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International Journal of Adolescent Medicine and Health

ISSN: 2191-0278

Editors-in-Chief: Maria Demma Cabral, Imelda Coyne

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In 2022, Imelda Coyne, Professor in Children's Nursing & Co-Director of the Trinity Research in Childhood Centre (TRiCC) and Maria Demma Cabral, Associate Professor in Adolescent Medicine in Cottage Children's Medical Center, Western Michigan University Homer Stryker M.D. School of Medicine, took over as Co-Editors-in-Chief of International Journal of Adolescent Medicine and Health (IJAMH).

Both bring a tremendous wealth of experience and expertise on adolescent health and well-being in broad contexts, and we are excitedly looking forward to this new phase of the journal.

Objective
The International Journal of Adolescent Medicine and Health (IJAMH) is an international, interdisciplinary, peer-reviewed, scientific journal with aim to publish original research in all aspects of promotion and improvement of adolescents’ health and wellbeing. We seek original manuscripts, review articles, short communications and letters to the editor from all disciplines worldwide. We welcome manuscripts from our colleagues in medicine, clinical medicine, nursing, health services research, public health and policy and other disciplines that strive to improve adolescents’ health and wellbeing internationally. Our International Editorial Board is dedicated to producing a high-quality scientific journal that is essential reading for healthcare professionals, practitioners, researchers, educators, managers, policy makers, students, and other learners and which advances and promotes adolescents’ health and wellbeing.

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Medicine and Clinical Medicine
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Adolescents
Hygiene and Environmental Medicine

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Interdisciplinary approach to adolescent medicine and health
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Previously published by Freund Publishing House Ltd.

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August 2023

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Seiten: i-ii

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Reviews

3. Juli 2023

Barriers to adequate nutrition in pregnant adolescent Colombian females

Erin L. Sherer, Ana Maria Bello Trujillo

Seiten: 291-297

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Pregnant adolescent females face nutritional challenges. The nutritional demands of a growing fetus, when added to the requirements for growing adolescent bodies, are risk factors for undernutrition. An adolescent expectant mother’s nutritional status therefore affects both the mother’s and the child’s future growth, development, and potential development of diseases later in life. In Colombia, the rate of female adolescent pregnancies is higher than neighboring countries and the global average. The most recent data suggest that approximately 21 % of all pregnant adolescent females in Colombia are underweight, 27 % suffer from anemia, 20 % suffer from vitamin D deficiency, and 19 % suffer from vitamin B12 deficiency. Contributing factors to these nutritional deficiencies during pregnancy may be the region in which the female lives, the female’s ethnicity, and the female’s socioeconomic and educational status. In rural parts of Colombia, limitations regarding access to prenatal care and food choices that include animal source proteins may also contribute to nutritional deficiencies. To help remedy this, recommendations include encouraging nutrient dense food sources with higher protein content, eating one additional meal per day, and taking a prenatal vitamin throughout the pregnancy. Making healthy eating choices can be difficult for adolescent females with limited resources and education; therefore, it is recommended that discussions about nutrition begin at the first prenatal visit for optimum benefits. These factors should be considered for the development of future health policies and interventions in Colombia and other low-income and middle-income countries where pregnant adolescent females may be experiencing similar nutritional deficiencies.

21. August 2023

The PCOS puzzle: putting the pieces together for optimal care

Mohd Altaf Dar, Mudasir Maqbool, Irfat Ara

Seiten: 299-311

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Polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) is a multifaceted hormonal disorder that has significant ramifications for both women’s reproductive and metabolic well-being. This analysis aims to offer a thorough comprehension of PCOS by investigating the various contributing factors that are crucial for its effective management. We delve into the topic of hormonal imbalances, such as elevated androgens and disrupted estrogen-progesterone dynamics, and their effects on reproductive and metabolic health. Furthermore, we explore the intricate connection between insulin resistance, hyperinsulinemia, and PCOS, highlighting their pivotal role in metabolic dysfunction. Additionally, we examine fertility challenges, irregular menstrual patterns, and metabolic complications while also reviewing current treatment methodologies. Moreover, we address the latest research concerning genetic, environmental, and epigenetic influences on PCOS. By piecing together these essential elements, healthcare professionals can attain a comprehensive understanding of PCOS and deliver optimal care for those affected by the condition.

