Table of Contents
EDITORIAL
The health of our youth and lessons from national surveys
Joav Merrick and Shoshanah Aspler
REVIEW ARTICLES
The self-management and transition to adulthood program “UNC STARx”: Instruments and lessons from the field
Maria E Ferris, Michael T Ferris, Carolyn Viall, Heather D Stewart, Nicole Fenton, Cara Haberman, Edward A Iglesia, Lauren E Hancock, Donna H Harward, Donna Gilleskie, James O’Neill, Robert Imperial, Zion Ko, Mary H Benton, May Doan, Kristi Bickford, Randy Detwiler, Kenneth Andreoni, John D Mahan, Zachary Smith, and Keisha Gibson
Youth suicide prevention at grassroots
Said Shahtahmasebi
Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder: Neuropsychologic and pharmacologic aspects
Donald E Greydanus, Gabriel Kaplan, and Kevin M Antshel
ORIGINAL ARTICLES
Upper-air observation indicators predict outbreaks of allergies among elementary school children: Integration of daily environmental and school health surveillance systems in Pennsylvania
Wasantha P Jayawardene, Ahmed H Youssef Agha, and David K Lohrmann
Health risk and deviant behaviors among undergraduate students at an academic institute in Israel
Liat Korn and Hagit Bonny-Noach
Adult perceptions of youth mental health Issues in a Canadian Province
Amy Metcalfe, Julius Salegio, Nancy Reynolds, and Suzanne Tough
Acceptability of HPV vaccine among young adolescent girls in Uganda: Young people’s perspectives count
Anne R. Katahoire, John Arube Wani, Daniel Murokora, Emmanuel Mugisha, and D Scott LaMontagne
Menarcheal age of Nigerian urban secondary school girls in Benin City
Alphonsus N Onyiriuka, Philip O Abiodun, Rita C Onyiriuka, Frances A Ehirim, and Eucharia PA Onyiriuka
Nutritional status of Nigerian children with sickle cell anaemia in stable state
Barakat A Animasahun, Urowoli P Nwodo, Adaobi N Izuora, and Olisamedua F Njokanma
Parental satisfaction and treatment outcome: A 3-year study in children’s mental health services
Stephanie Rosso and Diomaris E Jurecska