Smartphones Change Teenagers' Digital Media Use Patterns
While introduced only around 2007, most teenagers nowadays own smartphones. Due to wireless internet connections and cheap flat rates, teenagers with smartphones spend more time online and communicate with their peers for less money...
Only half of teenage girls receive HPV vaccine at recommended age
It’s a virus that is responsible for almost all cases of cervical cancer but a new study by University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston researchers indicates that only about half of the girls...
Teen girls report less sexual victimisation after virtual reality assertiveness training
Teen girls were less likely to report being sexually victimised after learning to assertively resist unwanted sexual overtures and practicing resistance in a realistic virtual environment, finds a new study.
The effects persisted over a...
What’s in a nickname?
You can’t choose your own nickname. That much is clear. But understanding how these monikers come to be is the basis of a study that aims to help students understand linguistic concepts.
Dr Donna Starks...
Lessons for school transition
The transition from primary to high school can be a stressful period for students, but ECU’s School of Education lecturer Mandie Shean says there are ways parents can help to make the move as...
UF/IFAS study: Fatherly involvement with teenage girls may lead to safer sexual protection in...
Female students who said their dads were “involved” in their lives as teens are more likely to use protection when having sex in college, a positive sign for fathers in an era of increasingly...
New sex education kit free to schools
A unique sex-education resource will be released to schools across Australia next week in response to alarming research that shows more than 40% of teens do not use condoms when they have sex.
Despite sex...
Ethics of school-based immunisation programs examined
University of Adelaide researchers and their government and industry partners have identified a range of ethical issues with high school-based immunisation programs in South Australia.
School-based immunisation programs are commonly run in Australia and in...
Only about half of teenage girls receive HPV vaccine at the CDC’s recommended age
It’s a virus that is responsible for almost all cases of cervical cancer but a new study by University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston researchers indicates that only about half of the girls receive the...
Alcohol Apps aimed at young
Apps with names like “Let’s get Wasted!” and “Drink Thin” have led a James Cook University Professor to call for Government action on alcohol advertising on mobile devices.
JCU’s Professor Lynne Eagle led a team...
