The Indian Journal of Youth and Adolescent Health is published by Advanced Research Publications and is dedicated to the latest advancements of Youth and Adolescent Medicine and Health ranging from the basic biological and behavioral sciences to public health and policy. IJoYAH emphasizes on efficient and effective Youth and Adolescent Medicine and Health, and provides a central forum for a deeper understanding in the discipline by encouraging the quantitative comparison and performance evaluation of the emerging components of these domains. IJoYAH is a peer review open access journal with a goal to provide a platform for scientists and academicians all over the world to promote, share and discuss various new issues and developments in different areas of Youth & Adolescent Health. We seek original manuscripts, review articles, letters to the editor, commentaries, and case reports from our colleagues in Adolescent Health Dentistry and Oral Health for youth and Adolescent Health Education of youth and Adolescents School health Medicine Reproductive Health Gender Mental Health Nursing Nutrition Psychology Community health Preventive Medicine Public Health and Policy Social Work Sociology Social Medicine Communication and media Services Research International Health & Law Anthropology Sport medicine and Youth Development and other disciplines that work with or are committed to improving the lives of adolescents and young adults. The journal especially welcomes empirically rigorous papers that take policy implications seriously. The scope of the journal covers Research Articles, Review Articles, Methodology Articles, Short Communications, Case Study/ Case Reports, Research Reports, Monographs, Special Issues, Editorials research articles, Reviews, short communications and scientific commentaries in all the areas of Youth and Adolescent Medicine and Health. Multidisciplinary types of articles are also encouraged in this journal which brings together articles from multiple technical backgrounds. All articles published in IJoYAH are peer-reviewed. The decision of the Editor-in-Chief to publish a paper in concurrence with sections editors and reviewer’s opinion is considered final.