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), ACEs are traumatic events that occur before the age ...
Moreover, it is crucial to make parents and communities aware about the significance of ECE in order to make sure that children ages 3–5 years are involved in ECE programs.Similar content being viewed by others Inequalities in Demand and Access to Early Childhood Education in India Article ...
Adolescence is a period of transition and marked physical and mental changes with an increased need for sexual and reproductive health services. However, these needs are not usually met as adolescent face challenges in receiving care such as negative attitudes of health workers, fear of consequences...
Despite the advantages of MC, few studies have directly compared the relative merits of MC at different ages. Here we present our findings after reviewing the literature, and document the relative pros and cons of infant MC versus MC in later childhood, adolescence or adulthood ("later circumcisi...
As such we recommend that the respective ages of the children are considered within the context of an assessment of the power dynamics of the sibling relationship, and that specifying age gaps should no longer be included in practice guidance or research to identify or define sibling sexual ...
The mean number of gender egalitarian attitudes was higher among young men exposed in early than late adolescence Santhya K. G., & Zavier A. J. F. (2022). Long-Term Impact of Exposure to a Gender-Transformative Program Among Young Men: Findings From a Longitudinal Study in Bihar, India....