Introduction: Oral health is an integral component of general health and poor oral health has a profound effect on the whole body. Oral health is indispensable for the wellbeing and good quality of life. India, a developing country, faces many challenges in rendering oral health needs of a community. The current study is conducted with objective 1) To assess the common oral health problems of 5-15 years young adolescents in a resettlement colony and 2) to study the related health seeking behavior among study subjects. Methods: A community based cross-sectional study was conducted in a resettlement colony of East Delhi, India. Simple random sampling method was used to select the blocks and for selection of households from each block. Data collection was done using a pretested interview schedule and a complete oral cavity examination was done of all the subjects. Results: Around half,that is 227 (49.3) of the subjects had one or more oral health problem, at the time of examination, while average oral health problem per child was 0.87. Common oral health problems found were problems of teeth 169 (36.8%), problems of gums 155(33.7%), problems of lips 50(10.8%), problems of oral cavity 24(5.2%) and problems of tongue 5(1.1%). Only 24(10.5%) subjects have taken prescribed treatment, while others have not consulted for any oral health problem. Conclusion: Oral health problems are present in half of the study population. The disease burden is large and oral health care received is very negligible. Awareness about the oral health and regular dental checkups remain an important intervention for maintaining and promoting oral health.

Child sexual abuse includes any activity that uses a child to create sexual gratification either in themselves or in others. The intent to use children in any way to create sexual arousal is illegal. This criminal behavior that is aggressively prosecuted and severely punished by the legal system of India IPC Section 12 with 3 years imprisonment and fine for child sexual abusers. Aim of the Study: To assess the effectiveness of school based education on levels of knowledge, attitude and expressed practices regarding prevention of sexual abuse among schoolers. Methods and Materials: True experimental design was adopted, total 60 samples were selected by using simple random technique, in which 30 samples to experimental and 30 to control group. The researcher assessed pre-interventional knowledge and then provided the structured teaching program regarding prevention of sexual abuse to experimental group. It was continued by post-interventional knowledge assessment after 3 weeks of pre-intervention. Results: In pre-test knowledge mean score was 15.04 and SD was 3.06. After school based education posttest mean score increased to 20.6 and SD decrease to 2.72. In regards to attitude, In pre-test attitude mean score was 30.6 and SD is 15.92. After school based education post-test mean score is increased to 41.96 and SD is 16.24. In pre-test expressed practices mean score was 37.2 and SD was 20.32. After school based education the post- test mean value is increased to 49.88 and SD was decreased to 15.91. Conclusion: Study results shows that school based education was effective.

Introduction: The shift from the physical to virtual communication has been emerged as a vital platform to interact through technology. Apart from the positive influences, it is also affecting the adolescents in negative manner which leads to various health hazards. All governments are committed to the ambitious sustainable development agenda and its goals, in particular SDG target 16.2 to end abuse, exploitation, trafficking and all forms of violence against and torture of children. Despite the alarming situation and commitment, there is apathy towards coining the specific laws against cybercrime amongst adolescents. Methodology: A questionnaire based cross-sectional survey method was used for data collection from the adolescents who are using mobile phones since last one year and presented in outdoor pediatric department. The study was also conducted in two schools from urban and rural locations at Lucknow district during study period. Results: In the studied population of 900 students, the maximum students 606(67.3%) were from 16-18 years of age and simple mobile users were more 505(56.1%) in number when compared. the prevalence of bullied students were females 269(29.8%) and males 381(42.3%). Maximum bullied students were of age 16-18 years. As per the mode of assault sending inappropriate SMS 378 (58.1%) on mobile was outrageous than any other method. The assault was shared mainly with friends. Conclusion: Our results reflect that the prevalence of violence amongst adolescents have reached up to a point of saturation where it is mandatory to correct their attitude to avoid any unwanted happening. Apart from the surveillance of the mobile use this is our prime duty to monitor the activities of teens on internet and develop safe cyber space.

Background: An average of 565 adolescents and young adults between the ages of 10 and 29 year die each day as a result of interpersonal violence across the world. Although a majority of crimes are committed by youth by virtue of their large physical energy along with their aggressive nature. Objective: To determine the factors affecting the degree of aggression among students of Panjab University, Chandigarh. Methodology: A sample of 400 students was selected from various departments and Centers of Panjab University. Then from these departments the respondents who were present at the time of the survey were selected by convenient sampling method for the study. Results: Half of the respondents (58.5%) lie in mild aggression category of score (58-87), some (21.7%) respondents lie in severe aggression category of score (88-145) and (19.8%) respondents lie in normal aggression category of score (29-57). Conclusion: Various factors like mother’s occupation, family monthly income had significant impact on aggressive behavior of students.

