Background: Adolescence age group between 10 and 19 years is a transitional phase of growth and development between childhood and adulthood. There are about 1.2 billion adolescents in the world, around 243 million of them live in India – contributing to one-fourth of the total population in India (UNICEF – India). Taking into consideration, the increasing acts of violence among adolescent people, this study was initiated to study the prevalence of aggression among adolescents and to find out the associated risk factors. Settings and Design: It was a community-based study conducted in the senior secondary schools of urban and rural field practice area of AIMSR. Materials and Methods: Pre-tested, validated questionnaire and Buss and Perry Aggression score were used to assess the levels of aggression in the participants. Sample size of 250 was taken for each group, i.e., a total of 500. Results and Conclusion: In our study, the total prevalence of aggression was found to be 51.9% with higher scores in urban population, males having more of physical aggression and females having hostility – associated significantly with the age distribution, residency type, etc. Interventions are needed to reduce the levels of aggression among adolescents and provide them a good future.

Background: In India, lack of awareness of safe menstrual hygiene practices is an important issue of adolescent health and is related to various adverse health outcomes. In addition, lack of proper washing facilities is a key factor leading to many adolescent girls missing school due to menstruation. Objectives of current study were to assess the knowledge of menstrual hygiene and its practices among school going adolescent females, associated socio- demographic factors and the prevalence of school absenteeism due to menstruation.Methods: A community based cross sectional study was conducted in the school going adolescent girls of 16 to 19 years age to assess the menstrual hygiene practices and related school absenteeism. A total of 180 participants were evaluated using a self-designed, self-reported and pre-tested questionnaire.Results: Less than half of the participants had prior knowledge of menstruation. Association of education of mother and prior knowledge was statistically significant. Most of the participants missed school due to menstruation. The association between excessive bleeding and absenteeism also showed statistically significant results.Conclusions: The study displayed good results regarding menstrual hygiene practices. Majority of participants had access to sanitary pads and maximum of them followed proper methods of disposal. School absenteeism due to menstruation was seen in more than half of the study population and menstruation had a huge impact on their daily lives.