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Schoenberg J, Riggins T, Salmond K. 2003. Feeling safe: What girls say. [New York, NY]: Girl Scouts of the USA, 124 pp., exec. summ. (23 pp.).

Annotation: This report addresses question about what safety means to girls, what it takes to make them feel safe, and why feeling safe matters. These questions include (1) how do girls define safety?, (2) what do girls consider safe and unsafe situations?, (3) how does feeling unsafe impact quality of life issues?, and (4) what strategies do girls use to cope with physically and emotionally unsafe situations? The report is divided into the following sections: (1) defining safety, (2) experiencing safety, (3) relationships, trust, and safety, (4) safety and everyday functioning, (5) group experiences, and (6) coping, resources, and solutions. Implications of the information are also discussed. Statistical information is presented in figures and tables throughout the report. The report incudes three appendices: (1) methodology, (2) moderator's guide and homework assignment, and (3) questionnaire. References and resources are included, as well.

Keywords: Adolescent attitudes, Adolescent females, Adolescent mental health, Child attitudes, Child mental health, Female children, Relationships, Safety, Trust

World Health Organization. 1992. Women's health: Across age and frontier. Geneva, Switzerland: World Health Organization, 107 pp.

Annotation: This book presents international statistical indicators about conditions that affect women's health. It includes socioeconomic factors; covers their health from infancy through old age, and highlights health outcomes that reflect the inequities and discrimination in health care services for women. Topics include information on the effects of female morbidity, mortality due to discrimination during childhood, the significance of reproduction, the impact of alcohol and drug use in adolescence, health risks and problems found among working women, the importance of maternal health problems, problems associated with major diseases, the dimensions of violence against women, and the emerging health problems of elderly women. The detail of statistical information ranges from data for selected nations for some topics to that of continental totals for other topics.

Keywords: Adolescent females, Adults, Children, Demographics, Health status, Infants, International data, Older adults, Women, Women's health, Working women

Armstrong, M. 1962. A Study of factors relating to eating behavior of girls . Washington, D.C.: U. S. Department of Agriculture , 5 pp.

Annotation: This paper summarizes the results of a study on the physiological, psychological, and sociological factors that may be related to eating behavior and adequate diet among girls ages 12-14. The study took place in Boone, Iowa and included a sample of 140 girls. The paper was presented by Maxine Armstrong, Assistant Professor at the College of Home Economics, Iowa State University, during the Nutrition Education Conference held January 29, 1962.

Keywords: Adolescents, Behavior, Eating, Female children, Nutrition
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