Using data from a collaborative program of research, this paper examines the prevalence of delinquency, alcohol and drug use, sexual intercourse, and pregnancy among youth in three urban settings. The findings indicate that a substantial portion of a...
The Center for Substance Abuse Prevention's Division of Communications Programs launched its Urban Youth Public Education Campaign in late 1990 to target African American youth in 14 cities with prevention messages about alcohol and other drugs. Duri...
Young people who engage in multiple health risk behaviors such as alcohol and other drug use, unprotected sexual activity, smoking, and violence, are a serious public health concern. To help identify potential strategies for influencing these behavio...
Focus group research conducted by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's Office on Smoking and Health suggested that the desire of teenagers to gain control over their lives would make them responsive to a counteradvertising strategy aimed ...
Schinke, S P; Gilchrist, L D; Schilling, R F; Senechal, V A;
Published Date:
1986 Jul-Aug
Source:
Public Health Rep. 101(4):373-378
Description:
Data from a 2-year study describe tobacco use trends, perceptions, and prevention effects for 1,281 5th and 6th graders enrolled in 12 randomly selected Washington State elementary schools. Youths were pretested, then randomly divided by school into ...
Cullen, J W; Blot, W; Henningfield, J; Boyd, G; Mecklenburg, R; Massey, M M;
Published Date:
1986 Jul-Aug
Source:
Public Health Rep. 101(4):355-373
Description:
On March 25, 1986, the Surgeon General of the Public Health Service released a report that detailed the results of the first comprehensive, indepth review of the relationship between smokeless tobacco use and health. This review, prepared under the a...
To reduce the incidence and prevalence of oral cancer, the Smokeless Tobacco Reduction Program will consist of a mass media campaign, public oral screening, and a week-long school health program for 350 students in the seventh, eighth, and ninth grad...
Milton, Micah H.; Maule, Catherine O.; Yee, Sue Lin; Backinger, Cathy; Malarcher, Ann M.; Husten, Corinne G.;
Corporate Authors:
National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion (U.S.). Office on Smoking and Health. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (U.S.). Youth Tobacco Cessation Collaborative. American Legacy Foundation. Canadian Tobacco Control Research Initiative (CTCRI).
Published Date:
2004
Description:
Includes resources, pp. 61-68.
File Type:
[PDF - 620.08 KB]
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