الفهرس 
Adolescents Stage of Life
Common Health problems of adolescentsOnly 14 pages are availabe for public view
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Abstract
Adolescence represents one of the critical transitions in the life span and is
characterized by tremendous pace in growth. Parents play a critical role in
maintaining and developing adolescents’ health. Aim of the study to assess
parents’ awareness about adolescent’s health needs and problems. Design:- a
descriptive design was utilized. Setting this study was conducted in
Governmental Preparatory and Secondary Schools in El Sharabia District at
North Cairo Governorate. Sample: A multi-stage random sample (n=520).
Tools: two tools were used for data collection First tool: 1- Structured
Interviewing questionnaire tool. Second tool: An attitude rating scale to assess
parents’ attitude toward their adolescents. Results: the present study revealed
that50% of the adolescents have anxiety and stress when seeing signs of
puberty,85% of them spent a long time on the net,26.5% of them
smoke,43.7% of them get sex information from their friends. More than half
of parents had unsatisfactory level of knowledge to all items about
adolescents’ health needs and problems, .On other hand more than half of
parents had satisfactory level of practice and attitude to all items about
adolescents’ health needs and problems at p<0.001. Conclusion: There
was highly statistically significance between parent’s awareness and
adolescents’ health needs and problems. Recommendation: Health education
programmes directed for mothers to increase their awareness about puberty of
their adolescents.