Table of Contents

EDITORIAL

Unintentional injuries in childhood and years of potential life lost
Joav Merrick

REVIEW ARTICLES

Caring for the dying adolescent
Donald E Greydanus and Helen D Pratt

Human sexuality
Donald E Greydanus and Helen D Pratt

Adolescence: The issue of lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender
Michelle A Stahl, Donald E Greydanus, Natalie Truba, Kevin Cates, and Helen D Pratt

Climatic shock, community capability and childhood malnutrition: Case study from the Indian Sundarbans
Nilanjan Patra

ORIGINAL ARTICLES

Identifying risk factors and screening tests for extent of metabolic risk in urban adolescent girls in a developing nation
Sumitra Bachani and Veena Ganju Malla

A preliminary analysis of the relationship between hazards in the home and the potential for abuse with families at risk
Jyll H Walsh, John R Lutzker, Katelyn M Guastaferro, and Daniel J Whitaker

Knowledge, perceptions and practices related to pregnancy among married adolescents: A situation analysis in selected districts of two states of India
Jyoti Sharma, Anjali Singh, and Sanjay Zodpey

Prevalence of obesity in school children and its association with parental obesity in central India
Shachi Jain Taran, Shashank Ojha, Susmit Kosta, and Ravindra Kumar

Health perspective of working children in urban area of Indore
Shachi Jain Taran, Dharmendra Gupta, and Shashank Ojha