Original Articles

28. August 2023

Priority strategic directions in adolescent health in Iran based on the WHO’s Global Accelerated Action for the Health of Adolescents

Afsaneh Omidimorad, Maryam Nazari, Najmeh Bahmanziari, Mohammad Haddad Soleymani, Seyyed Hamed Barakati, Gelayol Ardalan, Tahereh Aminaee, Rahim Taghizadeh, Mohammad Esmail Motlagh, Abtin Heidarzadeh

Seiten: 313-321

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Objectives In line with the World Health Organization’s Global Accelerated Action for the Health of Adolescents (AA-HA!) guidance, the goal of the current research was to identify critical strategies for adolescents’ health and to determine the role and distribution of responsibilities among the leading players in the field of adolescent health in Iran. Methods The current qualitative and applied study is part of the Ministry of Health and Medical Education’s “Adolescent, Youth and School Health” plan to develop the “National Adolescent Health Plan Document” in 2020. First, stakeholder analysis was done, then a pool of nationally appropriate strategies was selected from the list of priority strategies recommended by the WHO in the AA-HA! through several group sessions. After that, the experts selected priority strategies based on the criteria of feasibility, acceptability, effectiveness, guaranteed resources, coordination with other plans and temporal priority, scoring, and executive priorities. Eventually, the priority strategies were assigned to different players/stakeholders in the field over several sessions bearing in mind the methods of implementation and the target groups. Results The experts identified 58 priority strategies/actions for adolescent health under the seven priority areas of positive development, sexual protection, reproductive health, mental health, substance abuse, self-harm, violence, unintentional injury, communicable and non-communicable diseases, nutrition, and physical activity. Conclusions The highest identified priority areas were in the areas of vaccination; special health care package for service providers; training and education to promote health literacy and self-care, life skills, sexual awareness, and prevention/protection against violence; community-based mental health services, planning for adolescents’ spare time, substance use prevention.

3. Juli 2023

Self-effectiveness and healthy lifestyle behaviors in adolescents with asthma

Feride Humbatova, Ali Kanik, Tuba Tuncel, Ece Ozdogru, Ozlem Sancakli, Kayı Eliacik, Ozlem Baspinar

Seiten: 323-327

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Objectives The aim of this study was to examine the self-efficacy and healthy lifestyle behavior levels in adolescents with asthma. Materials and methods Socio-demographic questionnaire form, questions about adherence to asthma medication, asthma control test, healthy lifestyle behaviors scale, and self-efficacy scale for children and adolescents with asthma were administered to 150 patients whom age range between 12–18, in follow up with asthma in the pediatric allergy outpatient clinic. Results There was no statistically significant relationship between healthy lifestyle behaviors scale and self-efficacy scale scores between adolescents with controlled and uncontrolled asthma. When patients were grouped regarding the treatment compliance, both healthy lifestyle behaviors scale and asthma self-efficacy scale scores were found to be higher in patients with treatment compliance. When the patients were grouped on the basis of gender, regular follow-up visits, and smoking, there was no significant difference between healthy lifestyle behaviors and self-efficacy scale scores. Conclusions The findings showed us the importance of the relationship between healthy living and adolescent self-efficacy in adherence to treatment, while there are many more components in asthma control.

29. Juni 2023

The effect of education based on health belief model on high-risk health behaviors in youth: an interventional quasi-experimental study

Nasrin Zahmatkesh Rokhi, Samira Ebrahimzadeh Zagami, Maryam Moradi, Seyed Reza Mazloum

Seiten: 329-337

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Objectives The present study was designed to determine the effect of education based on health belief model (HBM) on high-risk health behaviors in youth. Methods This interventional quasi-experimental study was conducted in 2020–2021 with the participation of 62 students living in the dormitories of University of Mashhad Medical Sciences with available sampling and random allocation in two experimental and control groups. The experimental group received six training sessions. The research instruments included: demographic information, researcher-made questionnaire including HBM constructs, youth high-risk behaviors questionnaire (2019) that were used before, immediately and one month after the educations. The collected data were analyzed using t-test, Mann-Whitney, and ANOVA with SPSS 21. Results The mean scores in the field of high-risk behaviors as well as all constructs of HBM were not statistically significant in the two groups before the intervention (p>0.05), but the mean scores immediately and one month after the educational intervention in all constructs of the HBM and the range of high-risk behaviors (other than smoking behavior) in the experimental group compared to the control group was statistically significant (p<0.001). Conclusions Education based on HBM was effective in reducing high-risk health behaviors, so this educational model can be used to reduce high-risk health behaviors in female students.

