Includes bibliographical references and index.

Quality of life and adolescents in rural Kentucky / Hatim A. Omar, Søren Ventegodt, and Joav Merrick -- Home environment as a determinant of psychological hardiness among creative Indian adolescents / Jagpreet Kaur and Kulwinder Singh -- The rural school support in early childhood / Susan Johns -- The impact of policy processes on children's access to healthcare in rural Australia / Julaine Allan, Patrick Ball, and Margaret Alston -- "States of mind" : developing a policy framework for emergency accommodation services and children exposed to domestic violence / Erica Bell -- A policy and intervention for overweight children and adolescents / Kimberly K. McClanahan, Marlene B. Huff, and Hatim A. Omar -- Parents' perception about unintentional childhood injuries and its prevention in rural Bangladesh local community / Salim Mahmud Chowdhury ... [et al.] -- Ethnicity and ethnic identity among Bedouin adolescents in Israel / Salman Elbedour ... [et al.] -- Female genital cutting in Igbo-Ora community, Nigeria / Daniel Adeyinka, Olanrewaju Oladimeji, and Chris Aimakhu -- Child self treatment and use of health services in a rural district in Vietnam / Le Thi Hoan, Nguyen Thi Thu, and Peter Allebeck -- Mobile family resource service for parents and young children / John Guenther and Margaret Arvier -- Translating chronic condition self-management programmes (CCSM) into lifestyle management programmes for young people / Peter W. Harvey and Jessica Staker -- Consultation liaison child psychiatry for rural areas / Helen J. Stain and Brian Kelly -- Educating adolescents about puberty : are we missing something? / Hatim A. Omar -- Parenting adolescents / Sandra L. D'Angelo and Hatim A. Omar -- Youth suicide prevention in rural Kentucky / Hatim A. Omar -- Chronic illness and mental health issues / Marlene B. Huff, Kimberly K. McClanahan, and Hatim A. Omar -- Substance abuse among adolescents / Abdel Salous and Hatim A. Omar -- Dermatological disorders among adolescents in suburban rural school in South India / Ganapathy Kalaiselvan and Kaliaperumal Karthikeyan -- Sickle cell disease in scheduled caste communities of rural Orissa, India / Ranbir S. Balgir -- Childhood immunization in Ungogo, northern Nigeria / Zubairu Iliyasu ... [et al.] -- Traumatic events and depressive symptoms among youth in southwest Nigeria / Olayinka Omigbodun, Kofoworola Bakare, and Bidemi Yusuf -- Hyperandrogenism and obesity / Amit M. Deokar ... [et al.] -- Mental health aspects of an adolescent medicine clinic patient population / Abdel Salous, Linah Al-Alem, and Hatim A. Omar.