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 ...
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...
Toomey, Sara L.; Elliott, Marc N.; Schwebel, David C.; Tortolero, Susan R.; Cuccaro, Paula M.; Davies, Susan L.; Kampalath, Vinay; Schuster, Mark A.;
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2016 Nov - Dec
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Acad Pediatr. 16(8):770-776.
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ObjectiveFew studies have examined adolescent self-report of patient-centered care (PCC). We investigated whether adolescent self-report of PCC varied by patient characteristics and whether receipt of PCC is associated with measures of adolescent pri...
Studies have shown links between educational outcomes such as letter grades, test scores, or other measures of academic achievement, and health-related behaviors (1-4). However, as reported in a 2013 systematic review, many of these studies have used...
Bearinger, Linda H.; Sieving, Renee E.; Duke, Naomi N.; McMorris, Barbara J.; Stoddard, Sarah; Pettingell, Sandra L.;
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2011 May-Jun
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Nurs Res. 60(3 Suppl):S68-S78.
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BackgroundThe conundrum of measuring condom use consistency, particularly with adolescents, has left researchers with a cacophony of strategies, thereby limiting comparability and interpretation.ObjectiveThe aim of this analysis was to compare and co...
Kirby, D; Short, L; Collins, J; Rugg, D; Kolbe, L; Howard, M; Miller, B; Sonenstein, F; Zabin, L S;
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1994 May-Jun
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Public Health Rep. 109(3):339-360
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This review was undertaken in recognition of the mounting public health and social problems associated with adolescent sexual behavior and the importance of basing school-affiliated programs designed to reduce sexual risk-taking behavior on sound res...