16. Juni 2023

Association of health predictors with quality of life in children and adolescents

Pâmela Mello Visser, Carla Cristina Enes, Luciana B. Nucci

Seiten: 339-346

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Objectives To evaluate the association of health-related quality of life (HRQOL) with physical activity, food consumption, sleep duration and screen time in children and adolescents. Methods Cross-sectional study with 268 students aged 10–17 years from a public school in Brazil. The outcome variable was HRQOL score, evaluated by the Pediatric Quality of Life Inventory™ (PedsQL™). Exposure variables were habitual physical activity, food consumption, sleep duration, and screen time. A general linear model was used to estimate age-adjusted means and 95 % confidence interval (95 % CI) of HRQOL scores, and a multivariable analysis of variance to identify factors associated with lower/higher HRQOL scores. The study was approved by the Human Research Ethics Committee of the Pontifical Catholic University of Campinas. Results Overall HRQOL score was 70.3 (95 % CI: 68.0–72.6). Multivariable analyses showed lower HRQOL scores for those adolescents who: 1-were physically inactive (67.3; p=0.014); 2-sleep less than 6 h per night (66.8; p=0.003); 3-eat fruits and vegetables less than five days/week (68.9; p=0.027); and 4-eat fast food twice/week or more (68.6; p=0.036) when compared to their opposite groups. Screen time was not statistically significantly associated with total HRQOL. Conclusions The joint association found in our study suggests that at least three habits must change to improve the HRQOL of children and adolescents (physical activity, food consumption, and sleep duration). Therefore, interventions in schools to promote a healthy lifestyle to achieve a better HRQOL should include a multidisciplinary team to properly guide children and adolescents about these habits simultaneously.

28. August 2023

Adolescents and young adults communicating with gastroenterologists: variation in inflammatory bowel disease clinical communication

Neda Karimi, Annabelle Lukin, Alison R. Moore, Joseph L. Pipicella, Ria Kanazaki, Astrid-Jane Williams, Watson Ng, Viraj Kariyawasam, Nikola Mitrev, Keval Pandya, Susan J. Connor

Seiten: 347-361

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Objectives This study explored the variation in emerging adults’ communication with gastroenterologists around the management of inflammatory bowel disease (IBD). Methods Nineteen emerging adults with IBD aged 18–25 and seven gastroenterologists participated in the study. Outpatient specialist consultations of consenting participants were audio-recorded and transcribed. Transcribed consultations were analysed in terms of the linguistic structure of the consultations and the gastroenterologist-patient role relationship. Results Variations in the emerging adults’ communication with their gastroenterologists stem partly from variation in their ability, opportunity, or need to contribute to the different phases of the consultation and partly from variations in the gastroenterologists’ style of communication. Gastroenterologists differed in the construction of their role relationship with the patient, resulting in variations in employing empowering strategies including eliciting, exploring, and clarifying the patient’s concerns, sharing clinical reasoning, and validating the patient experience. Variations were also observed in the length of appointments and the gastroenterologists’ assessment and addressing of adherence issues. Techniques used by the gastroenterologist varied (1) from simply confirming adherence, to a comprehensive assessment of the patient’s understanding of their management plan and their feedback, and (2) from use of persuasion to values calibration. Conclusions Evidence-based consumer interventions and communication guidelines for clinicians are needed to address the identified variations in providing care to emerging adults living with chronic conditions.