Introduction: Hygiene-related practices of adolescents during menstruation are of importance, as poor hygiene might increase vulnerability to reproductive tract infections (RTI). Therefore, increased knowledge about menstruation right from childhood may escalate safe practices and may help in mitigating the suffering of women. Aims and Objectives: (1) To assess the knowledge and practices about menstrual hygiene among school going adolescent girls. (2) To evaluate health seeking behaviour among the study subjects. Methodology: This was a cross sectional study done in three randomly selected Government High Schools in tribal District Palghar from Jan-Feb 2018. A pre-designed, pre-tested and structured questionnaire was used. Data were compiled in an Excel sheet and were analysed by using EPI info statistical software (version2.3.1). Results: A total of 277 girls were interviewed, the mean age was 14 years. Majority of girls were aware about menstruation prior to the attainment of menarche. Mothers were first informant in about 69.6% girls. But correct reason and source of bleeding was not known to most of respondents. Overall 63.8% adolescent girls were using sanitary napkins as menstrual absorbent while 36.1%were using old used cloth and 13.7%were using both. Conclusion: There is need to educate the girls about menstruation, its importance and hygiene maintenance so as to enable them to have healthy and productive life in future.

The Karnataka Chapter of Indian Association for Adolescent Health (IAAH-K) was established on November 22, 2015. The Principal of BGS World School, Chickballapur, Karnataka Wg Cdr Ranjit Kumar Mandal joined the association as its founding Joint Secretary. Immediately after this on November 24, 2015 the BGS World School, Chickballapur launched its ‘School Health Programme’ through a ceremony in which the Secretary General of the association Dr Jugal Kishore and also the Director Professor, Vardhaman Mahavir Medical College, New Delhi was present as it chief guest and the chief speaker. Since the day of launching the programme the school has carried out several activities in the school as per guidelines provided by the Indian Association for Adolescent Health, New Delhi. The school programmes incorporated all students and staff members in its coverage as their beneficiaries. A summary of the work is being presented in this report for the period from the beginning up to August 2018 i.e., a period of 2 years 9 months.

Background: Hygienic practices during menstruation are of considerable importance, as it has a health impact in terms of increased vulnerability to infections. Menstrual hygiene management is a special problem for adolescent girls, particularly when attending school due to limited or lack of access to safe sanitary pads and good sanitary facilities. Government of India under RMNCH+A programme, introduced priority intervention for menstrual hygiene to prevent hygiene related infections. Objectives: (1) To assess the knowledge regarding menstrual hygiene among adolescent girls. (2) To assess the menstrual hygiene practices & related infections among the adolescent girls. Methods: A cross-sectional study was conducted among 330 adolescent girls who had attained menarche and residents of an urban poor locality Yarab Nagar, which comes under the field practice area of KIMS, Bangalore. Data regarding socio demographic details and menstrual hygiene practices was obtained in a pre- designed, semi structured proforma. All the subjects were examined for any related infections from a trained female doctor. The data was analysed in Microsoft Excel using mean & percentages. Results: The mean age of the study subjects was 13.63 ± 5.76 years. Majority i.e., 306 (92.7%) of them used sanitary pads; whereas, 24 (7.3%) used old clothes as an absorbent during menstruation. Similarly, 98% cleaned the external genitalia with water during menstruation. The common infections related to menstruation were contact dermatitis (7.2%), candidiasis (5.4%) & UTI (3.5%). Conclusion: The knowledge and practice regarding menstrual hygiene was inadequate among the adolescent girls; and this inadequate hygienic practices has led to infections.

Objective: Substance use is a global public health concern including India. Adolescents being in critical and transformative period of life are more vulnerable. Residing in disadvantaged location of slums might increase the risk. In this context, present study was conducted to assess the prevalence, pattern and factors associated with substance use among adolescents in a slum area of Burdwan Municipality. Methods: This cross-sectional study was conducted from September to November 2017 in the urban field practice area of Burdwan Medical College. The required sample of 144 adolescents (aged 10-19 years) were randomly selected from six slums of the study area in Burdwan Municipality. Adolescents were interviewed at the household level with pre-tested schedule. WHO recommended and validated ASSIST tool (version 3.1) was used for assessment of substance use and it’s pattern. Substance users were categorized into High, Moderate and Low risk groups based on ASSIST guideline. Bivariate-multivariable logistic regression wereperformed for analysis. Results: The prevalence of substance use among adolescents was 31.25% (45/144).Common substances used were tobacco products (28.47%), alcoholic beverages (16.67%), cannabis (5.55%) etc. Among users of tobacco, alcohol and cannabis,7 (17.07%), 6 (25%) and 2 (25%) were found to be at high risk group respectively. Logistic regression revealed that gender [AOR=33.36], school dropout [AOR= 4.26] and presence of family problem [AOR= 4.48]were significantly associated with substance use. Conclusion: Prevalence of substance use was quite high among slum dwelling adolescents in the study area. Besides targeted interventions to address the issues, need of larger study is also warranted.

A descriptive and evaluative approach was used to assess the knowledge on health hazards of fast food consumption among adolescents. The study was conducted at Vinayaka Vidyalaya School, Salem. Simple random sampling was used to select the sample. Self-Structured Knowledge Questionnaire to assess knowledge on health hazards of fast food consumption was used among adolescents. Paired t-test was used to assess the effectiveness of planned teaching programme on health hazards of fast food consumption among adolescents. Chi-Square was used to find out the association between pretest knowledge scores and selected demographic variables. The findings of the study revealed that there is significant difference between the pretest and posttest knowledge scores on health hazards of fast food consumption among adolescents