Factors related to depressive symptoms during the second year of COVID-19 pandemic in Brazil: A cross-sectional study with adolescents.

Purpose: This study aimed to identify factors associated with depressive symptoms in adolescents during the COVID-19 pandemic in Brazil.

Design And Methods: A cross-sectional study was conducted in 2021 with a sample of 1303 students (50.96% females; mean age = 16.

Self-rated health among adolescents from vulnerable areas and their sociodemographic, lifestyle and contextual factors: A multilevel analysis.

Purpose: Understanding self-rated health in young people can help orient global health actions, especially in regions of social vulnerability. The present study analysed individual and contextual factors associated with self-rated health in a sample of Brazilian adolescents.

Design And Methods: Cross-sectional data from 1272 adolescents (aged 11-17; 48.

Scoping Review on Interventions for Physical Activity and Physical Literacy Components in Brazilian School-Aged Children and Adolescents.

This scoping review mapped the existing evidence on interventions to promote physical activity (PA) and/or components of physical literacy (PL) in Brazilian school-aged children and adolescents. Nine electronic databases and gray literature were consulted in May 2020, with no limit on year or language. School-based intervention studies (6 to 18 years old, primarily) that assessed PA or PL components (PA-related factors or attributes) were eligible.

Health Promoting School Interventions in Latin America: A Systematic Review Protocol on the Dimensions of the RE-AIM Framework.

Understanding the dimensions of internal and external validities (e.g., using the RE-AIM model: Reach, Effectiveness/Efficacy, Adoption, Implementation, and Maintenance) of school interventions is important to guide research and practice in this context.