10. August 2023

Prevalence and predictors of tobacco, alcohol and illicit drug experimentation among Tunisian middle and high school-adolescents

Amel Amara, Nihel Omri, Jihene Sahli, Chakib Zedini, Tasnim El Ouni, Ali Mtiraoui, Manel Mallouli, Mariem Ghardalou

Seiten: 363-373

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Objectives Psychoactive substance experimentation among Tunisian adolescents remains one of the most threatening public health concerns. In spite of this, little is known about the prevalence and predictors of these behaviors in the Tunisian context. This study aims to assess the prevalence of tobacco, alcohol and illicit drug experimentation and its predictive factors among adolescents in the delegation of Nfidha, Sousse governorate, Tunisia. Methods We conducted a cross sectional study in middle and high schools in the delegation of Nfidha, Sousse governorate, Tunisia, during the first trimester of the 2019–2020 school year using an anonymous questionnaire self-administered to a randomly drawn representative sample of 1,352 pupils. Data collected included socio-demographic characteristics, substance experimentation among school-adolescents, academic performance as well as family and peer’ factors. Results Tobacco was the most commonly experimented substance with a prevalence rate of 17.5 % (CI 95 %: 14.8–18.8 %). The prevalence of alcohol and illicit drugs use were 3.3 % [CI 95 %: (2.1–3.9 %)] and 2 % [CI 95 %: (1.1–2.6 %)] respectively. Being male (Adjusted (AOR)=4.09, p<0.001), being a high school pupil (AOR=2.81, p<0.001), having experiencing academic failure (AOR=1.60, p=0.007) and having a father and siblings who use tobacco (AOR=1.72, p=0.002; AOR=2.03, p=0.001 respectively) were the predictors of tobacco experimentation in the multivariate logistic regression analysis. Additionally, being male (AOR=8.40, p<0.001), having experienced academic failure (AOR=2.76, p=0.017) as well as having a father and siblings who use alcohol (AOR=5.90, p<0.001; AOR=3.03, p=0.045 respectively) and having experienced tobacco (AOR=4.28, p<0.001) were the determinants of alcohol experimentation. Similarly, having a history of academic failure (AOR=3.44, p=0.041), having peers who use illicit drugs (AOR=3.22, p=0.028), having a history of tobacco and alcohol experimentation (AOR=6.52, p<0.001; AOR=3.49, p=0.046 respectively) were the predictors of illicit drug experimentation among adolescents. Conclusions A substantial number of socio-demographic and environmental factors have been identified as being involved in experimentation with psychoactive substance during adolescence. Therefore, further prevention programs targeting not only adolescents, but also all risk factors are needed.

21. Juli 2023

Suicidal ideation, attempts and its determinants among young adults in Meghalaya: a cross sectional study

Markordor Lyngdoh, Shanthosh Priyan Sundaram, Joenna Devi Ningombam, Gajendra Kumar Medhi

Seiten: 375-380

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Objectives Suicide is a major health issue in India. With the advent of the COVID-19 pandemic, people have experienced loss on a tremendous scale. The impact of these losses on the youth will be massive leading to a rise in depression cases, suicidal ideation and ultimately suicidal attempts. Hence there is a need to determine the prevalence of suicidal ideation, suicide attempts and the predictors for both suicidal ideation and attempts among the young adults in Meghalaya. Methods This cross-sectional study was conducted among the students aged 18–25 years in NEIGRIHMS and Synod College in Shillong between March to April 2022. Data was collected by using questionnaire method. Results The prevalence of suicidal ideation and suicidal attempts was found to be 15.9 % (12.3–20.3) and 5.8 % (3.7–8.9) respectively. There was a strong relationship for suicidal ideation with urban students, with less family members, those who had unhealthy relationship with their parents, stress, complicated relationship/loss of loved ones and also those with experience of violence/abuse and behavioural problems. However, the attempts were found to be associated only with the loss of the loved ones. Conclusions The prevalence, though smaller is a serious concern considering the fact that the burden of suicides is on a rise and hence regular mental health counselling along with the management of the stress is needed at the educational institutional level which could prove to be beneficial to the students.

Letter to the Editor

3. August 2023

Comprehensive sexual assessments should include conversations about sexual function and pleasure

Alon Coret

Seiten: 381-382

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Editors-in-Chief
Maria Demma I Cabral, Cottage Children's Medical Center, Santa Barbara, CA, USA
Imelda Coyne, School of Nursing & Midwifery, Trinity College Dublin, The University of Dublin, Dublin, Ireland

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Raziye Dut, Istanbul Training and Research Hospital, Pediatrics, Istanbul, Turkey
Hong-Gu (Linda) He, Alice Lee Centre for Nursing Studies, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore, Singapore
Jihane Naous, Community Health and Family Medicine, University of Florida, Old Town, FL, United States

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Online ISSN: 2191-0278
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